Youth
Confirmation is the class through which youth-aged students from grades 8-12 can learn about what it means to become a member of the Church and take the step to become one themselves. Classes begin on March 20 and continue through Pentecost Sunday (June 5). If you’re interested in (or have a student interested in) being part of the class, contact the church office.
The UMW CLARA D. KOCH STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP is available to members of Asbury UMC, Casa del Rey UMC and St. James A.M.E. Zion. To qualify the applicant must demonstrate: scholastic achievement with at least 2.0 grade point average and motivation for continued education; leadership, good citizenship and Christian service; be an active member of his/her named church and display a definite financial need.
Applications are available below:
The completed applications are due no later than Friday, April 15, 2022 for the 2022/2023 academic year.
Please return completed applications to Linda McCreight (umwscholarship@asburylv.org) or by a physical mailing to the church.
THE CLARKE ENGINEERING & MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND provides grants for Asbury Church college juniors and seniors who have declared a major in engineering or music. Guidelines and applications for Clarke grants are available via PDF and in the church office. Application deadline for the 2022-2023 school year is on or before April 15, 2022.
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES SCHOLARSHIP: The objective of this $3,000 scholarship is to provide opportunities for students to study internationally and to develop an appreciation for other cultures and other countries. The scholarship is available for juniors, seniors, or graduate students who will be studying outside of the United States for a full semester. Specific requirements// Applications (hard copies available in the Church office). Application deadline: December 31.
THE HARRY & MOLLIE DILCHER TRUST provides grants for deserving Asbury Church college and university students. The Center for Scholarship Administration (CSA), a non-profit, independent organization is the Facilitator of the scholarship fund. This scholarship deadline has passed.
This information is about 2021 scholarships. To view scholarships available for the current year, visit asburylv.org/scholarships.
THE HARRY & MOLLIE DILCHER TRUST provides grants for deserving Asbury Church college and university students. The Center for Scholarship Administration (CSA), a non-profit, independent organization is the Facilitator of the scholarship fund. Applications will be accepted starting on January 28, 2021 and ending on March 25, 2021. Scholarship candidates will apply online at www.csascholars.org/dilcher. For information, please contact Ellen Holder (ellen@scascholars.org or 864-268-3303).
Email applications for the UMW CLARA D. KOCH STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP are available by completing this form. The completed applications are due no later than Thursday, April 15, 2021 for the 2021/ 2022 academic year. Please return completed applications to Linda McCreight by email or by a physical mailing to the church.
To qualify the applicant must demonstrate: scholastic achievement and motivation for continued education; leadership, good citizenship and Christian service; and a definite financial need.
In addition to Asbury members, UMW scholarship applications are also available to members of Salem UMC, La Trinidad UMC and St. James A.M.E. Zion.
THE CLARKE ENGINEERING & MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND provides grants for Asbury Church college juniors and seniors who have declared a major in engineering or music. Guidelines and applications for Clarke grants are available in the Church office. Application deadline for the 2021-2022 school year is Wednesday, 4/09/2021.
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES SCHOLARSHIP: The objective of this $3,000 scholarship is to provide opportunities for students to study internationally and to develop an appreciation for other cultures and other countries. The scholarship is available for juniors, seniors, or graduate students who will be studying outside of the United States for a full semester. Specific requirements// Applications (hard copies available in the Church office). Application deadline: December 31.
Asbury is pleased to offer a number of scholarships for students pursuing higher education. For additional information, contact the church office.
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES SCHOLARSHIP: The objective of this $3,000 scholarship is to provide opportunities for students to study internationally and to develop an appreciation for other cultures and other countries. The scholarship is available for juniors, seniors, or graduate students who will be studying outside of the United States for a full semester. Specific requirements// Applications (hard copies available in the Church office).
THE CLARKE ENGINEERING & MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND provides grants for Asbury Church college juniors and seniors who have declared a major in engineering or music. Guidelines and applications for Clarke grants are available in the Church office. Application deadline for the 2020-2021 school year is Wednesday, 4/15/2020.
