Youth Group

High school students meet Sunday mornings during the school year from 9:45–10:45 a.m. for fellowship, study, and discussion around the "Seasons of the Spirit" curriculum. The youth plan special church-wide events, make monthly meals for the clients at Branch III, and participate in local service projects. Youth also frequently take work trips to sites around the country. More information here.

Youth group is open to all, regardless of membership or religious affiliation. For more information, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it at (612) 824-0762 x14.

A Night on the Streets
Pictured at left: Mayflower youth with leader Dana Blanck at this year's Night on the Streets. Mayflower youth joined young people from several other churches to experience first-hand what homelessness is, and to raise funds to end youth homelessness.

Youth Work Trips
Nearly every summer Mayflower youth go on a mission/work trip. Past summers have included travel to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota for a week-long educational and work experience with our Native neighbors and team-building trips to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Youth sponsor a talent show, car wash, plant sale and other fundraising activities to support their summer trip. More information here.

BRANCH III Food Prep
Mayflower's youth group has been preparing food for Branch III for the past 25 years. Youth prepare the food on the third Sunday of each month, and adult Mayflower volunteers then take the food to the site on Chicago Avenue on the following Monday. Mike Potter has been the food source, bringing the ingredients to church without fail for years. We appreciate his dedication!

Youth & Alumni News
Thomas Richards finishes his Master's degree in Voice at the College Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, in June. He appeared in the College's Don Giovanni in February, performed as a soloist with the U Singers at George Washington University in April, and now is headed to Central City Opera Company in the mountains of Colorado to appear in Oklahoma, La Boheme and Turn of the Screw this summer!

Nick Graves, a junior at Colby College in Maine, traveled with a dozen students to Peru in March with Medlife, a network of medical professionals students and trained staff who work together with communities in need to deliver better access to medicine, education and development.