Tuesday, December 08, 2009

YF Christmas movie this Friday (11th) in the youth room

BEST YOUTH EVER!

Once again we want to thank all of you for the awesome Baby Shower on Saturday! In my talks with other pastors, I feel like we are blessed to have the most thoughtful and awesome youth ever :) Special thanks to everyone who put so much time and effort into preparing, I know it's rough to plan events like this, we'll never know everything you guys put into it but we want to thank you from the depths of our hearts :) And thanks for all the awesome gifts!!! Shell is excited that there is some stuff to put in the closet of the baby room now :) It was also a good discussion we had on shells last week, identifying the few things that God desires that we focus on in our life. Will the ONE thing in your life that the Lord has called you to do, continually evaluate and discern how you are living your life, it's something we can all learn daily.

This Friday, we will be watching a Christmas movie (11th) on the big screen in the youth room by special request, although it's a celebratory time of year, it's also extremely busy - so it'll be a good chance for everyone to unwind and enjoy some snacks together too. Feel free to bring snacks and drinks too! I plan to bring a few movies to vote on in case we need to veto ;)

Next week`s Christmas gathering (18th) requires some preparation on your behalf because we are exchanging gifts :) Bring one present for your gender/age that is roughly $10. Each person that brings a gift will receive a same gendered/age gift. We will have an evening of games, food and fellowship with the church family from AWANA, PE and YF. So start thinking of the gift you want to give if you haven't done so already!

YF Leadership retreat is on January 1st to January 2nd. Its a good time to fellowship, read Scripture, pray together and plan for the upcoming year, retreats, events and outreach (specifically the coffeehouse). This is advance notice just in case families can arrange Christmas vacation a day or two early to accomodate for the retreat. We'll talk about the YF coffeehouse, Getaway retreat teams, Engage high school initiative etc. It's always fun too because it's an overnight event with meals together, movie, hangout etc.