The high school years are ones of change as young people begin to make more of their own choices and life paths. Boston Avenue's Senior High Youth Ministry for 9th through 12th Graders strives to provide activities and ministries that are both cool and life-changing, in positive ways. Our goal is to provide a place for you to learn of God's great love for you, to share this love with others, and to find your purpose in life.
We invite high school students to join us and become a part of our social interactions, small groups, missions, music and drama groups, Reconciliation Council Ministries, and retreats and camps while learning biblical principles for life.
Bring your friends and join us on our journey!
Senior High Sunday School is held on Sunday mornings from 9:40 to 10:40 a.m. on the fourth floor of the main building. All senior high first meet in Room 420 for refreshments, announcements, joys and concerns, and then break into smaller classes.
Since the interests and needs of youth are so diverse, we offer a choice of classes at 9:40 a.m. Class sizes are limited, so first choices are not always available, but we make every effort to work with each youth to get the class that best suits his or her interests and needs.
Youth are asked to make a commitment to attend a specific class for each session. That commitment is important to the youth and leaders of the class. Facilitators use United Methodist Curriculum in these option-based classes. Each class is designed to help youth in their journey of faith.
Social Interactions
Senior High Youth meet as needed for special service projects and fellowship events on Sunday afternoons or evenings. Regular youth meetings are held on Wednesday evenings. The focus is to have fun while encouraging genuine caring and Christian fellowship. Genuine fellowship includes sharing the LOVE and GRACE of God with each other.
DTBA (Downtown Boston Avenue or
Dare To Be Alive in Christ)
A midweek faith break that meets Wednesday evenings from 7:00-8:00 p.m. on the fourth floor.
Life is a journey! Come and be a part of a community that shares your struggles and celebrates your victories! Each week we will have a time for fellowship, but will focus on helping you grow and be challenged in your relationship with God!
Life After High School Lunches
Lunches primarily for parents and upperclassmen focusing on the opportunities and challenges for students beyond high school. They happen the last Sunday of the month in Room 420 during January through April. Reservations for lunch will be required in advance. Non-Boston Avenue youth and families are always welcome. Contact Audra Fogle, Senior High Youth Director, at 918.699.0130 for more information.
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Senior High Small Groups
Imagine laughing and talking about your week while working on a beaded necklace. Or, playing a full throttle game of basketball and then sitting down with your Christian brothers to talk about where your faith was challenged during the week. Maybe you are looking for a group to engage in a serious Bible study? Groups meet once a month for approximately 1 1/2 hours-2 hours and select their own topics to study with their leaders. It will be the highlight of your week!!!
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Missions
Ongoing Mission Projects
Prayer Bears - Bears are shared as an outreach of Christ's love and support of Boston Avenue to those in need of a special hug. New stuffed animals can be donated at any time.
Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless - Our youth serve the evening meal for the people at the Day Center for the Homeless several times each year. We begin cooking in the Boston Avenue main kitchen in the afternoon and then serve the meal at 5:00. Serving at the Day Center is an opportunity to stay connected to people in need here in our local community. Other opportunities for service at the Day Center include: working in the clothing room, serving daytime snacks, playing games with children, and helping repackage toiletries.
BA Senior High Youth and sponsors pause for a group picture
in Rio Bravo, Mexico. In December 2008, they headed to
New Orleans
to aid some Katrina families.
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Music & Drama Groups
Music Team - Our music team has a wide variety of experience levels and talents. We welcome your gifts or enthusiasm for music! Come and try us out! If you would like to be a part of the team, we ask that you will make a commitment to come to practice regularly so we can lead to the best of our ability!
Students lead the opening session on Sunday mornings from 9:45-10:00 and play occasionally for DTBA on Wednesday evenings. Group practice is often held during the 11:00 a.m. service on Sunday mornings in Room 420.
Chapel Choir - For 7th-12th Graders, the Chapel Choir rehearses from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. every Wednesday during the school year. This choir provides musical leadership for the 8:30 a.m. worship service every Sunday, and tours annually.
Chapel Choir Youth enjoy an annual choir tour each summer.
BAY (Boston Avenue Youth) Troupe - For mid-high and senior high students, BAY Troupe meets during the fall to enhance drama skills and rehearse to perform a musical production. All Boston Avenue youth are encouraged to participate. Rehearsals are on Sunday afternoons from 12:30-3:30 and on Wednesday evenings from 7-9 in the Fall, although not all cast members are required to be at every rehearsal. This troupe is directed by Angelyn Dale, Dr. Joel Panciera, and Mike Fischer. Audra Fogle and Debbie Peterson serve as “Producers” for this ministry.
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Reconciliation Council Ministries
TEEN TRIALOGUE
Our Annual Youth Interfaith Trialogue Series brings together teens from the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim faith traditions for focused discussions on religion. Typically held in late February through early March, the Teen Trialogue Series provides an opportunity for high school students from the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim faith traditions to meet in consecutive sessions to learn about other religions. In the process, participants strengthen their own faiths and develop new friendships. Each of the sessions focuses on a specific topic. More than 40 of our Boston Avenue Youth participate in this special opportunity.
