January 2025 Newsletter

Winter Retreat Registration

Winter Retreat Video

Hurricane Helene may have tried to wreck our plans, but Winter Retreat is ON!

Instead of Pigeon Forge, We will be headed to Garden City Chapel Retreat Center in Garden City Beach, South Carolina! We will plan to meet at the church at 4:30 pm on January 17th and hit the road down to Garden City Beach. (*Bring a brown bag dinner with you to eat on the bus). We will have a weekend full of fun activities, some your students will know about, some are complete surprises! Plus we will spend time growing together and with God.

Chaperones needed! Prefer at least 1 male and 1 female chaperone! Chaperones go for FREE! So please contact Todd if you are interested in chaperoning this trip.

Registration is as below!

Registration includes most meals (Saturday Breakfast - Monday Breakfast). Students will be responsible for 1 or 2 meals. Still finalizing the schedule. Lodging is in dorm style buildings, with bunk beds in each room (Bunk room for girls and bunk room for boys). Plus the trip includes 2 major destination unknown activities along with 1 minor activity. Plus your typical retreat stuff of games, devotions, and more!

We will leave church around 4:30 pm on Friday, Jan 17. We will return to LUMC around 1 pm on Monday, January 20th.

Regular Registration

Cost: $175

Deadline: Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024

Fill out the form below to register.

I understand that after my payment is made and accepted, NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN AFTER December 29th, 2024

If finances are an issue for your family, we do have a limited number of scholarships available for students to attend this retreat. We do not want money to be the reason you do not attend, so please contact me ASAP if you are interested in a student scholarship.

Confirmation Class 2025
If your student is in 8th grade or above and hasn't completed confirmation class, then now is the time to sign up. Classes will begin late January and confirmation Sunday will take place early May. If your student wants to participate, or if you want to learn more about the confirmation process, email Todd at [email protected]. 

There are only 9 total Sunday's this semester (between now and May) that I need a Sunday Night Adult Volunteer / Snack Provider! So check out the sign-up at the link below and let me know which week works best for you! Thank you so much for volunteering your time!

LUMC Youth Sunday Night Volunteers

It's hard to believe that our annual Pancake Supper Fundraiser is coming up right around the corner. 

This year's annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper will take place on Tuesday, March 4 from 5:30 to 7 pm. This is an all Hands on Deck event and we need as many volunteers as possible to help out! We need volunteers to come early around 4:30 pm to help cook and some volunteers to stay late on Clean-Up Crew

So check out the available time slots below and sign up for when and how you can help! If the exact times don't work for you, and you can only work partial of the time or a differnt time set, then please just sign up for one of the slots and leave a comment with what time you are available!

Pancake Supper Volunteer Sign-Up

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