Richard Jones, Director of Youth Ministries
Jodi Avila, Middle School Youth Director

Volume 1, Issue 5 October 1999 Colossal Outing Is Planned for October 31 Colossal Cave and Horseback Riding Many of you will be busy on the evening of October 31. You will be collecting candy (trick-or-treating-come on, high schoolers, grow up!). You may be handing out candy. You may be guarding your house against pranks by young hooligans, who knows. So we have planned a special afternoon activity for that week. We will leave church around 12:30 and travel to Colossal Cave Park. There we will eat a picnic lunch (it is bring your own lunch, we will have coolers) and then we will go horseback riding and then we will tour the Colossal Cave. Truly a colossal afternoon! We will then return to church in plenty of time for you to participate in whatever festivities you have planned. Be sure to bring long pants to change into and close toed shoes (no sandals). The cost of this event is $15 (that's almost $12 off the regular cost), BUT we don't want anyone to stay home because of the cost. Scholarships are available. Talk to Richard. Youth Choir will need to practice briefly from 12:15 to 12:30 (since you will be singing the next week). We will have a brief devotional time at the park and you should be back at the church by 4pm. Families are welcome to participate in this activity and we will need drivers for this trip. Yes, you can bring friends with you. Youth Room Is Lookin' Good! Youth Room is Lookin' Good! On Sunday, September 26, several of our high school students spent the afternoon cleaning up and decorating the youth room. I want to say a A big THANK YOU to them for their hard work! The room looks great and all the junk in the corner has needed sorting out for a long time! The Return of the Prayer Pager!!! What's a prayer pager? Good question. A prayer pager is a regular pager that can be used to quickly, easily, and privately deliver prayer concerns. How does it work? You see Richard to get a secret code #. This number will identify you and you will be the only one to have that number. There is also a list of prayer concern codes. I will get these printed up on cards, but until then, you could print and cut out this list and put it in your wallet, purse, notebook, etc. Here are the codes: Test today Game today Feeling down School problem Better grades Opportunity to share faith I'm sick Boyfriend/Girlfriend problems My friend has a need Friend needs to know Jesus I need to talk to you today I need info on a youth activity Problem with my dad Problem with my mom Problem with my brother Problem with my sister Problem with a teacher Medical need for myself Medical need for a friend Job problem Need a job Making a hard decision Temptation Help with relationship with God $$ problem Special need Other Who has a prayer pager? Richard has one: (520) 218-1612 Jodi has one: (520) 566-4455 Here's what to do: When you hear the tone, do the following: Enter your secret code # Press the star (*) button Enter the code of your prayer request Then you can hang up. If you would like us to call you back, after your request code number, press the star (*) button again and then enter your phone number. It's that easy! BRIEF (17 min) Youth Ministry Team meeting will be held Sunday, Oct 24 at 10:30 outside Richard's office door on the Pine Tree Patio. See You At The Pole Was Big in Tucson!!!! It was exciting to hear so many of you share what happened at your schools during SYATP. I'm really proud of all of you who participated. It's always awesome to see what God will do when we honor Him. If you missed SYATP, there's always next year. But don't wait until next year. You can set aside a time to pray with your friends at school each week. Imagine what that could start on your campus! One other thought: In the last couple of years there has been a lot of WWJD (What Would Jesus Do?) stuff-bracelets, necklaces, books, etc. To make the hugest possible impact on your school for God, don't just wear the gear or ask the question-LIVE THE LIFE. Do at school what Jesus would do. Other Assorted Happenings HEY Conference Is Set for October 16      What is a HEY Conference, you ask? It's where we all get together and learn to talk Southern. Like, "HEY, y'all." or "HEY Bubba." or ... well, you get the picture. Is that what a HEY Conference really is? I couldn't fool you, could I? HEY stands for Hunger Education for Youth. The HEY Conference is going to be a time that you can get together with youth from other churches all over Tucson and find out about the problem of hunger, what can be done about it, and actually have a chance to DO something about it that day! We will have skits, an opportunity to make sandwiches for homeless people and distribute them, and a lot more. This is a chance to do something about a real problem in our area. Did you know that statistics tell us that 1 out of 3 children in Tucson are hungry?      The conference is from 10am to 4pm on Saturday, October 16. The cost is $5 for lunch and materials. We will meet in the social hall at First UMC 915 E 4th St. Yes, you can bring a friend with you! Pine Canyon Camp Work Weekend Nov. 5-7 Be a part of the crew that repairs and improves the camp. I am hoping to go up for this myself, but I'm still tentative at this point. Winter Camp December 27-30 This is going to be a great time at Pine Canyon Camp for all South District youth! Your own youth director, Richard Jones, will be the dean of the camp. I'm hoping to make this the best Winter Camp ever! Look for a brochure later this month. Camperships from the district and scholarship help from the church are available.