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The
United Methodist Youth Fellowship named themselves BLAST
(Big Loud
Awesome Spirit
Thing). This includes all youth
grades 6-12 who attend Braddock Street United Methodist Church.
We seek to promote spiritual growth and maturity through the awesome
truth of Jesus Christ.
Middle
School includes youth in grades 6-8. Senior High is for persons
in grades 9-12. These groups meet weekly on Sunday evenings as well
as Sunday mornings. A free snack supper is served from 6-6:30 p.m.
Large group time is 6:30-6:45 and small group (divided by age) is
from 6:45-7:30 p.m.
 A
variety of activities are planned throughout the year for the groups
including new types of worship, service projects, mission outreaches,
and, of course, zany fellowship. Weekend retreats provide opportunities
for study, growth, and recreation. Some of our annual retreats are
the Senior High Retreat and Middle School Retreat with our conference
each fall; Acquire the Fire Youth Conference or Planet Wisdom in
the spring; Confirmation Retreat Weekend; and various summer trips
and adventures.
 Not
only do the youth at Braddock Street United Methodist Church have
fun, we are very intentional about making a difference in our church,
our community, and our world. Service projects and fund raisers
involve youth in service to their church and community. Some of
our favorites are working at the Apple Harvest Festival in Burlington;
Christmas caroling for our shut-ins; participating in the 30-hour
Famine; hosting a Turkey Dinner and Auction for missions; and doing
a wide variety of on-going services in our local congregation, including
leading services annually. Our annual Mission
Trip is always anticipated as well and open to those in 8th
grade through recent graduates. This year some of our senior high
youth will travelled to Africa and Thailand and the middle school youth joined some other senior highs going to Elizabeth City, NC to
participate in home repair.
The
youth choir is also very active providing
music monthly as well as an annual Youth Musical Sunday. Choir rehearsal
is weekly on Sundays from 5-6 p.m.
For
a current schedule of special activities contact our Director
of Youth Ministries.
Come
BLAST!
Youth
Needs
Throughout the upcoming
year, the youth need various volunteers and resources to help things
run smoothly. Visit our new Youth Needs
page to see how you might help!
Downloadable
Forms
The
links below are printable PDF forms for various upcoming youth
events. You must have a recent version of the Adobe Reader
installed to view these files.
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