Youth Christmas Party

Hey guys! Hope you're all making it through finals this week! Just wanted to remind you all that the Christmas party is this Thursday night. We will meet at the Hart's house (directions below) at 6:30 or at the church at 6 if you want to ride the van over. This year, everyone should bring either a pillow or a twin-size mattress pad. We are donating the pillows and mattress pads to Rainbow House. This is an on-going need and we decided to give back a little bit this year. In addition to the pillow or mattress pad, bring a $1 to $2 gift for a gift exchange. Be creative!! There will be lots of good food and games, as usual! See you all there!!!

Directions to the Hart's:

From the Midway Truck Stop: Take "UU" south (past Gillespie Bridge) to the intersection of Route "O" - turn LEFT. Take Route O south for 1.55 miles to Terrapin Hills Road - turn RIGHT. At the top of the hill, turn LEFT on Foxglove Lane. The house is the second on the left - 3920 Foxglove. OR take Gillespie Bridge to UU, turn left and follow directions above.

New Year's Party

Hey all! Hope everyone is staying safe in the ice!

We have decided to go roller-skating for the Youth New Year's Party. We will be going roller skating and then we will be back to church in time for the Watch Night Service at 11:30. If we get 25 people to come, we can reserve the rink for a private party and we will start skating t 8. If we don't get 25 people, then we will go at 9:30 when the rink is opened to the public. Cost is about $10 per person. We are trying to get a head count for that night! If you could just let one of us know if you're coming then that would be great! See you all at youth!

Youth Service Day Postponed

Hey everyone! Because of the suspected weather tomorrow, we are going to postpone the Service Day to next Sunday (December 9th) after church. If you guys could help us spread the word, that would be awesome! Hope you all can make it next week!! Oh, I almost forgot, GO TIGERS!!!!

Youth Service Day

Hey guys! We have a service day coming up this Saturday, December 1st. This is a requirement for all youth going on the missions trip! Meet at the church at 11. We will eat pizza at the church before we start, then head out to rake leaves, clean garages, and other various tasks. We should be done and back at the church by 4. Dress appropriately and wear gloves! Bring a rake if you have one. This is a great opportunity to help people in the community get ready for winter! See you all there!

Halloween Party Pictures

Hey everyone! Here are some pictures from the Halloween Party a couple weeks ago.

We discovered that the traditional games like bobbing for apples is still fun!

Josh had the technique down pat, take the apple all the way to the bottom of the barrel.

Another traditional game, toilet paper mummies!

Keep checking back to see what's new and exciting with the youth group! Our next event is a Youth Service Day sometime soon. Don't forget that this will probably be mandatory for the Missions Team! See you all at youth on Sundays!

Don't Forget!

Don't forget that tomorrow night is the Fifth Quarter Lock-In after the Hickman/Rock Bridge Providence Bowl! Meet us at the church at 5:30 if you'd like to ride to the game in the bus. We will head to the game and go back to the church for the lock-in afterwards. Bring things to sleep in/with if you plan on sleeping, and we'll take care of the rest! There will be lots of good food, some crazy games, and much more. Feel free to invite your friends; this is an awesome event! Pick-up is Saturday morning- we will eat breakfast at 8:00; parents can pick up anytime between 8:00 and 9:00.

We'll see you at church Friday night, either at 5:30 for a ride to the game, or whenever the game is over!

If you plan to meet us at the game but want to ride back to the church with us, call Josh's cell phone (823-0086).

Fifth Quarter Lock-In

The Fifth Quarter Lock-In is coming up on October 12th and 13th. Meet at the church at 5:30 to ride the bus to Faurot Field. Everyone is free to do whatever at the game. Directly after the game, meet back at the bus and we will head back to the church for food, games, and lots of fun! We will hang at the church and have loads of fun! Charlie the Gamemeister will have some games for us and we will have a devotion and worship time as well. This event is a great one to bring all your friends to. Pick-up time is 8:30-9 on Saturday morning. If there's a specific game you want to play, click on the comments link below and let us know what you want to play! See you all there!

