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Looking for a place you can belong? Then you’ve found it here at First Youth! Click here for our monthly newsletter. We have teens from over 20 schools all over Dallas that learn, worship and play right here in downtown with us every week. From Bible Studies, to mission trips, to Sunday school to weekly fellowship, we are a group that knows how to worship, reach out and care! We aren’t your typical neighborhood church: we are diverse, relevant and inclusive! Starting in Confirmation (6th grade), we provide a quality educational experience through our year long program which incorporates Sunday school, monthly field trips, retreats and fellowship. Students learn about church history, doctrine, and the basics of Methodist beliefs. At the end of the confirmation experience, students are given the opportunity to join First UMC Dallas. Our junior high ministry (7th-8th grade) focuses in Sunday school on learning the Old Testament and teachings of Jesus, while in middle school (9th- 10th grade) students gain a deeper understanding of Christian history and Methodist doctrine. The entire experience culminates in CREDO (11th and 12th grade) in which students articulate for themselves their understanding of theology and ethics through classes led by ministers and monthly writing exercises. All of our teachers and workers with youth are trained and undergo our child protection policy screening. On Sunday evening junior and senior high come together for fellowship and spiritual growth at Higher Ground. Our praise band leads worship followed by a youth led devotional and topics determined by our youth council. During the week, our junior high students attend Wednesday night Bible study at Starbucks and and senior high students attend Thursday nights at Starbucks. Every month we meet for mission and outreach within our Dallas community. We also go on trips and retreats such as skiing, Sky Ranch and Disciple Now throughout the school year. Our yearly summer activities of mission trips, SEEK camp and youth week are a great way for youth to reach out and share the love of God with others. Our active Parent Council meets on a monthly basis along with our youth council to plan programs, trips and retreats and all meeting are open for anyone to attend. We hope you will join this open, active and caring group, who want you to be a part of First Youth! |
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