canoeing

don't forget to sign up if you haven't already. Make sure to eat lunch beforehand or pack a lunch. we're leaving church at noon and will be back at 6...

other things to sign up for: cleaning up trash on Oct 5 12-2, harvest festival Oct 11 4-clean up is finished (or early in the day to decorate), and the bwfws walk Oct. 12 at 1... and remember - you can sign up by calling or emailing me, by leaving a comment here, or by signing up on the bulletin board by the stairs to the youth room.

Weekly Updates

1. Highway clean-up was postponed until Oct. 5 following the 11 service. We will go to Pizza Hut for lunch and then do the trash clean-up.

2. This Sunday we will be talking about stewardship, starting with the environment but also talking about how that relates to other areas of stewardship as the whole church prepares to enter the capital campaign in October. Remember youth group is 5-7 with dinner at 5 - YUM!

3. Next week (Sept. 28) we will be going canoeing. Bring your lunch to church, we will be leaving after the 11:00 service and we will be back around 6. See the newsletter for more details.

4. Harvest Festival is coming up on Oct. 11, so sign up to help! We will need people from 4-the end of clean-up, and we will also need people to decorate earlier in the day if you are busy in the evening.

5. Big Walnut Friends Who Share (BWFWS) walk is coming up on October 12. We need people to sign up to walk, and those people also need to work on raising money. We will talk more about this on Sunday.

6. SIGN-UPS! PLEASE sign-up for these events - trash clean-up, canoeing, harvest festival and the BWFWS walk. There are sign-ups on the bulletin board by the stairs to the youth room, and you can also RSVP through this blog or by letting me know.

Hope you all are having a great week and that we will see you Sunday night!

Puppets and more...

Remember - if you are interested in joining puppets, they start TOMORROW! that is - UNLESS there is no school. Puppets are at 6:30 on Wednesday evenings. Let me know if you have questions.

Also, THURSDAY is the LAST day to RSVP for the Festival of Caring.

AND you should RSVP for canoeing if you have not already. That is on September 28 from 12-6. Bring a lunch! Youth who have attended 2 regular meetings in September will canoe free, others should bring $10. If you have questions about which you are, please ask!

Time Change

We will now be leaving for the Festival of Caring at 2 and still returning at 8:30. This means we will primarily be going just to the concert, although if there is a little time before the concert, you may be able to check out some of the games and activities. Still RSVP as soon as possible please so I know if I need to get more drivers for this event.

Also - I believe I forgot to mention in my last post that Sunday an announcement was made about puppets. Puppets will be meeting on Wednesdays starting September 17 at 6:30. Let me know if you're interested! :-)

THANKS!

First off I want to thank our new leaders for stepping up and becoming a part of the leadership team, and I also want to thank those who ran but were not successful, and I encourage you all to participate in the planning of events and being a part of the leadership of this group. You are all a part of the group, and while you all may not have official leadership roles, you still are important to the group.

For those of you who were not at tonight's meeting, the new designated leaders are...
President: Alfred Yates
Vice-President: Katie Yates
Secretary: Julia Brown
Social Chair: Sarah Robinson
Service Chair: Zac Moore
Fundraising Chair: Madi Hall

Again, thanks to all who ran and were willing to step up to leadership, whether you were elected or not.

I also want to remind you all to sign up for the Festival of Caring. There was no final determination tonight, so I want to offer this to all of you in blogland - at the Festival of Caring there are games - like ultimate frisbee and gator ball - and activities - like karaoke and square dancing and a jailhouse (where you can lock someone up and they have to pay to get out) and then at 4 there is a concert by The Afters (check out myspace.com/theafters to check out their music. So the question is - do you just want to go to the concert or do you want to go to the games too?? If we want to go to the games too - we will leave around 1; if we just want to go to the concert we will leave at 2:15. So leave comments and we'll see where we are. You can also RSVP here and remember, if you RSVP by Tuesday (extended date) you can go for free! :-)

have a great day everyone!!

Welcome

Hi! Welcome to the Sunbury UMC Youth blog...

The purpose of this blog is to help keep you updated and give you a chance to provide some feedback, and also to RSVP for different youth events. So here's to the beginning of the youth blog!

First news and notes -

This Sunday: Youth group will be at the new (regular) time from 5-7. Food will be meatball subs provided by Chris Sharlike and Jody Daily. We will be deciding on leadership for the new year - President, VP, Secretary, Service, Fundraising, and Social Chairs. If you are interested in being on leadership, you should be committed to attending youth group functions on a regular basis. After leadership decisions, there will be both Bible study and game time, split with 6-7th grade and 8th-12th grade. The focus of this weeks Bible study is "Creation conservation: Why should I care?"


Also - this week anyone interested in attending the Festival of Caring with the concert by The Afters should RSVP by this Sunday to attend for free. RSVP's can be made through the 18th but the concert will cost $5 for reservations made after this Sunday. Check out myspace.com/theafters too get more info on the band. Tentative times are 1-8:30 on September 20th for the Festival of Caring.

Questions? Concerns? Comments? Leave them here or contact me however you know how! And have a great day!