Youth News: Feb 1 2024
Sunday Feb 4th, 5pm at Grace Lutheran – Royersford
NYG Meeting at 5PM
Youth Group at 6PM
Youth Group is open to all youth grades 6-12. We’d love to see you there!
Breakfast for Dinner!!
Join us on Fat Tuesday aka Fasnacht Day for a Pancake Dinner! We’ll have pancakes, sausage, juice, drinks etc. Gluten free options will be served as well! Tickets are available in person after worship or online. Adults (18 and older) are $10, Child (4-17) are $5. Event time: 5:30PM - 7:00PM.
Tell your friends, neighbors, classmates, coworkers… Help us raise funds for the ELCA National Youth Gathering Trip and have some breakfast for dinner!
We would LOVE Your Help!
We anticipate a great turnout for this event and would love ALL YOUTH (grades 6-12) and even some parents to help us with the event.
You’ll be asked to help in a variety of ways including, but not limited to: setup, prep, serve, clean up, take tickets/payments, sweep a floor, clean some tables, empty trash… Smile and be friendly… Don’t worry, you won’t do ALLLL the work. We want you to enjoy the meal too! '
One Hour shifts: 4:30-5:30, 5:30-6:30 and 6:30-7:30. Please contact Janet Hilsmier and let her know you’re helping! Thank you!!
Confirmation Classes
February 11: New Hanover Lutheran
February 25: St James Limerick
Confirmands: Please consider serving at the Pancake Dinner and check out the Tuscarora Event — your confirmation classmates may be there too!
New Opportunity for Youth Grades 6-12
Tuscarora Lutheran Youth Retreat will be held at the beautiful Bear Creek Camp this year. This synod-wide event invites youth to explore faith in a fun, youth-focused weekend event. Register online at
https://tuscaroralutheranretreat.weebly.com/ . Scholarships from St James may be available, please reach out to Janet Hilsmier or Pastor Chris to discuss.
Box City 2024!
Save the date!
Box City 24 will be hosted on April 6, 2024 at Advent Lutheran Church in Harleysville, PA
Open to youth in grades 6 through 12, the event creates awareness about the plight of unhoused citizens and food-impoverished families in our communities. Box City simulates a homeless encampment on church property (yes they sleep in boxes overnight!) with soup kitchen style dinner, service project, prayer, guest speakers and several educational rotations.
Once again, we have teamed up with youth leaders from the following churches to organize and plan the event:
Advent Lutheran, Harleysville
Christ Lutheran, Harleysville
Grace Lutheran, Royersford
New Hanover Lutheran
St James, Pottstown
St. Johns, Blue Bell
and …
with support from the SEPA Synod of the ELCA.
We’ll provide more information regarding the event in the coming weeks.
BEAR CREEK CAMP
Looking for a summer camp? Bear Creek Camp is a ministry of the Southeastern and Northeastern Pennsylvania Synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Located on nearly 3,000 acres in the beauty of the Pocono Mountains, Bear Creek Camp offers year-round opportunities, including summer residential youth camp, nature day camp, environmental education programs, weekend camp retreats and outside group rentals. Bear Creek Camp’s residential program, for all children who have completed grades 1-12, is a traditional camp program centered on spiritual growth, outdoor living and small group development. Each age group experiences a mix of small-group and all-camp activities throughout their week to meet their group’s spiritual, social and developmental needs. Registration is now open for the summer of 2024.