THE HARRY & MOLLIE DILCHER TRUST provides grants for deserving Asbury Church college and university students. The Center for Scholarship Administration (CSA), a non-profit, independent organization is the Facilitator of the scholarship fund. Applications will be accepted beginning 1/28/2020 and are due 3/26/2020, and may be found at www.csascholars.org/dilcher. For more information, please contact Ellen Holder ( ellen@csascholars.org or 864-268-3303).
UMW CLARA D. KOCH STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP: Applications for the UMW student scholarships are available in the Asbury church office. Completed applications are due no later than Wednesday, 4/15/2020 for the 2020-2021 academic year. Please return completed applications to the UMW mailbox in the church Work Room (located on the lower level near the church office). To qualify, the applicant must demonstrate: scholastic achievement and motivation for continued education, leadership, good citizenship, and Christian service to his/her church and a definite financial need. In addition to Asbury members, UMW scholarship applications are also available to members of Salem UMC, LaTrinidad UMC and St. James AME Zion Church – all in Allentown, PA.
More scholarships are also available through the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference. Click here to learn more.
Stephanie Cramer, Asbury’s part time youth director, has been appointed co-pastor of Grace-St. Paul United Methodist Church in Jim Thorpe, PA. Stephanie will be pastoring the church with her husband. Although it was only for a short time, Asbury’s youth have been blessed by Stephanie’s ministry. Stephanie will be leaving May 31st after she completes teaching the confirmation class. Pastor Eric will be setting up a video conference meeting with all parents of Asbury youth next week to discuss how we will move forward with youth ministries. Please look for further details about the meeting. Please keep Stephanie and her family in your prayers during this transition.
“Treasured” is a special 6-week journey for moms and tween daughters (grades 4-6); a chance to discover worth while deepening a connection to each other and the Creator.
Get more info and sign up now at asburylv.org/treasured. Registration is open through March 9.
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES SCHOLARSHIP: The objective of this $3,000 scholarship is to provide opportunities for students to study internationally and to develop an appreciation for other cultures and other countries. The scholarship is available for juniors, seniors, or graduate students who will be studying outside of the United States for a full semester. Specific requirements// Applications (hard copies available in the Church office).
THE CLARKE ENGINEERING & MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND provides grants for Asbury Church college juniors and seniors who have declared a major in engineering or music. Guidelines and applications for Clarke grants are available in the Church office. Application deadline for the 2020-2021 school year is Wednesday, 4/15/2020.
THE HARRY & MOLLIE DILCHER TRUST provides grants for deserving Asbury Church college and university students. The Center for Scholarship Administration (CSA), a non-profit, independent organization is the Facilitator of the scholarship fund. Applications will be accepted beginning 1/28/2020 and are due 3/26/2020, and may be found at www.csascholars.org/dilcher. For more information, please contact Ellen Holder (ellen@csascholars.org or 864-268-3303).
UMW CLARA D. KOCH STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP: Applications for the UMW student scholarships are available in the Asbury church office. Completed applications are due no later than Wednesday, 4/15/2020 for the 2020-2021 academic year. Please return completed applications to the UMW mailbox in the church Work Room (located on the lower level near the church office). To qualify, the applicant must demonstrate: scholastic achievement and motivation for continued education, leadership, good citizenship, and Christian service to his/her church and a definite financial need. In addition to Asbury members, UMW scholarship applications are also available to members of Salem UMC, LaTrinidad UMC and St. James AME Zion Church – all in Allentown, PA.
More scholarships are also available through the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference. Click here to learn more.
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Special Announcement from Pastor Eric
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Stephanie Cramer
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Asbury has hired Stephanie Cramer as the new Director of Youth Ministries at Asbury. Stephanie was a licensed local pastor at a church in Iowa for the past two years and she recently moved to Bethlehem with her husband Tim and their two children Lucas and Tom. Stephanie and her husband have Master’s Degrees in World Christianity and she has entered the process for Elder ordination within the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church. Stephanie will be introduced to the congregation at each worship service this Sunday. I hope you will join us to welcome Stephanie this Sunday, January 19.