Providence Bowl

Congratulations everyone!! We made the $1000 we needed to for our October event. We actually raised $1200, so we are officially overachievers! We are going to the Providence Bowl on October 12th and then having a lock-in at the church after the game. We will be cheering on our fellow youth (Nate and Jordyn) during the game. For those of you that remember it from last year, it's a great time. We do not have an individual winner yet, but we will announce that after we add everything up. We also don't know for sure what the prize is going to be for the winner, but that will also be announced soon. Have a great rest of the week guys and we'll see you at youth!

Fish Fry

As I'm sure you all know, the annual Fish Fry is coming up in a week from Saturday! There's still lots for everyone to do!

Youth Silent Auction Basket: We are doing a family camping trip basket this year, so we're asking for anything related to camping! There's a lot of stuff on sale right now, so it shouldn't be hard to find something. If you don't want to go shopping, you can just give Josh some money and he will go buy stuff. We would like to have all the money and items by this Sunday (Sept. 9th), but we absolutely need everything by next Wednesday (Sept. 12th). So get to shopping!!

Kids' Games: The youth group is in charge of watching the kids' games and most of you signed up for an hour. If you haven't signed up, we can always use some help, so just head on over to the kids' games when you get there. If you did sign up, don't forget to come work! Everyone that signed up should be getting a reminder of what time they signed up for.

Raffle Tickets: The main youth thing for the Fish Fry is selling raffle tickets! If we sell $1000 in tickets, we will have an event in October. But if we don't sell that much, there will not be any events in October! If we meet our goal (which we have the past two years) we will either go to the Hickman/Rock Bridge football game on October 12th or the Mizzou game on October 27th. I know we haven't sold very many tickets yet, so, get out there and sell raffle tickets! Remember, all the money from the Fish Fry goes towards the new building fund and when we get a new sanctuary, we get a real youth room!

Everyone have fun at school and keep selling raffle tickets!! Also, a reminder for the World Changers...we will not be meeting in September, but we will meet the last Sunday in October.

Rescue Mission at The Edge

Here we are starting off carrying Jordyn in the gurney. I think we started off pretty good!
A little later in the mission...we're trying to decide how to get the blind people over and still carry Jordyn.Someone's (Either James or Alex, I'm not sure which) great idea to put the blanket under the gurney so technically, the gurney wasn't touching the telephone pole. Great idea guys!
At the end, after running out of time. Even if we did run out of time, we still learned a lot about working as a team! If we ever go back, we know what we need to do!

The Guys Low Ropes at The EDGE

The guys on the Skateboard. Poor blind Charlie probably didn't know what in the world was going on!
We're finished!!! The guys after finishing Mountain Tops.
Sam crowd surfing in the Spider Web challenge. Both guys and girls did great on this one!
Josh doing the Trust Fall. Way to go guys...you caught the old guy! I think this is the one the girls were really bummed they didn't get to do!
The guys doing the puzzle game. Josh is looking a little crazy but hey, he was blindfolded; he couldn't help it!

Check back for some pictures from the Rescue Mission!

The Girls Low Ropes at The EDGE

Our first big challenge was Mountain Tops. After spending lots of time on this, we finally made it!!
Our next event was Aqua Shoes. This one was fun...unless of course you were blindfolded and had to turn around!
I think this was the hardest event for the girls! But our leaders kept telling us that eight Army guys did it, so we could definitely do it! We finally made it after two hints and lots of time.
We did the Skateboard and we decided to take a different approach than the boys. We decided to climb over each other after watching the boys struggle on this one!
This one took us the longest and was the most strenuous! We were all shaking and had sweat dripping down us by the end of it!

I know the girls group was very successful in breaking down barriers and really becoming a team! Good job girls!

THE EDGE!

Don't forget, this weekend we are headed to Camp Windermere for THE EDGE!

Bus leaves at 5:30pm on Friday evening.

What to bring?
*sleeping bag or sheets
*pillow
*swim suit (Windermere requires one piece suits for girls)
*towel
*toiletries
*sunscreen
*athletic shoes
*clothes

How much money do I need?
The only thing that you have to have money for is dinner on the way down. There will be some free time Saturday afternoon, and Windermere has several options for recreation. The pool is free, but if you want to play on the inflatables on the lake, it is $7.00 for 30 minutes. Also, there's a souvenir shop and a snack shop. So how much you bring is up to you!

