Youth update for St. Luke's Youth

We hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving. 

We had an awesome time at Druid Hills Night Shelter, Journey, Sunday night. Thanks to all of you who came and helped. One of the residents said it was really great to see all of you and wanted to thank you for your energy, great conversations, and games. 

This week is a little different too: 

1. Toys for Tots--be at church at 6:30 to help gather and pack all the toys people will bring for the concert. After we get done packing the toys we will have dessert and hang out until 8:00, or you are welcome to head into the concert too. It's an easy night of service and helps a lot. 

2. Movie Night--December 9th at church. 5:00-7:00 come straight up stairs when you get to church. 

3. Youth Christmas Parties--December 16th, check the bulletin insert by clicking here for all the details. 

4. Tartan Trot!! It's time to get rolling with some Tartan Trot things. One of the best ways we get runners at our race is to go to other races and hand out registration forms. This is an easy way to help and can bring in a lot of runners. We have picked out two races where we want to hand out fliers. If you are available on the following Saturday Mornings let Phil know. December 15th--Peachtree corners Christmas run and January 21st the MLK run at Piedmont Park. If you can go to either please let me know. 

5. Youth Babysitting to raise funds for Tartan Trot: On Sunday the 23rd the youth will babysit for families who have some last minute christmas things to do 1:30-4:30pm. If you are going on a trip this summer you need to plan on being at church to help. Are there any adults who can help as well? We will play with kids and have some fun. This is an important way to help raise money for the Tartan Trot!  

Don't forget to check the bulletin insert for all the advent and Christmas things happening around church. 

 

As always, if you have any questions comments or concerns please let me know. 

Phil Brown

970-215-9041

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RE: youth connect

Brittany & I will get together on this. Thanks for sending; now don’t worry about it.

 

Blessings,

 

Liz Catlett

St. Luke's Presbyterian Church

lizcatlett@slpres.org

770-393-1424, ext. 236

 

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From: Phil Brown [mailto:phil.ross.brown@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 6:06 PM
To: Liz Catlett; phil.ross.brown.roman58; Brittany Harrold
Subject: youth connect

 

Brittany and Liz, is there anything else that we need to add for the youth update this week? 

 

Hey everyone, 

 

Happy November to everyone! 

School seems to be crunching down on everyone. Don't forget to take time and breath before Thanksgiving. Here's what's up for the month of November at St. Luke's. 

1. Sunday morning Sunday School 9:30-10:30am. Be there, it's awesome. Parents if you are looking for a spot we can help you find a class as well. 

2. Sunday evenings: 11th--5:00-7:00pm at church, dinner, and fun; 18th 5:00-7:00 at church, dinner, and more fun, 25th youth at Druid Hills Night Shelter Journey to serve dinner. Sign-up Genius to come. 

3. Tartan Trot Apparel Sales on Sunday mornings--let phil know if you can help head this effort up. You don't need to be there every Sunday but do need to help us organize the orders for hoodies, fleece, and kilts. Sales go through the first weekend in December. 

4. Youth Christmas Parties December 16th--Anyone want to host at their house? Middle School 4-5:30, High School 6:00-7:30pm. Some food/snacks and a holiday spirit are that's needed. 

5. Time to start thinking about Summer Trips. I know it's early. click here to open the packet that has information about the trips in it. We will have a meeting to preview all the summer trips early in December. Keep on the look out. Of course if you have any questions please let Phil know. 

 

 

 

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youth connect

Brittany and Liz, is there anything else that we need to add for the youth update this week? 

Hey everyone, 

Happy November to everyone! 

School seems to be crunching down on everyone. Don't forget to take time and breath before Thanksgiving. Here's what's up for the month of November at St. Luke's. 

1. Sunday morning Sunday School 9:30-10:30am. Be there, it's awesome. Parents if you are looking for a spot we can help you find a class as well. 

2. Sunday evenings: 11th--5:00-7:00pm at church, dinner, and fun; 18th 5:00-7:00 at church, dinner, and more fun, 25th youth at Druid Hills Night Shelter Journey to serve dinner. Sign-up Genius to come. 

3. Tartan Trot Apparel Sales on Sunday mornings--let phil know if you can help head this effort up. You don't need to be there every Sunday but do need to help us organize the orders for hoodies, fleece, and kilts. Sales go through the first weekend in December. 