OCCJ's Annual Youth Interfaith Tour
OCCJ's Youth Interfaith Tour brings together middle and high school students and others to visit various houses of worship and learn about faith traditions. Please contact Senior High Director Audra Fogle, 918.699.0130, or visit OCCJ's website for more information.
Many Senior High Youth participate in the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration
and parade in Tulsa.
ANYTOWN, OKLAHOMA
Anytown, Oklahoma is held each summer at Camp Takatoka on Lake Ft. Gibson. Anytown promotes self-esteem, good citizenship, and leadership in an atmosphere steeped in rich diversity. Rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors are eligible for this award-winning, statewide human relations camp. The 2007 camp, the largest in several years, hosted 57 incoming high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors from high schools that included Broken Arrow, Booker T. Washington, Central, East Central, Edison, Edmond, Idabel, Jenks, Memorial, Peace Academy, Rogers, Sand Springs, Stillwater, TSST, Union, and Webster.
Anytown consistently ranks as a preeminent human relations experience, often characterized as a "life-changing" opportunity. The camp has made a difference in the lives of more than 500 teens since its inception in 1994. Interested high school students who will be sophomores, juniors, or seniors in the fall may pick up camp registration brochures or contact the OCCJ office for more information by calling 918.583.1361.
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Upcoming Senior High Camps & Activities
Our Senior High Youth Camps and Activities are meant to
challenge and inspire youth on their faith journey.
How To Register:
Join us for Camp Sign-Up Night on Wednesday, April 7th
at 5:30 in Bishops' Hall...
or
pick up hard copies of the forms from the Education Office...
or
download the registration form(s) for each camp below
and mail the completed form(s) with payment to:
Debbie Aycock
Education Office
Boston Avenue United Methodist Church
1301 S. Boston Ave.
Tulsa, OK 74119-3297
PLEASE NOTE:
- Registration deadline for all Conference Camps is May 15, 2010 (or when the camp fills up, whichever comes first) – Please DO NOT register through the Conference Office, as it will affect your cost.
- Boston Avenue Church will pay half of the cost of ONE camp for our church members.
- LIT credit can be used, but must be requested. LIT accounts must have adequate balance to cover camp fees, or cash payment of balance is required.
- One check, payable to "Boston Avenue Church," may be written to pay for all of the camps.
- All registration fees must be paid in full prior to camp starting.
- Only ONE Official Transportation and Medical Release Form needs to be completed for each participant regardless of how many camps he/she is enrolled in.
~ SUMMER 2010 ~
7th – 12th Youth Force OKC 2010
Camp Registration Form
Official Transportation and Medical Release Form
June 6-11 in Oklahoma City (housing at OCU)
— For rising 7th graders – just-graduated seniors
Whether it’s giving a home a new coat of paint, fixing a leaky faucet, or sharing the love of Jesus with elderly and disadvantaged families in our state, youth and adults will be united in mission this summer at Youth Force. An active, hands-on experience. Youth Force is Oklahoma’s premier mission event for teens. Registration fee includes all meals, lodging for Sunday evening through Friday morning, project supplies and expenses, recreation, worship, training materials, and a Youth Force t-shirt.
Registrations are processed in a first come,
first served basis and spots fill quickly.
Cost: $185 (includes lunch on the way home)
Registration Deadline: April 15, 2010 or whenever camp is full
Tulsa District Senior High Camp
Camp Registration Packet
Official Transportation and Medical Release Form
June 14-18 at Camp Egan — For rising 9th - just-graduated seniors
You can bet that District Camp will be a blast! Tons of fun with friends, river hiking, swimming, singing, playing (float trip, basketball, volleyball, & soccer), experiential learning, talking, and more!!! Plus, you will have an incredible opportunity to grow in your relationship with Christ through awesome worship, fantastic small groups, personal reflection time, and all this at beautiful Camp Egan!
Cost: $250 (includes lunch on Friday)
Registration Deadline: May 15, 2010
late fee of $20 for registrations received past May 31, 2010
NOTE: $50 cancellation fee will be accessed
for withdrawal after June 5, 2010.
The Great Unknown: "Shaped to Serve"
A Mystery Mission Camp
Camp Registration Form
Official Transportation and Medical Release Form
June 27-29 — For rising 7th graders – just-graduated seniors
You never know where sharing the love of God may take you!
Each day brings new opportunities. Pack your bags and come live at Boston Avenue for a few days. You never know what each day will bring or where we might go live out the gospel. During this camp you will participate in hands-on missions that make a difference in the Tulsa community. Each evening we will celebrate the day with fun activities and late night festivities. Living together at the church will help you make new friends and grow closer together as a Boston Avenue family. Unleash the adventurer within and sign-up today!
