Youth Ministry
We were tired after a week in the Valley doing home repair and community service and sunburned from a day at the beach celebrating all that God had done that week…but we had Whataburger and each other and we were happy and so full.
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Summer U.M. ARMY Mission Trip
Mason, Texas, July 6th – 12th
TODAY you can register to attend our mission trip to Mason, Texas, where we’ll unite with youth from all over Texas to be the hands and feet of Christ by serving our neighbors in need while also having a super good time and growing our faith in both God and ourselves. What more could you ask for???
While camp costs $275 per participant, we only ask that families provide $100 per student and cover the rest of the cost through fundraising. Payment is not due at time of registration and scholarships are available.
This summer will be our 4th straight trip with U.M. ARMY and I can’t wait to see what God has in store for us in Mason.
Weekly Bible Study
Most Wednesdays during the summer (unless otherwise specified), youth from Northwest Hills UMC gather to kick it and read from the good book. Currently, we’re making our way through Ephesians. This week, we’ll be gathering at noon.
Last week, our planned discussion got pushed for a conversation about growing up, thresholds, and some goal setting for how we want to be looking back on our summers two months from now. So this week, we’ll begin Ephesians 4. We’ll be discussing the importance of unity in the Body of Christ and the self-sacrificial nature of love.
Sunday School
This week in Sunday School: Jesus Heals on the Sabbath!
In what would appear to be something of a theme for last week, our planned lesson got pushed for an impromptu screening of a couple of short films some of our youth made. We’re 100% always interested in sharing the things that make our hearts sing, so no regrets, but we’ll hop back into John 5 this Sunday.
This week, we continue a story we started before school ended in John chapter 5. We’ve seen Jesus heal a man who had been sick for 38(!!!) years, and now we get to explore the tension that grows in the aftermath of that story when it is revealed that Jesus, by healing on the sabbath, is thought by some of his peers to have broken God’s commandments.
Gather in the Bride’s Room at 10am.
Help Serve Taco Dinner for U.M. ARMY Group
THIS SUNDAY: Volunteer to serve dinner to the U.M. ARMY Mission Group Staying at Northwest Hills @ 5:30pm
Sunday, March 23rd, 2025 – A DAY OF DOMINATION
After a Sunday of PURE DOMINATION, our youth are the REIGNING CHAMPIONS of the Greater Austin Area United Methodist Youth Annual Scavenger Hunt!
Tasked with completing a myriad of absolutely insane, and dare I say, at times, unhinged, challenges around the Domain and documenting them via photo and video, our youth stepped up to the plate and knocked the ball out of the flipping park!
We got makeovers for the Lord, we got our ears pierced for the Lord, some of us even begged for sushi from strangers for the Lord but no amount of public shame can tarnish the fact that WE ARE CHAMPIONS!!!
Congrats to Northwest Hills UMC Youth on being quantifiably THE BEST! Check out a few more pictures from this year’s Scavenger Hunt below.