If you want to see more, here's the Windermere website! See you Friday before 5:30!
http://www.windermereusa.com/home.asp

Corn Pickin' Round 3

We will be pickin' corn again this Saturday, but we're going to mix it up a little. We will meet at church at 5 AM....just kidding guys its at 5 in the evening! Then we will head over to pick some corn! We'll probably pick for a few hours then we'll head back to church. See you all there!!

Corn Pickin' Round 2

We will be pickin' corn again this Saturday morning. The times are the same: 8:30 at Little General for breakfast or 9:30 at church! We're gonna have a great time and we hope to see you there! Remember that if you're going on the Missions Trip 2008 that you have to help out at the fundraiser trips! See you all there!

Float Trip Reminder

Hey guys! Hope your week is going well! Just a little reminder that if you have a tent we could really use it this weekend for the float trip so please bring it! Also, another reminder girls to wear a one-piece swimsuit or bring a t-shirt to wear! Also, we will be going on a cave tour Saturday morning before the float. This cave is supposed really cool! The weather this weekend should be:

Friday night: Low of 56 with a 40% chance of rain

Saturday: Partly sunny, high of 81

Just a reminder of things you need to bring:

sleeping bag

pillow

tent if you have one

swimsuit

sunscreen

shoes for the float

tennis shoes for the cave tour

money for food on the way there and on the way back Saturday

See you all on Friday at 5!!!

Corn Pickin'

Howdy ya'll who wants to pick some corn? We gonna be pickin corn on Saturday mornin at 9:30! Meet at the church at 9:30 or at Little General for some breakfast at 8:30. It's gonna be a good ol' time with your friends! We should be done around noon. It's gonna be fun! See ya'll there!

Float Trip

Alrighty...the float trip is coming up in just a week and a half! We will be leaving church at 5:00 PM on Friday July 20th. We will be coming back late Saturday. The cost is only $30, but if you want to go but don't have $30 to spare, just talk to Josh and he will find a way for you to go! We don't want anyone not going because of the money. You will also need to bring money for dinner on the way there and on the way back. We are heading to Meramec State Park this year. There are caves and lots of fun stuff to do! (I tried to get some pictures, but they were all copyrighted...just type Meramec State Park into Google and you can find some really cool pictures!)

Be sure to invite your friends to this because everyone loves float trips! We will be camping so bring a sleeping bag and a tent if you have one. Let Josh know if you're planning on coming. You can also just leave a comment on here to let us know! Just be sure you leave your name so we know who you are.

Just a reminder that Vacation Bible School is the week after the float trip! Be sure to get signed up if you want to attend! Anyone who has just completed 8th grade can attend. The youth class travels all week and it's a lot of fun! Check back for info about the trip to Camp Windemere in August.

Camp Nowhere Pictures

Thanks to all of you who came to Camp Nowhere! It was another great event! Here are a couple pictures from the weekend.

Here's everyone lining up for the start of Capture the Tiki Torch! This game was definitely a hit! I think it was mostly fun to get to throw water balloons at people!

Here's everyone during the relay game! This game was fun but a little long!

Here's Josh on the slip 'n slide doing the Superman pose! The slip 'n slide was probably the biggest hit of the weekend. It definitely improved when we added the tarps!

This was the last game of the weekend....where everyone got soaked by their teammates! By the way, thanks to everyone on my team who dumped the entire trashcan on me! :) This game was really fun though!

Thanks again for coming you guys! Keep checking back for info on the upcoming float trip!

Camp Nowhere

Who's ready to camp? So in case you didn't know, Camp Nowhere is this weekend! The partying starts at 6:00 Friday evening and pick-up is at 12:30-1:00 on Saturday afternoon! If you've ever been to a Christian summer camp, this is just like that! There will be Worship and Chapel. And Charlie the gamemeister has prepared tons of fun games for us, including races on slip 'n slides! There will also be a craft! Bring $5 to help cover the cost of the t-shirts! There will be tons of good food too because the Tripletts are cooking for us! We will be camping outside in the yard at church so bring a tent if you have one, a sleeping bag, a pillow, and a swimsuit! Girls, wear a one-piece suit or bring a t-shirt! Leave a comment if you haven't already signed up with Josh! But feel free to come and bring a friend even if you don't get signed up!

