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Dear youth and parents,
I'm back in the office today after an incredible 8-day mission trip with our high school youth. I'm still physically exhausted (I had Army Reserve duty the morning after we returned) but my heart is full from what we experienced and accomplished together over the course of the trip. If you haven't done so already, be sure to take a look at some of the photos online to get a sense of what we did during the week.
My first order of business now that I'm back in the office is getting the registration packets for the annual Back-to-School Retreat into the hands of families with incoming 6th-8th grade youth. We've posted quite a few "save the date" notices, but registration is finally here and you can download the packet using the link in the article below (or just click here). I hope you'll be able to participate, it's a great way to start the new school year!
Read on for info about tomorrow's outing to the Rangers games, the Back-to-School Retreat, Herb's new "Scavenger Hunt Lunches," and more!
Grace and Peace,
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Texas Rangers outing tomorrow - reserve your seats now!
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 All 6th-12th grade youth (along with friends and families) are invited to a night at the ballpark as the Texas Rangers take on their division rivals, the LA Angels, on Wednesday, August 1. The group will meet at UCC at 5:30 p.m. to carpool to Arlington for the 7:05 game. $15 covers your ticket and parking fee, and you MUST RSVP since our block of 40 tickets will be first come, first served. As of 10 a.m. this morning there are 14 tickets remaining. Contact me at russ@uccftw.com to reserve your tickets. Oh yeah, and it's dollar hot dog night! Woot!
Parents: If you are willing to drive (and hopefully join us for the game) please contact Sharyn to help us ensure we have enough seats. Your parking cost will be covered. |
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Register today for the Back-to-School Retreat - August 10-12
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Summer is ending soon, and it's time to start looking ahead to a new school year with UCC's youth ministry - starting with the annual Back-to-School Retreat! This event brings together our incoming 6th-12th grade youth for a weekend of worship, fun, prayer, and community building at Briarwood Retreat Center near Flower Mound. This year's retreat will take place August 10-12 (meeting at 7 p.m. and returning in time for Sunday school) and registration materials are now available online. Click here for the registration packet and get excited about a great start to the school year! |
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See photos from the CYF Mission Trip to California online
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Our group of 36 high school youth and adult chaperones are back from their mission trip to Southern California, and you can see what they were doing by viewing lots of photos online!
Visit www.cyfmissiontrip.org to take a look, and if you're a Facebook user feel free to leave comments on the photos.
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Sign up to be part of Herb's "Scavenger Hunt Lunches"
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From Herb Murray, Assistant Minister for Middle School:
I've started a new summer activity for middle school youth called "Scavenger Hunt Lunch" and I'd love to see you there. Here is how it works: Each week every Chi Rho youth who wants to participate (and their parents) will receive a text message containing a riddle. Each riddle will be a hint that leads to a restaurant near the church where I'm having lunch that day. The first youth to reply back with the answer to the riddle will receive their lunch free. Once the first correct response is received, everyone will get a second text with the time and location for lunch.
If you would like to participate please email me at herb@uccftw.com with your youth's cell phone number and a parent's cell phone number and email address. If a youth does not have a cell phone, they can still participate with a parent's cell phone number. Texts will be sent out the day before lunch is to take place and parents will also receive an email at the beginning of each week to be courteous to family schedule planning. Hope to see you at our mystery location next week! |
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Youth events and key dates on the horizon...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
August 1 - Outing to Texas Rangers baseball game - meet at 5:30 p.m.
August 5 - Mission Trip Shareholders Luncheon - 12:15 p.m.
August 10-12 - Back to School Retreat for incoming 6th-12th graders
August 17 - CYF outing to Granbury for drive-in movie
August 26 - Promotion Sunday and Youth Ministry Roundup
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More ways to keep up...
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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
Vanessa Gorski, Summer Youth Ministry Intern - E-mail Vanessa
Annie Grogan, Summer Youth Ministry Intern - E-mail Annie
Sharyn Peterson, Ministry Assistant - E-mail Sharyn
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