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While you are extremely important to your teenager, you are probably being replaced as the "best friend" in their life. Wonder how you can help your teen foster true friendships and learn how to be a true friend themselves? Click here for more.

Walking this journey with you,
Emily Felgenhauer
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Youth Council 
2014-2015
Would you like to be a leader in our Youth Program? Would you like to have a say in what we do here at Merge weekly, monthly and yearly? Click here to learn about open positions.
Rocktoberfest
Join us 5-9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4 for Rocktoberfest, a music festival for all ages. For cost information and volunteer opportunities, click here. 

Youth Essay Contest

For our annual Missions Celebration, the Missions and Outreach Committee is sponsoring a Youth Essay Contest on "How has serving made an impact on you and helped our community or our world?"

For more information click here.

 

null First Priority is a Christian Club that meets at almost all of our Tampa Bay schools. This is like a Bible study where we talk about Scripture, pray for our schools, teachers and friends. These clubs are all student led but have Youth Pastors from all over the Tampa Bay Area helping lead them. Find your school here.

MERGE
Youth Praise Team, 4-5:15 p.m. Sunday
 Hope to see all our praise band members at 4 p.m. If you are interested in joining the Youth Praise Team, contact Dave!

 
Middle and High School Merge, Sunday, 5:15-8 p.m.
Sometimes it can feel like social media is the perfect outlet for everything we want to say. The positive. The negative. The hurtful. And without the face-to-face interaction, it can feel like the words we say are less powerful and less harmful than if they were said to someone's face. But the truth is, what we say-what we post-matters. It determines how others see us. So what are you posting that helps? And what are you posting that hurts? Please join us at Merge this Sunday. When you bring a friend, they get a really cool blue Merge Tumbler. Join us for dinner ($5) in the Harnish Activities Center at 5:15 p.m. each week. Dinner is only served for 30 minutes so don't be late!
DatesIMPORTANT DATES 
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September

20-22: Boys Chrysalis Retreat

29: Youth Essay Due

 

October

4: Rocktoberfest, 5 p.m., Azeele Parking Lot

19: Christmas Tree Sales, 9 a.m. - Noon, Courtyard

26: Christmas Tree Sales, 9 a.m. - Noon, Courtyard 

SundaySUNDAY MORNING OPTIONS  
Middle School:
We are starting a new DVD from Skit Guys about how we can incorporate God into our daily lives. Join us at 9:30am upstairs of the Magnolia Building this Sunday! See you then!

High School:
9:30-10:45 a.m., High Commitment Class, Magnolia Building

Serving Opportunities for Both Middle and High School:
9:30 and 11 a.m. Worship Services
Serving in Open Arms, Children's Ministries, Music, Tech,
Parking, Usher/Greeter for all five services on Sundays.
ServiceSERVICE OPPORTUNITIES 
Student Opportunities
Are you interested in making God's love real to the children of Hyde Park? Children's Ministries is looking for youth to serve as assistant small group shepherds, greeters, or tech helpers at both 9:30 and 11:00 Sunday Morning Live programming. If interested, contact Kathy DiRaimo to find out about training and opportunities that might be a good fit for you.

Adult Opportunities
We have many opportunities to serve. If you are interested, or want more information about any of the following, contact Kathy.
  • Middle School Bible Study Leader (Wednesday Nights, 6-8 p.m.)
  • Small Group Leaders (Sunday Nights, 5-8 p.m.)
    • Grade 6 Boys Leader
    • Grade 7 Boys Leader
    • Grade 9 Leader (female)
    • Grade 10 Leader (2 females needed)
    • Grade 11 Leader
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Hyde Park United Methodist
Youth Ministry
500 W. Platt St.
Tampa, FL 33606
813.253.5388