4. Youth Christmas Parties December 16th--Anyone want to host at their house? Middle School 4-5:30, High School 6:00-7:30pm. Some food/snacks and a holiday spirit are that's needed. 

5. Time to start thinking about Summer Trips. I know it's early. click here to open the packet that has information about the trips in it. We will have a meeting to preview all the summer trips early in December. Keep on the look out. Of course if you have any questions please let Phil know. 

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Youth update for October 14

Hey all, I don't have much for the update this week. There have been some detailed emails sent out this week regarding upcoming events. For the most part our week to week schedule is off and running. A few reminders:

1. Sunday School 9:30-10:30, Sunday evenings 5:00-7:00pm 

2. Middle School Retreat, October 26-27th, sleep at church. We need some parent help with transportation to and from bowling on friday night, chaperoning, breakfast in the morning, and transportation to and from our service project on Sat morning. If you can help with this please let Phil know ASAP. If you can stay the night with us I'll make sure you get a couch spot :) 

3. Modern Christian Family on the 21st of October. Brittany sent you an email about that event. Please make sure you register for the event. More information about the event here. Information specific to St. Luke's here 

This Sunday night we are having a service project night. We will be serving the world and God's creation. We are going to be learning about an organization that trains service dogs here in GA, making treats/toys for the dogs. Also, we will be working on fall gifts for St. Luke's folks who can't get out and about. Come for a great night of service and love. The organization we are learning about is at http://www.canineassistants.org. 

As always, if you have any questions, comments or concerns please let me know. 

Grace and Peace, 

Phil 

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Modern Christian Family, October 21 - Youth & Families

Youth Group on October 21 is ...

Modern Christian Family
On October 21, instead of traditional St. Luke's youth group, Youth Groups and Families from several Atlanta Presbyterian Churches will be gathering for the first of three AWESOME events.  This is sponsored by Montreat Conference Center and 9 churches around Atlanta, including St. Luke's!
~Youth will gather for games, energizers, and an activity about hunger.  It's a fun time for our youth group to meet and hang out with lots of other teenagers & their youth groups.
~Parents and Caregivers will explore why teen brains are ruled by emotions and adults by logic; pinpoint how to help your teen thrive during a time of complex neural development; and discover how you and your youth can improve communications and open channels for feedback. This portion is led by Dr. Rodger Nishioka, the Benton Family Associate Professor of Christian Education at Columbia Theological Seminary.
~Younger Kids in your Family will have childcare provided that is safe and fun!

IMPORTANT DETAILS in order to ATTEND:
Families need to meet at Trinity Presbyterian Church (3003 Howell Mill Road Northwest  Atlanta, GA 30327) and arrive by 6:00 p.m.  There are no other youth group programs this evening at St. Luke's, so please try to attend this event.  Unlike our usual youth nights, there is no dinner so eat first or on your way. This event is one of three events offered this year. You must Register for these events and there is a cost ($20 for each family for each event, or all three for $45, and let us know if you need help with this cost), CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. At this event there is a canned/dried food drive for Atlanta Community Food Bank, so try to bring a food item or 10 to donate. 

Do you love this idea so much you want to volunteer?  This event needs a few parents to help with setup, parking, etc at 5:30 p.m.  Email Phil if you are interested philbrown@slpres.org.  OR are you a youth elder and want to serve communion at this event?  Perfect, email Phil. 

All of this is to offer a holistic model of youth and families ministry. Our youth programs are great places and experiences for your youth's faith formation, but we get them only a couple hours a week. So families have the most time together for faith formation, and this program is to support your family as you raise teens in the Christian faith. So come, join other parents and teens going through similar times. 

This message is brought to you by
Brittany & Phil

Did you just skim this? Recap: You need to know Youth Group is at Trinity Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, on October 21. You must Register and pay as a family, and parents are asked to come and participate. 

Youth update for this week

Hey everyone Here's what's up for this week at St. Luke's. 

