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outh in the Arkansas Conference can connect with each other at local church gatherings or at larger events. District youth rallies in the fall of 2011 provided some of those connection points. Read on for a sampling of experiences from these events, shared by youth and adult leaders from several different parts of the state.
North District On Oct. 22-23, the youth of North District had our
District Fall Rally. We all drove to First UMC Batesville Saturday, stayed the night, then attended church service there the next morning. Mike Meeks from First UMC Arkadelphia served as our speaker and did an amazing job! Our band, Transcend, came from Beebe to play outstanding music. Genesis 2:7, our rally’s Scripture, was the theme for the weekend. It was a time full of fun games, wonderful music, and good fellowship. Saturday night, we made a worship painting to
which everyone contributed; we then donated it to the church as a thank-you for hosting our event. We also spent part of the night making banners for the church to hang up in their sanctuary for Children’s Sabbath. All in all, it was an awesome weekend and we can’t
wait for the next district event! —Audrey Kirk, First UMC Beebe, North DCYM reporter
Participants in the North District Fall Youth Rally experiment with a more Christ-centered approach to the standard group photo.
COURTESY PHOTOS Worship Fair 2012
Ancient Ways, Future Paths
presented by the Arkansas Chapter
Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts
Friday, February 17
Plenary “What’s Ancient about the Future?” Saturday, Feburary 18
Workshops, Luncheon,Vendors hosted by
Pulaski Heights UMC 4823 Woodlawn Little Rock, AR
www.arkansasfummwa.org Facebook:
Arkansas FUMMWA Schedule
Friday, February 17 5:00 pm Registration 6:00 pm Worship Service with communion 7:00 pm Plenary “What’s Ancient About the Future?” Dinner available for $10; seating available for those who don’t eat.
8:00 pm James O’Donnell Organ Recital
Saturday, February 18 8:30 am Registration 9:00 am Opening Worship 9:45 am Browse our vendor displays 10:00 am Class Session 1 “Reconstructing Disneyland” Worship & Song reading session “Seeing God”
11:15 am Break 11:45 am Lunch, business meeting, vendors 12:30 pm Class Session II See Session I classes
1:45 pm Break 2:15 pm Closing worship
Clinicians
Rev. Britt A. Skarda, Pulaski Heights UMC Dr. Dean B. McIntyre,
General Board of Discipleship, Nashville Rev. Les Oliver, FUMC Springdale Recital by
James O’Donnell, organist and master of the Choristers of Westminster Abbey
Registration
Name ________________________________________ Address ________________________________________ City ____________________St _______Zip ________ Preferred email: _________________________________ Phone: ________________________________________
_____I am a Fellowship member. _____I am not a member.
_____Please send membership information _____Please add me to the mailing list
Registration Fees: _____$55 includes Worship Fair & Sat. Luncheon _____$10 Friday Plenary Session Dinner (seating will be available for those not eating)
_____ I am applying for .5 CEU (available only for those attending the entire event)
Total: ________________ Make checks payable to: Arkansas Chapter, The Fellowship.
Send registration forms and payment to: Pat Henry, 9017 Wetherbee Cir., Sherwood, AR 72120, email:
brassypat@hotmail.com.
Arkansas United Methodist
www.arumc.org
January 6, 2012 District youth rallies offer time
North Central District Youth rallies, in general, try to address the problems that
teenagers face in this day and age. But in doing so, they usually pick a singular problem and just slightly touch on others. T e North Central District Council on Youth Ministry (DCYM) decided to touch on many of them at once in what was one of our most successful rallies to date. “Along the Road: Finding God in your Journey” took place
on Oct. 3, 2011. T e purpose of the rally was to help youth better understand the concept of our personal faith journey and to help them gain confi dence in overcoming the challenges of life. T e day was fi lled with in-depth discussion and personal refl ection. NCDCYM council members got a lot out of putting that rally together, and I believe that the youth who participated got even more out of it than we did. —Austin DuVall, North Central DCYM president
Our small groups and worship helped the youth open
their hearts to each other and to God. T e main game of the day, an obstacle course, served as a fun way to convey the theme of our event, which dealt with fi nding God in diff erent situations. It gave us all a chance to get to know each other outside the small groups. Our verse was Jeremiah 6:16, “Stand at the crossroads
and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it….” Look… Ask… Walk. We used this verse to sum up a bunch of things that a teenager goes through, and how to fi nd God in each of those situations. —Courtney Marsden, North Central DCYM vice-president
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