The Relevant Youth
November 2012
In This Issue
Cornerstone Leadership Weekend
THE GIFT
Breakaway
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November Events 

CROSSROADS

3rd- Grate Patrol 4:50-10 am, RSVP 

4th-Tune-Up 9-10:30am

Crossroads 5-7 pm

7th-CORE 7-8 pm  

11th- Tune-Up 9-10:30am at Kenmore

Crossroads 5-7 pm

18th-Tune-Up 9-10:30 am at Kenmore 

Crossroads 5-7 pm

25th-NO Tuneup/Crossroads
CORNERSTONE
      

4th-Cornerstone 6:30-8:45pm

9-11: Leadership Weekend 

11th-Cornerstone 6:30-8:45pm

18-Cornerstone 6:30-8:45pm
25th- NO CORNERSTONE

Happy Thanksgiving!!!  

NO YOUTH EVENTS November 25th! 

Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday there will be NO YOUTH EVENTS in the morning or the evening on November 25th.

Crossroads Grate Patrol   

 

Want to help serve the homeless breakfast in DC?  Our next Grate Patrol opportunity is Saturday morning, December 1st.  Please email Eric Garner to participate.  Drop off is at 4:50 am in the back parking lot of the 150 S. Washington Street, Falls Church, 22046. 

Crossroads Tune-Up

Tune Up meets every Sunday morning from 9-10:30 am in either the cafeteria at Bishop O'Connell High School or the Black Box Room at Kenmore Middle School (depending on where TFCA worships on Sunday). Bring $$ for breakfast (optional). We begin as a large group and then split by gender for time in the Word.

Cornerstone Dinner Servers Sign Up  

We need 3-4 parents each Sunday night to help serve Cornerstone dinner from 6-7:15 pm at Cherrydale Baptist Church, 3910 Lorcom Lane, Arlington. It entails helping setting up and serving food (like pizza, Chipotle, or subs). If you are interested, please email Preston Hansen
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Crossroads Dinner Servers Sign Up! 


Arrive at Cherrydale Baptist @ 4:30 pm and leave by approx. 6pm. Help to set-up purchased food (like pizza or Chipotle)  for the students. Collect $5 from each student who is eating. Work with approx 2-3 other adult volunteers. (You are sent an email during the week before with detailed instructions.)  If you are interested, email Heather Campbell.  

Youth Family Dinner Needs You! 

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Each Tuesday night our 80+ volunteer leaders known as the Youth Family gather for dinner, fellowship, teaching, and training.
If you would be interested in helping provide  salad/bread or dessert email Marti Alderfer.
TIP FOR PARENTS
BREAKAWAY WEEKENDS MAKE GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFTS!!
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Confirmation Class
When is it happening??

 

There will be a 10-session Confirmation class for High School age students beginning Feb 3, 2013. The Confirmation service will take place May 5, 2013. The class will be taught by David Gustafson. Please contact Mr. David Gustafson at gustafso@hotmail.com

Feb 3, 2013: Session 1

Feb 10, 2013:Session 2

Feb 17, 2013:[No class, "Breakaway" & Pres. Day weekend]

Feb 24, 2013:Session 3

Mar 3, 2013:Session 4

Mar 10, 2013:Session 5

Mar 17, 2013:Session 6

Mar 24, 2013:Session 7 (Palm Sunday)

Mar 31, 2013:[No class, Easter Sunday]

Apr 7, 2013:Session 8

Apr 14, 2013:Session 9

Apr 21, 2013:Session 10

Apr 28, 2013:[No class]

May 5, 2013: Confirmation Sunday

 

Greetings!

 

As always, we are grateful.

 

Thank you Lord, for the Crossroads and Cornerstone students and their families. Thank you for our volunteer leaders and parents who serve and cook. Thank you for The Falls Church Anglican and their support of Youth Ministry. Thank you for prayer and worship and your Word. We give you Thanks.

 

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us in the Youth Ministry Office!

  

Marti Alderfer

571-282-0301  

marti@tfcanglican.org  

CS Leadership Weekend

 

Students in 10th-12th grade are invited to join us for a weekend of spiritual growth and leadership training Nov 9-11! Still accepting some late applications but on a 1st-come basis! APPLICATION 
 
This is a great opportunity to learn what it means to be a spiritual leader and serve the Lord at home, school, and Cornerstone.
 
We will leave the back parking lot of 150 S. Washington St. at 4 pm on Friday, November 9th, and return by 2:30 pm on Sunday, November 11th. Bring money for dinner going and lunch returning. Bring sleeping bag, pillow, Bible, pen, towel, toiletries, and warm clothes. 

Crossroads

Crossroads meets every Sunday night from 5-7 pm at Cherrydale Baptist Church, 3910 Lorcom Lane, Arlington, 22207. If you haven't been able to come for a while due to sports, school, or the general craziness of life, we'd love to see you!  Bring $5 for dinner and get ready to have a fun night with friends and great small group adult leaders!

