Easter Sunday

Join us as we celebrate the Resurrection at one of the Easter services at Wesley!
 8:30 & 9:45am services will be traditional services, the Chancel Choir is singing
11:00am is a more contemporary service featuring music from the BRAND NEW band!

We won't be having Youth Group or Confirmation on Easter - stay home and hunt for Easter eggs with your family...we'll see you again on May 1!

Schedule Changes for Christmas Break

There are several changes to the regular Wesley UMC and youth group schedules over Christmas break...

Sunday December 26 - one worship service at 10:00am
                                      NO Sunday School for children and youth
                                      NO youth group or youth choir

Sunday January 2 - NO youth group or youth choir

Sunday January 9 - Youth group and youth choir start again

Best wishes for a blessed Christmas and a wonderful new year!
See you in 2011!

Sign up for ASP

It's cold and snowy outside which can mean only one thing...it's time to start thinking about what you're going to do on summer break!

This year the high school youth will be heading to Appalachia again to work with ASP (Appalachia Service Project). ASP gives us the chance to serve the people of Appalachia by helping make their homes warmer, safer and drier.

This summer our week at ASP will be June 12-18.

If you would like to come on ASP this summer, please turn in the first payment of $75, along with the participation covenant sign up sheet by Sunday January 9 to reserve your spot on the trip.

You can download more information and the participation covenant here.

sign up to help with youth group!

Calling all Middle School parents!

Please sign up to provide snacks or help out at youth group (or both!) this fall. You can sign up here. Also, chaperons are needed for the fall lock in on September 24, you can sign up for a shift here.

Thanks for your help!

Back from Kentucky!

Check out this article in the paper about our mission trip!

If you want to see the work that was done all summer long at our mission center in Clay County, you can find it here on the ASP website.

Pictures coming soon!!

Make Youth Group (even more) Awesome

Planning is under way for youth group next year - but what do you think we should do?

Take a couple of minutes to answer a couple of questions about what you like and what you wish we did in youth group. Here's the link to the questions!

Thanks for your help!

The Bumper Sticker Project

We're going places this summer - on vacations, mission trips, to camps, etc. Whatever you do this summer, pick up a bumper sticker from where you've been. When we come back together in the fall, we will put them all together and display them in the Youth Room!

Maundy Thursday pictures!

On Maundy Thursday the Confirmands hosted a Seder dinner. Here are the pictures - it was a great evening - thanks Trent, Anna, Josie, Paige and Getty!

Seder Dinner

ASP Building Day Pictures

We've been hard at work building a storage shed to be auctioned off for ASP. THANKS to Dave and Darlene Stoltz for helping us out! Here are some pictures of our efforts so far.

Our next (hopefully last) building day is Sunday April 11 from 1-4pm at the Stoltz's farm!

ASP Building Days

Middle School Lock-In Coming Up!

The Spring Lock in for middle school is right around the corner! Invite your friends and join us at the church for games, movies, and lots of fun! Please let Sarah know by April 12 if you're planning to come and who you're bringing!

When is it? Friday April 17 at 8:00pm until Saturday April 18 at 8:00am

Where do we meet? Fellowship Hall at the church

What should I bring? Here's a list of stuff!

Will it be fun? Do you even have to ask?!

Youth Room Under Construction

We're giving the youth room a makeover! Danny and Savannah have been busy painting and we'll soon be ready to reveal the new and improved room! Thanks to Mark Hudson and Keith Kohanzo for all of their great help too!

Great Lenten Giveaway

During the season of Lent in youth group, we are spending time thinking and reflecting on the things we have, the things we want, and the things we really need. We're also thinking about the ways that we can use what we have been given to be a blessing to others.

During Lent we are doing a project called the Great Lenten Giveaway to help the people at HOPE of East Central Illinois, which is our local domestic violence shelter. HOPE has supplied us witha list of the things that are most needed right now. Some things on the list should be new (like underwear and socks), but I encourage you to think about the things on the list that you already have that could be given away to the folks at HOPE. During youth group each Sunday in Lent, you will bring something that we can give to the people at HOPE.

Here's the list:

Walmart Gift Cards
Phone Cards
Gas Cards
Disposal Razors
Deoderant
Wash Cloths and Towels
Sheets of all sizes
Blankets of all sizes
Bedspreads or Comforters
Pillows
Cleaning Supplies
Laundry Soap
Dryer Sheets
Stain Remover
Dish Soap
Flashlights
Alarm Clocks
New items in package for Birthday gifts for children (of all ages)
New children's underwear and socks
New women's underwear and socks
Baby bottles, Bibs, Onesies, and Unisex sleep-n-plays
Pots and Pans
Kitchen Items (bowls, dishes, utensils)
Lamps
Nightlights
Furniture (esp. twin beds)

Confirmation Retreat Pictures

Last weekend Paige, Josie, Anna, Sarah and Wally made their way through the snow to the Confirmation Retreat at Living Springs Camp! It was a great trip - good discussions, good people and rock wall climbing too! Enjoy the pictures and if you're interested, ask Paige why she thinks her Sunday School teachers have been lying to her all these years!

Confirmation Retreat

Way to Go Savannah and Danny!

Thanks so much to Danny and Savannah for leading the Children's Time last Sunday. In case you missed it, they told the story of Jesus calming the waters in a very creative way - it involved a big blue sheet, and flashing lights! They did a great job!

Congratulations Skyler!

Congrats to our very own Skyler James who was named "Rising Star of the Month" by the Illinois Drill Team Association! We're proud of you Skyler!

Amazing and exciting tricks with Danny and Savannah