The goal of our youth program is to build relationships with St. Matthew students that foster their personal knowledge of, trust in, dependence upon, and love for Jesus Christ.

UMYF (United Methodist Youth Fellowship)
Our Youth Group meets for a meal and time of fellowship each Sunday, 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., in the Family Life Center.  Click here for more info.

Sunday School 
During the 2011-12 school year the youth will be studying various parts of Jesus life.  We will be using the Jesus Christ study guide by Abingdon Press.  Other study during the year will include key Bible Characters.  All youth classes meet on the 2nd floor of the Gym/FLC building.  The Middle School boys will meet in the "Game Room" at the end of the hall.  The Middle School girls will meet in the "Blue Room"in the middle of the hall.  The High School youth will meet in the "Car Room" at the other end of the hall.

Annual Events!!

Sports- It is basketball season!  Click here for Basketball Practice times and schedules.

Pumpkin Patch: For over 30 years our church has supported the youth program with the pumpkin patch. Each October we open up the front lawn for hundreds of pumpkins. This year we sold over $31,000 in pumpkin sales! We're already looking forward to next year! Mark your calendars to unload in early October after church.

Christmas Shopping for Adopted Families: This year the youth were able to help a family of nine!  With the help of Fostering Great Ideas we found a family that where all seven children were finally home after being in foster care.  This family touched our lives and we had a fantastic time shopping for each and everyone of the children and their parents.

Retreats: This year we went to Awanita Valley and joined with 5 other United Methodist Youth Groups from the Greenville District for a Fall retreat in October. 

Annual Ski Trip: This year we are looking forward to another fantastic ski trip over the MLK holiday weekend, January 13-16th, 2012.  We will be enjoying a ski weekend at Winterplace in West Virgina.  Our worship leaders for the weekend are Rev. Edward McCutcheon and Jay Knudsen.

Salkehatchie Summer Service is a week-long mission trip in South Carolina for youth 14 and older. We annually send a large group to serve in McCormick County at the Baker's Creek Camp. For more information about Salkehatchie, click here!

Summer Trips- We will be posting more information about these trips after our January Youth Council Meeting. This past July we participated in a SURGE Mission Blitz weekend at Lake Junaluska in Western North Carolina. We also went on some day trips as well as a Rafting down the French Broad River.