Check out this information about the Sr. High Mission Trip to Hayesville, North Carolina!

• Departs July 16 returns July 23

• $100 deposit reserves your spot

• All deposits due by February 1st

• This trip is for all those who will complete grades 9 thru 12 in spring 2012.

• Work May Include: New Home Construction, Light Home Repair, Wheelchair Ramps

• Other Activities: Located in Appalachian Mountain high country…

NOTE: Spots are limited for this trip so get your deposit in ASAP to make sure your spot is reserved!

For more information, contact our Youth Director
Jeff Ginn (jginn@fumcwf.org or 940-613-0025)!

Check out this information about the Jr. High Mission Trip to Rapid City, South Dakota!

• Departs June 30 returns July 8

• $60 deposit reserves your spot

• All deposits due by March 1st

• This trip is for all those who will complete grades 6 thru 8 in spring 2012.

• Work may include Children’s Programs, Elderly Centers, Thrift Store, Food Bank, Light Home Repair

• Other Activities: Visit Mt. Rushmore

NOTE: Spots are limited for this trip so get your deposit in ASAP to make sure your spot is reserved!

For more information, contact our Youth Director
Jeff Ginn (jginn@fumcwf.org or 940-613-0025)!

Twenty-eight youth & adults left June 19 for a week of service and fellowship in El Paso, TX completing ten different projects in that community including:

• Maintenance  & improvements at the Lydia Patterson Institute;
• Food sorting & distribution at the area food bank;
• Home repairs; and
• A variety of improvement projects at the Boys & Girls Club.

Plans are in motion for our Summer 2011 mission trip so mark your calendar and reserve the date. Imagine waking up in the poorest zip code in the United States. This will be the experience of youth and adults from FUMC on June 19-25 when we travel to the Lydia Patterson Institute in El Paso, TX.

Lydia Patterson Institute is the only remaining United Methodist School in the US that serves a predominately Hispanic population. Most students are from neighboring Juarez, Mexico and rise at 4:00am everyday for their trek to Lydia Patterson. They come to study in a church-supported environment where faith and knowledge interact to enrich lives and develop Christian leadership.

This summer our youth will again lend their sweat and pride to the resources at the school, and they will once again witness firsthand testimony about how Lydia Patterson changes lives and opens doors. Please join them in support and prayer as they prepare for the trip in June.

For more information, contact
Jeff Ginn (jginn@fumcwf.org or 940-766-4231, x230).

Twenty three (23) youth and adults left after 10:30am Worship to go on a Mission Trip to San Marcos, Texas to do repairs on homes of people that live in that area.  As you can see in the picture, they prayed as a group before they left, but we ask that you pray for them as well over this coming week.  They will be returning late on Friday, June 18.

THANK YOU TO OUR YOUTH FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE
IN OUR WORLD!

Roughly L-R:  Jeff Ginn, Bryan Press, Jerry Rouse, Ethan Rouse, Dylan Haynes, Collin Brauner, Ross Hammond, Hope Rouse, Ashley Tate, Robby Press, Millicent Paris, Emma Knight, Corbin Ginn, Diane Montano, Breanne Press, Claire Baer, Hollon Meaders, Anthony Davis, Keeley Trevino, Macy Bretschneider, Faith Cooper, Drake Davis, Haley Knight

Following is a letter from Stephanie Iracheta, FUMC Youth Scholarship recipient from the Lydia Patterson Institute:

“Hey everyone:

I hope you guys are doing great! I just want you to know that I miss you a lot. I miss everyone of you. I learned about each one of you something and guess what? It is still on my heart.

I am so excited for the summer to come, and hang out with all of you again.

Stephanie “weird accent” Iracheta is going back! So take care, and let the Lord to lead everything you do, and you will see, even if you are scared, His power!

I am not gonna lie, this semester has been difficult for me, but it’s a blessing to say that I didn’t have to leave school a year because of money. My dream is growing faster. I want to go to college, and be a doctor, and I think that if the Lord gives you the power to dream big, it’s because you can do big things in life.

Love mucho!

Stephanie “Ch” Iracheta”

Mark your calendars NOW for the FUMC Youth Garage Sale to support their Mission Trip to Galveston, Texas. Here are the details for the sale:

Date: Saturday, June 20, 2009
Time: 7:00-11:30am
Location: Parking Lot of the former Lack’s Furniture parking lot on Fairway between Call Field & Kell (CLICK HERE for a map).
Special Event: For premier items, there will be a Silent Auction from 10:30-11:00am.

Do you have items to donate?
Contact Michael Paris by e-Mail or at 940-761-9710.

More information is coming soon, but mark your calendars NOW for the 2009 Youth Mission Trip:

June 21-27, 2009 the youth will be going to Galveston to help in the Hurricane Ike recovery.

For more information, contact Jeff Ginn!

Check out these pics from the Summer 2008 Youth Mission Trip to the Lydia Patterson Institute in El Paso, Texas.  Way to work and have fun!