Grace and Peace,
A Note from Stephanie: I have been married to my husband Tim since before Y2K. We have two children, Lucas and Tom, and have recently moved into the area. I was a French teacher for 14 ½ years, with the majority of those years at Biglerville High School near Gettysburg, PA. I retired from teaching to attend seminary full-time, having no idea why I was in seminary other than I loved all my classes. Tim and I both graduated in May 2015 with a master’s degree in World Christianity. At that time in our lives we were struggling to find our place in the church and in the world so we moved the family to the Republic of Ireland and attended classes at Trinity College in Dublin. You could say I was running away from God. I refer to 2015/2016 as My Jonah Years. How often we take what God places before us and run in the opposite direction! After Ireland we ended up in Iowa and fell in love with the United Methodist Church. It was in Iowa that we finally began to understand God’s call for us to enter into ministry. I am always humbled and amazed at how God never gives up on us even when we have given up on ourselves. Tim and I entered the process for Elder ordination and served as pastors in small churches in western Iowa for two years before moving back to Pennsylvania this past August.
I am excited to continue my journey here at Asbury in service to our youth and the entire community of Asbury. Having lived in many different states, countries, and cultures I look forward to sharing the unending ways God has us and all of his creation in his loving care no matter how we choose to walk our personal path. Blessings and encouragement for an amazing year 2020.” |
Donation buckets are located in the donation bin closet (across from the church office) as well as outside of the Worship Center on Sunday mornings.
It’s September… that means time for ringing bells!
Apostle and Faith Ringers will be starting weekly Wednesday practices starting at 5:45 PM in the Bell Room (206). Apostle and Faith Ringers are grades 2 through 12.
Please contact Kelly Kennedy at 914-419-3101 or 484-863-9104 prior to September 1st if you or your child are interested in participating.
The West Virginia Work Week mission trip is in need of large coolers to transport food. If you are able to loan a large cooler, please label it with your name and place it in the hall outside the Wesley Center Kitchen on by 7/19 so they can be packed. Coolers will be returned on 7/27.
God has laid a calling on the hearts of the youth of Asbury Church for the past 26 years to minister to the residents of Barbour County, West Virginia, Read More
Are you interested in building the Kingdom of God through hands-on service this summer? We hope you’ll prayerfully consider being part of the West Virginia Work Week high school mission trip this summer. We need students who want to be the hands and feet of Jesus and aren’t afraid to have their lives changed as they change the lives of others; and we need adult volunteers who are willing to share their talents (whether on the worksite or in the kitchen preparing food for many hungry mouths) as they work alongside students in teaching and leading them both from a Christian perspective and a skill perspective.
Whether a student, parent, interested adult volunteer, or curious congregation member, we want to invite you to come and get more information, ask questions, and get a feel for the trip at an information meeting on Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 7 PM in the Parlor. Some of the lead adults from the trip will be there and love to share the impact the trip it has had on their lives as you consider the impact it will have on yours.
For some general information on the trip, or to register right now, visit asburyym.org/wv. For more information, contact Aaron Forney, Asbury’s Director of Youth Ministries, at aforney@asburylv.org or 610-398-2577.
Growing in your relationship with Jesus? Want to take a big step and become of member of the church? Confirmation is for you!
Through Confirmation class, students in grades 8-12 learn about what it means to be a member of the Church and dive deeper into their faith. We’ll explore what the Church is, what it does, what it means to worship, what it means to serve, what it means to give back, and what it means that Jesus gave his life for us.
Confirmation classes begin on April 28, 2019 and conclude with the service of Confirmation on Sunday, June 2, 2019. Classes will be held weekly on Sunday mornings beginning at 9:30 AM.
There is a special kickoff meeting for students and guardians on Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 9:00 AM. Location is TBA, but will be communicated ASAP. Siblings are welcome to join for the kickoff meeting. The kickoff will end by 9:30 AM to allow siblings to attend Sunday School and parents to attend worship. A confirmation student-only class will follow.
Students must register online prior to the first class session on April 28th. Registration and more information is available at www.asburyym.org/confirmation.
Questions? Please contact Aaron Forney, Director of Youth Ministries, at aforney@asburylv.org or 610-398-2577.