Crazy Kickball

Here are some pictures from kickball on Sunday night.

Josh as he walks from first base to.....where? Is that the direction you're supposed to run the bases in? It's the new and interesting Josh version!

Nate on a close catch!

The old man has to stretch before we start! We wouldn't want him breaking a hip or pulling something!

I just loved this picture of James....it just had the genuine Jamesness that always seems to make me laugh!!

Young Christian's Weekend Weather

Alrighty kids, here's the weather report for this weekend!

Friday: scattered thunderstorms, 60% chance for rain, high of 76 degrees
Saturday: more scattered thunderstorms but only a 30% chance for rain with a high of 72 degrees
Sunday: sunny with a high of 77 degrees

Pack and dress APPROPRIATELY! Just a reminder that we are meeting at 6:00 PM Friday and will return around 4:00ish Sunday afternoon.

Major Bummer

Hey Gang,

We talked on Sunday and Wednesday about going to the free Caleb Rowden concert tomorrow night. Unfortunately, the show is sold out and I was not able to get any tickets.

Because of that, we will not be meeting at the church at 5:30. Sorry, gang. Hopefully, we'll see you at the Hickman B-ball game tomorrow night!

Josh, the Youth Dude.

Fun Pictures

These are just some random youth pictures! Thought the blog needed some new pictures! Enjoy!

The famous marshmallow and can game we did one Sunday night! Boys vs. Girls

Here are some of our youth at the church bowling night. Everyone loves bowling!!!

Check back for more info about Young Christian's Weekend March 30th through April 1st and the Digital Camera Scavenger Hunt on April 28th.

30 Hour Famine Pictures

Here are some pictures from the 30 Hour Famine!! Enjoy!

30 Hour Famine Reminder

Okay guys, this is just a reminder that the 30 Hour Famine is this weekend. It's going to be a blast! You can't eat after 6:00 AM on Friday and then we will break fast at noon on Saturday. Since you can't eat after six, then if you want to get up at five and eat something on Friday, that's just fine. We will meet at the church at 6:00 Friday evening to start the lock-in part. There will be lots of games, worship services and juice. We always have a great time at lock-ins and this one is no exception. Don't forget to keep hitting people up for money for the kids in Africa. Our goal is $3,600 which feeds 10 kids for one year! We have yet to reach that goal and we want to make this year the one! So raise all the money you can and we will need all the money collected a week or so after this weekend at the latest. Also, Saturday night is the all-church bowling night, so if anyone wants to come to that, you are welcome to! Check back for pictures from Sunday nights and info on Young Christian's Weekend at the end of March. Good luck to all of you who are participating in the famine!

Super Bowl Party

The Super Bowl party is this Sunday, February 4th. Meet at the church at 4:15 or at the Scott's house at 4:45. There will be literally TONS of food. Girls need to bring a snack (of any variety-sweet or salty) and guys need to bring a soda TO SHARE. We will head back to the church after the game. We will just call parents when the game is over. Come to root on the Indianapolis Colts or Da Bears. See you all there!

30 Hour Famine

The all-famous 30 Hour Famine is coming up Friday, February 23rd through Saturday the 24th. No eating is allowed after 6:00 AM on Friday and eating resumes at noon on Saturday. We will meet at church at 6:00 PM for the lock-in part. There will be lots of fun games and sorry, but no food, but there will be lots of juice. I know everyone is thinking why in the world would you want to stop eating for 30 hours? In all seriousness, this is a great experience. It is totally worth the hunger to raise money for those little kids that really need the food. There will also be a worship service and videos to watch of the kids we are feeding. Get a packet from one of the leaders soon so you can start raising money. Our goal for the last two years has been $3600 which is feeding ten kids for a year. We have yet to reach that amount, and we are hoping that this year is the year. Really guys, this is a great opportunity, and if I can do it, anyone can! See everyone at youth!