Ayden United Methodist Church

July may seem like a while from now, but it’s time to start planning for our 2013 Vacation Bible School and the Education Committee needs you to be a part of making this year’s VBS a big success!

Come join us on 4/14/13 at 4pm in the Fellowship Hall for our first planning meeting of the year. We need teachers and leaders, helpers and artists, musicians and cooks and just about anything else you can think of, so please come share your time and gifts!

 

VBS will be the evenings of July 21-25 this year. Come join in the fun!

Confirmation classes begin this Sunday April 7. Classes will be held for the next 8 weeks during the Sunday school hour (10 – 10:45am) and will include time for fellowship, learning, and reflection.

The schedule will be as follows:

 

Confirmation 2013 Schedule

April 7 – Creation and Sin

April 14 – Redemption and the Holy Spirit

April 21 – Church and New Creation 

April 28 – The Way of Discipleship and Salvation

May 5 – Wesleyan Quadrilateral

May 12 – Worship and the Sacraments 

May 19 – Confirmation Vows

May 26 – The Creed / “I Believe”

Ayden UMC will be holding our annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, 3/23/13 from 11-12:30 pm.  Lunch will be served.

As we prepare we would love for church folks to donate items to put in the eggs (i.e. candy, stickers or small prizes) prior to 3/23. Please see Allyson Meyer or Dee Stroud to donate these spall prizes.

We are once again entering that season of the church when our young people are invited to begin thinking about what it means to be a professing member of the church, and whether or not they are ready to make that decision. In the church, we call this process of joining the church “confirmation”.

Confirmation is a time for youth to explore their faith, ask questions and learn about God, themselves and those around them. It is a time of learning about the story of God and how it has been enacted throughout history by God’s people. It is a time to make firm the commitments the promises made at their baptisms, and to assume responsibility to life those promises out in the world.

During class sessions we will spend our time learning about the history, beliefs and traditions of the church, as well as learning how we can begin to take our part as adult members in the body of Christ.

The schedule for confirmation sessions will follow the regular Sunday School schedule (Sundays from 10:00 – 10:40 am) beginning on April 7 with our final class session on May 26. We will celebrate confirmation in worship on June 2nd.

In order to help us plan, If you or your youth are planning to participate in confirmation, please RSVP by e-mail to minister@aydenumc.org, or by phone to the church office by March 3rd.

 

I’m looking forward to a great confirmation class this year and will be praying for all of those who will be joining me for this special journey.  If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

 

-Pastor Jim