New Year's Party!!

Hey Guys,
We are getting together New Year's Eve at 8:00 at the church. We will eat goodies and hang out for about a half an hour, and then head to Empire Roller Rink for some roller skating. The cost will be 7 dollars. We will skate until 11:00 then head back to church for a short service that will last until about 11:15. Hope to see you all there, and bring your friends!! It is going to be an awesome time!

VAC Family

Hey Guys,
It's getting close to the Holiday season and we have adopted a family to supply household needs for this year. You can buy one of these items or you can donate money. If you are donating money, just give it to Josh or Liz and the shopping can be done for you. The items needed by our family are pots and pans, towels, silverware, glasses, dishes, twin sheet set, king sheet set, and bed pillows. Let Josh or Liz know what you are planning on getting, so there are no duplicates. It's so awesome to supply these things for this family, and make their Christmas that much better!!

Youth Service Day

Saturday was an awesome day. We met at church at 1, and broke off in groups to go rake leaves. Leaf raking was a success with all of the leaves that had fallen. We got a ton of bags for the leaf diving competition. After meeting back at church around 4, we headed to the Price's for fun and food. There are some awesome pictures, so be sure to check out the slide show. Thanks to everyone who helped make it all work out!!

Leaf Raking

Hey guys,
Saturday is our service day, and we are going to be raking leaves for people in our community who need a little help. We will be meeting at the church at 1:00, so make sure you eat lunch before you come. AFter splitting into groups, we will go to different yards and try to get as many leaves as we can for the leaf diving competition later that afternoon. We will have the leaf diving competition and dinner and games at the Price's house after leaf raking. If anyone has rakes, please bring them so we are sure to have enough for everyone. This is going to be a fun event while also helping others!! Have a good week, and see you Saturday!!

World's of Fun

Charlie and Josh going at it with the bumper cars!


Jordan, Ruth, and Heather riding the carousel.



We had a great time at World's of Fun earlier this month. After stopping for breakfast in Boonville at McDonald's, we were on our way to Kansas City. We got to spend a lot of time at the park just riding rides and hanging out. Then around 7 we hopped back on the bus, and headed back to Columbia after stopping for dinner. Thanks for everyone who went, and making this a fun event!!

World's of Fun

Video of the Mamba at Kansas City

Don't forget that we will be meeting at the church at 8:00 Saturday morning to leave for World's of Fun. Bring some money for food and 20 dollars for the ticket (except for Sam Price who sold the most raffle tickets). We should be back to the church around 11:00 that night. Everyone is welcome to bring friends, but they need consent forms signed by their parents to be able to go.
Have a great week and see you Saturday!!

UPDATE!!

Due to a lack of good apples... Huffstutters Orchard has cancelled our apple picking trip scheduled for THIS SUNDAY!

We will NOT be having lunch or going apple picking this Sunday after church. But don't forget about the Worlds of Fun trip on the 18th! Sign up soon!!

Reminders for This Weekend

Hey everyone!! Just reminding you all that we are going to pick apples after church this Sunday (October 5th). We'll have lunch right after church and then head up to New Franklin to pick some apples for the Food Bank. We'll be back to the church around 4 or 4:30. Hope to see you all there!!

Also, a reminder that anyone that wants to go to Worlds of Fun on October 18th needs to be signed up by this Sunday night (October 5th). You can leave a comment here if you want or call Josh, just make sure we have your name on the list by Sunday!

The all-church hayride is this Saturday at 6:00 PM at the Wulff's house. Come for some good food (including s'mores) and an exciting hayride. Call one of us if you need directions!

Hope you guys have a good rest of the week and we'll see you at the hayride on Saturday!

5th Quarter Lock-In

Hey Guys! Here are some pictures from the 5th Quarter Lock-In. We had an awesome time at the Providence Bowl, and then back at the church for great food and fun games! After playing outside we came inside and spent the rest of the night playing video games.

We played egg in a tube, and by looking at the faces some people couldn't handle it! Here's Josh and Corey in action. It was close, but Corey ended up winning.
Lauren and Cassie hanging out watching video games.
After the game, we got to enjoy some good food.
Playing video games into the morning!!

Are You Ready for Camp Nowhere?

July 11th-12th,

Get excited!!!!!

Something to Keep You Entertained

Here's a little something, just for entertainment. Josh did a little rapping on Sunday night. If you really listen to the words, it's describing our next several events. Please pray for the Missions team this coming week as we head up to Trenton. Check back soon for some info on Camp Nowhere. Enjoy your summer!!

Campfire Night

Here are some pictures from the Campfire Night. We had some fishing and some volleyball and I think everyone had fun! These are all pictures of volleyball. Camp Nowhere is the next event and that's coming up fast! We'll be at the Wullf's house this year and it's July 11th and 12th.