1. Sunday School 9:30-10:30am 

2. This Sunday evening 5:00-7:00PM note the time change from last year. Youth only, come on bring a friend. Remember our new schedule: 5:00-5:40 gather/dinner, 5:40-6:00 energizers, worship, devotion; 6:00-7:00 High School and Middle School split. 7:00-8:00 Youth Choir practice. Please come upstairs this week. We will start/eat upstairs this week. 

3. Register now for Modern Christian Family night October 21, Feb 24, April 21. Parents come hear from of the best speakers on teenager things in the country. We've partnered with 12 other churches and Montreat Conference Center to bring you a series on parenting this year. Youth will come as well and have their own separate fun time too. More information here: registration is online, $45 per family for all three sessions. Sessions are at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Buckhead. 

4. Wednesday night Photography class: We are off to a great start and would love to have you. You don't need a nice fancy camera to participate, a plain old point and shoot or even your phone will do just fine. This class if for middle school and high schoolers. 

5. YOUTH CHOIR is at our new time this Sunday. Stay after youth group from 7 to 8. Join us this Sunday for more fun and music. See a special email about youth choir. 

6. Middle School Overnight retreat: information is attached for the middle school retreat. We are excited for our night at church and around Dunwoody. Register early and invite your friends. 

That it for now. As always, if you have any questions comments or concerns please let me know. 

Grace and peace, 

Phil  

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Youth Update for September 23

Hey everyone Here's what's up for this week at St. Luke's. (I know it's a lot, we have officially kicked off and we are rolling)

1. Sunday School 9:30-10:30am (we had a great start last week, keep getting up and coming. The more of you who are at church the better your class will be)

2. This Sunday evening 5:00-7:00PM note the time change from last year. Youth only, come on bring a friend. Remember our new schedule: 5:00-5:40 gather/dinner, 5:40-6:00energizers, worship, devotion; 6:00-7:00 High School and Middle School split. 7:00-8:00 Youth Choir practice. 

3. Modern Christian Family night October 21, Feb 24, April 21. Parents come hear from of the best speakers on teenager things in the country. We've partnered with 12 other churches and Montreat Conference Center to bring you a series on parenting this year. Youth will come as well and have their own separate fun time too. More information here: registration is online, $45 per family for all three sessions. Sessions are at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Buckhead. 

4. Wednesday night Photography class: We are off to a great start and would love to have you. You don't need a nice fancy camera to participate, a plain old point and shoot or even your phone will do just fine. This class if for middle school and high schoolers. 

5. YOUTH CHOIR BEGINS at our new time this Sunday. Stay after youth group from 7 to 8 in the Great Hall for some volleyball action followed by a drum circle and singing. Come see who's here this year, learn some new rhythms and practice a couple of songs we will sing in worship in the coming months. Everyone is invited! Even if you think singing isn't your thing, you will have a good time. Also, let us know on Sunday if you play an instrument of any kind. We're looking forward to a great year of music from the youth of St. Luke's!

For Parents: 

Last Sunday was a great night. We saw a lot of veteran youth families and a lot of new 6th grade families as well. 6th grade families please ask questions that you are unclear about and what we can do to help get you all plugged in with each other more quickly. As a reminder here's what we covered in the parent's meeting last Sunday. 

1. Schedule for the fall (see "Handbook" attached) 

2. Modern Christian Family seminars (see announcement above and website) 

3. TARTAN TROT: sponsor early and often. (Email Kathie Chipman kathiechipman@yahoo.com or Laura Singley laurasingley@att.net to sponsor) or stop by the sponsorship table in the lobby on Sunday mornings. 

4. Middle School overnight retreat October 26th-27th

5. Updated medical forms. Please update your child's medical release forms as soon as you can. Click here to download the form. 

6. Dinner sign-ups are full for the Fall. Thank you thank you thank you! We will work on spring when we get closer. 

7. Parenting book on my bookshelf for the the fall: The Price of Privilege by Madeline Levine 

As always, let me know if you have any questions comments or concerns. 

Grace and peace, 

Phil 

Sunday morning pancake breakfast and 6th Grade pool party

1. We will see you for the pancake breakfast this week!. The youth help serve breakfast. Please wear a SLPC youth shirt or a Tartan Trot shirt (if you need one we have some at church). We need a few high schoolers to be at church at 7:00am to help start getting food ready. A majority of you will need to be to church by 8:15am to help serve and get the Great Hall ready to go.We also need some help getting cleaned up after the breakfast too.  Please let me know if you are able to help. 

