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Youth Retreat @ Lake Louise
Nov
22
to Nov 24
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Youth Retreat @ Lake Louise

  • Dearborn First United Methodist Church (map)
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Join youth from our church and others for a late Fall trip to the beautiful Lake Louise Camp and Retreat Center. We’ll enjoy nature, bonfires, s’mores, games, music and more. Plus we’ll get our hands busy with service projects around the camp and local area.

When: November 22-24, 2024

We’ll depart from DFUMC parking lot as close to 3pm as possible on Friday 11/22

We’ll retrun by 3-4pm on Sunday 11/24.

Who: Youth grades 6th -12th.

Youth are encouraged to invite friends from school and other churches.

Cost: $25-$100 suggested contribution per person. Make Your Contribution Here.

As always, cost is based on family budget and should never be a barrier to participation. Scholarship funds are available, contact Carl Gladstone for information.



FROM LAKE LOUISE PROGRAM DIRECTOR GREG:

Greetings from Lake Louise!

We are very excited to be hosting a youth retreat. Right now, 25 young people have said they are coming, so it should be a great time. I have an update about lodging to share.

 The youth will be staying in our lodges. Since the beds typically have linens during our retreat season, we decided to provide those along with towels to everyone. They won’t have to pack bedding (unless they have a special pillow or blanket) or towels. All they need is their bathroom gear and clothing. Each lodge has two sleeping areas with attached bathrooms. One lodge will be used for girls and one for boys and we’ll probably use the gathering rooms in both for activities.

Meals will be eaten in our dining hall which is in a separate building we call the Retreat Center. These will be taken with adults who lead youth ministries at their own churches. Some of these leaders are bringing youth with them and some are coming for personal training and renewal.

The retreat begins at 7pm Friday with a pizza feast and wraps up at 11am Sunday. Rev. Carl Gladstone of Dearborn UMC is leading the youth retreat and recruiting chaperones. Your kids will be in good hands for the weekend.

They can expect to have times for fun and fellowship, times for worship (often with the youth leaders on retreat), crafts, learning and maybe something for the benefit of others.

Thanks for sharing your dietary needs as part of the registration. We will do everything we can to provide the kinds of foods that are good for their bodies. If you need to make a change, please let me know. Also, although everyone will be responsible for their own medications (we won’t have a camp nurse), let me know if there are significant health issues to share with the retreat leaders.

The weather in November here can vary from pleasant to cold and from rainy to dry to possibly even a little snow, so they should pack for all kinds of conditions. Sturdy shoes are a good idea.

If you haven’t been here before, Lake Louise is located at 11037 Thumb Lake Road between Boyne Falls and Vanderbilt. From I-75 (northbound or southbound), take exit 290 from I-75 and head away from Vanderbilt on Old 27. Turn left by the Red Wing corner store and Whippy Dip on Thumb Lake Road and drive about 4 miles until you see our sign. From US-131, turn onto Thumb Lake Road just north of Boyne Falls by the Dollar General and drive about 7 miles. The lodges are in the middle of camp past the office, so follow the signs to the office and we’ll watch for you. 

If you need to reach me, you can email glawton@lakelouisecommunity.org or call me at 231-549-2728. After business hours, call me at 269-317-7183.

Blessings,

Greg Lawton

Director of Camping and Outreach

Lake Louise Christian Community Camp & Retreat Center

11037 Thumb Lake Road

Boyne Falls, MI  49713

231.549.2728 (office)

www.lakelouisecommunity.org

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Lunch Packing for NOAH at Central
Oct
16
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Lunch Packing for NOAH at Central

Dearborn First Missions invites you to help assemble 300 sack lunches for NOAH at Central. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16 in DFUMC Welcome Center/Library area. 5:00 p.m. - FREE PIZZA. 5:30 p.m. - lunch sack packing until all 300 are finished. You can also volunteer to make sandwiches at home, donate online, and/or deliver the sandwiches to Central UMC in Detroit on the morning of Oct. 17.

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Homecoming Parking Fundraiser!
Aug
2
to Aug 4
Serve

Homecoming Parking Fundraiser!

  • Dearborn First United Methodist Church (map)
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Our Homecoming Parking fundraiser is back!

We’ll be offering our parking lot once again for use by the community during Dearborn’s Homecoming festivities August 2-4. And we need volunteers to help with hospirality and parking cars! Donations from this event support youth camp and mission trip scholarships!

SIGN UP FOR SHIFTS HERE

Duties:

Hospitality during the parking fundraiser includes: covering entrances, taking donations (cash and online), guiding cars to spaces, handing out DFUMC promo materials for upcoming events, and generally being friendly.

Sign up with your favorite friends and have a parking party before or after heading over to Homecoming!

Impact:

With the help of our church family, the Parking Fundraise can raise thousands of dollars to help send youth to camp and on mission/service trips.

Schedule

FRIDAY

9am-12pm: Setup

12-3pm: Parking Shift 1

3-6pm: Parking Shift 2

6-9pm: Parking/Closing Shift 3

SATURDAY

12-3pm: Parking Shift 4

3-6pm: Parking Shift 5

6-9pm: Parking/Closing Shift 6

SUNDAY

12-3pm: Parking Shift 7

3-6pm: Parking Shift 8

6-10pm: Parking/Closing Shift 9

Volunteers Needed

If you can help welcome parkers, take donations, run a lemonade stand, be friendly, share some information about upcoming events at church and more - then click here to sign up for a slot to help run our Homecoming Parking Fundraiser!

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DFUMC OFFICE CLOSED
May
27
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DFUMC OFFICE CLOSED

In honor and remembrance of those who gave their lives in service to our country, Dearborn First UMC offices will be closed Monday, May 27. In case of pastoral emergency, contact Pastor David: 269-903-8560.

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Mission Talks
Mar
2
Serve

Mission Talks

  • Dearborn First United Methodist Church and via livestream (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Workshop presented by the Greater Detroit District of the United Methodist Church, featuring 3 speakers with the aim of encouraging local congregations to initiate discussions or contemplate implementing similar initiatives.

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Cass Work Day
Feb
22
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Cass Work Day

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED at Cass Community Social Services Thursday, February 22, 9:30 a.m. as part of Dearborn First UMC’s Lenten mission events. Meet at 9 a.m. in the DFUMC parking lot to carpool. Duties are yet unknown, so come prepared for anything.

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