Youth Ministry
Christ UMC Youth Group
Youth Group for Christ UMC is for any students in grades 6-12. We meet in a variety of ways to help meet the hectic schedules that many youth have.
- We meet once a month on the 4th Sunday at 4pm at Christ UMC. This is a “typical” youth group setting. Think games, faith exploration, community building, and snacks.
- We meet as small groups, consisting of 3-6 students per group. Each group has a focus on what they’re passionate about. Some may be technology, art, serving the community, or something else entirely. The group chooses the focus and chooses the times that work best with their schedules.
Regardless of the focus, we are always working toward making disciples and growing our faith. - Once a month we meet with other United Methodist youth groups in the Lafayette area for collaborative events, service projects, and discussions. More information and dates are listed in the “Lafayette Youth Collective” section below.
We understand that the middle and high school years are amazing, but can be challenging as well. We work together as staff, volunteers, and students to ensure that we have a safe space to share our beliefs, thoughts, and questions without judgement from others. We are all striving together to make the group, and ourselves, better.
If you have any questions, please contact Youth Director, Jake Mayer (jake@christumchurch.org)
Lafayette Youth Collective
Once a month, youth from the Lafayette area Methodist churches meet up to work together and have fun.
We believe that walking with others in our faith journey is important, and “others” doesn’t just include those who we go to church with. Just because the names on our buildings are different doesn’t mean we can’t be together.
This group is led by Janee LaFuze (St. Andrews UMC), Glen Robyne (Grace UMC), and Jake Mayer (Christ UMC). The monthly events are established with the input from youth and formed in a way that everyone feels welcome and included.
Lafayette Youth Collective Events
11am – 3pm
- Games, playground, cookout, and Tropicanoe Cove
- Cost: $10 for food
9a – 6p
- We will travel to Turkey Run State Park and canoe along the beautiful Sugar Creek and eat lunch on the river. Then we will do a hike through the State Park before returning home.
- Bring sack lunch
- Cost: $20/person
- MORE INFO AND SIGNUP HERE
5p – 9p
- Youth and their families are invited to join us at Exploration Acres for a cookout, maze races, and fellowship. We will have a fire pit reserved and brats & hot dogs to roast. There will be some maze activities before roasting smore’s and closing out our evening. Come for as much or as little as your family needs to.
- Bring chairs and cookout sticks to share
- Cost: TBD
- MORE INFO AND SIGNUP HERE
~9am – 1pm
- Will be a work crew to help serve the local Tippecanoe County community by helping prepare their homes for winter.
- Lunch after our service session: TBD
- More info coming soon
10am – 1pm
- Jubilee Christmas is a special Lafayette Urban Ministry (LUM) program for families with children ages 12 and younger who need assistance in providing gifts, food, and clothes for their children. We will spend the day shopping for other children around our ages to help bring holiday cheer.
- Funds for purchasing will be given by churches to purchase gifts for teens.
- More info coming soon
~10am – 3pm
- We will volunteer for an act of service helping a local nonprofit with their needs.
- More info coming soon
More events are being planned. We will have monthly events up through the end of the school year in May.
Summer camps and mission trip information will be available soon as well.