It’s time to get nostalgic and turn back to those good ol’ happy days of the 50’s.  Our youth group is inviting everyone to mark the date of Sun. Mar. 7th, 4 – 6 pm.   This festive fundraiser, “The Big Bopper” will be a 50’s Diner and Sock Hop where participants are encouraged to dress the part, enjoy the food, the entertainment and a few competitions as well.  We hope you will join the fun, while helping to support our youth’s summer mission project.  Don’t worry, you won’t have to dance…unless you want to!  Rock around the clock!  Tickets are on sale now.   Contact the church to RSVP your tickets.

Time to build our 4th house in the villages past Tijuana with Amor Ministries.  Please, pray for the project, the family that receives the house and the team:  Matt and Andrew Colby, Andrew Cox, Nathan and Amy Hinze, Curt Getting, Kara, Michelle and John Synhorst, Maxx Peate, Gavin Lubbin, Kim Roberts, and Jerry Theberge.

POSTPONED and New Date will be in middle of June!! 

All families are invited to celebrate our past year in youth ministry: celebrate and say goodbye to our graduating Seniors, and welcome our new youth.  Please, bring mom and dad, brothers, sisters and even grandparents.  We will be having a potluck dinner and asking families to bring side dishes and desserts (except our Seniors and their families as our guests).

It is important for team members and a parent/guardian to be there.  There are new forms that must be covered this year.

Treat yourself to a wonderful breakfast of pancakes, sausage, fruit salad, coffee or juice.  All proceeds help support our youth summer service project.  Start your day off by staying after the Sunrise Service or arrive early before the other worship services.

Calling all people with acting, musial , magical or comic ability?  Do you have some kind of talent to share?  Our youth will be hosting our 2009 Talent Show on Sunday, Mar. 29^th which will be held in our sanctuary from 2 – 4 pm.   Aside from the amazing acts that supporters will see, they will be served and treated to wonderful, delicious dessert from our youth.  This fundraiser will help support the youth summer service project.  Tickets will be $8.00 and go on sale soon.  Contact Rev. Matt Colby to add your act.

Start preparing for Christmas with this event on Sun. Nov 30th.  At noon, we begin the celebration with a simple fellowship meal of soups and chili.  For the children we will also have a mac and cheese choice as well.  Following the meal we will gather for caroling and some special music prepared by Bill Bellah.  Sue Hedrick and Nancy Yob will teach us the meaning of Chrismons and lead us in making them to decorate the last sanctuary tree.  We hope you will join us!

Don your Sherlock Holmes cap and get out your magnifying glass to solve the case of “The Reading Of Aunt Louise’s Will.”  Several relatives have been invited to dinner for the reading of the will.  Many in this eccentric family hope to gain, but have much to lose if Aunt Louise hasn’t been generous to them.  Please, mark your calendars for this fun evening which will be hosted by our youth group to help fundraise for their summer Mexico Service Project.  Tickets will go on sale soon!  Don’t miss it.

Our youth will present a delicious and appetizing breakfast for our Sunrise Service crowd and any early risers on Easter morning.  The youth will be serving right after the service is over until 8:30 am that morning.  All proceeds will help support the youth in their summer Mexico Mission Project in which they will build a house for a needy family.

Dress warmly as we worship outside to celebrate the rising of the Son.  (Youth pancake breakfast will follow for those who would like to support them, see article later).