Hope YM Update: 11/11/08

11 Nov 2008 In: weekly updates

This week:

  • Wednesday, November 12 – Regular Wednesday Evening Schedule.  Remember to bring $3 per person for pizza.
  • Friday-Sunday, November 14-16 – Select high school youth will be leading at an NTNL Synod Youth Gathering.  See Matt for details.

Coming up:

  • Friday, November 21 – Dodgeball is tentatively scheduled for this night.  However, there may be a facilities conflict that will force us to move the date.  Stay tuned for confirmation of the date.
  • Sunday, November 23 – Parent workshop. See below.

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Parents

Teens and tweens are exploding the use and popularity of social networking sites.  Facebook and MySpace are two of the top ten internet sites in the world.

If your children aren’t using them yet, chances are they will be soon.  Come find out the facts about these websites and decide for yourself the role they should play in your family’s life.

Social Networking Workshop
Sunday, November 23, 2008
9:15 AM Sharp (There’s lots to cover!)
In the Sanctuary
For parents of teens and pre-teens

Weekly Update – 10/16/08

16 Oct 2008 In: weekly updates

This Week:

  • ASAP – Unfinished Retreat Registration due.  If you want to go on the Unfinished Retreat, you need to turn in your registration (attached) form ASAP.
  • The Confirmation Mini-Retreat has been canceled.  It turned out to be a bad weekend for most youth and some of our adults.  The Confirmation Retreat to Sky Ranch has been rescheduled to April 3-5 2009.
  • Sunday, October 19 – Deadline for registration for the Road Rally (High School only).
  • Sunday-Saturday, October 19-25 – I will be in Minnesota for a seminary class.

Coming up:

  • Sunday, October 26, noon-6:30 PM – Road Rally (high school).  We will eat lunch at the picnic at Hope and then go to the Road Rally.  We’ll eat dinner at the Rally and be back by 6:30.
  • Sunday, October 26 – Fall Picnic.  Youth not going on the road rally are welcome to participate and help with the annual Fall Picnic.
  • Sunday, November 2, 6-8 PM – Inner Mission at the Tokle’s house.

Weekly Update – 10/7/08

7 Oct 2008 In: weekly updates

This week:

  • Sunday, October 12, 6-8 PM—Inner Mission at the Bengtson’s house.  Inner Mission.  We will discuss living our Christian faith within “suburbia.”  This is open to Jr. High and High School youth.  Dinner served.  See Matt for address and map.
  • Wednesday, October 15—Registration deadline for high school Unfinished Retreat.  See bulletin board for details.

Coming up soon:

  • Friday-Saturday, October 17-18—Confirmation (7-8 grade) Mini-Retreat at the Harr’s Ranch.  We will leave the church at 7:00 PM Friday.  Please eat dinner before you come.  We will return at 4:30 PM Saturday. Please let Matt know if you can or cannot make it.
  • Sunday, October 19—Registration deadline for Road Rally.
  • Sunday, October 26—DFW Lutheran Youth Road Rally (high school only).  Details on youth bulletin board.
  • Saturday-Sunday, November 8-9—High School Unfinished Retreat at Briarwood.
  • Wednesdays—Regular Wednesday Schedule:
    • 5:45 PM—Pizza Dinner Served ($3 per person)
    • 6:00-7:15—Owning it (Confirmation for Jr. High)
    • 6:30-7:30—Cross-Examination (High School)
  • Sundays, 9:15 PM—Sunday School:
    • Jr. High (7th-8th grade) ~ Faith Lens: relevant topics to daily life.
    • High School ~ Old School: Malachi

Weekly Update – 10/1/08

1 Oct 2008 In: weekly updates

We are going to try something new with Inner Mission this semester: splitting between two locations to help divide the burden of driving between participants. The Tokle’s have offered to host the second location, with the Bengtson’s remaining as they have in the past.

With that in mind, here is the upcoming schedule for the next two weeks:

  • This Sunday, October 5, 6-8 PM—Inner Mission at the Tokle’s house (email Matt for a map and address). We will discuss living our Christian faith within “suburbia.” This is open to Jr. High and High School youth. Dinner served.
  • Sunday, October 12, 8-8 PM—Inner Mission at the Bengtson’s house.
  • Wednesday, October 15—Registration deadline for high school Unfinished Retreat.
  • Wednesdays—Regular Wednesday Schedule:
    • 5:45 PM—Pizza Dinner Served ($3 per person)
    • 6:00-7:15—Owning it (Confirmation for Jr. High)
    • 6:30-7:30—Cross-Examination (High School)
  • Sundays, 9:15 PM—Sunday School:
    • Jr. High (7th-8th grade) ~ Faith Lens: relevant topics to daily life.
    • High School ~ Old School: Malachi

Coming up soon:

  • Friday-Saturday, October 17-18—Confirmation (7-8 grade) Mini-Retreat at the Harr’s Ranch. We will leave the church at 7:00 PM Friday. Please eat dinner before you come. We will return at 4:30 PM Saturday.
  • Sunday, October 19—Registration deadline for Road Rally.
  • Sunday, October 26—DFW Lutheran Youth Road Rally (high school only). Details on youth bulletin board.
  • Saturday-Sunday, November 8-9—High School Unfinished Retreat at Briarwood.

Weekly Update – 9/23/08

23 Sep 2008 In: weekly updates
  • Wednesday, September 24 – Normal Wednesday Schedule
  • Sunday, 6-8 PM, September 28 – Inner Mission at the Bengtson’s house (email Matt for address and a map). Inner Mission is a small group discussion setting for junior high and high school. We will eat dinner at 6:00 PM and then at around 6:45 come together to begin discussing our topic for the night. We will break up into smaller groups of guys and girls for part of the discussion. This semester we are talking about the unique ways that we are called to live out our Christian faith in suburban culture. Hope to see you there.

Update 9/10/08

10 Sep 2008 In: weekly updates
Wednesday night activities are going on tonight, September 10 as usual.  Please note that if you are going on the Confirmation retreat that I need forms and payments by tonight:
  • $115 check made out to Hope Lutheran Church
  • Yellow release form for Sky Ranch
  • Red or purple release for from Hope Lutheran Church if you do not have one on file (all 2008 mission trip participants have one on file)
This Friday, September 12 we will leave for Sky Ranch at 6:00 PM.  We will eat pizza for dinner when we arrive.  We will return on Sunday at noon.
On Sunday, September 21 we will be participating in a synod-wide youth volleyball tournament and cookout from 3:30-8:30 PM.  The cost is $5 and the deadline to sign-up is Wednesday, September 17.

Youth Ministry Vision Raising

19 Aug 2008 In: weekly updates

Sunday, August 31, 9:15 AM – During the Sunday school hour the whole congregation is invited to hear about the coming school year in the youth ministry and provide input about the future direction of the ministry. Although this Vision Raising will be especially helpful to youth and parents currently in the ministry, parents of younger children and adults with an interest in our young people would benefit as well. We hope to see you there.

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