Children and Youth – April 2025

Upcoming Youth Group Meet-ups

The church website is the best place to find info on current events for children and youth.  Bookmark this link and check back regularly:  https://www.bowerhillchurch.org/upcoming-activities.   

Combined Middle school & high school youth groups

Join us for a combined for middle and high school youth group twice a month on Sunday evenings from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. in room 110.  We will meet on March 30, April 13, and April 27.

Youth Sunday – Save the Date

Be sure to join us in worship on Sunday, May 18.  Bower Hill youth will lead the service and share a presentation highlighting characters of the Bible we’ve learned about this year.  Children and youth will be working on it in during Sunday School in the coming weeks. 

Bower Hill Spring Plant Sale

Bower Hill Youth Group is selling spring plants from Dean’s Greenhouse to raise funds for our summer mission trips and projects.  Sales will be taken mostly on-line; here is the link to order.  Paper order forms will be available in the Narthex beginning in early April.  The order deadline is April 20, with plant delivery on Tuesday, May 20. 

REGISTRATION IS OPEN for these Awesome Summer Events!

3rd – 8th Grade Crestfield Classic Overnight Camp July 7-12

Join Bower Hill Youth Group for a week away at Crestfield.  Because we are going as a group, each youth will receive $100 off the cost of registration!!   Please use this link to indicate your interest and to see who else is going.  Click here to see last year’s highlight video to see what the week will look like.

6th – 11th Grade Crestfield Service Adventure Camp July 20-25

This camp is for kids in grades 6th - 11th grade and costs $400 per person.  Monday through Thursday campers go off site during the day to do service projects in the local community, then return to Crestfield to have free time at the pool followed by dinner.  In the evenings campers do camp activities and participate in a lively club time.  Please use this link to indicate your interest and to see who else is going from our church.  

Return Mission Trip to Spruce Pine, NC. June 22 - 28

Building off our desire to offer more intergenerational opportunities, we are planning another Mission Trip to Western, NC.  This trip is for any youth currently in seventh grade or older, including young adults/adults.  We are also teaming up with three other local PCUSA congregations for this trip.  We will partner again with Baptists on Mission, and hope to return to Spruce Pine, where we sent a team of eight to serve in December.  While they are not yet requiring payment for mission trips, a suggested donation of $120 per person is being collected, which Bower Hill will donate to BOM to cover the cost of volunteering.  Please use this link to indicate your interest and to see who else is going from our church.  

Excitement is "Building" for Maker Fun Factory VBS July 28 - August 1

At Maker Fun Factory VBS, kids discover not only that God made them the way they are,

but for a purpose too.  New friends, creative games, surprising adventures, lip-smacking

snacks, and incredible music are just some of the fun in store for your child.

Don't Miss Out on the Best week of Summer!

Bower Hill follows a unique youth-leader model.  Pre-school (potty trained) through 3rd

grade attend from 9:30 a.m. - noon each day.  Older youth from 4th grade and up serve as helpers in the morning, then stay through 3:00 p.m. each day for more in-depth activities just for them. All youth aged 17 and younger must register.  Click here to register.  Pickup a flier in the Narthex to share with friends and neighbors.