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An EFUMC Student Ministries Annual Plan & Strategy
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Jammin’ on My Planner
(That’s a Parks & Rec Quote)
Birthdays
Aug 2021 - June 2022
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Intro to this Resource…
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This is it! Our guidebook, roadmap, & annual plan for everything related to Ellijay FUMC’s Student Ministries
during the 2021-2022 year! While this planner follows a similar trajectory to that which we had prior to
COVID, there are new things! First, there are Quarterly Areas of Discipleship Focus to which all activities and
lessons correspond. For example,
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August-December, we’ll focus on Time Together. We’ll strengthen bonds between our group, our church,
and our families. But we’ll also move outward and aim to be together with others who are not a part of our
community of faith.
January-February, we’ll focus on discovering our Spiritual Gifts and putting them into practice!
Birthdays
March-April, we’ll focus on Spending Time with God. We’ll explore Spiritual Habits that can help us in our
faith development, have a Spring Retreat, and use various Lenten practices to grow closer to God.
May-June, we’ll focus on Evangelism and Mission (i.e., Sharing Our Stories) with projects, activities, and of
course—GRASP!
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Please note that Sunday School has not been included here (it’s hard to include every single thing!) and that
this planner is subject to revision and change based on your needs, desires, wishes, and life-events. I can’t
wait for another great year with each of you! --Sam
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AUGUST—Discipleship Focus: Time Together On 8/1 we’ll have a planning
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday meeting (youth,
parents/guardians, &
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 volunteers) to make sure the
dates in the rest of this
Planning
Royals Series 1 First Day of planner work!
Meeting 6:30-
6:30-7:30PM School…
7:30 PM We kick things off for the
Fall with a Late Night Game
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Night (think Jimmy Fallon),
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complete with a monologue
Blessing of (short homily),interviews,
Backpacks Royals Series 2 and games. On 8/7
Emilyn’s B-day
/Promotion 6:30-7:30PM On Wednesdays during
Sunday 11 AM August, we begin a series
on power (and our want of
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 it)--based on kings in the
Coffee Talk with
Birthdays
OT--and how having the
Royals Series 3 power we so desperately
Seniors Joselyn’s B-day crave isn’t all it’s cracked up
6:30-7:30PM
4:00-6:00 PM to be.
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 During our 11 AM service on
Kamryn’s B-day 8/8 we’ll bless all of our
DIY Family Royals Series 4 kids’, students’, and
Luke & Mattie’s teachers’ backpacks (it’s
Dare Challenge 6:30-7:30PM
B-day tradition) & promote newbies
to the youth group!
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Seniors Only On 8/22 we have a family
Meeting- game challenge, and then
on 8/29 our seniors meet for
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SEPTEMBER—Discipleship Focus: Time Together
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday On Wednesdays this month,
1 2 3 4 we take a look at the Book of
James. When Jesus was on
RAD Series 1 earth, he had a lot to say
6:30-7:30PM about love…but not everyone
loved him. Some hated him,
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 attacked him, and saw him as
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dangerous—as a radical (get
Student
RAD Series 2 Madalyn’s B- it?). This study focuses on
No Youth! Holiday ; ways we can challenge the
6:30-7:30PM day
Jenna’s B-day status quo as radicals
ourselves…
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Pugnacious On Sunday, 9/12 teams will
RAD Series 3 compete to make the BEST
Birthdays
With Pizza Kassy’s B-day pizza. There will be judges,
6:30-7:30PM
6-8PM prizes, and the best pizza will
win the Golden Pizza Cutter.
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Finally, you’ll notice that
RAD Series 4 there’s no youth scheduled for
No Youth!
6:30-7:30PM Sunday nights this month.
That’s because I’ll be working
26 27 28 29 30 on a series with Older Adults
Mission (one of my new roles in the
transition)! You’ll see other
Week
Wednesday- items in this planner marked
Student OA (Older Adult); they’re
No Youth! TBD
Holiday reminders for me, haha.
Student HolidayAUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL
OCTOBER—Discipleship Focus: Time Together It’s October! And that means
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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pumpkin spice, sweaters,
1 2 and questions on all things
strange and mysterious in
our world and the ways in
which faith informs us about
them—that’s the focus of
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 our “I Have Questions”
Series on Wednesdays this
I Have Apple Festival month.
No Youth! Questions 1 (Mobile
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Also, the Mobile Methodists
6:30-7:30PM Methodists) work the Apple Festival!
