Midweek is on for this Wednesday – hope to see you – tacos for dinner!

Plans are in full swing for the February 11th Sweethearts’ Dinner – all youth are invited to participate in serving, and proceeds from the dinner will benefit Imagine No Malaria as well as local outreach.

See you soon!

TONIGHT

All youth activities are on beginning with Youth Group Games in the Cement Room at 4:30pm.  miniFLY and Bible Club at 5pm, SGW and Confirmation at 5:30pm, 15:24 Bible Study at 5:30pm, Choirs, etc.  Dinner appears to be lasagna – YUM!

SIGN UP TONIGHT FOR:

- Tubing at Buck Hill – this Sunday, January 15 after church – come out and spend the afternoon tubing!  Cost is $16 for 2 hours of tubing plus bring your own food money if you want to hang out in the cafeteria and eat.  Sign up on the sign up blog post OR sign up on Rachael’s door tonight!

- LIGHTSHINERS Lock-In – Friday January 20…it will be awesome!  Sign up at choir tonight.  Friends welcome!  Grades 6-12.

FOR THESE EVENTS, Please make sure you have brought in a completed MEDICAL/PERMISSION FORM!

Thanks!

Here are the things you need to know this week:

NEW MIDWEEK SCHEDULE BEGINS!

The new schedule will be in effect THIS Wednesday.  Here it is:

I hope that lots of you will come by the Cement Room at 4:30pm after school to check out Games with Brian!

UMYS FORMS are DUE TOMORROW (January 4).  If you want to go, you MUST have your form in tomorrow with $140 payment.  If we get 6 people who want to go, then we’ll go.  If not, then we will not go as a group this year.

Sign Up for other events on our Sign Ups Page!

COMING SOON:

All Church Game Night – Saturday at 5:30pm

LIGHTSHINERS Lock-IN – January 20th!

Come by church for youth events, a great meal, and good company!

And…

SUNDAY DECEMBER 18:

Sunday School Christmas Program in the Sanctuary at 9:45am

Lightshiners sing at the 11:00 worship service

Soup and Sandwich lunch for just $5!

After church, go caroling with PD and Rachael to make someone’s day (and your own)!  ALL AGES – miniFLY, too!  Parents and mentors welcome!

We’re keeping the theme for this Lock-In top secret…will you be able to figure it out? We’ll spend the night at church with music, games, decorating in the Lightshiners Room, and lots of food! In the morning we’ll have a good breakfast before heading out to Wesley UMC to help serve and sing for the homeless and hungry.

Sign up by commenting here that you are coming!

Who doesn’t love snow tubing? Stick around after church to carpool to Buck Hill! Bring $16 for a two-hour tubing pass, your snow jacket and boots, and a friend! Also, bring money to eat in the Buck Hill cafeteria or grab some hot chocolate when you need a break. Friends, siblings, and parents are welcome.

Sign up by commenting here that you are coming!

Meet at St. Luke’s Lutheran in Bloomington at 9pm for music and gathering.  Get picked up by 6am at St. Luke’s.

Cost is $30.  Grades 6-12.

Forms on our Mailings and Forms page (click the link to your left).

Ice skating, bowling, swimming, rock wall, gym games…food, friends, and tons of fun!

Here’s what’s coming this week:

WEDNESDAY NIGHT MIDWEEK is ON with all the activities.

Saturday – Come caroling at a nursing home in Saint Paul.  The Joy Choir hosts this event each year and it’s lots of fun!  The group will be meeting at church at 1:15pm.  Let Rachael or Shirley Stann know if you want to ride along!

Sunday – Worship for the second Sunday in Advent, the Sunday of PEACE.  Sunday school for all ages.  After church, bring some money and head over to Perkins for lunch and conversation…we’ll go around 12:15pm when church is done and finish up around 2pm.  We’ll talk about this fall and new ideas for SuperFLY 2012!

Counselor dates are June 22-29, 2012.

Download the Counselor Application here, print it, fill it out, and mail it to PD!

Simple!

Enjoy Thanksgiving!