One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your GOD with all of your heart and with all of your soul and with all of your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All of the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." Mathew 22: 35-40
In the beginning there was the Word. The Word was with GOD, and the Word was GOD. He was with GOD in the beginning. All things were made by Him, and nothing was made without Him. In Him there was life, and that life was the light of all people. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overpowered it. John 1:1
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vein conceit, but in humility consider others greater than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Philipians 2: 3-4
The Design Team worked REALLY hard this past weekend. Visit
Fr Paul’s Facebook for some pictures. We also had some fun when time allowed.
To help us work together, we also were led through a high elements ropes
course. Bottom line we have some outstanding, off-the-wall programs ready to go
for this year.
THIS WEEK:It’s “Wet
and Wild”!!!!!Come prepared to get wet,
have a great time and meet some new folks and get reacquainted with some old
buddies. It’s a new year for EYC for all of us.We will meet in the Youth Lounge at 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.You might want to bring a change of clothes
for the ride home.Refreshments will be
provided for most all meetings of EYC.
COMING EVENTS:
9-5: Movie and a Meal
9-12: It’s Survivor.Check out your survival skills.
9-19: College Care Packages. Let’s help our alums with a
little kindness. Please bring some candies (like Halloween type) and a shoe
box.We will be writing notes, filling
them with goodies, and cooking cookies for them.
9-26We will be
discovering your spiritual gifts, part one
10-3 Discovering your spiritual gifts part two
PUT THIS ON YOUR CALENDAR RIGHT NOW!!!!!Fall Retreat October 8-10 at Rockin’ C Ranch,
LyndaleTX.
You can look at the Ranch by googling rockincranch.com/Plan on being there!!!The BLOB is calling.
NEXT YOUTH SERVICE: October 31st.We will be doing a chancel drama, so get
ready to act. There is a part for everyone.First practice 10-17.
So much to do, so little time.We need you to make this the best year ever.
EYC NEWS, August 08, 2010
We are gearing up for a great year.Several events are happening as a preamble to
the opening of EYC on AUGUST 29th at 5:00 p.m.We are excited about our new members coming
on board to be active members of a great EYC.
One thing everyone needs to know is our Motto: To Know
Jesus, to Show Jesus, to Share Jesus.It
would be good for all of us to read and memorize our EYC Bible verse. 1 Timothy
4:12.“Do not anyone look down on you
because you are young,but set an
example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.”
This is what we base our EYC on.It is what sets the standard for our group.
As we prepare for this new year of EYC, we are offering a
PARENTS’ TEA this Sunday, August 15th at 4:00 p.m. (when else does
on have tea?)The purpose of this
meeting is to ensure that the parents are current on the activities of the EYC
and what standards we have set for the Youth Ministry Team and for the
teenagers.It is also for us to gain
information we shall need about your teenagers and to answer any questions you
parents might have.
The Design Team will go on retreat August 20-22 to set out the
programs for the year and to be sure we are together as a leadership team. We
shall be going to the O.W.L.Center in Dubach for this
purpose.This is a critical meeting for
the Design Team.
Get ready EYC is coming!!!!!!!
EYC NEWS 6-28-10
Yesterday we learned that we have some Golfers in our midst. We had a great time going to the practice range on Preston and hitting some golf balls. A special thank you goes to Tom Dalton who came to help instruct.Since it was so hot and you all did so well, we went to Maggie Moos for some ice cream. Oh YEAH!!!!!!
Future News:
We are planning going to Great Wolf Lodge on July 16-17.The cost will be $30.00 per person.Extra food and purchases will be on your own.YOU WILL NEED TO SIGN UP QUICKLY if you want to go. The absolute last day to sign up will be July 9th. No exceptions.We need to know how many rooms to get, so cooperate.
We are also going to help with the 10:30 service on July 25th. This involves singers, readers, ushers, actors and acolytes.Once again, I need to know quickly what you want to do. So SIGN UP.We will be doing a drama for the sermon on that day.
Don’t forget. I shall be leaving from the Church this Friday @ 7:00 p.m. to go to the Mercy Me concert at the Fairgrounds Field, cost $20.00.If you want a ride, be there on time.
Also at the Fairground Field will be the St. Paul’s night with the Captains.We will, as a church be leaving the parking lot @ 6:00 p.m. to go watch the Captains play and, if you want, stay for a Christian Concert afterward. Cost: $5.00. Such a deal!!!!