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 How? Well, we’ll have a
pop-up café (pick-me-ups &
Apple Festival prayers, y’all) and sell
Apple Festival I Have (Mobile prayer beads as a means of
putting a little money in the
(Mobile Questions 2 Ashlynn’s B-day Methodists) youth fund! Sign-ups to work
Birthdays
Methodists) 6:30-7:30 PM Mary-Scott’s B- the café are forthcoming…
day This month, we’ll have a
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Bonfire Party at Acree
Farms! We’ll have s’mores,
Apple Festival I Have music, and a scary story
(Mobile Questions 3 competition…so: bring it.
Methodists) 6:30-7:30PM It’s tradition: Trunk ‘r’ Treat.
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Dates are still being
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Bonfire Party @ finalized. But you know the
Trunk ‘r Treat drill. Decorate your trunk.
Acree Farms Decorate Yourselves. And
TBD
6-8 PM provide treats!
31—Alternate
Trunk r Treat ?AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL
NOVEMBER—Discipleship Focus: Time Together
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Nov. 1-3 is an Older Adult
1 2 3 4 5 6 Ministry program I’m
trying…so you don’t have
Wisdom & Grace to worry about it. BUT on
10AM-1PM Wisdom & Grace Wednesdays & Sundays
this month we start
Mobile Wisdom & Grace 10AM-1PM; digging deeper in a series
Methodists 10AM-1PM With You 1 on Friendship called With
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You. Friendship might
Community All 6:30-7:30 PM feel easy when life is
Saints easy, but it gets more
complicated when
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 everything else gets
With You 2 With You 3 complicated, am I right?
Veterans Day
6:30-7:30 PM 6:30-7:30PM We’ll also be taking the
Birthdays
bike out for another run @
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 a community All Saints
Mission Service!
With You 4 Brad’s B-day
Wednesday Jack’s B-day It’s also Thanksgiving
6:30-7:30PM Marcello’s B-day
6:30-7:30 PM Season, and our Mission
for the month will
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 correspond accordingly.
No Youth! No Youth! Thanksgiving Finally, on 11/28—the 1st
Sunday of Advent—we
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being an Advent Series:
28 29 30 Good Things
Good Things 1
6:30-7:30PMAUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL
DECEMBER—Discipleship Focus: Time Together
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4
On Wednesdays &
Good Things 2 Sundays our Good Things
series continues! It focuses
6:30-7:30PM on the Christmas story from
the perspective of the
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prophets in the Old
Qaurterly Good Things 3 Testament who foretold and
then waited for the good
Survey 6:30-7:30PM things God had in store.
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Typically, we have our
Good Things 4 Mission Christmas Party at the
parsonage, but I’ll be
6:30-7:30PM Wednesday
Birthdays
checking with Pastor John
Kaitlyn’s B-day TBD to see if that’s still a go!
Either way, save the 19th on
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 your calendar!
Christmas No Youth
Christmas Eve On the 29th—a down time
Party School’s Out School’s Out Older Adults School’s Out at the park—we’ll be
Service
TBD Blue Christmas heading to Six Flags! Sign-
up will be available soon!
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Annual Six
Week
No Youth! School’s Out School’s Out School’s Out School’s Out
Flags Trip!AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL
JANUARY 2022—Discipleship Focus: Use Your Gifts
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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1
On Wednesdays this
New Year’s! month we kick off the
New Year with a
series on what makes
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 us distinct as we
School discover our specific
School’s Out gifts during this time
Resumes…
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No Youth! Law’s B-day School’s Out in our lives—it’s
Distinct 1 called, well, Distinct.
Mary’s B-day Using our gifts in a
6:30-7:30PM tangible way will
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 serve as our mission
for the month, too.
Familia 1 Laughter 1(OA) Distinct 2
Ethan’s B-day
6:30-7:30PM TBD 6:30-7:30PM On Sunday nights,
Birthdays
we’ll be looking at our
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 greater Christian
family—field trips
Distinct 3 included—in a series
Familia 2 Laughter2(OA)
6:30-7:30PM called Familia.
6:30-7:30 PM TBD
Ariel’s B-day You’ll notice a series
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 on Mondays, too. But
that’s for Older
Familia 3 Laughter3(OA) Distinct 4 Adults…I need the
6:30-7:30PM 6:30-7:30PM 6:30-7:30PM reminder on the
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calendar, haha…ha?
30 31
Familia 4 Laughter4(OA)
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FEBRUARY—Discipleship Focus: Use Your Gifts
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Have you ever been hurt
1 2 3 4 5 by someone so badly that
you desperately wanted
Justice for All 1 revenge? When we’re
treated unfairly or cruelly
6:30-7:30PM, it’s natural to want justice.
But what does “justice”
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really look like? It might
Youth Girls’ not be what you think.
