St. Mark's Lutheran Church Youth and Family Ministry
Email Youth Director Alice Real at youth@stmarks-elca.org with questions or to be added to the mailing list.
* * * In order to participate in activities, all youth/parents must register to provide up-to-date information for youth leaders,
as well as complete the 2025-2026 medical release/consent form. English or Spanish * * *
While regular youth activities are on hiatus for the summer months, here are some upcoming events and opportunities!
This Friday: Family Movie Night
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Friday, July 17 @ 8:00 PM
Outside in Lower Parking Lot- Bring your own blanket or lawn chairs!
*Popcorn provided*
Rain Location: Fellowship Hall
Lutheran Youth Organization Applications are Open!
Lutheran Youth Organization (LYO) applications are open for rising 9th-12th graders. The LYO is a leadership development program to support youth in living into their God-given gifts and sharpen their skills for service in our synods, their congregations, and the surrounding community. (Returning LYOers need to fill out an application, too.)
Learn more about what LYO is, the opportunities it offers, the time commitment entailed and our tentative schedule for the year here. Applications are due Sunday, July 19. Have questions or concerns? Reach out to Pastor Laura Sinche at LSinche@demdsynod.org
Stay tuned for more information about St. Mark's youth activities this fall!
Synod Middle/High School Retreat
St. Mark's had a great time attending the Middle/High School Youth Retreat, "Called in Our Wandering," Nov 21-23 at Skycroft Conference Center in Middletown, MD. Organized and led by youth in the Lutheran Youth Organization (LYO) from the Metro-DC and Delaware-MD synods, we enjoyed large group worship, small group discussions, service projects, games, great food, and of course, a bonfire. Click here for a short video of the event compiled by St Mark's youth, Landon Snyder: https://youtu.be/irB5EpVTQu4?si=YxFHaaQz2gmKP_ja.
Photos below from recent Youth Group projects …
See you Sunday!
Youth Ministry Calendar 2025-2026
Looking Ahead
Stay tuned … Enjoy your summer!
In order to participate in activities, all youth/parents must register to provide up-to-date information for youth leaders, as well as complete the 2025-2026 medical release/consent form. English Spanish
➡️ Full youth ministry calendar ⬅️
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For more information, contact Alice Real, Director of Youth and Family Ministries, at youth@stmarks-elca.org.
The St. Marks Youth had a great time raking leaves at church member homes on a November Sunday afternoon!
Watch worship on St. Mark's Youtube channel!
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Youth Group Parent Handbook
Parents! Click HERE to download and view your Youth Group 2021-2022 Information Meeting Handout.
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See photos of our 2018-2020 gatherings and 2021 Youth Sunday below:
St. Mark’s Mission Trip to Red Bird Work Camp
July 2024
In July 2024, St. Mark’s sent a team to participate in Red Bird Mission Work Camp. Jim Kyger, Harriet Latta, Maureen Murphy, Alice Real, and Mary Crumrine (Alice’s sister) spent July 21 through July 26 in Beverly, Kentucky, working on home improvement projects in the surrounding community. Guided by Red Bird Crew Leaders, Brett and Kevin, they repaired and replaced a bedroom floor and water heater in an elderly couple's trailer home, and they mudded drywall and installed underpinning around an addition to the couple’s nephew's home across the street. The addition will be a new bedroom for several of the nephew's children.
