Tuesday, October 30, 2007

YF Bible study this friday and Missions Conference on saturday

thanks for all of you who made it out to the gathering, i hope it was a blessing to you as it was to me to worship with 4000+ believers from around the city. you also got to see many of our friends from the getaway as other groups attended as well!

this friday we will be continuing our study on the book of Hebrews and we hope to cover chapter 11 and 12 this week. please bring your Bibles and i encourage you to re-read the previous chapters and these two chapters this week before we gather.

this saturday (november 3rd) YF will also be attending the missions conference along with our brothers and sisters in h2o and all of the english congregation. it is from 5pm - 8:30pm. walid bitar will be speaking to us from the arabic outreach centre which will be of special interest to many of you because of the faith of some of your friends at school. it will also be a potluck, so everyone is encouraged to attend and bring some food (or ensure that your parents bring food on your behalf when your family comes) :)

feel free to keep sending us e-mails or calling us if you want to talk! see you guys friday and saturday (and wednesday for those of you helping out with fall festival)!

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

YF the gathering at scotiabank place on saturday

first of all thank you everyone for an amazing retreat, there are a few of you missing in this picture - but natasha and jen have uploaded over a hundred pictures on facebook already, so feel free to take a peek there! it was really encouraging watching everyone pitch in and serve one another this weekend. each of you served on cooking and cleaning teams and helped set up for sessions, devotion times etc. it was a great time and thank you all for setting examples and serving, i wish i took some pictures of you guys helping out in the kitchen for your folks :) please remember all the prayer requests that were shared and pray for one another throughout the weeks, and if there is more that you want to share please feel free to approach shelly and i and anyone in the fellowship!

we will be meeting this saturday for ottawa's annual gathering which is hosted by city-wide worship and prayer. thousands in the ottawa area gather each year to worship together, h2o is planning on attending as well. "The Gathering 2007 will bring together the Church in this region for an evening of worship – moving past age, ethnicity, denomination and language – to raise one voice in unity. We’ll celebrate together through interactive worship and through God’s Holy Word. admission is entirely free, however they are accepting donations that will go to Jericho Road Christian Ministries, who helps bring "hope and healing to Ottawa’s homeless by providing food and shelter, as well as helping them to both build life skills and re-integrate with society and their families." directions to scotiabank place, parking is free, and the oc transpo is providing shuttle service on 403 for this event (more oc info). more information at worshipandprayer.ca. if you look closely, you can see some of our YF members from last year in a picture on the official website.

please e-mail me right away if you are planning on attending! please meet at the scotiabank main foyer (just inside the doors) at 6:30-6:45pm. perhaps your whole family can attend together! hope to see you this saturday!

Monday, October 15, 2007

Fall Retreat details

it was really great to see many of you here friday for evan almighty. shelly really loved the movie and wished we bought it instead of renting it hehe. lots of great lines and things to think about :)

this week is the retreat, its come so fast! this is a picture of tuckerhouse where we will be gathering this weekend! everyone who is coming on the retreat, please e-mail me immediately (if you have a ride or not) for those of you who have a ride, please tell me which youth are travelling with you or how many available spots in your car. for those who don't have a ride, please e-mail me requesting to find transportation for you.

essential things to bring: Bible, special health devices, last minute form and/or cheque (if you haven't yet, or forgot one of the two), sleeping bags, warm clothes (and change of clothes depending on weather), towels, toiletries, dry newspaper (for the campfire), instruments, worship music additional things: basketballs, footballs, baseball gloves and balls etc. things NOT to bring: ipods, media players (videos, music, movies etc.)

tuckerhouse is located in rockland, ontario (just 30 minutes outside of ottawa) directions (google maps or tuckerhouse website). we plan to meet at the church around 6:00pm and leave no later than 6:15pm. please eat supper prior to coming to the church as we will only have snacks on friday evening. we hope to arrive to tuckerhouse around 7:00pm.

this weekend will be a new retreat experience, as this evening, we will accompany some of you (who have volunteered) to go grocery shopping for the weekend, we will focus on community building and fellowship while cooking, cleaning and serving one another. please prepare your hearts for the weekend to focus on Christ and deepening our fellowship with one another! please write me by tomorrow (once you get this) and we will see you either tonight or friday night at church!

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

evan almighty night at josh and shelly's

it was a huge blessing to see our sisters jen and natasha get baptized this weekend, it was also encouraging to know a number of you got to spend time together for bubbletea or out in stittsville :)

this friday, we hope to gather together at our apartment for a movie, we will be watching evan almighty, please arrive around 7:15pm as we hope to begin the movie by 7:30pm. you can be picked up around 9:30pm. if you are able please bring some snacks and beverages. most of you have been able to come over on a few occassions, if not here are the directions!

the YF retreat is coming up very soon (next weekend 19-21), many of you have returned your forms, but if not please indicate to me right away (by responding to this e-mail) that you are coming and bring your form and cheque this friday. we need to know the numbers right away for food shopping purposes (thanks to the several of you volunteer to help shelly with groceries! also: please respond to her e-mail!) and for finding rides for those who need it. also for those of you who need rides to the retreat, please e-mail me to let me know if you have a ride and how many spaces are left in your car.

anyways, have a great week and see you this friday!

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

YF Bible study this friday and Retreat Forms

the YF fall retreat is quickly approaching! thanks for those of you have already given your forms in, if you have not please return your completed retreat forms along with cheque (made to the church) to me this friday night as we gather for Bible study at the church. it is VERY important to get them in this friday because we need a rough idea of the number of participants to prepare food for! this is also a reminder for those of you whom i have asked to prepare devotion sessions. also, there are a couple of girls that are willing to go grocery shopping with shelly to prepare for the fall retreat - if you are interested please let shelly know!

as already mentioned here... this friday, we will be continuing our study of hebrews from a couple of weeks ago, please bring your Bibles and a willing heart to hear from the Word. also this sunday is a very special date for members of our very own fellowship, so please remember to encourage them after our special thanksgiving service :)... bring your cameras!! see you this friday night and sunday!

manson e-mailed me a photo of you guys helping out at st. luke's during our discipleship week this august and i wanted to share it with you all! if you want to meet up with shelly and/or i, please don't hesitate to let me know, we want to be here for you guys!