 

 

THE GIFT! December 9 

December 9th from 6:00-8:30pm (middle school pick-up at 8:15) at Bishop O'Connell High School. Celebrate Christmas with Crossroads and Cornerstone (beginning with a moon bounce outside)!  Bring your friends for an unbelievable night.  This year, we're featuring MELODIME!  

YOUTH DEVOTIONALS 
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Youth Devotional Resources:

Josh McDowell's One Year Youth Devotions(Josh McDowell) (and Josh McDowell's One Year Youth Devotions 2)

The Experience: Day-by-Day with God--A Devotional and Journal for Youth(Henry Blackaby)

My Utmost for His Highest (revised) -  Oswald Chambers

31:RE (Student Life 31- Day Devotional)

 

The Red Stuff: Growing in Your Faith Ten Minutes at a Time (Scott Rubin)

A Year with CS Lewis - CS Lewis

Enjoy the Silence: A 30- Day Experiment in Listening to God (Maggie Robbins, Duffy Robbins)

 

Romans (TH1NK: LifeChange) - a Bible study series on different books of the Bible (Romans, Ruth/Esther, and others)

 

SPECIFICALLY FOR ATHLETES:

HEART OF AN ATHLETE - Fellowship of Christian Athletes

One Day Better: Sports Devotional for Girls - Jere Johnson

 

SPECIFICALLY FOR GIRLS:

Girls of Grace Daily Devotional (Point of Grace)

The One Year Devotions for Teens (Susie Shellenberger) 

A Heart Like His (Beth Moore)

Power of a Praying Woman (Stormie Omartian)

Streams in the Desert (LB Cowman)

Jesus Calling (Sarah Young) 


Blogs 

Boundless (on singles & dating) - affiliated with Focus on the Family:  www.boundlessline.org 

 

Justin Taylor, "Between Two Worlds" (theology,philosophy, current issues) - affiliated with the Gospel Coalition: http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/ 

Breakaway

BREAKAWAY DATES: (registration opening in a couple  weeks! Our fliers are almost ready! Tell your friends about Breakaway now! Invite them all!)

 

CORNERSTONE (High School) Feb 15-18, 2013

Registration Deadline: Jan. 21, 2013 - after this date a $25 late fee will be charged.

Payment Deadline: Jan. 21, 2013 - after this date a $25 late fee will be charged. No checks may be post-dated past Jan 21 or an additional $25 late fee will be applied.

Scholarship Application Deadline: Jan 14, 2013, after this date a $25 late fee will be charged in addition to percentage owed. All payments (including scholarship payments) are due by Jan 21 or an additional $25 late fee will be charged. Contact Marti for scholarship application.

CancellationsAfter Jan 31 cancellations result in ½ forfeiture of registration fee; After Feb 7 forfeit full registration fee.

 

CROSSROADS (Middle School) March 8-10, 2013

Registration Deadline: Feb 11, 2013 - after this date a $25 late fee will be charged.

Payment Deadline: Feb 11, 2013 - after this date a $25 late fee will be charged. No checks may be post-dated past Feb 11 or an additional $25 late fee will be applied.

Scholarship Application Deadline: Feb 4, 2013, after this date a $25 late fee will be charged in addition to percentage owed. All payments (including scholarship payments) are due by Feb 11 or an additional $25 late fee will be charged. Contact Marti for scholarship application.

CancellationsAfter Feb 21, cancellations result in ½ forfeiture of registration fee; After Feb 28 forfeit full registration fee.

 

Suggestion: get all forms and payments in and sign up early!

 

IMPORTANT POLICY FOR SAFETY AND LIABILITY:

NO teenagers are to drive themselves up or back from Breakaway. ONLY a parent can drive young people up late or pick up early. If any arrangements are to be made, they must be made between parents. The YM office will not arrange rides for you. Please email the youth office with any student who will be arriving late or leaving early AND which parent will be driving him/her.

Also, as some have asked, we cannot reduce the cost for a student who will only be there for a portion of the weekend. This is a choice/cost you will have to weigh in your decision.

 

There is no planned early bus departure - only in the event of emergency/inclement weather.

   

Youth Ministry Scholarships

Parents, an important word about scholarships (and some other details) for Breakaway.....

 

We are in need of scholarship funds, as this year they have all been depleted to zero. If you would like to help a young person go to Breakaway, please pray and talk as a family about helping to pay for another young person to go. I am sensitive to this issue, because when I was a teenager, I received a scholarship for the first youth trip I ever went on. I'm not sure I would be  a youth pastor if a man in the church in 1970 had not paid my way as a fifteen year old.

 

Thanks! We are so looking forward to these Breakaway Weekends!

Jim Byrne