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Weekly E-news
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Dear youth and parents,
Anna, Jessica, and I are all back in Fort Worth this week after a great week at First Christian Church of Slidell, LA on the mission pilgrimage. You can use the link in the article below to see LOTS of photos from our trip and get a sense of what we were up to. Think a mission trip sounds like something you'd like to do? Why not sign up to participate in one of our summer trips as a youth or an adult chaperone? The Chi Rho trip to Athens, TX will be June 6-9 and the CYF trip to White Swan, WA will be July 18-25. Just use the links below to download a reservation flyer for either trip, and we'll look forward to seeing you this summer!
Grace and Peace,
Russ
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Generation Change class begins this Sunday - 3 spots available
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CYF Seder Meal this Sunday night at youth group
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From Jessica Vacketta, Assistant Minister for CYF:
This
Sunday, March 28, our high school youth will be participating in a modified
seder dinner during Sunday night youth group. A seder dinner is a Jewish
tradition that celebrates the beginning of Passover, and ours will give
youth a taste of the Passover meal Jesus ate with his disciples in the upper
room. Two Jewish students from TCU will be joining us at our meal to help lead the experience and answer questions about Passover
and the seder meal. I hope you can attend this Sunday, we'll have our regular snack supper at 6 p.m. and then gather for the seder meal from 6:30-7:30!
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UCC Baby Shower for Sarah and Baby Boyd - Sunday, April 11
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Click here for Kalen's pretty color flyer, and read on for the text version. Unfortunately, we cannot list our baby's name until The Boyd Baby Bracket Challenge concludes on April 5: UCC Youth Girls, UCC Youth Moms, and UCC Youth Female Sponsors/Teachers
are cordially invited to...
a baby shower honoring Sarah and Baby Girl Boyd
Sunday, April 11, 2010
12:30 p.m.
UCC Library
Hosted by: Stacy McCoy, Kalen Ruiz, Kellie Morton, Ginger Alford, Lerii Smith
Registry: Babies R Us, Target, www.kellyscloset.com |
View photos from UCC's mission pilgrimage to New Orleans
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Registration available for summer camps at Disciples Crossing
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 Registration forms for 2010 summer camps at Disciples Crossing are now available! Click here to download a copy of the registration form, and print out as many as you need. While you're at it, be sure to mark your calendar for Camp Sunday on April 11. Our ministry assistant,
Sharyn Peterson, will be set up in Fellowship Hall that morning to get
you registered for summer camps and mission trips in time for the early
bird deadlines.
Just need the dates for each of the camps? You can view or download them as a PDF file by clicking here. This year there are ten different camps to choose from, covering kindergarten through recent high school grads. All camps will take place at Disciples Crossing, our beautiful church camp in Athens.
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Download reservation flyers for our summer youth mission trips!
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 We have two excellent youth mission trips in store this summer, and registration flyers are now available for both!
Our Chi Rho youth (grades 6-8) will travel to Athens, Texas for several days of service projects at our church camp, Disciples Crossing. We will be joined by Chi Rho youth from Disciple churches in the area (Arlington, Cleburne, Granbury, Weatherford, and our neighbors at South Hills). Dates for the trip are June 6-9 and the estimated cost (after fundraising money is applied) will be $150. Click here to download the reservation flyer.
Our high school youth will travel to Yakama Christian Mission, a Disciple mission center located on a reservation in White Swan, Washington. Our projects will depend on their needs, but will likely include construction work and staffing local summer programs for children. The trip will take place July 18-25, and will include flights to and from Portland or Seattle (depending on prices). The estimated cost (after fundraising money is applied) will be $375. Click here to download the reservation flyer.
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Youth events on the horizon...
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March 28 - Generation Change finance class begins - 10 a.m.
April 9-11 - God @ Center Retreat for UCC Youth sponsors, teachers, committee
April 11 - Camp Sunday - Register for summer camps and mission trips
April 16 - CYF Lock-In (grades 9-12)
April 23 - Chi Rho Lock-In (grades 6-8)
May 9 - Youth Sunday (8:45 and 11:00 services)
May 12 - Senior Banquet honoring UCC's high school graduates - 6:30 p.m.
May 14-15 - Long-range curriculum planning retreat with Youth Ministry Architects
June 6-9 - Chi Rho Mission Trip to Athens
July 18-25 - CYF Mission Trip to Yakama Christian Mission, White Swan, WA
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Staff Links
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Russ Boyd, Associate Minister for Youth - E-mail Russ
Anna Ross, Assistant Minister for Chi Rho (grades 6-8) - E-mail Anna
Jessica Vacketta, Assistant Minister for CYF (grades 9-12) - E-mail Jessica
Sharyn Peterson, Ministry Assistant for Congregation Life - E-mail Sharyn
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