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 Weekly E-News June 5, 2015
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Dear youth and parents,
I will be leaving for Oklahoma City on Tuesday for the Chi Rho Mission Trip, and I'm looking forward to a great week learning and serving with our middle school youth. From that point on we will have a camp, mission trip, or fellowship outing nearly every week, so keep an eye on the youth news each week for opportunities to get involved this summer. Read on for more information about mission trips, the stock sale, mission trip stock sale, volunteering for VBS, and more!
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Chi Rho Mission Trip departs for OKC this Tuesday
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traveling to Oklahoma City this Tuesday afternoon for the Chi Rho Mission Trip. They will be serving at the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma where they will work in the warehouse, help out in an urban garden, and participate in a simulation that helps them understand the challenges faced by hungry individuals and families. The group will also be taking time to visit the OKC National Memorial and Museum, and will spend time in fellowship, worship, and small groups in the evenings before returning on Friday. Please keep our missionaries in your prayers as they serve others in Christ's name this week!
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Register now for the CYF Mission Trip to Los Fresnos
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Our high school youth will be traveling to Los Fresnos, Texas this summer for the CYF Mission Trip, 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.
Parents: If you're interested in serving as a chaperone for the trip, we would love to have you! Contact Russ at russ@uccftw.com for more information.
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Buy mission trip stock and support youth work projects
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Our congregation has an opportunity to buy stock in our youth mission trips at the table located in the Gallery on Sunday mornings. At $10 per share, the stock will fund work projects at Southwest Good Samaritan Ministries and earns an invitation to a "shareholders luncheon" at the end of the summer to hear about the trips. If you or your child can't make the trip, this is a great way to support youth missions and get an exclusive report about the trips afterward. Just stop by the table in the Gallery any Sunday morning after either worship service or Sunday school from May 31 through June 21 and one of the trip participants will be happy to help you.
CYF Mission Trip participants: You will need to select at least two time slots to sell stock. Click here to go to the sign up page and select your time slots
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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 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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Youth volunteers needed for Vacation Bible School
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Youth events and key dates on the horizon...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ June 6: Mission Trip Stock Sale in the gallery
June 9-12: Chi Rho Mission Trip to Oklahoma City
June 14: Room In The Inn volunteer training - 12:15 p.m.
June 21: VBS youth volunteer training - 12:15 p.m.
June 23-26: Vacation Bible School (youth volunteers needed)
June 27 - July 4: CYF Mission Trip to Los Fresnos, TX
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Russ Boyd, Associate Minister for Youth - E-mail Russ
Alison Nicoll, Assistant Minister for Middle School - E-mail Alison
Becca Owen, Summer Youth Ministry Intern - E-mail Becca
Kiran Penn, Summer Youth Ministry Intern - E-mail Kiran
Susan Henry, Ministry Assistant - E-mail Susan
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