Guys-only event and Girls-only event

Two events happening at the same time. 

For all middle school and high school students. Everyone arrives at 6pm to Grace Center with $5. 

Girls- will leave town and have a campfire in the desert. Please bring closed-toed shoes, jacket and flashlight. 

Guys- will have a cook out at the Grace Center and play games. Guys bring video games.

GraceFest Concert

When: Saturday, September 16. Leaving at 10:30am

from parking lot at Grace Lutheran Church.

What: 10^th annual Christian music festival filled with national and local artists.

Cost per student: $20. Please sign up with Andi and pay in order to hold your spot. Dinner will be provided.

Please bring spending money for lunch at In-N-out or Panda Express in Palmdale and any extra spending money for band souvenirs or additional snacks. (Suggestion $10 for lunch and $15 for extra)

What to bring:

·       Water bottle- REQUIRED

·       Lunch money or packed lunch- REQUIRED

·       Light jacket –this event is outdoors

·       Blanket or camp chair –if you have an extra please bring it and share

·       Sunscreen and hat

·       Camera/phone for pictures

The HEAT Youth Ministry will provide:

·       Transportation there and back. Event ends at 10pm; we will arrive in Ridgecrest around midnight.

·       Dinner

·       Entrance Ticket

·       Snacks and gallons of water to fill up water bottles.

Line Up: I suggest YouTube/google these artists so you can hear their songs.

Matthew West

Big Daddy Weave

We are Messengers

Micah Tyler

For All Seasons

Mark the Poet

And many more!

Spots are still available for Confirmation Camp

Spots are still available for

 Confirmation Camp!

Sign up today

See previous post on Confirmation Camp. 

This fun camp experience is for students who are going into 7th, 8th or 9th in Fall 2017. 

Youth Ministries Break

We will not have youth group on May 25,    June 1 and June 8. 

Enjoy the end of the year festivities. 

Join us on Welcome back night, welcome new 6th graders and parents on June 15 5:30-7:00pmJoin us for smore fun, smore joy and Smores!!!

Summer Trips- Middle school only

For 7^th -9^th grade students (grade you are in Fall 2017)

Confirmation Camp

Lutheran Retreats, Camps and

Conferences (LRCC)

Sun, July 9-Friday July 14. Frazier Park, CA

$ Early bird registration: $20 off if registered online by March 30

$ A $100 deposit (this includes a $25 registration fee) must be paid when you register online. See additional page on directions on how to register online.

$ First deposit and register online May 31 $100 due

$ Final payment July 9 $330 due*

$ $100 Scholarships are available. Fundraising is the best way to pay for this trip. See additional page on fundraising.

$ Any student who attends more than one week-long youth trip can receive a church scholarship to help pay the costs. Please speak with the youth director for details.

What is it: The Christian community comes alive at El Camino Pines! Pastors, youth workers, camp staff and confirmands come together for a week of study and goofing around in the great outdoors of the Los Padres National Forest. The former campers have told me they want to return every year, and many of them want to return as camp counselors.

*Students who are confirmed in May 2017. The church celebrates your completion of confirmation class and welcomes you as a member. We will pay $305 as gift to you. Confirmands pay $125 this summer only.

Summer Trips

Mission Trip- Next Step Ministries

For 7^th grade students-High School graduates and families:

Sunday, June 4-Saturday, June 10. Los Angeles, CA

$ First Deposit April 14 $150 due

$ Final Payment May 31 $199 due.

$ $100 Scholarships are available. Fundraising is the best way to pay for this trip. See additional page on fundraising.

$ Any student who attends more than one week-long youth trip can receive a church scholarship to help pay the costs. Please speak with the youth director for details.

Grace Lutheran has taken a team of youth and adults in 2015 and 2016. See below their experience.  

What was the hardest thing you did during the trip?

· Talking and seeing the homeless guys

· waking up at 6 every morning and only have 40 minutes to get ready

· Some of the gardening tasks

· Traffic!!!

· Walking through the city tour in LA in 110 degrees

· Saying goodbye on the last day

What was the most rewarding thing you did during this mission trip?

· Talking to homeless men and women who were very encouraging

· Getting to help people and serving on a team

· I learned so much! I learned more about people experiencing homelessness, facts about Los Angeles. I met a group of very energetic college students working for the Lord; I learned more and grew closer to our church group.

· Witnessing and participating in the youth letting Jesus into their hearts

· Building the “A” frames on the garden day

· Playing with the children at Hope Gardens

Planet Wisdom Sign Ups end March 3

Sign up to this event by March 3. 

April 7-9 Planet Wisdom Youth Retreat takes place in Orange County. Cost by March 3 is $54 for registration and $30 for housing. Need half down ($42) to hold your spot.

Need to raise money? Rent-A-Student Fundraiser on April 1, 22, May 6 and 13. Students will work designated Saturdays and earn money toward their youth accounts. Arrive in work clothes at 9am at Grace Center and we will drive to work site together.