Digital Camera Scavenger Hunt

Hey everyone! Just a reminder that this Saturday (April 26th) is the Digital Camera Scavenger Hunt. Meet at the church at 1:30 or meet us at Rock Bridge State Park at 2. We will have a list of things to find and we'll break off into groups to find everything on the list. After the scavenger hunt, we'll grill and play some games there. Pick up is at 6 at the park or 6:30 at church. There will be a lot of walking involved, so tennis shoes would probably be a good idea. The weather is supposed to be nice on Saturday, but check again Saturday morning to see if it's going to rain. We'll see you all on Saturday!!

Here are James and Charlie picking up some trash in Devil's Icebox!

Painting

Hey everyone!! I know this is short notice, but we need everyone's help this weekend. We're going to help Scott's family out by painting their old house. We are meeting at the church at 8 AM Saturday morning and will paint until it is finished! Liz will be bringing some pizza for lunch so you don't need to worry about that. Even if you only have a couple hours, or just one, we could really use your help! If you can't meet at the church, give one of us a call and we can direct you to Scott's house. Wear your painting clothes and we'll see you Saturday morning!!

Ski Pictures and New Poll

Hey all! Sorry it took so long to get the pictures up here! Check back for a post about upcoming events. We have also decided to let you guys pick between Windemere and a float trip this summer. We don't have time for both, so we have to pick one. The poll is to the right and you have until April 15th to vote, so vote as many times as you want!

Some of the tubing girls!
Morgan, Ryan, and Johnny skiing

Jordyn, Kaleb, and Jason hanging out at the lodge.

The whole crew!
James, Matt, and Lenore trying out the bunny slope.

Sean striking a pose!

Skiing!

Hey Gang,

Just to let you know, we are still on for tomorrow.

Just a reminder that you will need clothes simialar to what you would wear sledding and don't forget to bring dry clothes to wear home.

See you at Midway at 6AM!!!!

Ski Trip Sign-up Reminder

Hey everyone! Hope you're all having a good week! Just a reminder that you have to be signed up and paid for the Ski Trip by Sunday. The cost is $30, but just let someone know if you want to go but can't pay! Let us know if you have any questions. See you all at church!

St. Louis Road Trip

I didn't have very many pictures from this weekend, but here are a few!

Here's a picture of the whole group at City Museum!

This is when we were torturing Charlie and Scott by making them come into Baby Gap with us.

The lovely "castle" Nate made from the cheeseburger boxes.

And the boys with their White Castles (all 30 of them!)

We had an awesome time and I hope you guys did too! Check back soon for more info on the Service/Ski Trip on February 23rd. Have a good week everyone!!

Road Trip Info

Hey everyone! It will probably be freezing on the bus tomorrow, so wear warm clothes! A blanket probably wouldn't be a bad idea, also. Liz will be driving her van, in addition to the bus, so there will be somewhere to lock your belongings up. So, feel free to bring iPods, DVD players, etc. to keep yourselves entertained on the bus! See you all at 7:45 tomorrow morning!

ROAD TRIP!!!!!!

Hey everyone!! Who's ready for the road trip? (Don't you wish our bus looked like this one?) We'll be taking the bus on the road trip on Saturday, January 19th. Meet at the church at 7:45 and we will be heading to St. Louis. We'll start the day at the St. Louis City Museum then go to The Galleria for some shopping! Bring money for lunch and dinner on the road. The city museum costs $5 so bring money for that and any money for shopping in the afternoon. We'll be back at the church late Saturday night. This is a great event to invite friends to. Since we're going out of town, we need signed permission slips for anyone that's planning on going. You can pick one up at church or we can e-mail one to you. The website for the City Museum is http://www.citymuseum.org/home.asp if you want to check it out. Let Josh know if you're coming because we need a rough head count. Hope everyone can make it!

Christmas and New Year's Pictures

Hey everyone! Here are some pictures from the Christmas and New Year's parties. Thanks to everyone who came and who helped out.

Here's everyone playing the present game. This was such an entertaining game!

The whole herd right before we left.

All the pillows everyone brought. This was such an awesome opportunity to give to other people for Christmas and you all did an awesome job!

Everyone sitting around just hanging out.

Here we are playing the humming Christmas carols game. This was also a fun one to watch!

More of the present game.

Then here's a couple from the New Year's party. It was dark in the skating rink, so it was hard to take pictures.

Here are some pictures of James pushing Greg around. The guys at Empire were so awesome and got a wheelchair so Greg could skate with us. Thanks again for coming and look for your newsletter coming soon!!