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Weekly E-news
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Dear youth and parents,
As I send this e-news I'm working through my checklist to make sure I'm prepared for a weekend at camp. I'm excited about joining our middle school youth for the Chi Rho Fall Retreat at Disciples Crossing, and I'm looking forward to a fun and spiritually enriching weekend at a place that's meaningful for me and so many others. I'll look forward to seeing many of you at The Search, snack supper, and youth groups after we return on Sunday afternoon.
Grace and Peace,
Russ
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Middle school youth depart for Chi Rho Fall Retreat today
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14 youth and adult sponsors will travel to Athens today for the Chi Rho Fall Retreat at Disciples Crossing. Please keep this group in your prayers as they gather with Disciple youth from around the Fort Worth area to grow closer to God and one another on holy ground. Our regular Sunday programming for youth in grades 6-8 (Sunday school classes, youth groups) will still meet as usual.
Retreat participants: Remember to meet at UCC at 5:30 p.m. to load the bus for camp, and be sure to eat dinner before you arrive!
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Ever worshiped at The Search? This Sunday is a great one to try!
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 Have you ever been to The Search, our Sunday evening alternative worship service? Whether the answer is yes or no, you're invited to a special "I Love The Search" night this Sunday at 5 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. Everyone who has ever been to The Search is encouraged to come, and those who have not will find it's a perfect Sunday to see what it's about. It's going to be a special evening with exciting musical and artistic additions to the iFaith series, so invite a friend and come show The Search some extra love this week!
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Welcome troops home at DFW Airport next Saturday morning
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  CYF sponsor Patricia Smith is organizing a group of youth to welcome troops home from overseas next Saturday morning, November 13 for Veterans Day weekend. All interested youth and adults should meet in UCC's front parking lot at 6:30 a.m. to carpool to DFW airport. The group will return by 10:30 a.m. after a stop at Dunkin' Donuts for breakfast (compliments of Patricia).
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Room in the Inn volunteer training - Sunday, November 14
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Keep up with UCC Youth on Facebook and Twitter
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We're continuing to roll out new ways to keep up with youth happenings here at UCC, and there are several more to share this week. After introducing our new Google calendar to make it easier to keep up with events over the course of the year, we now have several social media options to help you stay connected:  Click here to visit the UCC Youth page on Facebook, and click "Like" to start seeing pictures, info, and events in your news feed. This "fan page" is also a great way to introduce our youth ministry to others, so feel free to use the "Suggest to Friends" link to, well, suggest it to friends.
We also have two new Facebook groups that can send news and event invitations to you much more directly than the "fan page." Click here to visit and join the Chi Rho group for grades 6-8, or click here for the CYF group for grades 9-12.
 Click here to visit our Twitter feed, and be sure to follow UCC_Youth to get short reminders and links to the e-news and other relevant content. If you're somewhat Twitter savvy, you can "re-tweet" things from UCC Youth that you'd like to share with others.
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Youth events on the horizon...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
November 5-7 - Chi Rho Fall Retreat for grades 6-8 at Disciples Crossing
November 7 - "I Love The Search" special night of worship - 5 p.m. in Fellowship Hall
November 13 - Youth welcome home troops at DFW - meet at 6:30 a.m.
November 14 - Room in the Inn volunteer training - 12:15 p.m. in Room 211
November 14 - Youth Sunday at The Search - 5 p.m. (meet at 3 p.m. to prepare)
November 19-21 - CYF Fall Retreat for grades 9-12 at Disciples Crossing
November 28 - Hanging of the Greens service led by youth - 6:45 p.m.
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Staff Links~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Russ Boyd, Associate Minister for Youth - E-mail Russ
Herbert Murray, Assistant Minister for Chi Rho (grades 6-8) - E-mail Herb
Jessica Vacketta, Assistant Minister for CYF (grades 9-12) - E-mail Jessica
Sharyn Peterson, Ministry Assistant for Congregational Life - E-mail Sharyn
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