Cost: $50 for Boston Avenue members, $100 for non-members;
Some scholarships are available or use your LIT account!
Registration Deadline: June 10, 2010
C.Y.M.E. Camp
Camp Registration Packet
Official Transportation and Medical Release Form
June 28-July 2 at Cross Point Camp
— For rising 9th graders - just-graduated seniors
CYME is serious business with non-stop intensity and excitement. It will push you to the limits of Christian community, leadership skills, discipleship, peer ministry and hearing your call in Christ. In addition to the ropes course, we will also be learning how to rappel. Eligible youth for C.Y.M.E. may be local church youth leaders/officers, C.Y.M.E. youth members (Conference Council on Youth Ministries), District youth leaders/officers, or youth members of District or Conference Design Teams. Otherwise, any other youth that come MUST be pastor or youth worker recommended.
Contact Audra Fogle, 918.699.0130, for more details.
Cost: $340 (includes lunch on the way home)
Registration Deadline: May 15, 2010, or whenever camp is full
Senior High Trek: Boundary Waters
Camp Registration Packet
Official Transportation and Medical Release Form
July 1-10 in the Boundary Waters
between the United States and Canada
— For rising 10th-12th graders
This camp is a unique ten-day, nine-night canoe/camping adventure into the Canoe Area of the Boundary Waters Wilderness. It’s a land of forests, rivers, deep clear lakes, wildlife, and unsurpassed natural beauty that stretches for nearly 160 miles between Minnesota and Ontario.
Each group of six youth and two adult campers will prepare their own meals, camp sites and activities in the beautiful lake country. Nature is our classroom and youth will learn many things, among them: how to cook out-of-doors, read a compass, manage a low-impact camp, and maneuver a canoe and portage across distances.
Cost: $500
Registration Deadline: May 15, 2010.
Limited to the first 12 who register and pay. Max. 4 per church.
Anytown, Oklahoma
Camp Registration Form
Official Transportation and Medical Release Form
July 25-31 at Camp Takatoka near Tahlequah
— For rising 10th-12th graders
An outstretched hand, a friendly face. From another creed, another race. These are the things we have by grace at Anytown, our Anytown. The Anytown model, which began in Arizona in 1957, focuses on listening to the hopes, fears, frustrations, and dreams of young Americans. Anytown Oklahoma, which began in 1994 is sponsored by over 35 regions of the Oklahoma Conference for Community and Justice (locally), and are recognized as one of the more effective human relations and leadership training programs for youth in the United States.
Cost: $300; some scholarships available
To be selected for this camp, you must apply and have a letter of nomination from an adult who is familiar with you. Application Deadline is June 1, 2010. Anytown can accept up to 70 students.
Heifer Global Village
Overnight Retreat
Camp Registration Form
Official Transportation and Medical Release Form
July 28-29 in Perryville, Arkansas
— For rising 9th-12th graders
Join the Senior High Youth as we travel to Heifer Ranch for a powerful global experience.
Experiential, interactive and fun! Participants get little to eat and must find a way to build a fire and cook their meal. They sleep in simple housing, like a Zambian hut. In living with others, you’ll find that something extraordinary happens. Your attitude about individual action, community cooperation, and sustainable solutions to global hunger, poverty and the environment will be transformed. Check out www.edutopia.org/night-global-village for more information.
Your understanding of the world – and your place in it –
will change forever!
Cost $35
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Available Scholarships for Seniors
Application Form
The B. V. and Mary Jane McMillan Scholarship Fund supports students who attend Oklahoma City University. Preference is given to deserving active youth members of Boston Avenue Church.
The Enmeier Scholarship Fund supports students who are entering the ministry of the United Methodist Church. Dr. Biggs chooses the recipient and preference is given to students from the Tulsa area.
The Ken and Myra Noteboom Scholarship Fund supports deserving active students who need economic support. The Susan Barnum Committee nominates recipients.
The Charles Ward Scholarship Fund supports graduating seniors with need and ability. Preference is given to youth members active in youth and church activities throughout their mid-high and high school years.
The Allison Biggs Scholarship Fund supports students with need and ability. Preference is given to youth members of Sunday School and U.M.Y.F. who have been active throughout their high school years.
The Edna Williamson Scholarship Fund supports graduating seniors with need and ability. Preference is given to youth members active in youth and church activities throughout their mid-high and high school years.
Loans are also available from the United Methodist Student Loan Fund. You can also visit www.umyouth.org/scholarships for other possibilities. Senior High Youth Director Audra Fogle would be glad to help you get more information about obtaining U.M.S.L. fund loans.
Please review the above criteria once again. If you qualify, please pick up an application form at the information desk and return it to Audra Fogle no later than April 15. We are eager to award these gifts and support your higher education. These funds have been given to the church by committed persons to honor and appreciate your commitments to church membership. Scholarships will be awarded to members of Boston Avenue Church who are enrolled in a college or university in the fall. Moreover, graduating seniors will be given preference over returning students.
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