ZYouth

Sunday Night Youth Group

Every Sunday Night (during the school year)

6th-12th grade, 5:00 pm-6:30 pm

Meets in the Chapel, enter through door 12

Vision: The goal of Sunday night youth group is to create a safe space for students to be their true authentic selves while growing in their faith and having fun.

Program Overview: Sunday night youth group will be an age level club based program that will meet each Sunday night from 5:00-6:30 for 6th-12th graders. Each Sunday night will include game time and snack/hang out time as well as a short lesson. Age levels will be kept separate except for when activities will work better with both groups in the same space. Lessons in the 2024 fall semester will be focused on the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus (6th-8th grade) and identity (9th-12th grade).

Summer Mission Trip 2025

July 13-18 | Pontiac, MI | $400 | Registration Deadline: 4/27

Our mission trip this summer will be July 13-July 18 and we will be once again teaming up with our friends at St. Luke’s UMC for a trip to Pontiac, MI. Pontiac is located outside of Detroit and we have are partnering with an organization in the community called Micah 6. The cost of the trip will be $400 but financial aid is available and kept confidential.

On this trip we expect to approach teaching and discipleship in the same three fold holistic pattern as our mission trip last year, combining education, spiritual development, and service to give students an experience of their lived out faith that we simply can’t do at Sunday night youth group. This trip is also going to be the most fun thing we do all year. That was true last year and it will continue to be so for years to come.

Trips like this build community and friendships in the youth group, they’re so much, and they can be truly life changing experiences. If your student came with us last year, you already know all of that and I hope you’ll consider coming with us again and if you weren’t able to attend last year please consider this trip. It’s something every student should experience in their time in youth ministry.

You can register right now by clicking here.

Graduation Sunday

Graduation Sunday is just around the corner. Register here by May 4th

On May 18th, we will be celebrating all of our graduating students as they transition out of high school. We are recognizing the seniors in the service, have yard signs lining the walls of the narthex celebrating each student, and offer students a chance to share about their church experience in the service.

If you'd like to participate, please fill out the linked form above which includes a place to submit photos for the yard sign.

If you have any questions, would like to speak in service, or have any technical problems with the form, please send me an email at zcheeseman@zumc.org.

Mission Trip Prayer Partner Sign Up

This year, our youth are traveling to Pontiac, MI, from July 13-18 for our annual Youth Mission Trip.

We're asking the church to be a part of this exciting trip by being prayer partners for the youth and adults going on this trip.

These prayer partners will do a few things:

Pray, pray, and pray again for these youth and adults to have a transformational trip.
Write a note of encouragement for every day of the trip (Sunday-Friday) that'll be given out to students each day.
Pack a care package of snacks and other things to get them through the week to be given to the youth on Monday!

Notes and packages need to be delivered to Zach by July 8th.

You'll get some info about the youth/adult you're praying for before the trip!

You may choose a specific youth or adult to be a prayer partner for or select "Anyone who needs a partner." If the youth you want to support already has a partner, reach out to Zach, and we'll see if there's anything we can do!

Prayer Partner Sign Up

Sunday Mornings

We believe the best practice for youth on Sunday Mornings is to be in service. Studies show that youth who participate in worship, either as servers or congregants, are more likely to continue in their faith after high school. We encourage all youth to be present and in community with the whole church on Sunday morning.

Registration Form and Waiver

Can you help us update our records and stay in touch with you? Keeping up-to-date records helps us know who's in the group, who might be missing on a Sunday night, and it helps us follow reach out a hand of love and hospitality if we haven't seen you in a hot minute. Help us update the ZUMC records by completing this handy-dandy form: Registration Form

Questions?

Do you have questions about ZYouth? Please connect with Zach Cheeseman, Director of Youth Ministry (zcheeseman@zumc.org).