Also, on Sunday morning we need some youth volunteers to help hand out Tartan Trot pledge cards after worship. It's easy and will take about 10minutes. Smile and wear your Tartan Trot shirt. Let Phil know if you need one. 

2. 6th Grade Pool Party is this Sunday at the Hardy house. 1:00-3:00pm. RSVP to PhilBrown@slpres.org

3. September 16th evening start 5:00-7:00PM note the time change from last year. Parents and youth come for a great night to start the year off right. Parents look for a letter in the next couple days that have some details about the year. It's going to be a potluck. last name A-M bring "main" course to share with 6. Last name N-Z bring salad or dessert to share with 6. We'll take care of drinks at church. This is easier than someone cooking for all of us. 

As always, let me know if you have any questions comments or concerns. 

Grace and peace, 

Phil Brown

970-215-9041

Youth Update--Pancake breakfast

Hey everyone, Happy Labor day. Hope you are able to have some family time this Sunday. 

Here's what's up at SLPC for the next couple weeks. 

1. No youth Sunday school this week. 

2. We will see you for the pancake breakfast next week. The youth help serve breakfast. Please wear a SLPC youth shirt or a Tartan Trot shirt (if you need one we have some at church). We need a few high schoolers to be at church at 7:00am to help start getting food ready. A majority of you will need to be to church by 8:15am to help serve and get the Great Hall ready to go.We also need some help getting cleaned up after the breakfast too.  Please let me know if you are able to help. 

3. 6th Grade Pool Party is also on the 9th at the Hardy house. 1:00-3:00pm. RSVP to LizCatlett@slpres.org

4. September 16th evening start 5:00-7:00PM note the time change from last year. Parents and youth come for a great night to start the year off right. Parents look for a letter in the next couple days that have some details about the year. Anyone want to do dinner? 

As always, let me know if you have any questions comments or concerns. 

Grace and peace, 

Phil Brown

970-215-9041

First full day done!

Another fantastic day at massanetta. First full day under our belt. Two key notes, two workshops, rotation recreation, and Stop Hunger now! whew, bed time!

Getting ready for opening worship!

We made it!

We made it we made it we made it! Had a great afternoon and evening with our new friends at massanetta. Sara cronan was among the first to welcome us to our home for the rest of the week. All is well. We are a bit tired from the travels but safe and sound.
A longer update tomorrow.

Grace and peace

Phil

On our way!

Three hours into our road trip to massanetta springs middle school conference. One stop and all is well. Keep praying for safe travels and our conference. 

Phil 

Final full day on the mountain

Hey all, another great day on the mountain. We had half day projects or a half day with the day campers. We spent the afternoon with our yrg's celebrating our week together. Gifts galore were shared as we reflected on the amazing things God had done in our midst.

The evening was filled with a campfire, worship, and fish-hook ceremony.

Tomorrow we will say our goodbyes and head back down the mountain to Atlanta. We have a gas stop and lunch to grab on our way home. We should return around 3:30. We will call when we are about an hour out.

Please, do not leave the st Luke's parking lot until we have all the vehicles unloaded, cleaned out, everything inside, and we have said good bye and know you are gone.

We've had a great week!

Sunday morning, if you can make it to worship, have your youth wear their name tags and/any mt top shirts they got while here. Have them come ready to talk with people about all the good things God has done here on the mountain.

Thanks for your prayers and support to get us to camp. Lives are being changed up here.

God had done awesome stuff here.

If you have any questions or concerns while we are on the road please feel free to call me. 970-215-9041

Grace and peace,

Phil

Thursday on the mountain.

Another great day on the mountain. All are doing well and having a great time. Tonight at worship our yrg's (small groups) made worship stations for our major groups (larger small group). The yrg's reflected on the changes they have seen and what has impacted them about Gods amazing love.

Tomorrow we have half day projects, day camp celebrations, and yrg celebrations.

Our week on the mountain will end too fast. Gods doing some awesome stuff up here.

Grace and peace,

Phil

Wednesday at mountain top.

