Youth Ministries
Fiifth and sixth graders
Pre-Confirmation classes are the first step on the path to Confirmation. Check the ages listed on each upcoming event to see if this age group is invited.
Seventh and eighth graders
Weekly classes and special events are directed in a dedicated path toward Confirmation with activities and lessons to explore their faith. Classes meet weekly on Wednesdays. Games and gathering from 6:30 to 7 p.m. Class from 7 to 8:15 p.m. The topics for each 8th grade class are lsited below.
High School Youth
This group meets weekly on Sundays, usually after services, for discussions and special outings.
UPCOMING YOUTH EVENTS
UPCOMING YOUTH EVENTS
H.S. Youth Topgolf Outing
Sun., Nov. 9
10:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Grades 9-12
HS Youth Discussion and Lunch
Sun., Nov. 23
11 am - 1 p.m.
Grades 9-12
All Youth Christmas Caroling
Sun., Dec. 7
11 am - 1:30 p.m.
Grades 6-12
All Youth Game Day and Lunch
Sun., Dec. 21
11 am - 2 p.m.
Grades 6-12
Join us for some fun -no golf experience necessary! Please email Pastor Ramona if you need a ride! We will leave church at 10:45am, tee off time at Topgolf Naperville is 11:15am, returning by 1:30pm. (3211 Odyssey Ct, Naperville, IL 60563) We still have space for more – friends are welcome! Cost is $30.
HS Youth PADS Service
Sun., Nov. 16
4:15-7:30 p.m.
Grades 9-12
All Youth Movie and Lunch
Sun., Nov. 30
11 am - 3 p.m.
Grades 6-12
All Youth Christmas Pageant Sign Up
thru Sun., Nov. 30
All Ages
Join us for a PADS service day with Pastor Ramona at the Interim Housing Center at 1113 Butterfield Frontage Rd, Downers Grove, IL.
Sign up here by Thursday, Nov 13th. Email Pastor Ramona with any questions.
Join us for lunch and a discussion about “Who is my Neighbor”.
Email Pastor Ramona with any questions.
Lunch and a movie after services featuring the film Wicked. Please bring $10 to cover lunch.
Email Pastor Ramona with any questions.
HS Youth PADS service
Sun., Dec. 14
4:15 - 7:30 p.m.
Grades 9-12
This year, everyone is invited to participate in the Faith Formation/Children’s Church sponsored All Church-Come to the Manger Christmas Play. We need adults and teens to sign up for speaking parts, to be guides and we also need a costume maker for a few costumes. You can sign up through November 30. Let's make this the Best Play Ever! More information to come! Please sign up here.
Bring some holiday cheer to our homebound friends with classic Christmas carols.
Email Pastor Ramona with any questions.
Join us for a PADS service day with Pastor Ramona at the Interim Housing Center at
1113 Butterfield Frontage Rd, Downers Grove, IL.
Sign up here by Thursday, Dec. 11th. Email Pastor Ramona with any questions.
Everyone - grades 6-12 - is invited to Game day and Lunch. Please bring $10 for food. Friends are always welcome.
Email Pastor Ramona with any questions.
Confirmation Class Schedule - 7th and 8th grades
Wed., Sept. 24
Wed., Oct. 1
Wed., Oct. 8
Wed., Oct. 15
4:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Wed., Oct. 22
Discover more about our faith and what it means to be a follower of Christ during this two year journey to Confirmation.
Work with a mentor for weekly classes, monthly breakfast discussions, Christian service outings, and visits to explore other
faith traditions. You do not have to be a member of UCCDG to participate.
Classes start on Wed., Sept., 24 and meet weekly. Games and gathering from 6:30 to 7 p.m. Class from 7 to 8:15 p.m.
8th Grade Curriculum
Wed., Oct. 29
How do we read the Bible? Is it literal? Allegory? History? How did it come to be? Who wrote its books? A journey in Genesis and the Creation accounts.
What is truth? Who decides?
Topic: Baptism
Happy Halloween - Pumpkin Patch outing - weather permitting.
Cost is $25 per student, includes dinner.
Topic: Light and Dark - the problem of evil and sin
Special homework - watch the movie The Shack. End in candlelight prayer.
Jesus Cafe & Jesus Jeopardy Schedule - 7th and 8th grades
Sun., Oct. 5
Sun., Nov. 2
Sun., Dec. 7
Sun., Jan. 4
Sun., Feb. 1
Jesus Cafe meets before Sunday Services, from 8 to 8:45 a.m.
Jesus Jeopardy meets immediately following Sunday Services, from about 10:45 to 11:15 a.m.
Both meet monthly and begin Sun., Oct. 5 with your mentors. You do not have to be a member of UCCDG to participate.
Curriculum
Sun., Mar. 1
Topic: A Common Table - Communion
Topic: What is a saint?
Topic: Incarnation
Topic: Trinity
Topic: Forgiveness and repentance. How does it work? Does God forgive everything? Should God?
Topic: Shaping of Christianity and how the Church took shape
Questions? For 7th grade, email PastorRamona@uccdg.org; for 8th grade, email PastorScott@uccdg.org.