This year, the First Church of Lombard Youth Community are heading to Tioga County, Pennsylvania to help with flood recovery following the devastation of Tropical Storm Debby in August 2024.

All are invited to a special “Sending Forth” for the Mission Team, to be held during the 9:30 a.m. worship service on Sunday, June 14. Please keep the team in your prayers… and be watching for updates during the week of the trip (June 21-27) right here at https://ycmissiontrips.home.blog/!

FCL’s Youth Worship Service THIS Sunday, October 19! Plan now to come enjoy a youth-led worship service here at FCL at 10:15 a.m.! Learn more about the Youth Community Summer Mission Trip, enjoy music by these young people, and so much more!

A detail of our group shirt is below.

As photos continue to roll in from our amazing week in Wyoming, Michigan, we will continue to post them! This is a mishmash of days, projects, and fun times… so feel free to ask about any specific pic!

The Youth Community 2025 Mission Team is so grateful for both our host church (Plymouth UCC) and our host organization (UCOM). See previous posts for info about both organizations… and see below for some lovely notes of thanks from the team.

Lots more photos to come! Please be patient as we gather the rest of our pictures and get them posted!

Please keep us in your prayers as the team travels back to First Church of Lombard today! We are tired and sore, but we are so thankful for the support that the church continues to give our Youth Community!

As mentioned last post, the group was unable to spend our day lazily floating down the river due to thunder and lightning. But we had an alternative plan up our sleeves! We headed to the Grand Rapids Downtown Market (https://www.downtownmarketgr.com/) for some unique shopping and FANTASTIC food options, then headed to the Kroc Center for an evening of swimming, water slides, basketball and even some workouts! Check it out at https://grkroccenter.org/ … and in some of the pictures below! (Some are from previous days as well)

The plan for our “fun day” was to head to the Thornapple River in Hastings, Michigan to go tubing down the river! Unfortunately, the weather did NOT cooperate and we had to pivot to a different, alternative plan. We were disappointed, of course, but had a great day regardless. See next post for details!

Thank you to U-Rent-Em Canoe Livery for being so gracious and careful for our safety (and for giving us a full refund!). Check out https://www.urentemcanoe.com/ for more information.