Hey everyone, well it's hum day up here, "halfway up the mountain." it's a day filled with crazy attire, fun times and some wacky costumes. Buddy the elf even showed up! We are having a great time serving and sharing up here. We might even be getting to know God a little better too.

Service project finished up their two day projects and day camp split between hiking, community service projects, eating lunch with day camp families, and learning about a therapy riding center up here on the mountain.

Another great day on the mountain! Everyone seems to be enjoying time in this life-changing community!

Grace and peace.

Phil
P.s. I can't post pics yet because I don't have great service. Working on wifi for tomorrow.

Day two at Mt. Top

Well we finished our first day of work at mt top. Some of us worked on porches, cleared overgrown yards, and others of us painted. Some of us even got to know 25 young kids in day camp. Out lives and the lives of the people in grundy county are changing. Tonight at camp we played ships and sailors, worshiped at "three crosses" and shared about each of our days with camp. This place is amazing!

Our youth are doing great, participating well and having a great time. We are excited to see you all when we return.

Grace and peace,

Phil

We made it to mountain top

Hey everyone we made it to mountain top just fine. Had a safe and uneventful trip up. All is well in camp. Today we broke into our small groups (yrg's) and started to get ready for tomorrow when the real work begins. Great friendships are being made and rekindled. Service is lacking here so I won't be able to post to Facebook as planned.

Phil

Youth update

Hey St. Luke's youth families. 

Hope you all are well and having a great summer. Thank you to all of you who helped with VBS! We had a great week and could not have done it with out you. Never underestimate how important spending time with kids in this church is! You all made an impact on their lives. Thank you! 

We've still got lots going on this summer. Sunday we leave for Mt. TOP. Please keep us in your prayers as we head to Tennessee for the week. 

Sunday school this week will be helping with Bible Olympics so head to the gym to help win a gold medal or two. 

Here's what else is happening this summer: Grab a friend or two and let's hang out this summer. 

Braves Game Wednesday June 27. A family night for a 7:10 game. Let Phil and Liz know by June 20 if you, your friends, and family want to attend. Tickets are $16 each. Parents, if you want to go and can drive let Phil or Liz know. We will leave St. Luke's at 5:45pm. 

July: 

4th of July Parade. A great church-wide event for everyone to participate in or help at the water stop. Check bulletin/highlights for info.

Service day July 10. We will head into Atlanta for a great day of service. Check bulletin and email for more details. 

Family Mission Trip July! Thornwell Home for Children in Clinton, SC will be our destination July 12 -July 14 for middle school age youth through senior adults. There is definitely a job for everyone. Learn more at www.thornwellhome.org. Some of the possible projects are to remodel a classroom, painting, yard work, minor repairs, general clean-up, and, of course, feeding our mission group. For more information, contact Mary Martin, mary.martin@nsn.com or 404-345-8597.

August: 

Six Flags Aug 1. A fun-filled day to the amusement park. $30 per ticket plus food and games there. Parents, we will need some drivers and people who want to go enjoy themselves. Leave church in the morning about 9:45 return around dinner time. Let Liz know by July 24th if you are going for the special group rate. 

High School Overnight August 9-10 Pile's Lake house.High School Overnight: August 9-10 Pile's Lake House. Unwind before school starts back up again. Meet at church at 9:30am we will return in the afternoon of the 10th. Cost $40 to cover food and supplies. Parent's we can use some help with driving and chaperoning. 

6th grade pool party: Sunday 26th after church place TBD

Druid Hills Night Shelter: Sunday 26th, leave church at 6:00, return around 9:00pm. 

 

Summer Trips: 

Mountain TOP: June 17-23

Guatemala Mission Trip: June 25-July 2

Thornwell Children's Home: July 12-14

Massanetta Springs Middle School conference: July 17-20

Montreat High School conference: July 22-28

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youth update Summer 2012

Hey St. Luke's youth, 

 

Hope you all are having a great start to your summer. We are super excited for our trips and fun things planned for this summer. 

There are a few changes from last week so take a look.  

I am in need of more female help for the 4th and 5th graders next week. We have had some people have to change their plans.  If you can attend the over night, in particular please let me know ASAP. High Schoolers and adult females. let me know if you can make it. 

