Mobilizing Partnership

The MN Annual Conference Youth Ministry has teamed up with YouthWorks to help mobilize UMC youth across the state to serve.

COVID-19 has impacted our world in unprecedented ways, and our churches have been responding like never before to the needs around them. But COVID has also made it incredibly difficult to mobilize teenagers to serve.

With that in mind, MN Annual Conference Youth Ministry has teamed up with YouthWorks to offer these free resources to all churches who attended The Event. With the free curriculum and planning guides below, we’ll equip churches with what they need to mobilize their youth ministries to serve in their own communities, and save on a mission trip this summer!

Mobilize Your Students To…

Free Curriculum + Day of Service Planning Guide

Based on 1 John 4:19, this 4-week curriculum will invite your students into a conversation that seeks to understand God’s love for us, so that we are able to truly love others. As your group engages with the content, God’s love moves from the head to the heart as they process the true love of Jesus in a deep, profound way. Use this curriculum paired with our Day(s) of Service Planning Guide to bring the message full-circle by leading a day of service in your own community.

The curriculum features:

“How to use this” Facilitation Guide
Theme Overview
3 Theme Videos
Small Group Processing Guide
Parents Processing Guide
Social Media/Promotional Graphics

This Day(s) of Service Planning Guide is designed to relive a lot of the stress that comes with planning a local day of service in your own community. You’ll get a framework for how we plan service experiences for students, tips for customizing it to your group, and some additional support if you need help bringing all the details together.

This planning guide includes:

Day(s) of Service Guidebook
Kitchen Guide and Sample Meal Plan
How to Find Service Guide
Service Orientation Outline
Service Orientation Example

Save $200 when you register a group of 10+ for a summer 2021 trip!

This Mobilization Partnership provides you with an incredible discount for your summer 2021 mission trips! Register a group of 10 or more with the discount code UMCMN2021 and save $200 off the total cost of your trip! The discount can’t be used with other offers and it expires on March 31, so don’t wait to use it!

And we’ve got you covered with all the COVID-related support and resources you might need:

Testimonials

"My faith became stronger from my mission trip. I stepped out of my comfort zone and now I'm willing and able to share my faith with others a lot more. I am more proud of who I am in Christ."

"After my mission trip, I see hardships of others more intense. I look at things differently and notice people around me that are going through a tough time"

"Our youth group became so much closer on our mission trip. When we came back home, some of us started a group where we go out in the community and help in nursing homes, or do little projects locally to help people."

"The trip had a big impact on my faith and how I view God. I understand His grace and feel more grateful for what I have. I look at the world and the people around me with a different set of eyes"

“I felt a whole new experience of helping different people and putting myself into their shoes and showing them God’s love."