April 7, 2021

Our summer calendar is filling up fast! Please visit our google form and indicate your child's interest in attending any of our summer events. *Please note that this form is NOT meant for official registration to any event. We just need to gauge the interest level of our students to help with planning! Follow this link and fill out the form

We resume IN PERSON Surge THIS week on Sunday, April 11th from 6-7:30 pm at Wesley. We are starting a new unit where we will talk about Tolerance and Bravery. Everyone is invited to attend and we hope you'll join us! The schedule for the rest of April at Surge includes a special night of testimony via zoom on April 18th (Our LAST ZOOM MEETING) where we will hear from members of our Surge family sharing about their experiences being brave in the face of injustices.

Our next Youth Cabinet meeting will be on April 25th at 4:00 pm before Surge

A special worship night on April 25th when Matt Sherrill will join us to lead us in worship music and an interactive worship experience on the parking lot after small groups. Make plans to attend! You won't want to miss it!

June 6th-10th as we participate in the first ever hometown mission week: SERVING BLONO 2021! We will partner with Normal 1st Youth to serve area ministries during the day, and have dinner/worship and fellowship activities at night. Mark your calendars for 9:00am-8:00 pm activities!

Our April event will feature "A Day at the Park" with Surge on April 24th. Join us for lunch outside and games/fellowship all together in a safe space. Students are invited to bring footballs, soccer balls, basketballs and anything else you want to play with to Anderson Park from 2-4:00 pm at we enjoy the outside together.

Surge will attend AIR Day Camp at Little Grassy in Makanda, IL on Saturday, June 19th. We will leave the church early in the morning and head to camp for a day of worship, fellowship and games. We are HOPING to stay the night at a local hotel and attend a local church service together in the morning, if it is safe to do so. Mark your calendars! It's going to be a fun weekend!

Our summer mission trip will be on July 11th-16th to St. Louis Missouri! We will be serving various area ministries and helping work with the urban poor population while we learn about city racial reconciliation. Please note that both overnight accommodations AND strictly daytime accommodations will be available based on your needs.  For more information about accommodations and price see the information hand-out here. Any questions please e-mail Kelsey or call her at 618-558-0748 or you van e-mail Brenna

 Where is #SurgeJoe? Make sure you tell us what he's up to online on all our social media accounts! We'd love to see where he is!

Remember, if you need anything I'm ALWAYS here! You are SO loved Surge and we're in this together.  - Kelsey (618) 558-0748

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