June: 

VBS: 11-14--we can use you! We need all hands on deck for this awesome adventure through the skies. Let Phil or Catherine Anne know if you can volunteer

Lunch Tuesday June 12. Come to church after VBS, bring $5 for lunch we will eat together, and make care packages to send to all our people away on trips this summer. 

Braves Game Wednesday June 27. A family night for a 7:10 game. Let Phil and Liz know by June 20 if you, your friends, and family want to attend. Tickets are $16 each. Parents, if you want to go and can drive let Phil or Liz know. We will leave St. Luke's at 5:45pm. 

July: 

4th of July Parade. A great church-wide event for everyone to participate in or help at the water stop. Check bulletin/highlights for info.

Service day July 10. We will head into Atlanta for a great day of service. Check bulletin and email for more details. 

Family Mission Trip July! Thornwell Home for Children in Clinton, SC will be our destination July 12 -July 14 for middle school age youth through senior adults. There is definitely a job for everyone. Learn more at www.thornwellhome.org. Some of the possible projects are to remodel a classroom, painting, yard work, minor repairs, general clean-up, and, of course, feeding our mission group. For more information, contact Mary Martin, mary.martin@nsn.com or 404-345-8597.

August: 

Six Flags Aug 1. A fun-filled day to the amusement park. $30 per ticket plus food and games there. Parents, we will need some drivers and people who want to go enjoy themselves. Leave church in the morning about 9:45 return around dinner time. Let Liz know by July 24th if you are going for the special group rate. 

High School Overnight August 9-10 Pile's Lake house.High School Overnight: August 9-10 Pile's Lake House. Unwind before school starts back up again. Meet at church at 9:30am we will return in the afternoon of the 10th. Cost $40 to cover food and supplies. Parent's we can use some help with driving and chaperoning. 

6th grade pool party: Sunday 26th after church place TBD

Druid Hills Night Shelter: Sunday 26th, leave church at 6:00, return around 9:00pm. 

 

Summer Trips: 

Mountain TOP: June 17-23

Guatemala Mission Trip: June 25-July 2

Thornwell Children's Home: July 12-14

Massanetta Springs Middle School conference: July 17-20

Montreat High School conference: July 22-28

Summer youth update

Hey St. Luke's youth, 

Hope you all are having a great start to your summer. We are super excited for our trips and fun things planned for this summer. 

Next week you will get all the information about Summer in a concise and informed way, but for now here's what's coming up soon: 

June: 

VBS: 11th-14th--we can use you! we need all hands on deck for this awesome adventure through the skys. Particularly need an adult female to be with the 4th and 5th graders for the week or just Wednesday overnight. Let phil know if you can make it work. 

Youth Lunch Tuesday June 12--come to church after VBS, bring $5 for lunch we will eat together and make care packages to send to all our people away on trips this summer. 

Braves Game: Wednesday June 27. A family night for a 7:10 game. Let phil and liz know by June 20th if you, your friends, and family want to attend. I don't know how much tickets are going to be yet, working on a group rate/deal. 

July: 

4th Parade: a great church-wide event for everyone to participate in or help at the water stop. 

Service day: the 11th. we will head into Atlanta for a great day of service. 

August: 

Six Flags: wednesday the 1st. A fun filled day to the amusement park. $30 per ticket plus food and games there. Parents we will need some drivers and people who want to go enjoy themselves. Leave church in the morning about 9:45 return around dinner time. Let Liz know by July 24th if you are going for the special group rate. 

High School Overnight: August 9-10 place TBD. unwind before school starts back up again. 

6th grade pool party: Sunday 26th after church TBD

Druid Hills Night Shelter: Sunday 26th, leave church at 6:00, return around 9:00pm. 

Summer Trips: 

Mountain TOP: June 17-23

Guatemala Mission Trip: June 25th-July 2nd

Massanetta Springs Middle School conference: July 17-20

Montreat High School conference: July 22-28

As always, if you have any questions please let me know. Grace and peace, 

Phil 

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Youth at St. Luke's Update

Here's what's up in youth ministry at St. Luke's this week: 

May 12/13: Local outreach at Dunwoody Arts Festival Help. This weekend is the Dunwoody Arts Festival. DUMC has opened their parking lot as a fundraiser for our mission partner Community Action Center (Center). They need people to help take donations. Sign up as a family, enjoy the festival, and help CAC. The money raised can make a huge difference for CAC. looking for families to man a 2-3 hour shift. email Amy at volunteers@ourcac.org for more information. 

