There are so many choices for our children during their  summer break.  There are so  many teaching styles and  curriculum opportunities.  

This summer North Scottsdale United Methodist Church is creating educational summer fun with the Surf Shack Day Camp.   This camp adventure will be held Monday, June 27 through Friday, July 1, 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon at NSUMC.  It is open to all children ages three through twelve.  The requested donation is $45 per child for the entire week’s program.

Surf Shack  day camp offers  a wealth of  great STEM (science,  technology , engineering and math)  activities using Steve Spangler's  hands-on  science experiments.  At  Surf Shack the  children will catch the wave of science adventure. The program incorporates curriculum and experiements from Steve Spangler Science  http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/. 

​The day camp  also offers  activities for other learning styles.  The drama class will offer great  drama training and interactive skits.  The  craftivities will include many mediums (beads, shells, fun foam, wood and wax).  Our choir class will teach the campers upbeat songs and fun hand motions to make the songs more memorable. Our PE  station will be active,  offer daily exercising fun and it will  include  a  14 foot waterslide on Friday.

Children  will enjoy a  variety of  learning  modalities and  non-stop action  to keep them  active, happy and learning.  If your children need  a  positive, upbeat, active, educational and affordable day camp this summer, please check out  the NSUMC  SURF SHACK  Day Camp.  

Pentecost is an important Sunday in the church.  Pentecost Sunday represents an ending as well as a beginning: the end of the “Great Fifty Days” of the Easter Season (Pentecost  means “the 50th day” in Greek) and the beginning of the commemorations of the early church. 

At North Scottsdale  United Methodist  Church we mark  Pentecost with  TWO  Milestones.  Two very important beginnings.  It's 2nd grade  Bible Sunday. All of our  Sunday School students  have been learning about the books of the Bible and the  scriptures.  These 2nd grade students will receive their first Bible during  the  worship  service.  Our  UMW ladies  have  so graciously donated these Bibles to help them begin  their journey.

Also, on this  new beginning Sunday of Pentecost, we  invite our confirmands to present their new found knowledge  and confirm their faith with each other within the peacefulness of the sanctuary.  These students spent multiple Sundays learning about Christianity,  Methodism and how they will chose to walk in their own faith.

The  Celebration of our 2nd grade students and our confirmands will be on Sunday May 22nd during our 10am service.  Both of these milestones are a joyous and special beginning for each of them respectively on their faith journeys.  We invite all church members to attend and support these youth as they take some very important first steps.