Senior High Mission Trip Parent's Meeting
Sunday October 2, 2011 - 6:30 PM
We would like to have a short meeting with the senior high youth who are going on the mission trip and their parents. We are going to discuss site selection, committee assignment and answer any questions people may have about the trip next summer.
Please try and make it at 6:30 PM on Sunday October 2nd. This would be for the last 1/2 hour of youth fellowship that evening.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Youth Mission Trip Service on the Web!
Our Videographer extraordinaire, Jim, has put last week's service, adult education, and the mission trip slide show on the web. Please share this with relatives and friends who were unable to make it, but would like to hear about our awesome youth and their mission work. Find this and much more at our video website.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Crop Walk Info
Details of Youth CROP Walk Participation--Sunday, Oct. 9th
Hi, folks, I'm Kelly Hulander, and Mike Morrissey and I are coordinating
Mac-Plymouth participation in this year's CROP Hunger Walk.
CROP Hunger walks raise money to help fight hunger in the U.S.
and all over the world. The Church World Service, the highly-rated
non-profit agency that sponsors the walks, uses the money raised both to meet
immediate hunger needs and to develop projects for long-term self-sufficiency
in impoverished communities.
This year's Saint Paul CROP Hunger Walk is being held on Sunday, Oct. 9th.
The walk will also be the official Youth activity/meeting for that day.
We need to be at the starting location at 1:00 p.m. for registration;
the walk begins at 1:30 p.m. This year's walk starts at Camphor Memorial
United Methodist Church, and we will car-pool together to get everyone
there.
Here's the scoop on how to take part in this event:
For Youth:
1. If you did not sign up for the walk at the Youth Retreat, but you want to
participate, please e-mail me at kelly.hulander@gmail.com, and I will get
your name on the list.
Also, you can stop by the CROP Hunger Walk table during Social Hour
on October 2nd to pick up a pledge envelope.
2. After church on Sunday, October 9th, please meet in the Plymouth
Room. We will enjoy a free lunch sponsored by the MSJ Committee,
and we will figure out rides to the event.
For Parents:
1. Since Mission and Social Justice is kindly footing the bill for lunch
for all of the MPUC walkers on October 9th, there is no need for any
of you to cook for the Youth that day.
2. We have a fairly small adult walking team this year, so we may
need help getting all of the Youth over to the walk site and back. If
you can help with transportation, please e-mail me at kelly.hulander@gmail.com.
You are welcome to stay and walk with us, of course.
Thanks for taking part in this important event.
:) Kelly Hulander
Hi, folks, I'm Kelly Hulander, and Mike Morrissey and I are coordinating
Mac-Plymouth participation in this year's CROP Hunger Walk.
CROP Hunger walks raise money to help fight hunger in the U.S.
and all over the world. The Church World Service, the highly-rated
non-profit agency that sponsors the walks, uses the money raised both to meet
immediate hunger needs and to develop projects for long-term self-sufficiency
in impoverished communities.
This year's Saint Paul CROP Hunger Walk is being held on Sunday, Oct. 9th.
The walk will also be the official Youth activity/meeting for that day.
We need to be at the starting location at 1:00 p.m. for registration;
the walk begins at 1:30 p.m. This year's walk starts at Camphor Memorial
United Methodist Church, and we will car-pool together to get everyone
there.
Here's the scoop on how to take part in this event:
For Youth:
1. If you did not sign up for the walk at the Youth Retreat, but you want to
participate, please e-mail me at kelly.hulander@gmail.com, and I will get
your name on the list.
Also, you can stop by the CROP Hunger Walk table during Social Hour
on October 2nd to pick up a pledge envelope.
2. After church on Sunday, October 9th, please meet in the Plymouth
Room. We will enjoy a free lunch sponsored by the MSJ Committee,
and we will figure out rides to the event.
For Parents:
1. Since Mission and Social Justice is kindly footing the bill for lunch
for all of the MPUC walkers on October 9th, there is no need for any
of you to cook for the Youth that day.
2. We have a fairly small adult walking team this year, so we may
need help getting all of the Youth over to the walk site and back. If
you can help with transportation, please e-mail me at kelly.hulander@gmail.com.
You are welcome to stay and walk with us, of course.
Thanks for taking part in this important event.
:) Kelly Hulander
Sunday, September 18, 2011
New Feature - Slide Show of Pictures on the Blog
Check out the right side - A slide show of pictures from the Youth Retreat.
