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Music and Arts Summer Camp 2024 Come join in on a week of fun and learning at Desert Skies UMC’s Music and Arts Summer Camp. The camp runs Tuesday May 28 through Friday, May 31, from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. at Desert Skies’ Houghton campus. Camp is open to children who will be in grades 3 through 8 in the Fall 2024 school year. Campers will learn and play music, do arts and crafts, and finish off with a performance on Friday.
Vacation Bible School 2024 Summer will be here before we know it, and that means Vacation Bible School! This year, St. Paul’s UMC is excited to combine forces with Desert Skies UMC and Christ Church United UMC in offering a VBS ministry to kids and families. VBS is Monday, June 3 through Friday, June 7, 9 am to 12 noon, on the St. Paul’s campus.Core Value Exercise (Sunday, May 19, 2024) You are invited to use the form below to join us in gathering information as our Revitalization Team works to prayerfully discern our primary core values. If you are interested, complete the form below today. Thank you!
Annual Conference Mission Project The 2024 Desert Southwest Annual Conference will be held in Tucson this year. This year’s theme is “Making a Way” based on Isaiah 43:18-19 and Jeremiah 29:4-7, 10-14. We are delighted to share that The Inn of Southern Arizona, a Tucson based ministry, has been selected to receive donations. This ministry provides care for migrants passing through the U.S. / Mexico border.
2024 Summer Events for Children and Youth Mark your calendars now and plan to join us for one or both of our special summer children’s events, hosted in partnership with Christ Church and Desert Skies United Methodist Churches.
2024 Summer Camp Registrations Open St. Paul’s UMC encourages you to consider registering your elementary and middle school youth to attend Session 1 at Mingus Mountain, the week of June 17–22, 2024. Attending a Christian summer camp has been demonstrated to have a positive impact on a child’s spiritual development and church involvement.