We meet almost every Wednesday evening to head out for dinner and then back to Bethel for a discussion. Check the youth website at blcyouth.com for weekly details. Harumy is our Lead :-)

We meet every Sunday in the youth room to study and share. Rachel Sudarsanam is our lead :-)

LOCATION: Down the American River, near Rancho Cordova. We have been renting our gear from “American River Raft Rentals” for the past 50 years and are their longest running customer. We’ll be renting 6 person rafts plus one “dry (moist) boat” for food and some personal belongings. FOOD: Bring some $’s for food since we’ll stop for some snacks on the way up and back. You also need to bring a sack lunch and drink for our lunch stop along the river. WHO WILL BE THERE: Bethel’s Jr. High, Sr. High, and College age youth. SPONSORS: Tom Hoegel and a host of other adults TRANSPORTATION: We will be taking the church bus. COST: $40 per person (cash or check to Bethel Lutheran). Also bring $ for food stops up and back :-) THINGS TO BRING: _____ Comfortable Clothes _____ Swimsuit, Water type shoes: flip flops, sandals, etc _____ Towel & Sunscreen _____ $ for 2 snack stops _____ Sack Lunch SIGN UP HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/river-float-tickets-942979185127

Come join us for our annual Labor Day Retreat at Mt Cross. For info, see the Bethel Website and sign up to save your spot.

Through fellowship, service, reading, discussion, humor, and of course, food, we share with our 6^th, 7^th and 8^th graders the basic teachings of the Lutheran Church, Bible history, worship experience, prayer, ethics, service, and the hope, joy and love we have been promised through Jesus. All of this leads an 8^th grade student to have an opportunity to affirm their faith during Bethel’s worship service on Pentecost Sunday. We meet Sunday mornings from September to May, 9:45am to 10:45am and on the 1^st Sunday of the month we meet from 8:30am to 1pm.

Common Ground is a dynamic Sr. High music and drama traveling ministry at Bethel that has been going strong for close to 30 years. It involves about 35 high school students meeting once a week from February to June, and then we take a 10-day tour of the western United States (by bus) presenting a Christ-centered message of hope through original dramas, cutting-edge music, a breathtaking youth band, bold sharing of personal experiences, and infectious joy. This is also a great opportunity for adults who are interested in being youth sponsors.

Nearly every Wednesday night during the school year, the high school youth meet up for a mixture of topical discussion, fellowship, food, and fun. Each week is something new. Sign up on the The Bethel Youth Web Site to get weekly notices about upcoming events.

Each spring break, a group of youth travel to Tijuana, Mexico to join forces with Esperanza International, or "Hope", an organization that works to build houses, schools and centers for the local community. We work side by side with low-income families and the Esperanza staff—mixing concrete, pouring tiles and beams, digging trenches, and a host of other challenging work. In the process, families learn the building process, which helps make their community more self-sufficient, and Bethel volunteers practice their Spanish, and touch the lives of our neighbors south of the border. These three days of work, laughter, growth and fun lead to changed lives on both sides of the border.