All UMYF,
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! I hope everyone enjoyed our outing yesterday to lunch and the movies. Congratulations on finishing the semester strong! Our condolences go out to one of our own, Maggie Burfete, and her entire family with the recent passing of her mother. Please keep Maggie and her family in your prayers at this time and do all you can to surround her with your love and care. There will be no UMYF activities the remainder of this week or next week. Enjoy your vacation, sleep late, hang out with your family and friends, and be thankful for all you have. I love each and every one of you and wish you all the same joy I wish for myself and for my family. Be blessed this Christmas and remember the Christ who let it be so. UMYF will meet next on 3 January 2009 to conclude our program from 20 December 2009.
His Grace and Peace,
Chuck
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
20 December 2009 Weekly News
All UMYF,
Many thanks to all members of the UMYF who went caroling with the church Sunday afternoon. We had a great time decorated the bus before departed for our evening of caroling. We also had a great decorated tree that followed from home to home, a special thanks to Nathan Marcionette for carrying the tree. When we arrived back to the church Mr. and Mrs. Douglass had freshly made manicotti waiting for us in the Fellowship Hall. It was an amazing dinner and ended the day on a great note.
I spoke to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes this morning at McCracken and had a great time. I spoke about grace and my sincere hope that we extend grace to all we encounter during this special Christmas season, as well as the rest of the year. I think a few people took the message to hurt and will implement in the coming weeks.
I have some tentative information about a ski trip in February. We will discuss it further on Sunday. Approximate cost would be around $125 for this weekend trip. I hope you many of you are interested. The best weekend I have been offered has been the last weekend in February. Let me know what you think.
Sunday we will be hosting SPHIN at the church. UMYF will meet at 4:30PM. We will be watching The Shawshank Redemption, followed by a discussion led by Steve Whitaker and myself that will be especially appropriate as we creep closer and closer to Christmas. Please be on time so we can start promptly at 4:30 and get everything in so we can finish at our regularly scheduled time. It should be fun!
The Revelation Bible Study and Socratic Club will meet at their regularly scheduled time on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively. Thanks and I hope everyone has a fantastic break from school and Christmas! Remember the real reason for the season and extend grace to all you see.
His Grace and Peace,
Chuck
Many thanks to all members of the UMYF who went caroling with the church Sunday afternoon. We had a great time decorated the bus before departed for our evening of caroling. We also had a great decorated tree that followed from home to home, a special thanks to Nathan Marcionette for carrying the tree. When we arrived back to the church Mr. and Mrs. Douglass had freshly made manicotti waiting for us in the Fellowship Hall. It was an amazing dinner and ended the day on a great note.
I spoke to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes this morning at McCracken and had a great time. I spoke about grace and my sincere hope that we extend grace to all we encounter during this special Christmas season, as well as the rest of the year. I think a few people took the message to hurt and will implement in the coming weeks.
I have some tentative information about a ski trip in February. We will discuss it further on Sunday. Approximate cost would be around $125 for this weekend trip. I hope you many of you are interested. The best weekend I have been offered has been the last weekend in February. Let me know what you think.
Sunday we will be hosting SPHIN at the church. UMYF will meet at 4:30PM. We will be watching The Shawshank Redemption, followed by a discussion led by Steve Whitaker and myself that will be especially appropriate as we creep closer and closer to Christmas. Please be on time so we can start promptly at 4:30 and get everything in so we can finish at our regularly scheduled time. It should be fun!
The Revelation Bible Study and Socratic Club will meet at their regularly scheduled time on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively. Thanks and I hope everyone has a fantastic break from school and Christmas! Remember the real reason for the season and extend grace to all you see.
His Grace and Peace,
Chuck
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
13 December 2009 Weekly News.
All UMYF,
I hope everyone is doing well and in the Christmas spirit as we have been talking about. A special thanks to Mrs. Julia Norman and Dr. George Bass for making Sunday special for the UMYF. Dr. Bass did a great job talking to us about Advent, the liturgical calendar of the church, and he even sprinkled in a little church history as well. Finally, I hope the information he shared about the upcoming international mission trip to the Dominican Republic sparked some interest in this worthwhile adventure. Thanks Dr. Bass!
