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February 2001
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Ski Trip Final Info
Final details on the ski trip (actually
WINTER RETREAT) for this year are available and are being mailed to
the people signed up for the trip. We have spots left for 1 guy and
two girls.
The base cost of the trip is $89 and
then skiing cost is on top of that. Full info is available in the
Snowblast 2001 brochure. I am calling it a WINTER RETREAT this year
because we are offering activity options for non-skiers on this trip.
Snowtubing and horseback riding are among the activities our
non-skiers will take part in. We are staying at the Best Western
Sunrise Inn.
Remember that a completed notarized
permission/medical release form is required.
Missions Trip Details
to Be Presented
Input on our missions trip choices was
divided, but slightly in favor of the Los Angeles trip. For this
project, we will work with the Center for Student Missions in urban LA
with the homeless and hungry.
The other trip we considered was a
trip to Camp Surf, the San Diego YMCA. Camp Surf facilitates mission
trips into Tijuana to do construction and repair projects on homes,
orphanages, etc.
Both trips are worthy endeavors.
And I have always wanted to do more than one missions trip each year.
So, the plan that I am pursuing is this: we will do the CSM Los
Angeles trip this summer, and then we will take a group to Camp Surf
over Labor Day weekend (Friday August 31 - Monday
September 3). This is still in the planning stages, but
this is a good plan for us, I think.
We will present our missions program
for this year on Sunday, February 11 at 11am in the youth
room (C-207). We will watch a video about the mission site and
discuss our plans and trip requirements. This trip is open to any
middle school or high school student, but we can only take 30. The
dates are July 22-27.
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Sunday School
Middle School
High School
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11am
H-232
C-207
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| SUNDAY NIGHTS
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| Choir
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4:30
H-27
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| Dinner
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5:30
The Hall
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| Activity Time
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6:00
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| Worship
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6:30
C-207
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Discussion Time
Middle School
High School
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7:00
E-23
C-207
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Time to Register for
Y P C
Young People's Convention (YPC) is the annual gathering of all high
school youth of the Desert Southwest Conference. This year YPC is
being held in Las Vegas on Feb. 17-19. Brochures are
available in the youth room. Regular registration (only until
Feb. 5) is $70 and late registration in $80. We will
take a tour bus from the South District. This means we would need to
leave around 1am on Saturday, Feb. 17, and we would not
be back until 10pm on Monday, Feb. 19. We do not get
Presidents' Day off school, so if you go to YPC, you will miss a day
of school. This is a choice you and your parents will have to make.
At the local level, we can't do anything about when YPC is scheduled,
and since it is so far away, it wouldn't make much sense to come back
early. Let me know this week if you are going so I can save you a
spot on the bus.
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How to Find Us
Richard's office is in the office building next to
Jonathan's (and you are welcome). Stop by anytime. Jodi's office
has moved to upstairs in Fellowship Hall.
By the way, we are putting more and more info on the
church website, so if you lose your newsletter or need some last
minute details, they will be available 24 hours per day with the click
of a mouse! Go to www.catumc.org and then click on the "about
Catalina" button. In the "announcements" section, click on "youth".
And there you are! I will begin to put a weekly article on the
website that will have the latest info and will also include a
devotional or inspirational thought for each week. By the way, if you
are on AOL, put my AOL screen name on your buddy list (richibaby) and
IM me if you see me online! Or just send me email to the address
above.
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Confirmation Retreat
is March 9-11
Friday March 9 through Sunday March 11 are
the dates for our Confirmation Retreat at the Triangle Y Camp Ranch in
Oracle. We will study. We will spend lots of time together. We will
have lots of fun. And we will participate in lots of outdoor
activities. I would love to see many of you on the climbing
wall/rappelling tower! A letter with all the details will be going
out to our confirmands soon, but I wanted to put this in the
newsletter for everyone for these reasons:
- If you are a high school junior or senior and have not been
confirmed, we will offer a special "short course" for you
that will begin on this retreat. This is the time for you to jump
in!!
- We would like to have some of you already confirmed 8th graders or
high schoolers serve as mentors/small group leaders for the retreat.
Talk to Richard if you are interested.
- Some of you would just like to go on the retreat and participate
in the classes and activities. This would be a good "booster
shot" for your confirmation, and we would love to have you.
SO...if you are not a member of the regular confirmation class, but
are interested in the retreat, contact Richard Jones and let him know
by February 18. He will send you all the details you
need.
Coming Events!!!!!!!!
| February 17-19 |
YPC in Las Vegas |
| February 18 |
Regular Sunday night schedule |
| February 22-25 |
Winter Retreat/Ski Trip |
| February 25 |
Sunday |
NO CONFIRMATION CLASS
Regular Sunday night schedule
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| March 4 |
Basketball and Volleyball at St Marks |
| March 9-11 |
Confirmation Retreat |
| March 18 |
Sunday |
South District Youth Worship Service at Catalina |
| March 25 |
Sunday |
DCYM 3pm |
| March 31 |
Confirmation Reception with the Bishop and Confirmation Field Trip |
| April 1 |
Sunday Gwinette Young Singers (visiting youth choir from Georgia) |
| April 8 |
Sunday Lost and Found Concert 7pm |
| April 13 |
Good Friday Hike |
| April 15 |
Easter |
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