A place where YOU belong.
We are a close-knit group of 7-12th learning to better love Jesus and each other.
About Us
The transition from kid to adult is tough enough. Refuge Youth Group provides a place where you can be real and learn about a God who is present and active in your real life.
We gather together Sunday mornings for Youth Sunday school (9:45-10:45 am), Sunday evenings during the school year for Refuge Youth Group (6-7:45pm), and various activities and trips throughout the year. Each year during the week between Christmas and New Years, we take a trip for fun and service, and in the summer, we take either a domestic or international mission trip.
Your (mostly) Fearless Leaders
Steven Shade and Kristen Howell have been youth leaders for
6-ish years at FUMC and have been friends for nearly as long when Kristen decided they would be. They share a love of nerd-adjacent activities, sensible shoes, and, most importantly, Jesus.
Follow Jesus
Experiencing Jesus’ radical love changes the way we think, speak, work, and treat others. Also, Jesus was a fan of food and naps and we like those things, too.
Experience Community
We are a group of 7-12th graders (and their super cool leaders, we swear), from different schools, backgrounds, and interests.
Be Yourself
Your youth leaders are super excited to love you exactly as you are! No masks required… unless there’s another pandemic. (too soon?)
Share God’s Love
Loved people love people. We serve our church, our local community, and the world.
Click Here for more info on Fusion 56 – our special group for 5th & 6th Graders
Refuge Youth Group
Our regular Sunday evening youth group usually follows the school calendar. If there is a break, we take a break. We meet on Sundays at 6-7:45pm.
Come check us out!
7-12th graders are invited to join us for dinner, socializing, games, and a lesson. The more the merrier; please invite friends!
NEW: Going forward, we will provide information on our youth group topic each week, as well as questions you can ask your student if you want to have family discussions at home! This week, we focused on forgiveness — both God’s forgiveness for us and our forgiveness extended to others. We discussed what forgiveness is and what it means to forgive others, as well as God’s expectations of how we are to forgive, and the difference between forgiving and forgetting (i.e. We are called to forgive, but that doesn’t mean continuing to put ourselves in harm’s way. We can forgive someone and put measures in place to protect ourselves from further harm).
Bible Verses: Hebrews 4:13; Hebrews 2:9; Romans 12:14-17
Discussion Questions:
- Are you able to wish someone who hurt you deeply well? Do you think it’s necessary to be able to wish them well in order to have forgiven them fully? Why or why not?
- How have your wounds shaped the person you are today?
- Why might it be tempting to get revenge?
- How could forgiving someone else be freeing for the person offering forgiveness?
Youth Sunday School
Sunday mornings from 9:45-10:45am. For the first semester of this school year, we will be covering major themes and stories in the Bible (think creation, the exodus, Jesus’ ministry, the formation of the Early Church and so on). During December, we will be looking into the book of Exodus.
Got your school activity schedule?
Your youth pastors want to support you! We would love to try to come to some of your games, activities, concerts, etc. If you send us your schedule, we will try our hardest to make it to at least one of your activities!
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