This Sunday we will be meeting a 1:00pm here at the church to shop for decorations for our bus before we go Christmas Caroling later in the day at 3:30pm. I hope to see lots of you come out, it will be lots of fun and will brighten the day and season for lots of home members. This will be UMYF for Sunday, 13 December 2009. We will have food ready to eat when we return to the church.
The Senior Boys Basketball team played Bethel UMC last night. They played well but eventually lost. I hope to see more UMYF members coming out to support their friends. Remember, we are all part of the same family, so let us show our support when we can.
Our weekly events remain unchanged, Revelation Bible Study Tuesday at 4pm and Socratic Club at 5pm on Wednesday followed by dinner out as usual. Steve Whitaker will be coming on board to help us with Socratic Club on a more regular basis. Let's make him feel welcome and thank him for taking time out of his schedule to give back.
We will be hitting all the schools this week, so be on the look out for me. I was at McCracken this morning. See you all around and enjoy this special time of the year! Grace, grace, grace everyone!
Best,
Chuck
I hope everyone is doing well and in the Christmas spirit as we have been talking about. A special thanks to Mrs. Julia Norman and Dr. George Bass for making Sunday special for the UMYF. Dr. Bass did a great job talking to us about Advent, the liturgical calendar of the church, and he even sprinkled in a little church history as well. Finally, I hope the information he shared about the upcoming international mission trip to the Dominican Republic sparked some interest in this worthwhile adventure. Thanks Dr. Bass!
This Sunday we will be meeting a 1:00pm here at the church to shop for decorations for our bus before we go Christmas Caroling later in the day at 3:30pm. I hope to see lots of you come out, it will be lots of fun and will brighten the day and season for lots of home members. This will be UMYF for Sunday, 13 December 2009. We will have food ready to eat when we return to the church.
The Senior Boys Basketball team played Bethel UMC last night. They played well but eventually lost. I hope to see more UMYF members coming out to support their friends. Remember, we are all part of the same family, so let us show our support when we can.
Our weekly events remain unchanged, Revelation Bible Study Tuesday at 4pm and Socratic Club at 5pm on Wednesday followed by dinner out as usual. Steve Whitaker will be coming on board to help us with Socratic Club on a more regular basis. Let's make him feel welcome and thank him for taking time out of his schedule to give back.
We will be hitting all the schools this week, so be on the look out for me. I was at McCracken this morning. See you all around and enjoy this special time of the year! Grace, grace, grace everyone!
Best,
Chuck
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
6 December 2009 Weekly News.
All UMYF,
We have a great crowd at church on Sunday! I hope that everyone has a blessed Thanksgiving and realized all the many things that we all have to be thankful for in our lives. I pray that giving thanks becomes a more regular activity, one that we do not relegate to only a few special times a year.
This Sunday we will be discussing Advent and the liturgical calendar of the church. We will have a special surprise guest who will be helping with this chat. I hope that you guys can come out and join us for this discussion. The Sunday before Christmas we will have an extended UMYF to celebrate Christmas and some other things I think we have to be joyous about.
We have the usually activities running this week with our Revelation Bible Study on Tuesday at 4pm and Socratic Club will meet Wednesday at 5pm. Steve Whitaker will be assisting again this week, as well as Mr. Traxler. I hope to see you guys out. Please make an effort to come out!
We need to continue our conversation about possible locales for a ski trip in January or February. Start thinking about ideas. I will see you around this week.
Best,
Chuck
We have a great crowd at church on Sunday! I hope that everyone has a blessed Thanksgiving and realized all the many things that we all have to be thankful for in our lives. I pray that giving thanks becomes a more regular activity, one that we do not relegate to only a few special times a year.
This Sunday we will be discussing Advent and the liturgical calendar of the church. We will have a special surprise guest who will be helping with this chat. I hope that you guys can come out and join us for this discussion. The Sunday before Christmas we will have an extended UMYF to celebrate Christmas and some other things I think we have to be joyous about.
We have the usually activities running this week with our Revelation Bible Study on Tuesday at 4pm and Socratic Club will meet Wednesday at 5pm. Steve Whitaker will be assisting again this week, as well as Mr. Traxler. I hope to see you guys out. Please make an effort to come out!
We need to continue our conversation about possible locales for a ski trip in January or February. Start thinking about ideas. I will see you around this week.
Best,
Chuck
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