BUMCSM
Our Values

Community
Creating a space where students go from “I don't belong” to knowing they belong and are loved.

Discipleship
Displaying that students are loved by Christ through teaching and interacting with scripture. Creating space for students and the Holy Spirit to meet.

Missional Living
Creating opportunities for students to realize that the love of Christ they feel sends them into action in the Kingdom.
Upcoming Events
SM AM
Sundays at 9:45 a.m.
Middle school and high school students, hang out with the Student Ministry staff in the Youth Café on Sunday mornings! We’ll have breakfast and do some Q&As.
Sunday Nights
Middle School
7th + 8th Graders
4:44-5:45 p.m. Choir
5:45-6:15 p.m. Dinner
6:15-7 p.m. Youth Worship in the Pit
7-8 p.m. Discipleship Groups
High School
9th-12th Grades
4:44-5:45 p.m. Choir
5:45-6:15 p.m. Dinner
6:15-7 p.m. Youth Worship in the Tabernacle
7-8 p.m. Discipleship Groups
Youth Worship:
Is a great place for you to belong, have fun, hear about Jesus, and bring a friend! This is a great place for those who are deep in their faith journey and those who are just beginning a journey.
Discipleship Groups: (small groups)
These are smaller groups of students looking to dive deeper into their faith with peers and adult leaders. New groups will always be forming as students desire to take the next step in their faith journey.
6th Grade Confirmation
Confirmation is an opportunity for 6th grade students to claim their faith as their own. During a semester-long class, students will learn the basics of faith and theology as well as United Methodist and Christian history. This class concludes with the opportunity for each student to confirm their faith and join the church as well as an opportunity to be baptized. Confirmation has a combination of large group teaching by one of our clergy or youth ministers, as well as small groups. Confirmation, while a large milestone in one’s faith journey, is not a finish line. Rather it’s one part of the journey we hope to continue with each student throughout their time in BUMCSM.
Have further questions about what United Methodists believe about Confirmation? Contact Holly Fisher to learn more.
Wednesday Nights
6-6:30 p.m.
Join us for a meal together before our Bible studies!
6:30-7:30 p.m.
Join us every Wednesday evening for Bible study! These studies are for 6th-12th Graders.
Meet the BUMCSM Staff

Mason Caviness
BUMCSM Worship Leader
mcaviness@bumc.net

Hannah DeFatta
Middle School Director
hdefatta@bumc.net

Holly Fisher
Confirmation Coordinator
hfisher@bumc.net
615.373.3663

Lisa McAllister
Café Coordinator

Kate Orr
Associate Director
of BUMCSM
korr@bumc.net
615.577.7271

Rosanne Schenck
BUMCSM Coordinator
rschenck@bumc.net
615.324.7251

James Wells
Director of Choral Ministries
jwells@bumc.net
615.324.7228