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Dear youth and parents,
It was wonderful to see so many of you here for Kickoff Sunday last week, and we were particularly thrilled to welcome over 100 middle and high school youth to our Sunday school classes and well over 100 youth and parents to our Youth Family Roundup after the 11:00 worship service. And although the rain pushed our evening block party inside, families and first-time UCC guests still had plenty of fun. Thanks to everyone who volunteered their time and energy to set up for all of these events and make people feel welcome, we had a small army of adults and youth extending hospitality and rolling up their sleeves. It's a great start to this new program year, and I'm excited about what's in store!
Read on for info about our freshman welcome dinner, Sunday night programs, fundraising through TCU football parking, and updates to our text alert service and online youth calendar.
Grace and Peace,
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Freshman welcome dinner Wednesday at Mellow Mushroom
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All UCC 9th graders are invited to a "get to know you" dinner this Wednesday, September 5 at Mellow Mushroom (3455 Blue Bonnet Circle) from 6:00-7:30 p.m. Come enjoy a fun night of food and fellowship with the chance to get to know your classmates and high school youth group sponsors. Please RSVP to jessica@uccftw.com by Tuesday, September 4 to help us reserve enough seats. The cost is only $5 per person. |
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Sunday night youth groups begin September 9
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Our regular Sunday evening youth programs begin on September 9, and all youth in grades 6-12 will be gathering for dinner followed by (depending on the week) prayer, play, discussion, service, bonding, and more. Here's the Sunday evening schedule:
5 p.m. - The Search alternative worship in Fellowship Hall
6 p.m. - Snack supper in 3rd Floor Kitchen ($3)
6:30 - Chi Rho (grades 6-8) and CYF (9-12) youth groups
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Earn credit for camps and trips by parking for TCU football
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  ~ Football season is here again, and youth and parents have the opportunity to raise money by parking cars in the church lots for TCU football games. Part of the money raised goes into youth reserve funds, and part goes into the individual accounts of those who work each game to use for camps, retreats, trips, and other church events. This year, each hour is worth $50 per family member who works, and each person can volunteer up to two hours per game.
The first TCU home game is Saturday, September 8 against Grambling State with a 6 p.m. kickoff. We will need volunteers in 1-2 hour shifts to control access to our season parking lots and direct cars/take money for the daily parking lots. We'll need the most volunteers from 3:45-5:45 when most of our "daily rate" parking will take place, and fewer from 2:45-3:45 and 5:45-6:30 when we are primarily controlling season parking access. If you have additional questions about this fundraiser, please email Mike Morton at m_morton@sbcglobal.net . |
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Sign up for UCC Youth text alerts and stay in the loop!
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Last year we started testing out a text alert service to send reminders and updates about youth events to parents and youth, and we had lots of great feedback! If you'd like to sign up, it's quick and easy.
1. Compose a text message to 20166
2. In the body of the message, put:
Join *UCCFTW YourFirstName YourLastName
(Example: join *UCCFTW Johnny Exampleton)
3. That's it!
We will automatically add you to the appropriate groups (middle school, high school, even things like mission trips when you register) and you'll get occasional reminders and updates that are relevant to you. Sign up today and stay in the loop!
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Online youth calendar updated for 2012-13 program year
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Are you trying to schedule your summer vacation around camps and mission trips? Do you have a high school senior and want to make sure the Senior Banquet is on your calendar? Good news! There's an online calendar for UCC Youth events that's been updated through August of 2013 available online! Click here to access the calendar, and be sure to save it as a favorite it in your web browser or follow the link at uccyouth.org to find it again in the future. |
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Youth events and key dates on the horizon...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
September 8 - Football parking fundraiser - Grambling State vs. TCU
September 9 - Snack supper and youth group meetings begin - 6 p.m.
September 22 - Football parking fundraiser - Virginia vs. TCU
October 7 - Youth Sunday at The Search - 5 p.m.
October 21 - CROP Walk for hunger relief - 1:30 p.m. at TCU
November 2-4 - Chi Rho Fall Retreat (grades 6-8) at Disciples Crossing
November 9-11 - CYF Fall Retreat (grades 9-12) at Disciples Crossing |
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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
Sharyn Peterson, Ministry Assistant - E-mail Sharyn
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