Youth

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#006633" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="1a3d6c00ddvuru.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Grace Lutheran Church</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#333399" FACE="Arial" >    </FONT> |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Grace Lutheran Church"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Congregation"><U>Congregation</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Music"><U>Music</U></A>   |   <B>Youth</B>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preschool"><U>Preschool</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Catch the Vision... Share the Glory"><U>Catch the Vision... Share the Glory</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Ministry and Support Staff"><U>The Ministry and Support Staff</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Newsletters to Download"><U>Newsletters to Download</U></A></div> <div> Youth</div> <div> <IMG SRC="13ad1d00.png" border=0 width="209" height="208" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="13dfd960.jpg" border=0 width="253" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="13fde960.jpg" border=0 width="222" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="141d4960.jpg" border=0 width="212" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="145e3970.jpg" border=0 width="227" height="151" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="143d8360.jpg" border=0 width="216" height="54" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="147e1960.jpg" border=0 width="225" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="149c8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="14bc8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > <A NAME="youth_ministry"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></FONT><B>YOUTH MINISTRY</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="087ccac0.png" border=0 width="204" height="172" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="8" VSPACE="2">The Youth Ministry program of Grace Lutheran Church is overseen by     Director of Christian Education Philip Stilke and reaches youth from grades 5 through High School.  </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Faith Explorers</B></I> is the name of the first level of the youth program. Youth from grades 5-6 meet monthly for meetings and activities and for special crafts, fun, and fellowship. The group normally meets on Sunday afternoons and the schedule is posted in the newsletter.   </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Junior Lutheran Youth Fellowship</B></I> is for middle school age children (grades 7-8).  They normally meet on the second and fourth Sundays of the month with activities designed to be fun, formative, and interactive -- ranging from spiritual instruction to servant activies to socializing and fellowship.  In addition they also meet occasionally for other fun activities and special events.  Some of their recent activities have included a fun day at a local water park, canoing down the Buffalo River, and a service project for Lutheran World Relief.  In addition Junior LYF have plans to join other Middle Tennessee Lutheran Youth this fall for a retreat.</div> <div>  <IMG SRC="08977910.png" border=0 width="119" height="145" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I><B>Senior Lutheran Youth Fellowship</B></I> is for high school age youth.  Each Sunday morning they meet for Sunday school and growth in God's Word and on Sunday evenings.  The evening activities involve fun, fellowship, and programs to stretch the faith and encourage the spiritual growth of high school age youth in the congregation.  It is also open to non-members.  The Senior LYF participates in various youth gatherings, overnights to sister congregations, the Middle Tennessee Mid-Winter Gathering, and the national LC-MS youth gathering (coming up in July of 2007 in Orlando, FL with about 35,000 other sophomores, juniors and seniors).  For more information on this or other youth programs, <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:glcoffice@charterinternet.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:glcoffice@charterinternet.com"><U><B>email the Church.</B></U></A></FONT></div> </td> </tr></table></body>