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 Weekly E-News April 3, 2015
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Dear youth and parents, I hope that you have had a blessed Holy Week and that you will be able to join us for one of our meaningful Easter services this Sunday. There's a lot to share about upcoming opportunities, so read on for details regarding Michael Yandell's big news, a Chi Rho lock-in, registration for summer camps and mission trips, and more. Grace and peace, |
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Michael Yandell accepted into Emory University PhD program
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If you'd like to send Michael a note of congratulations, please do so at michael.yandell@uccftw.com. And be sure to make plans to attend his ordination to Christian ministry on May 16 at 3 p.m. - a great opportunity to celebrate his time with us and wish him well as he transitions to a challenging new setting.
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Easter Sunday: Youth ministry programs take a break ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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Chi Rho lock-in for all youth in grades 6-8 on April 10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
From Alison Nicoll, Assistant Minister for Middle School:
Attention all Chi Rho youth! We will be having a lock-in next Friday night through Saturday morning! The lock-in includes a trip to Main Event, worship, large group games and breakfast provided by Bob and Carol Stewart! We will meet at the church at 7 p.m. and pick up will be the next morning at 8:30 a.m. Cost for the lock-in is $20, which includes dinner and activities at Main Event. Please be sure to bring all of the items you need for an overnight stay (sleeping bag, pillow, pajamas, and toiletry items) and remember to wear or bring socks for bowling at Main Event.
If you have any questions about this event or you're interested in helping as a chaperone or driver, please contact Alison at alison.nicoll@uccftw.com. Can't wait to see you there!
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Register online for summer camps at Disciples Crossing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Our church camp, Disciples Crossing in Athens, has a full slate of camps for children, youth, and families available this summer, and now is the time to sign up and take advantage of early bird pricing. As an additional discount, UCC automatically covers half of the cost for every participant from our church. That means that a week-long camp with a regular price of $370 is only $170 with the early bird discount and UCC supplement. For a 2-page document with dates and descriptions for all the camps, click here.
Signing up for summer camps this year is a two step process: Go to uccyouth.org/camps to sign up with UCC and pay for the camp, then you will automatically be forwarded to disciplescrossing.org to complete Disciples Crossing's registration and health forms. The UCC discount and any parking funds or scholarship monies can be selected on UCC's registration and payment page before proceeding to the camp website. Please be sure to complete the sign up process with UCC and Disciples Crossing to ensure you are fully registered for camp.
To download a tally sheet that includes a complete list of camps, mission trips, and prices, click here and get a head start on the sign up process! |
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Registration open for Chi Rho and CYF summer mission trips ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Registration flyers for our summer youth mission trips are available! Here are the details on both trips:
The Chi Rho Mission Trip to Oklahoma City for grades 6-8 will take place June 9-12. The group will be working at the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma before cooling off at a water park at the end of the trip. Cost is $150 per person and full or half scholarships are available upon request. Full details are available on the registration flyer.
The CYF Mission Trip to Los Fresnos, Texas for grades 9-12 will take place June 27 - July 4. The group will be working at Southwest Good Samaritan Ministries to repair homes in the Rio Grande Valley, and enjoying some fun fellowship time with an afternoon at the beach and a day at Schlitterbahn Beach Waterpark. Cost is $300 per person and full or half scholarships are available upon request. Full details are available on the registration flyer.
Registrations can be made by submitting the signed registration flyer and a $50 deposit check to the youth office, or you can sign up online and pay the deposit by credit card through the camp registration page. |
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Youth events and key dates on the horizon...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ April 5: All-church Easter brunch - 10 a.m. in 211
April 10-11: Chi Rho Lock-in (Friday night to Saturday morning)
April 12 & 19: Baptism Sundays
April 18: CYF Day - regional Disciples youth outing to TCU baseball game
May 6: Senior Banquet - 6 p.m. in Walker Fellowship Hall
May 10: Youth Sunday worship services at 9 and 11 a.m.
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Russ Boyd, Associate Minister for Youth - E-mail Russ
Alison Nicoll, Assistant Minister for Middle School - E-mail Alison
Michael Yandell, Assistant Minister for High School - E-mail Michael
Susan Henry, Ministry Assistant - E-mail Susan
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