Last Night we had an evening of Volleyball in various forms. First we played regular volleyball. Everyone participated and did very well. Then we substituted the volleyball with water balloons.This proved to be very entertaining. Of course with the weather in the upper 90s, this wasn’t all that bad.After a break, we returned to find that the net had been covered with a tarp. This created “blind water balloon” volleyball.It is interesting to see what happens when you know the water balloon is coming but you don’t know from where.This quickly melded into playing “Battleship”, the game we all grew up with. All in all, a great evening.
June 20- Father’s Day. No meeting. Spoil Dad (of just give him the remote.)
June 27- We will go to do some golfing. 5:00-7:00 - Design team will meet after church for a VERY IMPORTANT meeting. We will be discussing the trip to Great Wolf Lodge, the Design Team retreat and the Fall Retreat.
July 4- We will be part of the after church picnic
July 9- 6:00 p.m.St. Paul’s Night at the Captains. It is Faith night. After the game there will be a Christian Concert. Plan on being there. (Tickets for the game are $5.00)
EYC NEWS, JUNE 7, 2010
Boy! .... is Silas Martin lucky! Never, during the whole afternoon of paintball, did I get close enough to light him up! That being said, we had a great time paintballing yesterday. Some bruises, but other than that, nothing was hurt. The "Gold" team won only after a tie-breaker rock, scissors and paper challenge. C.Z. did a great job of refereeing. I am writing him a thank-you note, mostly for putting up with Carib.
THIS WEEK: Wear clothes that you don't mind getting wet. It is VOLLEYBALL night. We shall gather at 5:00 p.m. and be finished by 6:30 p.m. We will be playing four different variations of volleyball. This should be great fun.
DESIGN TEAM meets after church Sunday, June 13. Please be there as we will begin to plan our Summer trip and our Fall retreat.
EYC News June 1 - 10, 2010
We suddenly realized that everyone was going to be gone this past weekend so we chose not to have EYC. This Sunday we are going to go paintballing. YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE FILLED OUT A WAIVER TO GO! This can be done by going to: www.offlimitspaintball.com and go to waiver and print it out. I shall have some with me on Wednesday at Bible study (6:30-7:30 p.m.) or at church on Sunday. Better for you to get it on line and have your parents fill it out. Once again, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY WITHOUT ONE FILLED IN.
Is that clear enough? Having said that, we are slated to have a great afternoon. Meet at the Church at 1:45 p.m. and we will return to the Church at 6:30 p.m. Wear appropriate clothing.
The upcoming schedule:
June 6 - Paintballing 1:45 to 6:30 p.m.
June 13 - Volleyball night 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
(Design Team meeting at noon)
June 20 - No meeting (Summer schedule)
June 27 - Golf practice 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
EYC versus the World in Softball, Sunday, May 23rd. Little did we know that the World team brought in some ringers. I believe the came from the Carribean and from the USA Olympic softball team, in order to beat us by a mere ten runs. The EYC had suspect pitching which led to some fairly substantial hits, including 2 home runs. Having said that, it was a great game and all enjoyed the fellowship it provided.
Upcoming Meetings: May 30 – Golf at the range, 5:00 p.m. We will go to hone our golf games. June 6 – Painball, Cost to go – $25/person. We will meet having had lunch at 1:45 p.m. and will be back 6:30 p.m. June 13 – Volleyball night. Many different games using the volleyball court. (Yes, water balloon will be one of them, so dress to get wet.)
(The Design team meets after Church on the 13th. We will be looking at a Summer trip and a Fall retreat.)
EYC NOTES 4-26-10Yesterday Silas Martin led us in an in depth look at the Mormon faith.We were allowed to see the differences between the Bible and the Book of Mormon. We learned about the context in which the Angel Moroni came to Joseph Smith Jr.We learned that while it is clear that the Bible can not be changed, the Book of Mormon has been changed over 10,000 times. What really got interesting was the discussion of the differences between the three levels of heaven; the differences between terrestrial and celestial marriages; and the teachings about races and the position of women in Mormonism.We learned that Elohim was once a person like we are on a different planet and, having been good enough and having had celestial marriages, was able to formulate this universe and populate it with “his children” (i.e. us).Therefore, if Mormons live a good enough life and marry another Mormon, they too can be the God of another universe. It is all very interesting and allowed the EYC to look at their own faith and the faith of Mormons. THIS SUNDAY: we will be leaving the Church Parking Lot @ 2:00 p.m. to go to Gap Radio to visit. We hope to be back by 4:00 p.m. (Design Team will then have their meeting.) May 9th- Mother’s Day. Please be ready to help with the collection of the baby shower items before and after the 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 services.It’s Mother’s Day; spend the rest of the day spoiling them.
