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     Weekly E-News

                   May 15, 2015

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Dear youth and parents,
 
I've heard lots of people say that they really appreciated the worship services led by our youth this past Sunday, and I couldn't agree more. Our middle and high schoolers did an outstanding job planning and leading our annual Youth Sunday, and we had help from so many wonderful adult volunteers who shepherded them through the process. I'm really thankful to serve a congregation that trusts our youth to plan and lead every aspect of the morning worship services (except for playing the organ - that's best left to the professionals). Kudos to all of our preachers, readers, prayers, greeters, ushers, singers, ringers, and decorators for an inspiring and meaningful service.



Read on for a reminder about the camp registration deadline (TODAY), Michael's ordination, youth mission trips, and more!

Grace and peace,
Russ   
 

 


Registration deadline for camps at Disciples Crossing is today! 

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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. (Also, please remember that UCC has scholarships available upon request for any camp. We can cover the cost of any camp up to the full early bird price - just select the scholarship amount you need on the UCC camp registration.)

 

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 TODAY (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! 

 

 


Michael Yandell's ordination - this Saturday 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 this 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.

Also, if you missed the e-mail about contributing to an ordination gift for Michael, click here for details.

 

 


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. 
   

 


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 June and August.

If you have questions, please e-mail me at sundaysnackvolunteers@yahoo.comTo sign up, visit our SignupGenius page via the link below:

 
  


Youth volunteers needed for Vacation Bible School
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Youth events and key dates on the horizon...
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May 15: Registration deadline for camps at Disciples Crossing
May 16: Michael Yandell's ordination to ministry - 3 p.m.
May 26: Summer youth ministry interns begin
May 31: Youth ministry volunteer appreciation dinner - 5:30 p.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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