Operation Christmas Child

Hi!



Here is the information for Operation Christmas Child:



There are brightly colored boxes at the church under the display near the bathrooms. In case you go shopping before seeing the box, it is about the size of an average sized shoe box.



Choose: boy or girl; Age categories: 2-4, 5-9, 10-14.



The brochures in the cup at church near the display have labels…tape the label on the top of the box.



Fill the box with a variety of gifts. For example:



Small cars, balls, dolls, stuffed animals, kazoos, harmonicas, jump ropes, small etch-a-sketch, toys that light up or make noise, coloring books, crayons, slinky, school supplies, hygiene items, t-shirts, socks, sunglasses, hair clips, ball caps, some hard candy (double wrapped), mints, gum.



You may include a note or photo of yourself in a separate envelope.



NO: Guns, Knives, War toys, Chocolates, Liquids, Breakables, Aerosols.







I’m really excited that you are interested in doing this. (Mrs. Scott is excited too!)



The boxes have to be delivered in November…so I’d like to have the boxes filled by November 4th…the day we have a service project planned for youth group Sunday. If you fill them sooner, bring them to church and I’ll keep them together to give to Mrs. Scott all at once.



If you have any questions, please let me know.



Thank you,

Dawn

First Meeting

Attention all 7th to 12th graders!





Now that everyone is back in the “school swing” – we are starting up Youth Group this Sunday!



We will be going to Silver Lake Park (about ½ mile east of Francisco’s on E. Silver Lake Rd.).



We will have lunch, a short discussion and then play soccer, softball, bean bag game, ladder ball, Frisbee and whatever else! Watch the weather and dress accordingly.



If it rains, we will stay at the church and play some indoor games (nerf Frisbee, bean bag game and ladder ball).



The discussion will include ideas on destinations for next years’ mission trip, so if you have any ideas, or would like to research places to go, please bring them along with you.



Also, we will have a sign-up sheet for your parents to sign-up to bring lunch, so let them know and have them check their calendars for available dates. We meet on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month.



Plan to come to our first meeting of the year!



See you Sunday!

Dawn, Barb, Amy & Mike

Let's Do Stuff

Alright this is ryan, the cool Bondy, and heres the deal, a group of us, or maybe just me, has decided that we should do more stuff with each other, other than just youth group, it will be with the youth group kids but is not sponsored or endorsed by NLCC or Mike or Amy or Barb or my Mom. Soo, first thing we will be doing outside of youth group is after challenge on Tuesday we will go to a showing of 1408 rated PG-13. Transportation to my house until the showing will generally be arranged by my mother and I, though my mom has nothing to do with these events that we will be having. Other ideas are that we will go to Taylor Park or Twin Lakes to swim, or 1$ bowling on Mondays. All suggestions are welcome, please send me an email about it, just address it to Ryan. Emails saying who will come will be nice in order to arrange transportation, lemme know, oh yeah, pickup will be at the theatre by your parents, cyou at challenge,



RYAN

Concert Opportunity

Hi

I have received an e-mail from the Director of Christian Education at the Redeemer of Interlochen. The Christian band Everyday Sunday will be coming to Traverse City. The concert will be at West Sr. High School on Monday July 9th at 7:00 p.m. The doors will open at 6:30. Tickets are only $8.00 and are available at the door starting at 5:00 p.m. on the 9th.

They are a wonderful band with a powerful message! Call your friends and get a group to go! Mark your calendars now!

If you have any questions, you can call Jason Bauer (Director) at 392-4259.

Dawn

Working at Cherry Fest

Hi all. We have been given the green light to work in the brat tent during Cherry Festival. This will make the youth fund at least $250, possibly more. We need 4 volunteers for Thursday July 12, 2-6 p.m. We need one adult and all others can be as young as 12 y.o. This is the week that falls between the Mission trip and Challenge week. It has the potential to be a lot of fun, seeing people and spreading the visibility of NLCC in the community.

If you are interested, please send me an email or give me a call at 922-7134. If you can only be there for a couple of hours but want to participate, that works too! Many thanks for your ongoing commitment to the Youth program! Take care, Barb