At Wesley Memorial Methodist Church our 12th grade students are very important to us and we want to encourage them on their final high school journey, their ongoing walk with Christ and their upcoming milestones. They are on the edge of a new adventure and we can't wait to celebrate them at our church! Check out the graphic on this page for everything coming up March-May 2024. Scroll down for more information about whats coming up!

Alpha & Omega Sunday takes place on Sunday, May 19, 2024! This special Sunday is when we take the time to celebrate, honor and pray over our 12th grade students! We look forward to this Graduate Recognition Sunday every year! We hope you can make plans to be there alongside our high school graduates!

Sunday May 19 Schedule:

9:15am: Graduate Students that have a role in worship, please arrive by 9:15am so we can make sure you know where to be and what to do for your role in worship service.

9:45am: All graduate students arrive (with their cap & gown) in The Asbury Room for lite breakfast, group picture, slideshow, worship and fellowship. All friends and family are invited to join us for this special time together.

10:15am: Special Senior Gift Presentation

10:25am: Bruce Hathaway Scholarship Presentation

10:30am: Group Picture (outside if weather is ok)

10:40am: Walk over to Narthex to prepare for worship (guests may go find reserved pews on pulpit side)

10:45am: Graduate Students greet church family at doorways of Narthex as they arrive

11am Traditional Worship Service: WMMC Sanctuary

Before Service:

Graduate Students will be greeting in their cap and gown at the various entry points of the Narthex and the Sanctuary. Students that have speaking roles in the service will make sure they have proper sound equipment and microphone. Some students that have speaking roles will need to potentially sit in the choir loft near pastors while others may sit in the front pew. All students will be in the front pew once Jeff Patterson is in the pulpit for his special sermon addressing the graduates.

During Service:

Graduate Students will set in front pew pulpit side after they process down the middle isle. All guests (family and friends) will have pews reserved behind the graduates on the pulpit side. Please let us know if you have any special needs for your guests and we will do our best to accommodate them!

After Service:

Graduate Students will recess out the middle isle and line up on each side of the exterior doors leaving the church narthex to shake hands, say hello and greet church family attendees. Once most people have exited the sanctuary, the high school graduates are free to go!

Please click above for the special letter that was sent out on Monday, April 1, 2024, no joke! haha We hope this will help celebrate and honor your high school graduate as we get closer to Sunday, May 19. This year, each high school graduate will receive a church blanket, journal, graduation devotion, and leadership book. We hope these resources will help each student in their faith during the summer months in-between their new, upcoming adventures! We also hope the blanket keeps them cozy in the winter months and that they always feel the love and warmth of their church family at Wesley Memorial.

We are so excited to celebrate your high school graduate! If you have further questions concerning all the upcoming 12th grade opportunities please call/text or email Kaide Sledge: 980-621-5884, ksledge@wesleymemorial.org OR Tracy Briggs: 336-558-1091, tcbriggs.tb@gmail.com.

12th Grade Seniors:

Arden Yates

Kyla Fjeld

Fernanda Perez

Abby Keever

Hannah Reeves

Lizzie Marsh

Ginny Kitley

Jill Pettie

Carli Crews

Courtney Lyon

Dixie Clinard

Mallory Atkinson

Maddie Carroll

Kate Morgan

Ava Burton

Austen Grace White

Ava Vaughn

Benjamin Brown

Kory Proctor

Hudson Lance

Seth Wall

Denzel Sowa

Lucas Newton

Nathan Owens

Judah Reitnour

Brayden Ankin

Luke Morgan

Jordan Dancy

Aaron Howard

Jalen Umstead