May 13th: (don't forget it's mother's day) No youth group, we are mostly done except for summer trip planning. We will get rolling again in the fall. Note that the Mt. TOP meeting scheduled for today has changed to the following week. 

May 20th: Note time changes from a few weeks ago. All meetings will be in the High School room. 

     Mt. TOP meeting: 4:30-6:00pm

     Massanetta Springs: 6:15-7:00pm

     Montreat: 7:15-8:00pm

     Please try to be at these meetings, they are crucial to the summer trips. Let me know if you can make it or not. 

That's it for now. We are working on a summer schedule of stuff going on around here for summer trips. 

VBS youth helper signups: 

If you want to help with VBS please go to here to register as a volunteer. We need all the help we can to serve the kids who come through these doors. 

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0444A9AF2FA13-youth1

4th and 5th grade help: 

4th and 5th graders spend the week doing day trips and one overnight trip at calvin center. We need a couple more high school females to help with this week. Please let me know if you are in high school (or entering high school) this year and would like to help. 

Grace and Peace, 

Phil 

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St. Luke's Youth in May

hey all you youth families, 

Youth ministry in May looks a little different than normal. Here's what's up: 

May 6: Is our final regular Sunday night. 5:30-7:30pm. Parents and youth will meet together for an end of the year birthday party! Dinner will be potluck style. If your families last name starts with A-M bring an entre to share with 6 people, N-Z bring a side to share with 6. St. Luke's will take care of dessert and drinks. we will enjoy our evening together closing out the year. 

May 13: Mt. TOP meeting moved to the following week. Many of you already had mother's day plans and were not able to make it. I'm sorry for the confusion, but we will meet for all three trips on the 20th. Enjoy your time with your families. 

May 20: Note Schedule Changes. 

     Mt. TOP meeting: 4:30-6:00pm

     Massanetta Springs: 6:15-7:00pm

     Montreat: 7:15-8:00pm

     Please try to be at these meetings, they are crucial to the summer trips. Let me know if you can make it or not. 

Grace and Peace, 

Phil 

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Youth Sunday Information

Good morning liz! hope you had a good night: Below is the update for the week. 

Also, will you send the trip planning meeting schedule to all the trip participants too? even if it repeats with many. 

Keep Ben in the bulletin for 8:30, should be okay, but he will have to see. He is going to make that call Sunday morning. 

Hey everyone, hope you are getting geared up for this Sunday. You are leading worship. We have a great service planned out and we need you to come help lead. 

Here are the details: 

Youth Sunday: If you want to participate please be at church in the Sanctuary no later than 9:00am! We will make sure people have parts and have practiced. We will have donuts as well. choir you will be practicing during that time too. Please be on time! Wearing jeans or pants. T-shirts will be handed out that morning too. 

 

T-shirts: while not required, if you could chip in $5 for your t-shirt that would help us defray our costs.

 

Cookout: after worship is a cookout in the court yard. any mom's or dad's want to help man the grill? we could use one or two more people to help cook the hot dogs.  

 

Graduation dinner 6:30 p.m. in the Great Hall. Plan to attend and help us celebrate our seniors. Dinner is $5 per person and there is no regular youth group this evening. Please RSVP to Phil Brown at 770-393-1424 ext 238 or philbrown@slpres.org. No "regular" youth group this evening. 

Chastain at St. luke's is the 29th, we will have youth tables to hang at. 

End of the year celebration is following week in May. Parents and youth come have a great time celebrating the year birthday party style. We will also thank our Sunday night advisors.

Summer trip planning for the rest of May:  We will have summer trip meetings for the remainder of may Sunday's. These meetings are mandatory! All meetings will be in the High School youth room, above the preschool. 

May 13: 4:00-5:30 MT TOP meeting, all participants. Adults going on the trip plan to stay for 20 minutes or so after the meeting to make sure we have everything on the same page. I know it's mothers day, We will try to go quickly and probably be done a few minutes early. I wanted to make sure you had time for lunch/brunch and time to get to dinner if those are your plans. Let me know if this doesn't work for you. 

