Singin' and Skatin'

Friday Night will is gonna be a very very wintry youth night! We're gonna be singin' and skatin! Please arrive at the stage area of Harmony Square at 6:45 sharp and as Freedom House... we're going to be serving the city by singing Christmas Carols for the skaters from 7 until 8pm. Then from 8-9 we'll lace up our own skates and hit the amazing outdoor rink beside the beautiful new Harmony Square Christmas tree!

We'll wrap youth up a 9 this week so be sure to bring a friend! All ages are welcome at tomorrow night's event by the way... not JUST the youth.

Don't forget that next week is our 2nd annual cheesy Christmas sweater Christmas party and gift exchange. You need to be thinking about 2 things

1. Finding the corniest, funniest, cheesiest, goofiest Christmas sweater you can
2. Finding a funny, nice, crazy, lovely, wacky, unusual gift (a cheap) to wrap up and bring for the great gift exchange game!

It's all gonna be a TON of fun!
See ya tommorow.

Weekend Retreat!

Here we go! This is the plan for the weekend.

Friday Night:

Get to the church by 7pm where we'll be filling the night jammed full of amazing awesomness. Just a few of the games....

Hot, hotter and hottest... Mall Assault... Capture the flag... a BIG ole scavenger hunt and more You Tube games too!

Then... we'll sleep. We'll wake up and have breakfast (parents please let us know ASAP if you can help with a cold breakfast of bagels, muffins, cream cheese, syrup, drinks) and we'll be doing a Saturday morning session on "Our Story".

We'll then be piling into vans and driving to the Cambridge Center where we'll be shopping, eating and ice skating on the in-mall rink! So you'll need to bring money for lunch in the food court, 3 dollars for skating (IF you want to skate) and 3 dollars IF you need to rent skates. There will be time to shop if you are so inclined. Should be a great time!

We'll be coming back to the church for dinner (Tacos... parents... again if you can help bring dinner and drinks please let us know ASAP). We'll then be having a full-on youth retreat service where we'll take some time to dig in and let God speak and touch us!

We'll be done around 9pm so parents... you can come to pick up your kids between 8:30 and 9pm Saturday night.

BRING:

- Snacks

- Skates if you have them

- Sleeping bag and toiletries

- Pillow

- DEODORANT!!!

- Bible

- Money for food court / skating (please let us know if this is an issue... we'll make sure you're covered... we just want you there)

DON'T BRING

- Ipods (nope... you heard me right... this weekend is a RETREAT)

- Computers (NOPE... you heard me right... this weekend is a RETREAT)

- Bad attitudes

Guys this is going to be great weekend! Cya Friday Night at 7pm!

Putt Hutt This Friday

It's party time this Friday Night at the Putt House (143 Lyndon Road) for glow in the dark mini putt! You can find a map how to get there at their website linked here.

You can get dropped at 7pm. The cost is 11 dollars and you'll get a round of golf, 2 slices of pizza, AND all the pop you can drink!!!

Awesome.

After that, we'll be going back to the Nelson's House (4 Tanglewood... map linked). You can get picked up at 10pm at the Nelson's House.

Don't forget that Saturday Night is the Santa Clause Parade. We need to know if you want to parade with us... so please tell Sarah and Trevor ASAP. And NEXT Friday Night is the over-nighter. Details to come!

The Distinct Street Q

Flippin' Friday's "Distinct" edition is up this Friday night... and everyone is invited. As we all decided last week... our answer to "How do we change our city in 1 hour" was doing a free street BBQ. So make sure you're at the church by 7pm sharp as we'll be sending out teams to give out flyers to the downtown announcing the arrival of the hot dogs. Then we'll be headed out to meet some of the people in our neighborhood and give out free street meat!

Parents of youth... you're invited to come and join in if you'd like to see your youth in action!

Make sure you're checking the calender in the youth blog (here) to see what's coming up... including the youth OVERNIGHTER LOCK-IN @ The Freedom House City Center December 4th-5th. We'll be announcing the details shortly. Also coming up is the 2nd annual Youth Ugly Sweater/Gag Gift exchange Christmas Party on December 18th. Be on the lookout for a cheesy christmas sweater and a creative gift!

Next week... we'll be doing glo in the dark mini putt at the Putt Hutt too!

Hey DISTINCT youth... you're great... sincerely... your youth leadership team!

First Youth Worship Practise

It begins... "Distinct" worship is gonna do some things in this world

Youth Leader "Yearbooked"

Here's a sample... but check out the whole collection on FB here!

Changin' a community in 1 night?

Tomorrow night at youth... is going to be a challenge. A challenge you've accepted AND SUCCEEDED at before. The challenge is going to be to figure out:

1) What does our community look like?
2) How can we change it in one night?

Oooo.... interesting. So dress warm because we're going to go outside in the streets a bit to really really look at our downtown and we're TOGETHER going to develop next week's Random Act of Kindness as we learn HOW we change a city from the inside out.

If you're doing worship... make sure you're there by 6:30 latest for practice! Bring money for tuck shop and let's get ready to have a great night!

Dave