Children and Youth Ministries
Parent Consent Form (for field trips & program activities)
We provide quality programs for community Children and Youth
About Us – Conant Avenue United Methodist Church is a church that puts their love for God and community into action. Our focus is healthy children, youth, young adults, and healthy families. We believe in providing every child with equal opportunities to succeed. The social life and pressures that teens face today are simply overwhelming. Our programs are designed to help youth feel safe and engaged, minus the outside pressure. Here youth get to know God while letting others get to know them..
Click here for the Conant Avenue UMC Safe Sanctuary Policy!
Safe Gatherings – All staff and volunteers who work in our Youth Programs are dedicated, well-trained, and fully authorized by Safe Gatherings. Safe Gatherings is an abuse prevention program that screens and trains volunteers, staff, and clergy to help prevent abuse of children. Click here for more on Safe Gatherings.
Our Programs
Children Defense Fund
Freedom School Summer Program
Grades: K-9 - Age: 5 - 15
Date: 2024 (TBD)
The Children’s Defense Fund Leave No Child Behind® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.
Click here for more information on the CDF Freedom Schools.
Our program at Conant Avenue includes a fun summer reading and enrichment program in the morning and Summer Camp activities in the afternoon. Includes Breakfast, Lunch & Snacks. Trips on most Fridays. COST: FREE
Senior Highs can apply to become Jr. Counselors (here) at the City of Detroit’s Summer Youth Employment Program.
Urban Methodist Youth Camp
Date: 2024 Coming Soon
6th - 12th Grade - (12 - 18 year old's)
Located at the Michindoh Retreat Center
A fun, overnight, values-based, 1-week, small-group camp exerience. The camp provides a safe, structured, and nurturing environment for urban youth and addresses the unique needs of urban youth. Transportation, food, program included. Scholarship cost: $100 Website: UMUYA.ORG
Coding, Arts and Creative Writing Programs
Date: Weekly in the Fall Term (Sept - Dec) and Winter Term (Jan - April)
K - 12th Grade - (5-18 year old’s)
Our Arts program first began in 2015 and has been expanding ever since. Lessons are taught by volunteer students, including Fine Arts majors in the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan, English and Creative Writing majors, hobby designers and writers. There is a very low student/U of M teacher ratio.
Lessons are split into three parts: Coding, Arts and Creative Writing. Art projects include both 2D and 3D mediums, from acrylic and watercolor painting to clay and fabric weaving. Creative writing teaches both prose and poetry, focusing on activities that are fun, engaging, and educational for students of all reading and writing skill levels. (Both Art and Creative Writing are in person at Conant Avenue UM Church from Sept. to Dec. and Jan. to June. Students will also be taught basic Coding skills in a virtual program (Coming in Fall of 2023, Coding will also be in-person at Conant.)
The program is taught weekly in the fall term (September to December) and winter term (January to April). At the end of each term, students display their art, writing, and coding, assembled in a gallery for parents, family, and community members, showcasing the skills they have learned throughout the semester.
Childrens Sermon
Every Sunday
0 - 8 - (0-12 year old’s)
We are working to build stronger children and youth ministries at Conant. Each Sunday, whether children are in the congregation or not, our Christian Education Chairperson, Verdell Brunson, leads a Children’s Sermon.
Children, Youth, and Young Adult Sunday
Every 5th Sunday
K - Young Adult - (5-35 year old’s)
Each fifth Sunday is designated, “Children, Youth, and Young Adult Sunday,” with children, youth, and young adults participating from our various community programs. Conant Avenue loves to welcome new children and parents to our Church Services.
This is also “Dress Down” & “T-Shirt Sunday” for everybody. Don’t Miss Out!
