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  Weekly E-news
              April 8, 2010

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Summer camp and mission trip registration this Sunday!
UCC Baby Shower for Sarah and Baby Boyd - RSVP by Friday!
Download info on the Chi Rho and CYF lock-ins


Dear youth and parents,
 
I hope that you had a very meaningful Holy Week and Easter Sunday. I really enjoyed preaching the Easter sunrise service, and was surprised by how many folks were there in the courtyard bright and early to celebrate the resurrection. (I also enjoyed our morning services and The Search, and I'm sure many of you did as well!)

In non-Easter news, the Boyd Baby Bracket Challenge concluded on Monday night, and Sarah and I announced that our daughter will be named Campbell Grace Boyd(though we anticipate that she'll go by "Bell"). Sarah's due date is officially April 18, so we'll look forward to all of you meeting her soon!

Read on for information on our special camp and mission trip registration day that's coming up this Sunday, and be sure to download the info on our upcoming Chi Rho and CYF lock-ins that will arrive in your mailboxes shortly. And finally, please keep our youth group sponsors, Sunday school teachers, and Youth Committee in your prayers as 19 of us travel to Briarwood Retreat Center for UCC's 3rd annual God @ Center Retreat this weekend. We'll look forward to seeing you on Sunday after a weekend of learning to deepen our own spiritual lives so that we can better minister to and support our youth.

Grace and Peace,
Russ


Summer camp and mission trip registration is this Sunday!
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Anna's staff photoThis Sunday, April 11, is Camp Registration Sunday! Our ministry assistant, Sharyn Peterson, will be set up in Fellowship Hall from 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. to get you registered for summer camps and mission trips in time for the early bird deadlines. There will be plenty of blank registration forms and tally sheets available, but read on if you'd like to download copies to complete in advance.

Click hereto download a tally sheet for camps and trips.

Click hereto download a copy of the summer camp registration form. Just need the dates for each of the camps? You can view or download them as a PDF file by clicking here.

Click hereto download the reservation flyer for the Chi Rho Mission Trip (grades 6-8) to Athens, Texas, where we'll work on a number of renovation projects at our church camp, Disciples Crossing. Dates for the trip are June 6-9.

Click hereto download the reservation flyer for the CYF Mission Trip (grades 9-12) to Yakama Christian Mission, a Disciple mission center located on a reservation in White Swan, Washington. Dates for the trip are July 18-25.


UCC Baby Shower for Sarah and Baby Boyd - RSVP by Friday!
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Click herefor Kalen's pretty color flyer, or read on for the text version...

UCC Youth Girls, UCC Youth Moms, and UCC Youth Female Sponsors/Teachers
are cordially invited to...


a baby shower honoring Sarah and Campbell Grace 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


RSVP to Kalen Ruiz at [email protected] by Friday, April 9.


Download info on the upcoming Chi Rho and CYF lock-ins
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Our middle and high school youth groups will both be having lock-ins are the church later this month, so be sure to mark your calendars!  The CYF Lock-in for grades 9-12 will take place on Friday night, April 16 and the Chi Rho Lock-in will be Friday night, April 23.

A mailing to youth households just went out today, but you can get a head start by downloading the CYF Lock-in flyerhereand the Chi Rho Lock-in packethere. NOTE: The dates in the print cover letter for the Chi Rho packet are off, but the electronic version (and the registration form) have the correct dates (April 23-24).


Youth events on the horizon...
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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


Staff Links
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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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