Youth Ministries
Faith Formation, Service, and Fellowship
For Youth in Grades 6-12
Youth Sunday School
On Summer Hiatus — Returns 9/7/2025
Youth Sunday School Class
Metropolitan Memorial Campus – 3401 Nebraska Avenue NW
Room 201 | Metropolitan Memorial Campus. | Sundays, 9:00 -9:55 AM
With the Journey2Adulthood curriculum, Youth explore faith, doubt, community, and what it means to live as a Christian today.
Youth Fellowship (Youth Group)
5:00 pm- 7:00 pm Sundays Monthly over Summer in Metropolitan Memorial Rooms 200 and 201
Our twice-monthly Sunday evening youth program generally involving a meal, a game, and Bible study. This is a fun, loosely structured time for young people to get to know each other and learn about God in a relaxed environment.
Summer Youth Fellowship Dates:
July 13th, 2025 — D&D (Disciples and Dragons)
August 3rd, 2025 — D&D (Disciples and Dragons)
Fall Youth Fellowship Dates:
September 14th, 2025 — Youth Fellowship Kick-Off S’mores Night
October 5th, 202 — D&D (Disciples and Dragons)
October 19th, 2025 — Cooking (and Eating) Dinner with American University Students
October 26th, 2025 — Intergenerational Pumpkin Night
November 2nd, 2025 — D&D (Disciples and Dragons)
November 16th, 2025 — D&D (Disciples and Dragons)
DeCember 7th, 2025 — Intergenerational Evening in Advent
DeCember 14th, 2025 — D&D (Disciples and Dragons)
Confirmation
Every other year, our youth participate in the confirmation process. It is a series of classes and excursions which culminate in the youth becoming official members of the church. Confirmation is open to all youth 6th grade and older.
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Confirmation marks the time when a baptized Christian becomes a professing member of the local congregation and The United Methodist Church. (If a student has not been baptized, we can work with Rev. Janet to ensure that they are on or before Confirmation Sunday)
Confirmation next will be held in the spring of 2026. Please contact student ministries coordinator Angela Pupino at apupino@nationalchurch.org if you are interested in confirmation for your youth.
Congrats to NUMC’s 2024 Confirmands!
Youth Summer Service Week
Dates TBD for 2025
Our youth spend their week of service learning and participating in some of the many organizations working around our city to help the local community. In addition to hard work, the youth engage in meaningful discussions around issues such as homelessness, poverty, hunger, racial justice, and our environmental impact. Past service sites have included the St. Luke’s Mission Center, Ward 8 Woods Conservancy, and the Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture.
Boy Scout Troop 666
Boy Scout Troop 666 meets most Monday nights at 7:30 pm, at the Metropolitan Memorial campus of National United Methodist Church, located at 3401 Nebraska Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016.