8th Grade Sexuality Retreat: April 16-17th

At United Church we believe in providing wholistic educational experiences for our youth including sexuality education.  In the past we have offered classes on the Our Whole Lives (O.W.L.) Sexuality Education curriculum and are looking at continuing this study in the future.  Each year during the Spring we offer a Sexuality Retreat for 8th graders offering a safe space for students to continue growing as adolescents in their understandings of who they are as whole beings.  This year the retreat will be Friday April 16th & Saturday April 17th.  If you are interested in your son or daughter participating in this retreat, please email Jenny Shultz or Jill Edens.  This is not an overnight experience; the group meets Friday evening and returns on Saturday morning for a full day of time together.  Feel free to call or email Jenny for more information.   

Sr. High "30 Hour Famine" Fundraiser for HAITI: April 16-17th

This April the youth of Chapel Hill will join the efforts of hundreds of thousands of young people all over the nation who will set aside the usual “stuff” that fills their daily lives. Instead, they will do World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine “ON AN EMPTY STOMACH” – the theme for this year. By going without food, they get a taste of what the world’s poorest children and families, those people suffering in Haiti today, face on a daily basis. Prior to the event weekend, students raise funds with the knowledge that every $30 they raise can help feed and care for 1 child for a month.  Our UCCH youth will perform a hands-on service project, volunteering at the IFC, during the weekend in order to make a difference in our own community.  Please join the Facebook Page "Chapel Hill-Durahm Area 30 Hour Famine" for more information. 

Youth Summer Mission Trips: June 18-26, 2010

Each summer, rising 9th graders through graduated seniors engage in mission outside of the local community. Our trips in the past few years have included repair and maintenance on a camp in New Hampshire, home repair in the mountains on Virginia, and serving in homeless ministries in New York City as well as Washington, D.C. We have also done educational and farm work at the Heifer International farm in Rutland, MA and we served at various non-profit groups serving the poor and homeless people of Nashville, Tennessee. We took an international trip to Costa Rica, taking a fabulous group of 32 people.

The plan for the summer of 2010 is an incredible week of serving at the Heifer International farm in Rutland, MA, with a short stop in Boston to see Blue Man Group and explore the pier. Don’t miss these wonderful opportunities to live out your faith while serving others in far away places.

Click HERE for the Mission Trip Registration Form. 

Montreat Youth Conference: July 25-31, 2010

...is for all rising 9th graders through graduating seniors. Montreat is an outstanding week of music, small group discussions, dances, large group recreation, new friends and creative worship.

Approximately 1,000 Sr. High youth will be there from all over the United States. Our group will be staying at a mountain cottage that is within easy walking distance of all conference events, including the Huckleberry ice cream shop! We will be eating simple but delicious home-cooked meals and living together in community for this week. We also have a free afternoon in the beautiful mountain town of Asheville, NC. Please join us!

The dates for 2010 are July 25-31. So mark your calendars now!  The cost of the trip is $425 or $350 for a second youth in the same family.  A $200 deposit is due to Jenny no later than Sunday, January 24, 2010.  Registration packets can be found outside of Jenny's door in the wall pockets. 

Thanks!

Click HERE for Montreat Registration Form.

Click HERE for the UCCH Medical Release Form.