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 Weekly E-news
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Dear youth and parents,
We've had a great week at Vacation Bible School, and over 30 middle and high school youth were present to help out as volunteers with our younger kids all week. I'm thankful that so many youth are present each year, particularly because working with younger children in church has been identified as an important indicator that youth will continue to be active in church as adults. I'm praying that's true for all the wonderful youth who shared their time and talents this week at VBS!
Jessica and I will be leaving on the CYF Mission Trip in the morning, Herb will be co-directing Christian Youth Leadership Seminar (CYLS) at Brownwood this week, and Aly and Judith (our Summer Interns) will be at Disciples Crossing counseling Chi Rho Camp. If you need anything regarding the youth ministry this week, Sharyn will be in the office Monday through Friday. Read on for more info on what's coming up, and be sure to follow our mission trip online!
Grace and Peace,
Russ
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Follow the CYF Mission Trip online starting tomorrow!
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 Our high school youth are heading to Southwest Good Samaritan Ministries in Los Fresnos for the CYF Mission Trip tomorrow, and you can follow the group online! Visit www.cyfmissiontrip.org throughout the coming week for photos, videos, and updates from the group. If you're a Facebook user, click "Like" on the page to get photos and updates in your news feed and leave comments and encouragement for the group.
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Like thinking about snow? Help plan the 2011 CYF Ski Retreat
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 From Ginger Alford, Youth Ministry Committee chair: It's the perfect time of year to anticipate this winter's UCC Youth Biennial Ski Retreat tentatively scheduled for Dec. 28 - Jan 1, returning in time for participation in the Boar's Head Festival. Youth in grades 9-12 are included and participation in Sunday youth programming will be required. Preliminary planning has just begun and a team is being formed to pull all the pieces together: researching travel and cost options, booking bus and lodging, preparing informational flyers, staffing sign-up tables, and coordinating payments options and working with Russ to lay out a detailed travel itinerary. If you can help, please send e-mail to alfordfamily@charter.net. If you want to go and will be in high school this fall, watch the UCC Youth E-News for September registration dates. |
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Think reminders are helpful? Sign up for UCC Youth text alerts!
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 Our youth ministry is excited to offer text alerts as a way to stay connected! Typical text alerts will include reminders for meetings and events, as well as time-sensitive announcements if an event is moved or canceled due to weather. After you sign up for alerts, you will automatically be added to the appropriate group (Chi Rho or CYF) as well as any events for which you register (camps, mission trips, retreats). That way you only receive texts that are relevant to YOU! Messages will go to parents AND youth to ensure everyone is on the same page, and we're committed to sending no more than two alerts per week to avoid straining your service plan.
Sound good? Here's how to sign up:
1. Send the following text message to 1-423-299-3299:
Join #UCCFTW YourFirstName YourLastName
(Example: join #UCCFTW Russ Boyd) 2. You will receive a confirmation text. Reply YES to the confirmation.
3. You're done! We'll add you to the relevant groups and events. |
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Youth events on the horizon..~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
June 25 - July 2 - CYF Mission Trip to Los Fresnos for grades 9-12
June 27 - July 2 - Chi Rho Camp at Disciples Crossing (grades 6-7, meet at 8 a.m.)
July 4-9 - Niner's Camp at Disciples Crossing (9th grade, meet at 8 a.m.)
July 6 - Chi Rho outing to Main Event (grades 6-8, meet at 1 p.m.)
July 10-16 - Eighter's Camp at Disciples Crossing (8th grade, meet at 1:30 p.m.)
July 23 - All-church Harry Potter Party followed by movie screening
August 12-14 - Back-to-School Retreat for incoming 6th-12th graders
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More ways to keep up...
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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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