Hello!!
We are wrapping up the school year with our new Community Youth Group. It is so hard to
believe! This year flew!! In case you didn’t know, we have three youth groups of Clarks Summit,
Countryside, and Lake Winola UMC that have come together as one. We have a youth group at
each church throughout the week and a group event once a month. We had a year of building
relationships and working together. We have grown individually as well as a group. It has been
such a blessing to see some youth who didn’t want to be outside of their own church bubble,
build friendships with the youth at the other churches. We have youth that attend multiple youth
groups throughout the week. I am so excited to watch this continue! For our group events, we
have gone bowling, played turkey bowl (yes, you read that right! It is football with a frozen
turkey), held a Fiesta Night fundraiser (we made over $1250 in one night!), and the list keeps
going. I cannot wait to see what this next year holds for us. I hope to grow even more in
numbers but more importantly in our faith and walk with God!
Thank you so much for entrusting me with the faith of your youth,
Lauren Miller