Swift Presbyterian Church - Youth happenings

Youth events | Christian education

Christian education activities
for youth and children

By BRETT CARDWELL | Christian education elder/children
And TARA MORROW | Christian education elder/youth

Sunday school every week at 9 in the annex
Grades K–4 in room 3; grades 5–12 in room 4

SWAG (Saved With Amazing Grace)
GphiG (Glori-fy-ing God)
Refuel for youth

SWAG is for children in kindergarten through fourth grade.

GɸG and Refuel are for youth in fifth through 12th grades.

SWAG and GphiG gather for a light meal, Bible lesson, games and fellowship. All school-age children are invited and encouraged to attend; you may bring a friend or friends.

Please contact Brett Cardwell or Tara Morrow if you are interested in providing food, doing cleanup, or helping to teach a lesson.

Youth group

Sunday, Jan. 5 — GphiG, 4 to 6 p.m. in the youth room

Sunday, Jan. 12 — “Swift Café” (youth fundraiser) immediately after 10:00 worship, in the fellowship hall

Wednesday, Jan. 15 — Refuel, 6 to 8 p.m. at Norman and Debbie Schmidt’s house

Montreat is coming up soon. The $100 deposit per student for the Montreat Youth Conference is due April 1.

Swift youth go shopping for food pantry

We had eight Swift youth go shopping on the morning of Sept. 22 for the Swift Church food pantry. They went to Walmart and played a fun shopping game, which included not only finding the items we needed to complete the shopping list, but also some tasks to complete — like taking a selfie with a Walmart employee (with their permission, of course). I think everyone had fun — they were all smiling in the pictures.

Thank you to Tara Morrow and Lynn Barnwell for helping out with the transportation. And thank you to Tara for keeping us organized, sending texts, putting the food away in the pantry, and so much more.

— Kim Vanbrimmer

►Nine youth complete months of study and become confirmed as church members.

SCENES FROM THE YOUTH CHRISTMAS PARTY | FIRE PIT AND FUN

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The October Refuel gathering took place at the home of Phil and Jody Beth Melton.

Are you willing to provide a meal for a youth event?

Please consider providing a meal for a youth event (grades 5–12). To find out more, contact Tara Morrow or Teresa Thomas.

Swift youth T-shirts available for purchase

The youth of the church have Swift youth T-shirts available for sale. They are $10, and you can choose between blue and gray and sizes small, medium and large. Contact Ginny Kleinschmidt or a member of the youth group for more information.

SWIFT CHURCH YOUTH PHOTO GALLERY

YOUTH MINISTRY KICKOFF POOL PARTY

There was swimming, food and fun on the afternoon of Aug. 21 at Pastor Keith and Lisa Cardwell’s home. The event was for sixth-through-12th-graders and their parents.

Photos from the youth ministry kickoff pool party for youth and parents are the latest addition to the gallery. You can hover over an image to pause, or you can click on a photo to enlarge it and move through larger images.

Take God on your journey

►Here’s a report on the Presbyterian Youth Triennium.

Christian education

Sunday school classes

Sunday school for children and youth is in the annex. Classes start at 9 a.m.
The youth meet (grades 6–12) in the youth room, and those in grades K–5 meet in the children’s ministry room.

SERVICE AND HONORS

■ See “Swift church people” for details.