Senior High Schoolers
Grades 9-12
Sunday Morning Church School Options for Senior Highs
9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Confirmation Class (Grades 8 and 9)
 Our next Confirmation Class will be offered in the fall of 2012 for youth in the 8th and 9th grades.
This class engages youth in conversations about and practices of discipleship. During the year our Confirmands stretch their theological muscles as we discuss the Bible, church history, worship, sacraments, and other faith traditions.
Confirmation class involves participation in worship services, mission projects, and weekend retreats with CHEER (senior high youth group). Each student is partnered with a mentor. At the end of the program year all Confirmands will be invited to make a decision about membership in the church. No matter what that decision is the Fairmount community is 100% supportive.
 SHiFT
(Grades 9 – 12)
Sunday Mornings
9:45 – 10:45am
 In the Youth Room upstairs, a light breakfast is provided!
The journey of Christian Formation does not end when we complete Confirmation. Join us each Sunday morning for the next steps in walk of faith! Using the new Feasting on the Word curriculum we will gather in the Youth Room to explore contemporary social subjects through the lens of scripture and popular culture.
CHEER
(Youth Group)
(Grades 9 – 12)
CHEER will meet as a whole group TWO times each month.
- We meet on the 2nd Friday of EVERY month for a time of Mission/Service and Fellowship
Meet at 4:45pm in the church parking lot to serve dinner at the Bethany Presbyterian Community Meal, which provides hot meals to those in need in their urban neighborhood.
Afterwards we meet back in the church parking lot at 7:45pm before heading out for our Friday Night Fun. These activities change each month depending on seasonal activities, but have included: Lock-ins, Lock-outs, movie and discussions, dinner, laser tag, haunted houses, etc… Let Anthony Sorace or Eric Dillenbeck know if you have ideas.
This year’s dates are: September 9, October 14, November 11, December 9, January 13, February 10, March 9, April 13, May 11, June 8, and July 13
- Fourth Sunday of the month, 6 – 7:30pm
On this night we gather as a whole group of Senior High Youth for an evening of food, fellowship and spiritual nurture. We have fun as we try to create space for us to hear God’s call for our lives.
For the fall 2011 semester these dates are September 25, October 23, and November 27. Dinner provided!
Friends and visitors are always welcome!
Beginning in October we will be hosting some small group interest gatherings at other times each month. We’ll keep you posted.
Summer Mission Opportunities:
In the summer of 2012 CHEER and their adult advisors will once again travel to the Dominican Republic for our Mission Trip scheduled for June 16 – 23, 2012.
CHEER gets its name from words of Jesus found in the
Gospel of John 16:33,
“In this world you have may have difficulties, but be of good cheer,
I have overcome the world.”
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