Youth and Family Ministries Archive

Vacation Bible School

Posted May 20, 2025 By admin

Mark your calendars for VBS! The dates are Monday, June 23rd through Thursday, June 26th. A meal will be served starting at 5:45 PM each night. VBS will be from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM. There will be classes for all ages. Don’t miss the fellowship!

Point kids to Jesus, a faithful friend we can always trust. Guide kids on the ultimate Alaskan adventure where northern lights glow over majestic mountains, racing rivers, and glistening glaciers. As kids trek the tundra, they’ll explore how easy it is to lose sight of what’s true in our wild world today. Pointing them toward Jesus, True North VBS shows them that he is a faithful friend we can always trust. He’s our True North!

Finding your way in a world gone wild.

We have Jesus—our true north! Give kids a rock-solid foundation and point them to Jesus, their unmovable, unshakeable friend forever!

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Youth News

Posted April 30, 2025 By admin

Mark your calendars, the youth are planning a congregational picnic for Sunday, June 1st, immediately following the service. Before the weather gets too hot, we need to take advantage of the picnic shelter. The youth will provide more information at the beginning of the church services in May. Make plans to wear comfy clothes on June 1st and join us for an afternoon of food and fun.

The youth began April with a cross walk for Lent and ended with a trip to Stars and Strikes.

We will meet May 4th and May 25th from 5:00-7:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall to work on plans for the picnic, share a meal and worship our Lord.

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Solid Rock Day Camp

Posted April 10, 2025 By admin

Solid Rock Day Camp is looking for faithful young adults to work as day camp counselors this summer! Counselors lead bible time, crafts, games, devotions, and tons of good ol’ kid fun with elementary age children at various locations across the southeast. It’s not only a job, it’s an amazing experience! Check our website for more information: https://www.carolinas-nalc.org/home/youth/.

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Lutheran Women – Easter Egg Hunt

Posted April 7, 2025 By admin

The Lutheran Women will host their annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 12th from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. There will be crafts to make and games to play and a light lunch will be served. There will be lots of eggs to hunt so please come and bring your Easter basket! Invite some friends as well.
Older kids are welcome to come and help hide the eggs. Your help will be greatly appreciated.

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Music Notes

Posted April 5, 2025 By admin

It’s hard to believe that we are almost through our Lenten journey, but with all the pollen in the air, it must be time for Palm Sunday and Easter. Our younger choristers have been learning the history and words of the hymn “All Glory, Laud and Honor.” This beautiful hymn that we sing every Palm Sunday as we process into the church waving palm branches was written by St. Theodulph. Theodulph was a priest and writer and was appointed the bishop of Orleans, France by Charlemagne in 781. When Charlemagne died, his son, Louis the Pious, imprisoned many people in fear of rebellion including Theodulph who wrote this beloved hymn while in prison. Wrongly accused of treason, Theodulph clung to his faith and praised his redeemer. May we all show such faith in the challenges we face throughout our lives. Please talk to the children about Theodulph and what it means to you to know that Christ is your redeemer.
Choir rehearsals will return to Wednesday evenings at 6:00 PM at the end of Lent.
The children’s choir is currently working on an anthem based on the Lord’s prayer and our making their own prayer book.

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Youth News

Posted April 3, 2025 By admin

Get ready for Stars and Strikes! Join us for laser tag, bumper cars and the video arcade on Sunday, April 27th from 3:00 to 6:00 PM. The fun begins right at 3:00 PM so be sure to arrive at least 10 minutes before time. The cost is $22 per youth and includes pizza and a drink. Please let Angela Nuottila know if you will be attending.

The youth group met at the end of February to host the chili cook-off. It was a great success and of course June Lindler took home the award for best chili. We have also been busy planning worship for the end of March and taking part in the Cross Walk on the Palmetto Trail. Pictures of the Cross Walk will be included in next month’s newsletter.

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Youth Members Leading Worship

Posted March 31, 2025 By admin

Our St. Jacob’s Youth members in grades six and above lead the congregation in worship on the last Sunday in the months with five Sundays. This has been a blessing to our church and to these young people as they continue to study and learn more about the church’s liturgy. We are thankful for each of these faithful kids and look forward to having them lead us in worship.

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Music Notes

Posted February 10, 2025 By admin

Our youngest choristers are busy busy bees this month learning about Epiphany and the beatitudes. Or as we like to spell it the Bee-atitudes. They will be sharing Jesus’s message of blessings with the congregation in a couple of weeks. If you see one of our children’s choir members, ask them to tell you about the meaning of the words epiphany or beatitudes. I’m sure they can tell you. They are also beginning to ring handbells. It’s a favorite activity for everyone.

Just a reminder of our weekly schedule:

Chancel choir – Wednesdays 6:00-7:00PM
Children’s choir – Sundays 3:00-3:45 PM
Handbell rehearsals – Sundays 4:00-5:00 PM
Youth choir – Sundays 5:00-5:30 PM Please come and join us!

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St. Jacob’s Youth

Posted February 1, 2025 By admin

We kicked off a new year of youth activities in January with a campfire, games, and most especially smores. We had a great turn out with 14 kids participating. We celebrated Jesus as the light of the world. We roasted hotdogs over the fire, held an epiphany themed scavenger hunt by flashlight, shared devotions around the fire and finished up making smores.

Youth group will be the last Sunday of each month. In February, we will celebrate the month of love by sharing the love of Christ throughout the world. Along with Pastor David, we will host the chili cook-off on February 23rd at 5:00 PM to raise money for Congo International to allow our pastor and Pastor Kalonji to take the Word of God to people in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Come out and support our youth and this important ministry of our church.

Isabelle and Daniel will represent our youth members this year on the Youth Council. The Youth Council will meet on Wednesday, February 12th at 7:00 PM in the church office to plan activities for the upcoming year.

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