Justice for All 2 That’s the focus this
Spa Day Kayla’s B-day
6:30-7:30PM month in our series:
w/Marianne Justice for All. Mission
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Wednesday will involve
addressing a justice issue
Youth Super Justice for All 3 in Gilmer County with
Birthdays
each students’ unique gifts
Bowl Party! 6:30-7:30PM in action.
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
2/6—Spa Day with Mrs.
Mission Marianne (well, I hope. I
Justice for All 4 haven’t asked her yet!)
Wednesday
6:30-7:30PM This is a ladies only event.
TBD
27 28 2/13 is Super Bowl
Sunday! Save the date for
Art Party for our annual party. The
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party begins when the
Older Adults Bowl begins!AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL
MARCH—Discipleship Focus: Spend Time with God
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5
On Wednesdays (and 1
Ash Wednesday Sunday) this month we
begin a series on
habits…specifically
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 spiritual habits, called
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Atomic—you know? What
Atomic 1 Bridgett’s Spring Retreat are the things that you do
No Youth!
6:30-7:30PM B-day TBD everyday to draw you
closer to God?
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This month, I’m also
Atomic 2
Last Words planning a Spring Retreat
Spring Retreat 6:30-7:30PM for us focused on the
Birthdays
1(OA) theme “Hard to Believe”
TBD Carson &
TBD and in which we will look
Kinsleigh’s B-day at Jonah. Save the dates!
Location & Times coming
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soon!
Last Words
2(OA) Atomic 3 Our Mission for the month
No Youth! Addy’s B-day will center around making
TBD 6:30-7:30PM videos about spiritual
Alyssa’s B-day habits for use in worship!
Week
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Last Words
Atomic 4 Mission Wednesday
3(OA)
6:30-7:30PM TBD
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APRIL—Discipleship Focus: Spend Time with God
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 Among hikers—like moi—
”breaking trail” is something
you do when you encounter
deep snow that’s tough to
navigate. When that
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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happens, one hiker usually
Last Words 4 goes ahead of the group to
clear the way so others can
Break Trail 1 (OA) Break Trail 2 follow more easily. Jesus
6:30-7:30PM TBD 6:30-7:30PM broke a trail for us. And we
can break a trail for others,
Missy’s B-day too. Learn how in our six-
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 part series: Break Trail.
Mission Wednesday this
Birthdays
Holy Week
Break Trail 3 Maundy month will focus on
Holy Week Holy Week Service TBD discovering how we can
6:30-7:30PM Thursday TBD “break trail” for others
Sophia’s B-day around us.
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Also, it’s Holy Week and
EASTER!
Break Trail 5 Easter this month! I’ll keep
Break Trail 4 you updated on all the
6:30-7:30PM ways we’ll engage as a
6:30-7:30PM church in this holiest of
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seasons!
Mission
Break Trail 6
Wednesday
6:30-7:30PM
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MAY—Discipleship Focus: Share Your Story
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ellijay—or Elejoy—is
Native American the anglicized form of
Pass It On 1 the Cherokee name
Spirituality 1
6:30-7:30PM for our town. It
6:30-7:30PM means: New Ground.
On Sunday Nights
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this month we’ll look
Mother’s Day Pass It On 2 at what the Christian
Native American
No Youth! 6:30-7:30PM tradition has to say
about our faith in a
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 study on Native
Native American American Spirituality.
Spirituality 2
Birthdays
Pass It On 3 Also, our senior
6:30-7:30PM students graduate this
6:30-7:30PM month! Save the date
Matthew’s B- for their recognition
day on Sunday, 5/22!
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 On Wednesdays,
Last Day of we’ll Pass it On, with
Senior Sunday! Pass It On 4 a series on
School &
No Youth! 6:30-7:30PM Evangelism!
Graduation!
Week
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Native American
Spirituality 3
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JUNE—Discipleship Focus: Share Your Story
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4
GRASP HAPPENS THIS
No Youth! MONTH! With our
theme—That’s
Surprising—in tow, we’ll
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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continue this tradition of
GRASP local mission once more!
No Youth! GRASP GRASP
Kyla’s B-day We’ll also begin a series
on Wisdom Literature and
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 the ways in which it can
GRASP direct us. We’re calling it:
Guiding Light 1 Guiding Light…no it’s not
No Youth! Taylor’s B-day
Birthdays
a bad Soap Opera…
6:30-7:30PM
Hayden’s B-day
July Birthdays…
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Father’s Day Guiding Light 2 7/8-Jasmin
7/12—Landon & Logan
No Youth! 6:30-7:30PM 7/18—Sawyer
7/23—Olivia
26 27 28 29 30 7/31-Tug
Guiding Light 3 Guiding Light 4
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