A weekly time of fellowship, faith and fun for children, youth, & adults! Youth, grades 6th—12th, will have their own special activities including meaningful conversations, playing outrageous games, and eating stuff they probably shouldn’t! “Safe Gatherings” certified adults are on hand to help facilitate and direct, and clean up afterwards, and parents are always welcome! Wednesday evenings from 6—7 PM in the Youth Center (south end).  Contact Karis Brown for more information.

A by-donation meal will be served every 1st Wednesday in the Worship Center @ 5:30 pm!

For the rest of the month @ 6pm…

Popcorn Potluck every 2nd Wednesday: Bring a topping (like candy, seasoning, or your favorite topping) to share with everyone! We’ll have the popcorn already popped for you, so across all our toppings: there will be endless permutations of combos!

Sno-Cone Soiree every 3rd Wednesday: Join us for FREE sno-cones with our various syrups we already have here at church! No extra offerings required! If we don’t have a syrup/topping that you like: like Karis know! We’ll have it by the next Sno-Cone Soiree you attend 😉

Nacho Night every 4th Wednesday: Karis will set up a nacho bar with nacho cheese, chips, and a bunch of different toppings like salsa, jalapenos, pico, guac, and more!

Join Woodlawn’s Youth each Sunday from 10:15 – 11:15 AM in the Youth Center classroom for in-depth lessons on the Bible, its stories and the lesson they are meant to teach us. Each lesson includes Bible reading, discussion, and even a game or two! This is perfect for students who want to really deepen their knowledge of the Bible or can’t make it to our Wednesday evening activities!

Here’s how it works: just like the children, the youth will join the contemporary service for the first 3 songs + brief welcome. Then, once the children receive their message and get up to leave for Sunday School, the youth who are interested in games and lessons will follow Karis into the Youth Center Classroom (sometime between 10:20-10:30). The youth will have their lesson (and games) until the end of the contemporary service, when they’ll be ready for pick up in the Youth Center Classroom.

For our youth who are in 8th grade and up and want to become full members in the United Methodist Church, check out our Confirmation courses! Starting in January each year, we’ll be teaching our youth about the ins & outs of the UMC and Christianity: focusing on why we get baptized, the meaning of the sacraments, the teachings of John Wesley, and our Book of Discipline and Social Principles. We will also be visiting other churches’ & faiths’ worship services to get a taste of what the God of Abraham has to offer! We also ask our church members to mentor our young United Methodists, so that our burgeoning members have someone to pray with & look up to.

Confirmands, if they attend at least 3/4 of the classes & worship services throughout the course, will be confirmed as standalone members of the United Methodist Church on the first Sunday of May each year!

Interested in joining our Confirmation class? Contact Youth Director Karis for more information!

Woodlawn is proud to offer a college scholarship each year, benefitting Woodlawn’s high school seniors seeking post-secondary education and Woodlawn’s college students (freshman through fifth-year senior).

Visit our scholarship’s webpage for more information!

Each summer, youth from Woodlawn UMC attend camp at Camp Horizon outside of Ark City.  It is an amazing opportunity to gather with youth from other churches for a week of incredible games, community building and Bible study.  Most of our youth will tell you that this is their special place – that place where they go to connect with God as they experience the beauty of creation and encounter God in one another.

The youth also attend a spring retreat at Camp Horizon the first weekend of Spring Break every year to keep the camp fun going throughout the year!

At Woodlawn, our mission is to spiritually shape people to be the heart, hands, and feet of Jesus in the world. With that in mind, our youth take seriously their calling to go into the world to serve others. In addition to occasional service projects during youth group, we take a summer mission trip to a different city in the US each year. These trips are an amazing opportunity to be the heart, hands, and feet of Jesus while strengthening our faith in the process.