Youth
The teenagers at Springwood get together regularly for study, service, retreats, and just to hang out. They are led by Vickie Williams and John Marion.
Study
We gather at the church -2 times each month on Thursdays from 6:30-8:30 pm. We are studying from a workbook entitled "Jesus Christ for Youth." It's about the birth, life, teachings, and death of Jesus and how it relates to youth today. Check out our Calendar of Upcoming Events and look for "Youth Group" to learn the date we'll meet.
Service
We have done a variety of things to help out people in need locally:
- We have gone gleaning (picking food from crops that farmers are willing to donate) and taken the food we collected to a local food pantry.
- We have helped prepare, cook, and serve food at the Good Shepherd Kitchen.
- We have gone to local retirement communities to sing Christmas carols and to deliver Valentines.
- We have worked building houses through Habitat for Humanity
- We hold a special offering on Super Bowl Sunday each year - the Souper Bowl of Caring.
- We are beginning another ministry through which our church members will feed the homeless (snappy name pending!). We are buying and putting together lunch bags containing non-perishable foods. People can buy these lunches and keep them in their cars to distribute to homeless persons that they come across.
Our youth have also been active in Springwood's national and international mission efforts. Many of our teens have traveled to Mexico with our week-long Mexico Mission Trips.
One year, the Youth Group organized and lead a week-long Mission Trip to the Appalachian Mountains. We stayed at a Presbyterian Church in West Virginia and worked each day on improving the house of an impoverished family. This was through the West Virginia Advocacy and Workcamps ministry. Check out our Calendar of Upcoming Events for more details on this year's activities.
Retreats and Hanging Out
Whether traveling to Camp Hanes for winter camp or the mountains of Western North Carolina for the week-long Montreat Senior High Conferences, retreats give us a chance to hang out and have some non-stop fun as well as an opportunity to come closer to God and be inspired to grow more like Christ. For fun, we also go to water parks and amusement parks, take in some concerts, and just sit around and make fun of John or sing-along as he jams on his guitar.
We always welcome others. You won't find a more accepting group!
For any questions or to find out more about the Youth Group, drop Vickie Williams a message.
by Reverend Dale Walker | 02/15/10
Lent begins Wednesday, February 18: Ash Wednesday. Traditionally, Christians have used the six weeks of Lent to prepare for the grace of Christ’s resurrection. Fasting, penitence, prayer, scripture reading, acts of sacrifice and service are some of the disciplines we may use to reflect on our relationship with God and to stretch ourselves spiritually. If you have a special way of keeping Lent, would you let me know? I’d like to be able to share those ideas with the congregation—your anonymity protected, of course—to encourage others to deepen their relationship with God during these weeks (Read more)
by Reverend Dale Walker | 02/28/10
“Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!”, Isaiah trembled in his sandals overhearing the seraphs praise God. The dictionary defines “holy” as characterized by perfection and transcendence.” Do you expect—even hope--to meet the Holy when you come to church? Annie Dillard writes that when we go to church, we should wear crash helmets, be given life preservers, and be lashed to the pews, in case God does show up! [“Teaching a Stone to Talk”] Isaiah’s vision is as terrifying as the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile: the foundations shaking, the air filled with smoke. I wonder if we want that much holiness!
Perhaps we need an encounter with the Living God to shake us up, transform us, heal us, and bring us into God’s circle of holiness. Perhaps that would help us recognize the holy in all things—even in ourselves. But be warned: expect to be changed, just as Isaiah was changed and empowered to speak for God to a troubled country—as Peter was changed from a simple fisherman to be able to follow that strange, nonconformist teacher. If you are willing to be changed from just rocking along in your faith, strap on your crash helmet, grab a life preserver, immerse yourself in God’s word in scripture, and ask what God, through a particular passage, is asking of you. Soak yourself in prayer, opening your heart to listen to God’s words of comfort and words of challenge. Hear and receive God’s forgiveness of you, freeing you from the paralyzing guilt about sin and freeing you to follow Jesus. For us, forgiveness comes not by a burning coal on our lips, but by hearing the good news of God’s great love
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