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Weekly E-News
May 8, 2015
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Dear youth and parents, It's been a busy week in our youth ministry as we took time to honor our high school graduates at the Senior Banquet on Wednesday night and continued preparations for Youth Sunday this coming Sunday morning. Read on for details on how to be a part of this annual worship service - we would love for as many youth as possible to be involved in leading our congregation in worship!
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Youth Sunday is here - and we want YOU in the service!
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Youth in grades 6-12 will be leading the 9 and 11 a.m. worship services as part of UCC's annual Youth Sunday this weekend. We need LOTS of youth to come for rehearsal and the services to serve as readers, greeters, ushers, sanctuary decorators, and more. Here's the schedule for the weekend: Saturday - Rehearsal, decorating, and usher training in the Sanctuary from 1-3 p.m. - T-shirts distributed at rehearsal - everybody wears one, only $5 to keep it Sunday - Walk-through, decorating, and final assignments in Sanctuary - 8:00-8:45 a.m.
- 9 a.m. service in the Sanctuary
- Sunday school from 10 - 10:45 a.m. on the 3rd floor - 11 a.m. service in the Sanctuary
PARENTS: Your assistance in making sure your youth is present for rehearsal, walk-through, and/or services is appreciated!
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Michael Yandell's ordination - Saturday, May 16 at 3 p.m.
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Michael Yandell, our Assistant Minister for High School, will be graduating from Brite Divinity School tomorrow with his Master of Divinity degree and has been approved for ordination to ministry by the Christian Church in Tennessee, where his home church is located. Michael's service of ordination to Christian ministry will take place here at University Christian Church on Saturday, May 16 at 3 p.m. This service provides an opportunity for us to recognize Michael's calling, applaud the work he has done to answer that call, pray God's blessing on his ministry, and present him with "signs of the office" - symbolic gifts that correspond to the various roles he will fulfill as an ordained minister.
Please make plans to attend this meaningful worship service. It's a great opportunity to show Michael our love and support, and to wish him well as he and Amy move to Atlanta where he will begin a PhD program at Emory University this summer.
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Register now for Chi Rho and CYF summer mission trips
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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.
You can sign up online and pay the deposit by credit card on the mission trip registration page, or register by submitting the signed registration flyer and a $50 deposit check to the youth office.
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Easy volunteer gig: Pick a month & deliver Sunday bagels
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From Courtney Perry, Sunday Morning Snackage Guru:
Hello all! We are in need of volunteers (adults or youth who can drive) for Sunday morning snack pickups for our middle and high school youth. Thank you to those that have graciously volunteered already this year. This easy job entails picking up pre-ordered snacks from either Circle Donuts or Einstein's Bagels and dropping them off in the youth gathering room by 9:30 a.m. on Sunday mornings for one month. We currently need volunteers for May, June, and August.
If you have questions, please e-mail me at sundaysnackvolunteers@yahoo.com. To sign up, visit our SignupGenius page via the link below:
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May 15 registration deadline for camps at Disciples Crossing
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Our church camp, Disciples Crossing in Athens, has a full slate of camps for children, youth, and families available this summer. To provide an incentive to go to camp, UCC automatically covers half of the cost of the early bird price for every participant from our church. That means that a week-long camp with a regular price of $370 is only $200 with the 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. The last day for summer camp registration is Friday, May 15. After that, camp attendance is based on availability and will be up to the camp directors' discretion, so be sure to sign up now!
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Youth volunteers needed for Vacation Bible School
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Youth events and key dates on the horizon...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ May 9: Youth Sunday rehearsal - 1-3 p.m. May 10: Youth Sunday worship services at 9 and 11 a.m. May 15: Registration deadline for camps at Disciples Crossing May 16: Michael Yandell's ordination to ministry - 3 p.m.
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Staff Links
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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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