If you click on the slide show you will be taken to the photo directory
(a smugmug site) and you can view and/or download the full sized
pictures. (Photos from iPads not available. :-)
Enjoy!
If you click on the slide show you will be taken to the photo directory
(a smugmug site) and you can view and/or download the full sized
pictures. (Photos from iPads not available. :-)
Enjoy!
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Senior High Mission Trip Parent's Meeting
Sunday October 2, 2011 - 6:30 PM
We would like to have a short meeting with the senior high youth who are going on the mission trip and their parents. We are going to discuss site selection, committee assignment and answer any questions people may have about the trip next summer.
Please try and make it at 6:30 PM on Sunday October 2nd. This would be for the last 1/2 hour of youth fellowship that evening.
We would like to have a short meeting with the senior high youth who are going on the mission trip and their parents. We are going to discuss site selection, committee assignment and answer any questions people may have about the trip next summer.
Please try and make it at 6:30 PM on Sunday October 2nd. This would be for the last 1/2 hour of youth fellowship that evening.
Friday, September 16, 2011
The Countdown Begins and a Favor
Hi Folks:
I'm very excited that in 5 hours we will be leaving for the Fall retreat. As happens, we get some last minute cancellations due to illness or to frenetic schedules that just make it impossible for youth to negotiate their schedules and get away for an experience like this.
At this point we are charged for each person registered, even if they can't make it. We've not made this a bad deal in the past. This year, however, please consider, if your resources allow, making your registration fee a donation which helps us fund scholarships for families that are going through tough times. But if you would prefer a refund this is possible as well. Contact me at tome@macalester-plymouth.org regarding your preference.
Either way, this weekend and the months to come, I look forward to being a part of the spiritual formation of your youth.
Peace,
Tom
I'm very excited that in 5 hours we will be leaving for the Fall retreat. As happens, we get some last minute cancellations due to illness or to frenetic schedules that just make it impossible for youth to negotiate their schedules and get away for an experience like this.
At this point we are charged for each person registered, even if they can't make it. We've not made this a bad deal in the past. This year, however, please consider, if your resources allow, making your registration fee a donation which helps us fund scholarships for families that are going through tough times. But if you would prefer a refund this is possible as well. Contact me at tome@macalester-plymouth.org regarding your preference.
Either way, this weekend and the months to come, I look forward to being a part of the spiritual formation of your youth.
Peace,
Tom
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Retreat Location and Emergency Contacts
Where we are going and how to contact us in an emergency:
Please be at church by 6:30pm so we can start packing the cars and leave promptly at 7:00pm. Come with a full stomach, but we will have a snack later in the evening.
Koinonia Retreat Center
7768 Pilger Ave NW
South Haven, MN 55382
1-888-801-7746
http://www.koinoniaretreatcenter.com/
Adults on the trip and their cell numbers are:
Tom Ewald 612-716-3150
Marsha Berry 651-895-9838
Norm Tiedemann 651-335-6962
John Schepers 612-730-7829
Maggie Passmore 612-716-8823
Please be at church by 6:30pm so we can start packing the cars and leave promptly at 7:00pm. Come with a full stomach, but we will have a snack later in the evening.
Koinonia Retreat Center
7768 Pilger Ave NW
South Haven, MN 55382
1-888-801-7746
http://www.koinoniaretreatcenter.com/
Adults on the trip and their cell numbers are:
Tom Ewald 612-716-3150
Marsha Berry 651-895-9838
Norm Tiedemann 651-335-6962
John Schepers 612-730-7829
Maggie Passmore 612-716-8823
Adult Forum & Youth Mission Trip Service 9/25/11
Hi 2011 Mission Trip Youth and Adults:
Please remember that next week (the 25th) is the youth-led Adult Forum about the 2011 Mission Trip and Youth Mission Trip Worship Service at the 10:45 service.
Please show up at 9:15 to prep for the adult forum. If you cannot be a part of the adult forum, please be here by 10:15am to prep for the worship service.
We will be discussing the service on the retreat. If you are not going on the retreat, please send me an email at tome@macalester-plymouth.org with a reflection topic you'd be willing to say a few sentences on at the service. If you would rather just be plugged into the service (doing a prayer,etc.) let me know and I'll make that happen.
We also need someone who knows how to put together a slide show for the service. Please contact me ASAP on this one!
I'll see most of you tomorrow for the retreat and I look forward to a great adult forum and worship service on the 25th.
