Youth and Children Groups

Please note the Monthly Calendar view of all major events for August 2011-August 2012 at http://fmcdenver.org/Calendar.

Click here for a printable calendar of the monthly gatherings.

Click here for the Waiver and Release of Liability Form.

Venture Club - Activities for children in grades 3, 4, 5 October 2 Scavenger Hunt

  • November 20 - Tree Decorating
  • (December 10 Xmas Rehearsal)
  • January 8 - Ice Skating
  • February (YVP?)
  • March 9-11 RMMC Emmental weekend w/ parents
  • April 15 - Wood Crafts
  • May 6 - Mt. Falcon Hike or Bike a thon

Contact Pastor Tory if you would like to join the Venture Club at anytime during the year.

Young Voices for Peace - Choirs for 3rd graders and up

http://www.mennomusic.org/

JYF -  Junior Youth Fellowship

  • October 1-2 Sleepover and neighborhood scavenger hunt
  • November 6 TBD
  • (Dec 4 Snow Camp Reg. Deadline)
  • December 4 Xmas Party
  • January 20-22 Snow Camp
  • February 5 Lunch (before YVP Rehearsal?)
  • April 15 TBD
  • May 6 TBD
  • May 22 FMC Picnic
  • June 4-9 Help w/ VBS
  • June (tentatively) 14-17 Summer Learning Service Trip in Colorado
  • RMMC-Summer
  • August 3-5 MSMC Annual Assembly in La Junta with MYF

MYF - Mennonite Youth Fellowship

  • October 15-16 Relief Sale Sleepover Saturday afternoon/evening, spending the night at East Holbrook Mennonite Church, and home by 5pm.  Contact Pastor Tory if you need a ride.
  • December 4 - Xmas Party
  • (January 8 Snow Camp Reg. Deadline)
  • January 13-15 Eagles Nest Retreat/Snow Shoeing
  • February 4-5 Soup Fundraiser/Sleepover
  • February 17-19 Snow Camp
  • April 15 TBD
  • May 6 TBD
  • May 20 - Senior Celebration & FMC Picnic
  • June 7-10 Help w/ VBS
  • June (tentatively) 24-30 Summer Learning Service Trip
  • RMMC - various Summer Camps
  • August 3-5 MSMC Assembly in La Junta, Colorado


Mentor/Mentee Program - High School Years

  • October 2 - Pizza lunch & Scavenger Hunt
  • January 8 - TBD
  • April - Seniors & Mentors turn in exit Interview for Focus Newsletter
  • May 20 - Seniors Celebrated and Scholarships Awarded
  • June 3 - Barbeque & Activity (celebrating Seniors)

Contact Pastor Tory if you would like to be a Mentor or Mentee.

For more information about any of these programs, contact Tory Doerksen, Pastor of Child and Youth Faith Formation at fmcdenvertoryaol.com  or Education/CYFF (Child and Youth Faith Formation) Commissioner Glenda Kauffman.



Notes from Mennonite Church USA Convention in Pittsburgh

Saturday, July 2
Albuquerque, Beth-El, Boulder, East Holbrook, Emmanuel, Ft. Collins, Mountain Community, and Peace Mennonite Community meet us at our church building and the 38 of us play get-to-know-you games, eat pizza, and hang out from 9pm till our bus arrives early in the morning.  A lot of light rain while we travel.

Sunday, July 3
We board the bus around 4:30am and the start the trek to Pittsburgh.  Way too much fast food!  And our first food stop is filled with other 4th of July travelers.  We switch to our second driver around a late lunch time.

Monday, July 4
We switch to our third bus driver in the middle of the night and we arrive in Pittsburgh on the bus around 9:30am.  Weather isn't too hot, and clouds keep building above us.  We check-in to half of our rooms and find a way to all take showers.  Then it's off to find lunch and then go to the Pirates baseball game before worship.  Glennon Heights, El Centro (Caleb - a sponsor) and the rest of our crew fly into Pittsburgh around dinner time, making the Mountain States Youth/Sponsor number around 46 from 11 different churches! 

Evening Worship July 4th - Shane Hipps (who works with Rob Bell and occasionally Peter Rollins) talked about making peace amidst our desires for justice and for purity/righteousness.  Then we supposedly went to sleep around midnight :-)

Tuesday, July 5
July 5th has been a full day.  Morning worship speaker was Shane Hipps again, and he talked about the unique value and worth every single person has.  Then we went did our Servant Project cleaning up a hillside where people have been dumping random garbage by the Zoo.  Muddy, muddy jeans!  Now it's time to shower and head to dinner and evening worship featuring the drama guru Ted! 

Wednesday, July 6
Glenda Kauffman alerted the church office about the following article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Click here to view article.

Wow - so we're famous!  Looks like Brennen, Nate, Kate, and Beth made it on the cover of the Pitt newspaper...  Need I say more on what that's done for our Mountain States pride this July 6th?  Read the article... :-)  And yesterday we celebrated Ellen's Birthday - fun singing to her in the lunch hall instigated by her brother Brett. - Tory

Friday, July 8
Thursday night was a free night.  Many of us attended the trash fashion show, the hymn sing, and then a few of us attended the Pink Menno Coffee House.

Friday we're trying to stay energetic.  This afternoon some of us utilized tickets that the Zoo gave us for our work on Tuesday (that made us "famous"), and others walked around the scary Pittsburgh Plate Glass company buildings and a few of the bridges and city parks.

We keep gathering quotes and pictures and stories to share during our Mystery Meal (open to everyone) on the 16th and then an abbreviated version during the worship service on the 17th :-)

Worship ended with an energetic worship session!  Now we are off to our last few hours of fun, including the pool and a couple of convention related Coffee Houses.  Tomorrow a few of us fly home, while the majority of us board the bus early for Cedar Point's roller coasters to make sure we have NO energy left by the time we roll in late Sunday night!  Pray for our recuperation during worship Sunday :-)  Thanks for your support - Tory and the MYF and our amazing Sponsors!