HPUMC.ORG/YOUTH
Welcome.
Jesus tells his disciples to go and make more disciples. There are lots of ways to do this, lots of ways for disciples to help make more disciples. This little book is simple. This little book is about one thing. This little book is about how we, HPUMC Youth, intend to help make more disciples.
THE MISSION // To help middle school and high school students become deeply devoted followers of Jesus Christ.
THE VISION // Youth are Equipped and Empowered to live as disciples now, in the 13th grade, and beyond. THE STRATEGY // To accomplish our mission, we will do the following four things with excellence: create strategic environments, foster personal relationships, intentionally partner with parents and promote missional living. The following pages outline each piece of the HPUMC Youth stategy.
A Student Equipped to be a disciple •
Has the tools to study the scripture and read from it devotionally.
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Has experience in a variety of ways to worship.
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Has experience with a variety of ways to pray.
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Has served God and others and experienced the joy of living beyond oneself.
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Has engaged in authentic Christian community.
A Student Empowered to be a disciple •
Shares the truth of the scripture with others.
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Is actively involved with a worship community.
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Engages with God regularly through prayer.
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Serves God and others both inside and outside of the Church.
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Actively engages in Christian community and invites others into that community.
1 // CREATE STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTS SCRIPTURE STUDY
SUNDAY MORNINGS
WORSHIP + PRAYER
Youth Choir
Thrive
High School Bible Study
7-12th grade Sundays at 8:00 am 8:30 Sanctuary Service
7-8th grade Sundays at 9:30 am Youth basement
9-12th grade Sundays at 9:30 am Room 329
Youth Choir Rehearsal
POW (Middle School)
WOW (High School)
Sunday nights 4:30-5:45 pm Room 385
Wednesday nights 7:00-7:30 pm Bible Study 7:30-8:00 pm LifeGroups 8:00-8:30 pm Games
Wednesday nights 7-8:00 pm Worship + Message 8:00-8:30 pm LifeGroups
SERVICE
COMMUNITY
Core Leadership Group Team 9-12th grade First Sundays at 11:00 am
NIGHT LIFE
SPECIAL EVENTS (dates on calendar page) Retreats
Re-Entry Events
Local Outreach
Mission Trips
We will have a fall retreat and a day of worship in the fall.
We will have re-entry events throughout the year with the goal of inviting students to reconnect with HPUMC.
We will take monthly service outings throughout the 2014 2015 school year.
We will take a spring break trip for all students and separate summer trips for high schoolers and middle schoolers.
2 // FOSTER PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
HPUMC YOUTH BY THE NUMBERS... a quick look at who we are and some of what we do
41 different schools represented. 480 high fives exchanged each Sunday. 85 students consider youth choir or band to be a major connection point to HPUMC youth.
9 different instruments played by students during worship services.
40 LifeGroup leaders hailing from... 16 U.S. States. 177 students in LifeGroups. 10,000 pancakes high school students will consume in Bible Sudy on Sundays by the end of 2014.
INTENTIONALLY PARTNER PARTNER WITH WITH PARENTS PARENTS 33 //// INTENTIONALLY
EQUIPPING PARENTS... for ministry in their homes Power Up
Parent Quarterlies
Parent Small Groups
E-Newsletter
A discussion class for parents on Sundays at 9:30 am. Parents discuss the weekly youth curriculum, hot topics for HPUMC Families and parenting skills.
Each quarter, we bring in an esteemed speaker to present and answer questions around a relevant topic of interest to HPUMC Families.
HPUMC Youth and Adult Ministries are partnering up to begin small groups for parents during NightLife, so you can make Sunday or Wednesday a family night at church.
HPUMC Youth sends out a weekly newsletter with upcoming events, program details and a message from Matt. It’s an ongoing way for your family to stay connected.
ENGAGING PARENTS... in the ministry of the church Two families from each grade will serve as lead parent teams. They will help give feedback and promote communication between staff and parents. We need you! We challenge you to join the HPUMC Youth Team by serving in one of these areas:
Hospitality
Social Event Planning
Outreach
Ministry Support
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Pancake Servers
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Grade Level Events
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Mission Trip Home Team
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Shepherding Team
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First Fifteen Thrive Team
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Middle School Events
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Mission Trip Food Team
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LifeGroup Support Parent
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NightLife Snack Teams
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High School Events
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Recruitment Team
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Database Management
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Family Fellowship Time Host Team
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Transportation to Local Outreach Events
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Volunteer Appreciation
4 // PROMOTE MISSIONAL LIVING
HPUMC YOUTH OUTREACH We have prayerfully chosen four ministries where we will focus our outreach efforts during the 2014-2015 school year.
UMC Microfinance Connection
Methodist Children’s Home (Costa Rica)
Wesley-Rankin
Project Transformation
Wesley-Rankin works towards
PT
the mission to transform lives
churches and hires college
UMC
loans
The Children’s Home is a
through education, support
students as summer interns
to individuals in developing
safe & loving home where 24
services, the nurturing of
to create a summer literacy
countries to help them start
children live while waiting
the West Dallas community,
program for children who’s
or grow their own business
to be adopted by a family.
where only 34.3% of adults
literacy is at risk during the
that will move their family
The vision is to increase
over 25 have a HS diploma
summer months.
towards self-sustainability.
capacity to 60 children in
partners
with
local
MC
provides
the coming years.
or GED.
MISSION TRIPS Our vision is that students who participate in mission trips will be equipped and empowered to change the world by the 13th grade.
COSTA RICA CORE GROUP
COSTA RICA FAMILY
June 13-20, 2015
June 20-27, 2015
CHOIR TOUR June 27-July 4, 2015
YOUTH DOMESTIC MISSION July 19-25, 2015
2014-2015 CALENDAR CALENDAR OF OF EVENTS EVENTS 55 //// 2014-2015
IMPORTANT DATES 2014-2015
SUMMER SPECIAL EVENTS 2015
August 27 // WOW & POW Kickoff, 7:00 pm
June 13-20 // Costa Rica Core Group
September 14 // Parent Quarterly
June 20-27 // Costa Rica Family
September 19-20 // HS and MS Retreat
June 27-July 4 // Choir Tour
October 10 // MS Fall Party
July 19-25 // Youth Domestic Mission
October 25 // One Event November 16 // Parent Quarterly January 23-25 // Youth Choir Retreat February 19-22 // Swishin 4 Mission March 8-13 // Spring Break Mission Trip April 19 // Parent Quarterly May 20 // Last POW/WOW, 7:00-8:30 pm
CONTACT INFORMATION// Rev. Matt Tuggle, Director of Family Ministries 214.523.2217
[email protected] Andrew Beard, Associate Director of Youth 214.523. 2162
[email protected]
@HPUMCyouth HPUMC Youth @HPUMCyouth
3300 Mockingbird Lane | Dallas, TX 75205 hpumc.org | 214.521.3111
