MAY

7 - Last Regular Youth Group (ALOHA WEDNESDAY)

• This Wednesday is ALOHA Wednesday☀️ Wear your Hawaiian shirts! It's our last regular youth group of the school year, so come be with everyone before summer hits! We're saying aloha to the school year and aloha to summer! (*Aloha means goodbye and hello🤙 )

14 - Hangout Night

• We are going to meet at Kennedy auditorium for the 7pm Choir Concert to support our students. We'll sit in the balcony together. We will be going to the Naz immediately after (about 8:30pm) to have a fun hangout night together!

21 - Uncle Eddie's

• We are going to meet at Kennedy auditorium for the 7pm Band Concert to support our students. We'll sit in the balcony together. We will be going to Uncle Eddie's immediately after (about 8:15pm) to have a fun hangout night together (with tasty desserts)! Bring money for ice cream!

28 - Community Youth Worship Night

• This Wednesday, the 28th will be our first summer activity! We will be coming together with other youth groups at Athletic Park (320 N Oak St) at 7pm to worship God together! This is for 6th-12th graders! There will be food, games, and hangout time! See you there!

JUNE

2-6 - The Call

• Be praying for our 9 students that will be making this trip this week that feel called into ministry! The Call is at MidAmerica Nazarene University and exists to help high school juniors and seniors answer “The Call” to a lifetime of Christian Ministry. The Call @ MNU is a week-long residential institute that features daily individual and corporate worship, theological training, biblical instruction, service learning, and a little fun all designed to assist student with discovering their Call to vocational ministry.

11 - Color War

• Get ready for a fun night! Join us on the front lawn at 7pm at The Naz for an unforgettable explosion of fun, friends, and flying powder. Wear white, bring your energy, and prepare to leave covered in color. Let the color war begin!

18 - Hangout Night

• Our Hangout Night is at the The Naz at 7pm! We will be hanging out & playing games. See you there!

25 - Wacky Wiffle Ball

• It’s wiffle ball like you’ve never played before—crazy rules, wild twists, and non-stop laughs! Grab your friends, bring your best (or wackiest) game face, and get ready for a night of totally unpredictable fun. See you at Athletic Park at 7pm!

JULY

28-2 - Mission Trip

• Details below.

9 - Hangout Night

• Our Hangout Night is at the The Naz at 7pm! We will be hanging out & playing games. See you there!

14-18 Summer Camp

• Details below.

23 - Serve and Hunan

• Join us as we give back by serving in a local community garden—dig, plant, and grow something good! Afterward, we’ll head out together for some well-earned food at Hunan. We are starting at 5:30pm at 260 Kennedy Park Circle in Fergus Falls, MN. Bring money for dinner. Come ready to get your hands dirty and your heart full! 

30 - Water Kickball

• Get ready to splash into summer fun at our Water Kickball! Join us for an epic game of kickball—with a twist! Bring a towel, wear modest clothes that can get wet, and invite your friends. We'll be at the Kirkbride Park at 7pm. It’s going to be a blast! 

AUGUST

7 - Thursday Night Family Picnic @ the Lake

• Join us Thursday, August 7th, for a Family Lake Day at 6pm-8pm at Ten Mile Lake Resort (12303 Co. Hwy. 35 Dalton, MN 56324)! All ages welcome! Bring your dinner, blanket, and floaties! (Ten Mile Lake Resort will also be open to purchase burgers!) See you there!

13 - Valleyfair

• We're going to Valleyfair on Wednesday, August 13th! We're leaving the Naz @ 8am. Bring money for lunch and dinner! Invite your friends for a FUN time before school starts!!

• Registration: OPENS SOON. We're buying tickets early, so you must register by midnight on Wednesday, August 6th! 

17 - Upcoming 6th Graders' Party

• We're super excited for our upcoming 6th graders to join 412 Naz Students that we created an event just for them!! We're leaving from the Naz on Sunday, August 17th at 3pm to go to Sky Zone in Fargo! Bring money for dinner & ice cream! 

• Registration: OPENS SOON. Must register by midnight on Monday, August 11th. 

20 - Hangout Night

• Our Hangout Night is at the The Naz at 7pm! We will be hanging out & playing games. See you there!

27 - Uncle Eddie's

• We will meet you at Uncle Eddie’s this Wednesday, August 27th at 8pm after Kennedy’s Open House! Bring money for ice cream. See you there!

SEPTEMBER

3 - Fall Kickoff

• Our Fall Kickoff and our first youth group back for the school year is Wednesday, September 3rd! We're giving away FREE, BRAND NEW 412 Merch! We're SUPER excited to be back with you for the school year! 6th-8th Grade is at 4pm-5:15pm. 9th-12th Grade is at 7:30pm-9pm.

Join us for some fun and friendly competition at youth group pick-up basketball! Whether you're a seasoned player or just looking to shoot around, all skill levels are welcome. Come hang out, make new friends, and enjoy the game! 🏀

We'll see you at the outdoor Kennedy basketball hoops at 7pm. 

Here are the dates that we'll be playing: June 12th, June 26th, July 10th, and July 24th.

Hey students entering 6th grade through 2025 graduates, get ready for a summer of crazy fun, being emboldened in your faith, and endless memories! We're going to Summer Camp together in Medina, ND on July 14th-18th! We're leaving the Naz at 1pm on the 14th and returning about 3pm on the 18th!

Registration: CLOSED

Registration closes Sunday, May 25th

Camp Scholarship

If your family is in need of financial assistance when it comes to sending your child(ren) to camp, fill out the THIS form and someone will be in contact with you. 

If you would like to donate to the camp scholarship fund, you can indicate that on the memo line of a check or give online HERE.

Our Senior High Mission Trip is coming JUNE 2025!!

This upcoming summer, we will be leading a team to Cedarville, OH. We will be ministering with community partners for the week. Light construction, community outreach, backyard Bible clubs, and evangelism are just a few of the areas in which SERVE teams could take part.

When: June 28 – July 2, 2025

Who: 9th-12th Graders

Where: Cedarville University in Cedarville, OH

Registration: CLOSED

Registration closes November 20th at midnight.

Our first mission trip meeting will be held on Sunday, November 24th at 12:30pm in the youth center. This meeting is mandatory. 

***Must also have a Liability Form filled out, turned in, and on file for the school year to go on trip. Our priority is to keep your teen(s) safe. 

Catechism is a class for our 8th graders who will meet every Sunday during the 11am service in the youth center. This class will go through the school year, starting September 14, 2025.

We will be engaged in conversations every week about Biblical truths. We want to help students ask questions, think about how they are supposed to live in response to the biblical truths, and set them up for success in their faith. 

This is important! We live in a culture and world where students (even in the Church) are biblically illiterate, don’t know why the believe what they believe, and according to the Barna Group, roughly 70% of high school students who enter college as professing Christians, will leave with little to no faith. 50% of those that leave their faith do it within the first semester of college. Going through Catechism doesn’t guarantee that students will not face hardships in life. We are helping them create a Biblical foundation where they can own their own faith. When they can own their own faith and know why, this helps create a strong foundation, so when the storms of life hit, they still have a strong foundation and relationship with Jesus!

This is a great opportunity for eighth graders to build a Biblical foundation and own their own faith!