INDESCRIBABLE RETREAT

I hope you've heard about the retreat from your kids.  There's no way I could do it justice on here.  Maybe tomorrow when I've have more sleep. :)  Here are a few pictures to tide you over till then..

FEBRUARY EVENTS

January is almost gone and February is coming up strong!  Here are a few upcoming things.  You'll receive more details on these as their dates approach, but here's your February Rundown!

SOUPERBOWL PARTY:
Superbowl Sunday, Feb 6.  After evening services, we'll go over to the Plesses' for the Superbowl.
The SOUP part comes in with EVERYBODY BRINGING CANS of soup or any other canned food.  We will have a BOYS vs. GIRLS competition to see who brings the most cans, and the winning team gets to give the losing team a makeover right there on the spot.  Should be interesting either way..

OWLS' BANQUET:
Wednesday night, Dec. 16, the youth need to arrive, DRESSED NICELY, at 5:00, and we will begin serving dinner at 5:30.  


CHRISTEENS:
Our annual trip to the Christeens Youth Rally in Russellville, AR will be Feb 26-28.  The cost for this trip is $35 which includes lodging and a T-shirt.  We have to register no later than Feb 9, so please sign up on the list on my office door.


***ASK YOUR KIDS WHAT E429 MEANS!!  Have some conversations about it at home!***

GREAT CRAVE!!

What an AMAZING night of CRAVE last night!  For those that weren't there, here are a couple pictures of what we ended the night with.

We had eaten our nachos; we had played our games.  While we were worshiping in the Youth Room, I felt a tap on my shoulder.  I turned to see who it was, and even though the lights were out, I could immediately tell it was Stephen Holroyd.  I asked him what was going on, and after a short pause to collect himself, through the tears, we simply said, "I wanna get baptized."  So we migrated to the auditorium and welcomed a new brother into the family of God.  

WINTER RETREAT LIST & INFO

***PLEASE NOTE:  The deadline to pay is Sunday, January 23.  Please pay Keith Whitehead.  THANK YOU!***

Hello RAVE families!

I'm so excited about the Winter Retreat!  This will be my first weekend trip here, and I can't wait.  Here's the low down..

THEME:  ONE(1)  It's based on the verse Romans 12:5.

WHO:  ALL youth groupers, JR. and SR. High

WHAT:  This is a weekend long trip away from the distractions of every day life.  It's a chance for our teens to really focus on the things that are important.  This particular retreat will focus on how God wants us to be close as a youth group and as a church so we can encourage and inspire each other on our faith journeys.  I'm really excited about the plans, and I really want to encourage everybody to come.  We're going to come back with a whole new outlook on youth group life.

WHEN:  January 28-30.  We'll leave around 5:30 on Friday, and return around lunch time on Sunday.

WHERE:  Tulakogee Retreat Center

HOW MUCH:  $40** covers it all (meals, lodging, shirt, etc.) Please pay Keith ASAP so we can get the business end of things taken care of!

WHAT DO THEY BRING:  Warm clothes, BIBLE, a few pens or pencils, games/sports equipment, BEDDING (sheets or sleeping bag, pillow, etc.)

I know we had several gone last night due to the Springdale/Har ber game, but here's who has signed up so far.  IF YOUR TEEN WAS NOT THERE AND YOU WANT TO SIGN THEM UP, or if they are signed up and can't go, please email me and I will update the list.

Asencio, Kristina
Bradley, Kevin

Couch, Lara
Crawley, Shelby

Davis, Kaitlyn

Dill, Tabitha

Embry, Leslie

Franklin, Noah
Gadberry, Hayden

Hankins, Elizabeth
Haskins, Grant

Haskins, Madison

Hood, Hannah

Holroyd, Katie

Holroyd, Stephen

Hughes, Morgan

Kinne, Ashley

Kinne, Elizabeth

Mayes, Jared
McCain, Hailey
McCain, Jessica
McCain, Taylor
McCain, Zac

McClure, Caleb

McClure, Chase

Pardun, Lindsay

Parker, Lindsey

Passmore, Chandler

Poulos, Josh
Tejada, Manny

Toon, Dylan
Townley, Payne

Ussery, Sarah

Valentine, Macy

Whitehead, Saxon

Wilson, Sean
Young, Sarah

**If cost is a problem, talk to me privately and we WILL work it out.  NOBODY misses a trip over money.

FOOD n' FRIENDS this SUNDAY!

Happy Friday Everybody!

Just a little update on Sunday:  As you've hopefully heard by now, the CRAVE we had planned to have this Sunday is going to be on January 23.  More details on that very soon, but  this Sunday night we're going to have a Food n' Friends, so keep the friends coming!  We're going to eat in the gym after church, and then load up on the bus and go BOWLING.  I would recommend bringing about $10 for shoes and 2 games.  It's gonna be a blast!  

CHECK BACK HERE THE NEXT DAY FOR PICTURES!

New Years Pictures!

Needless to say, we had a BLASTY at the Lock-In.  We played...

Volleyball

Basketball

Sardines

Minute to Win it!

Fear Factor

Wii

At the big moment, we sang in the new year with an AMAZING worship time.

We watched movies, told scary stories, and much, much more.  Here are a few pics to give you a little recap..