Peace,
Tom
Please remember that next week (the 25th) is the youth-led Adult Forum about the 2011 Mission Trip and Youth Mission Trip Worship Service at the 10:45 service.
Please show up at 9:15 to prep for the adult forum. If you cannot be a part of the adult forum, please be here by 10:15am to prep for the worship service.
We will be discussing the service on the retreat. If you are not going on the retreat, please send me an email at tome@macalester-plymouth.org with a reflection topic you'd be willing to say a few sentences on at the service. If you would rather just be plugged into the service (doing a prayer,etc.) let me know and I'll make that happen.
We also need someone who knows how to put together a slide show for the service. Please contact me ASAP on this one!
I'll see most of you tomorrow for the retreat and I look forward to a great adult forum and worship service on the 25th.
Peace,
Tom
Friday, September 9, 2011
Blessed with a Mess!
Hey folks:
Registrations keep coming in for the Fall Retreat and we may be looking at upward to forty people (including adults) heading up this year! This is great news, but it requires us, as in years past to beat the bushes for anyone who may be willing to make the trip to Annandale either Friday night or Sunday morning to help transport youth. It is a beautiful drive and you get the chance to spend time with some great youth. Please let me know if you would be willing to provide rides either way and how many youth you can carry. My email is tome@macalester-plymouth.org
Also, just another reminder. The Mission Trip Worship Service is September 25 at the 10:45am service. We will also be speaking at the adult forum at 9:30am. Please mark your calendars for a 9:25am show-up and be thinking of things about this last mission trip that you would wish the congregation to learn.
Finally, and I'll talk more about this at Youth Fellowship this Sunday, but start brainstorming and researching opportunities for Mission Trip 2012 that can be presented at the Fall Retreat. In the past, we have discovered that people who present the most details are likely to get more buy-in than those who have general ideas. So if you are feeling a strong pull toward a specific piece of mission work we can do, become an advocate for it.
I'll see everyone Sunday!
Peace,
Tom
Registrations keep coming in for the Fall Retreat and we may be looking at upward to forty people (including adults) heading up this year! This is great news, but it requires us, as in years past to beat the bushes for anyone who may be willing to make the trip to Annandale either Friday night or Sunday morning to help transport youth. It is a beautiful drive and you get the chance to spend time with some great youth. Please let me know if you would be willing to provide rides either way and how many youth you can carry. My email is tome@macalester-plymouth.org
Also, just another reminder. The Mission Trip Worship Service is September 25 at the 10:45am service. We will also be speaking at the adult forum at 9:30am. Please mark your calendars for a 9:25am show-up and be thinking of things about this last mission trip that you would wish the congregation to learn.
Finally, and I'll talk more about this at Youth Fellowship this Sunday, but start brainstorming and researching opportunities for Mission Trip 2012 that can be presented at the Fall Retreat. In the past, we have discovered that people who present the most details are likely to get more buy-in than those who have general ideas. So if you are feeling a strong pull toward a specific piece of mission work we can do, become an advocate for it.
I'll see everyone Sunday!
Peace,
Tom
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Rally Day and Youth Retreat
Hey All:
I'm excited to say that we have 26 youth confirmed for the Fall retreat. If you haven't confirmed shoot me an email so I can get a number to Koinonia. Keep the registrations materials coming!
We also have a full brigade of adults, but may need drivers if the numbers keep going up.
There is no Explorer's Class on Rally Day (this coming Sunday) but come and meet Gale Robb, our new interim minister and hopefully our youth assistant, Brian, who some of you may remember as being a church mouse a few years back.
Finally, parents, on Rally Day please be sure to stop by the youth table and see Dale to sign up for meals. Our first youth fellowship is the 11th from 5-7pm and I'm looking forward to seeing everyone!
Tom
I'm excited to say that we have 26 youth confirmed for the Fall retreat. If you haven't confirmed shoot me an email so I can get a number to Koinonia. Keep the registrations materials coming!
We also have a full brigade of adults, but may need drivers if the numbers keep going up.
There is no Explorer's Class on Rally Day (this coming Sunday) but come and meet Gale Robb, our new interim minister and hopefully our youth assistant, Brian, who some of you may remember as being a church mouse a few years back.
Finally, parents, on Rally Day please be sure to stop by the youth table and see Dale to sign up for meals. Our first youth fellowship is the 11th from 5-7pm and I'm looking forward to seeing everyone!
Tom
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