Registration is now open for all summer programs!!!!

We love fall, but we're already dreaming about summer in the youth department! Any youth at PHUMC will tell you--there is no better way to spend that time than a learning or service trip with our youth group! Below you'll find the big trips and experiences throughout the summer we know you will love.

Please keep in mind, some of these programs will fill quickly!

Our full summer calendar with local dates will be released in the spring. We can't wait for summer at PHUMC!!!

*Completed 7th-12th grade



One of the commitments of the youth ministry at Pulaski Heights is preparing our young people to be faithful Christian leaders in a complex world. May 24-27 we will be taking a road trip to through Oklahoma to learn about the history of racism towards different people groups. This will be a small, intimate trip of 13 students and 2-3 adults. We'll be exploring this history at various museums and sites, staying at local United Methodist Churches, and having tender and empowering conversations about how to be an inclusive and informed Christian leader in our own communities and schools. 

This commitment is aligned with the mission of the United Methodist Church to raise life-long learners and leaders committed to the inclusivity and community connection of local churches. Little Rock is a unique environment with our history, the structure of our city and its zoning, and the complexity of school choices our families face. In addition to some heavier conversations, we'll be having some fun cultural experiences in the cities where we are stopping!

With the help of the PHUMC Foundation, the flat fee for this trip is $100. Scholarships are available. This experience is for 7th thru 12th graders (grade for the current academic year 2026-2027).

*Completed 6th-12th grade

Ozark Mission Project (OMP) will be June 6-11th here in Little Rock. FUMC downtown will be our host church. This year we are taking 7th-graduated 12th graders (so students who are currently in the 6th grade may go).

Our 40 spots for OMP will fill quickly, so register soon to secure your child's spot.

*Completing 10th-12th grade

Youth currently in grades 10-12 are invited to apply for the Youth Guatemala Mission Trip. We will be selecting between 3-5 youth to attend the mission trip in Guatemala with the medical team. The role of youth on the trip is to learn from the medical team, and support their work in the form of physical set up, and working with children and families receiving care.

*Incoming 5th-12th grade

This year's Vacation Bible Camp event is back to daytime camp! It will be Monday, June 28 - Thursday, July 1. Volunteers will be needed 8:30 - 12:00pm each day. 

Midyouth (rising 6th - 7th graders) are invited to help with running camp activity areas and snacks. Rising 5th graders are invited to help with skits and songs in opening and closing programs while also doing a little leadership training. 

Phyouth (rising 8th - 12th graders) are invited to serve as "camp counselor" traveling through the "camp" with a certain grade level of students.

*Completed 8th-12th grade

We are excited to offer a brand new trip this summer!

Be the Neighbor Kansas City is a service and learning trip for students completing 8th-12th grade.

At Be the Neighbor, we will experience a Justice 101 introduction to Kansas City. We will travel Sunday and begin on Monday with an all-day service experience in Kansas City's Historic Northeast, opening our eyes to the realities of economic, housing, and food injustice in the area. Our group will also explore the city's history of racism and meet with representatives from various metro racial and economic justice coalitions. We will serve alongside Kansas City's refugee and immigrant population and learn about the struggles facing the public education system (there are 15 different school districts in Kansas City, MO, alone). Throughout the week, we will spend time intentionally reflecting on the mosaics of our own home, the lines drawn here in Little Rock, and how we can take lines of division and weave them into new and beautiful stories of healing through our collective work for justice.

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Our group will explore how the topics we're learning about relate to our own community and develop a plan for how we can continue this work when we get home. Be The Neighbor is a learning and launching trip, meaning participants will leave the week equipped to live lives of love, service, and justice in ways that are relational, sustainable, and dignity-affirming!

*Completed 8th-12th grade

YOUTH 2027, July 11-14, is the national gathering for United Methodist Youth in the United States and all are welcome! This worship conference is even open to worldwide participants. This gathering happens once every 4 years in a different location, and this year it's close to home in Dallas, TX.

YOUTH 2027 for PHUMC, will be open to youth entering 9th grade through those graduating 12th grade in 2027 and adult chaperones.

YOUTH 2027 is designed to be under one roof – The Hyatt Regency Dallas, connected to the Reunion Tower. Lodging and all event programming will take place here.

*Incoming 5th-7th grade

Students in 5th-7th grade as of fall 2027 are invited to "dip their toes" into a summer mission experience. Each day we'll have a service project for half the day, and a fun activity for the other half of the day. 8:00 AM-2:30 PM on Tue-Thu, July 13-15.

We will have 30 open spots initially. We will open additional spots as needed if we secure enough adults to do so. Email hdoherty@phumc.com to volunteer so we can take as many students as possible on this amazing experience!