Friday, August 31, 2012

Your Calendar for upcoming events

Hey guys-

We are trying to give you a more advance notice of all the awesome things we have going on for youth ministry. Below is the youth event information for the next FOUR MONTHS! More details will be given later, but ask any questions you have, let me know any thoughts that you think- and we hope to see you there! If something changes, we'll let ya know!

Every Wednesday- Junior & Senior High
7-8:30, Youth Group (meet in youth room, but senior highers will stay in youth room, and junior highers will be hanging out in the junior high youth area)

Every Sunday- Junior & Senior High
9:15, Bible study (Senior High in youth room, junior high in the blue room next to Greg's office) 

First day of School (Sep 4th, in case you forgot)- Senior High
On your way to school, stop by Cori's house for coffee/tea/hot chocolate and something DELICIOUS!!

September 16th - Senior High
11:45-late afternoon 
Paintball. Bring $20, money for Jimmy Johns and the paintball form. 

September 29th- Color Dash!- Junior & Senior High
8:30 am, Morehouse Park
We will be serving at the Color Dash 5k, helping dump color on people, and whatever else needs to be done! This is a great event that is going to help raise awareness for the ways that we can prevent suicide.

October 19th-20th- Rake & Run & LOCK-IN! -Junior & Senior High
8 pm- 8am, meet @ Good Shepherd
This is a combination of a whole lotta awesome...lock-in, raking people's houses in the dead of night, games, snacks, and MORE!

October 27th- Feed my Starving Children- Senior High
As a group, we will be participating in the FMSC Owatonna pack, and then doing some fun stuff after. Stay tuned for more information! 

November 4th- Operation Christmas Child shopping- Junior High
11:45, meet at Good Shepherd. Done at 6 pm. Bring money for lunch at Burnsville Mall
We will be spending donated money on Christmas boxes for kids in other countries. This is a great way to teach others about Jesus. We will be going up to the cities for this one, and it is a lot of fun, so make sure you buckle your seatbelt! :-)

November 17th (evening) November 18th (morning and early afternoon)- THANKSGIVING!! -Junior & Senior High
Thanksgiving dinner set-up and Thanksgiving dinner. This is one of our biggest and funnest fundraisers of the year, so we hope you can help out. When it gets closer you can sign up to help. Parents too! This helps raise money for our youth ministry and Shop for a Cause event.

December 8th- Winter Extravaganza- Junior High
2pm-7pm, meet @ Good Shepherd
Tubing, Snow, fires, Oh my! This is going to be an awesome event, and we hope to see you there!

December 9th- Shop for a Cause - Senior High
11:45, meet @ Good Shepherd, and we will be going up to the cities to shop for families who cannot afford Christmas presents. Afterwords, we will go to a mall (Either Burnsville or MOA), and will come back to wrap the presents!








 




Now for Wednesdays!

For all of you who joined us at the kick-off, AWESOME! It was great seeing some new faces, meeting the awesome friends that were brought, and hearing a great devotion given by Chandler and Jarrod about how we can trust God no matter what.

Now for Wednesdays...7pm, every Wednesday, until 8:30. Junior and Senior High downstairs, 5th and 6th grade upstairs. You can always bring a friend, you will ALWAYS have fun, and you will ALWAYS learn more about how much God loves you! 


Thursday, August 9, 2012

YOUTH KICK-OFF!

Wednesday, August 29th....it's the best night of the year..YOUTH GROUP KICK-OFF!
This is the first Wednesday night of the year, and it is going to be awesome!
This is for anyone starting 7th-12th grade...get ready for a youth-led devotion, bonfire, dodgeball, games inside the church, and more! Hope to see you there, and bring a friend!!!
7pm-10pm.

Sleep & Swim

If this past year you were in 6th-8th grade, then get ready to sleep, AND SWIM!
August 22nd-23rd. Meet at church at 8pm, and get ready for a night of games and fun...and bring a friend and sleeping gear. The next day, we will be grilling and walking over to the Owatonna water park. Pick up at the water park at 4pm. Cost: $10. If cost is an issue, contact Cori. It's gonna be awesome! 

Friday, August 3, 2012

Rest of the Summer = AWESOME!

OK, here is the scoop for what is going on the rest of the summer with youth...
THIS Tuesday (7th) is the last hang out @ Manthey Park...so come on over for a hot dog, sand volleyball, and fun! Any and all youth are invited.

THIS Wednesday (8th)...all youth are invited to a bonfire at Cori's house. Facebook/text/call for address! 7pm. Lots of snacks and fun- and maybe even a guitar or two.

THIS Thursday (9th)...Bibles and Bagels for all senior highers at 10 am. Hope to see you there!