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What's Coming?
Youth 412 News: All youth 6th-12th grade invited.
What does 412 stand for? 1 Timothy 4:12 – check it out!
Youth 412 meets on Sundays from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., with games, dinner, worship and small groups.
Program Schedule for September:
Sunday, September 12th - fall Sunday school begins (9:45 - 10:45 a.m.). Jr. highs will be taught by Betty Davis, Pat Kling, Jan Blunt & John Kenny. Sr. highs will be led by Laura Mayer, Tina & Mike DiPerri, David & Laura Moushey, Dave Farnsworth & Luke Manuel.
Sunday evening, September 12th, the youth group resumes with a picnic at the Boatright's home. Meet at the church at 2:30 to carpool over - cookout from 3:00 - 7:00 p.m. Back to the church by 7:15. Bring bathing suits, a camera, & a side dish. We'll provide the burgers, dogs, buns, drinks & ice. This is for the youth AND parents/siblings. Rain plan: meet in the fellowship hall for games & a meal.
Wednesday, Seppember 15th: WOW resumes. During our WOW program, the youth will have a Bible study led by Rob Medley, using the book The Transformational Journal. If you would like a copy of the journal, let Joy know. WOW dinner is from 5:15 - 6:15. The youth & adult programs begin at 6:15 until 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, September 18th - 5:00 p.m., leave for "Sleeping with the Sharks" in Gatlinburg, TN - back on Sunday around noon. RSVP to Joy by September 1st for this event.
Sunday, September 19th: 3:00 - 7:00 p.m. - Camp Tekoa Church-wide picnic. Swimming, games, songs, potluck meal (no regular youth group that night due to Camp Tekoa).
Friday &Saturday, September 24th & September 25th. Sexuality course for 7th & 8th graders - "Running the Race". Led by Jenny Riley from Methodist WNC Conference. Jenny led our 4th & 6th graders on an introductory workshop this past spring. This course will focus on making choices in dating relationships and will continue to address God's plan for love. Please notify Joy by September 1st if your child will participate. The workshop will take place in our fellowship hall Friday evening and resume on Saturday morning, ending around 2:00 p.m. No overnight. Parents will be asked to participate in portions of the workshop. Further details of parent times to follow.
Saturday, September 25th - 9:00 a.m. - noon. Work at Calvary Food Pantry. We will help organize the food pantry and help families take food to their cars. Meet at the church at 8:45 a.m. to carpool to Calvary Episcopal. Our youth will be doing this service project once a month on Saturday mornings. Next date is October 23rd.
Sunday, September 26th. First "Regular" youth group from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Meet in the fellowship hall. (Youth Small group leader's meeting at 3:30 p.m.)
If you would be willing to help prepare meals for our youth on Sunday nights, please contact Lori Freeman at lawfreeman8033@att.net.
Have you visited our “True North”
room? Fredrick Buechner wrote that keeping our lives focused on Christ is like sailing True North. On our wall, N.O.R.T.H. is an
acronym for …
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N – Never too young to share our God-given talents
O – Opening our hearts to God
R – Relationship-building
T – Telling others the Good News
H – Hang-time with God
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Throughout the year in youth group, these
5 main principles will guide our programming.
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Fellowship Times
Hi Gang!
Hope you're enjoying your week. See you Sunday!
Joy
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