May 20: 4:00-5:00 Massanetta Springs Trip meeting

             5:30-6:30 Montreat Meeting

Guatemala meeting to be decided, look for an email soon. 

Grace and peace, 

Phil Brown

970-215-9041

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Easter Youth Update

Happy Easter everyone! He is risen (well, almost, but come Sunday he will be!)

Reminder that there is no Sunday school, confirmation, or youth group this week. We will be back in full-force on the 15th. 

The 15th: 

The morning of the 15th, during Sunday school, we will be getting ready for Youth Sunday the following week. WOW band you will be practicing from 10:30-11:00 with Beth in the chapel. 

The 15th is a regular even schedule wise (Middle School 5:30-6:30pm, dinner 6:30-7:00pm, High School 7:00-8:00pm). It will be a special night. A few of the men from the Druid Hills Night Shelter will be with us. They will tell us their stories and have some time to ask them about being homeless in atlanta. It will be a great evening. We have had them come it he past and it's been great.  

The 22nd: 

Youth Sunday: If you want to participate please be at church in the Sanctuary no later than 9:00am! We will make sure people have parts and have practiced. We will have donuts as well. choir you will be practicing during that time too. Please be on time. Wearing jeans or pants. T-shirts will be handed out that morning too. 

Cookout: after worship is a cookout in the court yard. 

Graduation dinner 6:30 p.m. in the Great Hall. Plan to attend and help us celebrate our seniors. Dinner is $5 per person and there is no regular youth group this evening. Please RSVP by April 16th to Phil Brown at 770-393-1424 ext 238 or philbrown@slpres.org. No regular youth group this evening. 

We have a busy few weeks coming up. Please let me know if you have any questions. 

Grace and Peace, 

Phil Brown 

Big announcement for youth ministry at St. Luke's

Hey everyone,
Hope you all are doing well and having a great week. Here's what's coming up for youth ministry at St. Luke's:
Sunday night: Parent and youth connect. Parents come for some time together to talk about school life and academics. Our focus will be around school life and your teenager. It will be a great chance to connect with other parents of teenagers as well. 5:30-7:30pm dinner included.

This weekend the confirmation class will be on their retreat. Please keep us in your prayers as they travel and have a great time in the mountains outside of Blairsville, GA.

Big announcement: We are changing the schedule for Sunday nights. We have noticed a need to separate middle schoolers and high schoolers. Each group has their own needs and we want to be responsible about serving each group faithfully. The youth council has talked about this and we have decided to move to the following schedule for Sunday nights starting Sunday March 4 (not this weekend but the following):
5:30-6:30pm middle schoolers only fun times and program
6:30-7:00pm everyone (middle school and high school together) eats dinner
7:00-8:00pm high schoolers only fun times and program

A few of Logistic details about this:
If you are a high schooler who sings in the choir: come to rehearsal, then you can stay in a room and study for an hour or go and come back. But you are welcome to stick around and work on homework and what not, we just need to know if you are here.
Siblings who are in high school and middle school: There are a few options here, that we will have to figure out as we go along. We can work on a car pool list to help, or a younger sibling could possible stay to work on homework after dinner, but supervision thing would have to come into play as well. We can talk it through if this is an issue in your family.
Dinner will be at 6:30 now.
Please help us spread the word about this.

Remember:
This is a transition into something we haven't done before (at least while Phil has been here). There will be some bumps in the road. Please let me know what comes up. Open communication will be key in all of this, like everything else. We hope it helps each group solidify and grow. We feel we can serve each group better by separating them to address things of faith differently.

As always, if you have any questions, please let me know.

Grace and Peace,
Phil Brown
970-215-9041
philbrown@slpres.org

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Tartan Trot help this week

Liz, will you send this out first thing Monday morning. Thanks.

Hey everyone,
Tartan Trot is here. If you have some time this week to help please come by church, even if it's for just a few minutes that can make a world of difference.
Here are some specific projects we need help with.
`1. due to weather Sunday and Monday morning, we need some help for about 2 hours putting notes on people's mail boxes for the 5k race alerting them to their street being closed on Saturday morning. This goes a long way for the PR of the event and hoping people do not get too mad at us. If you can do this Monday afternoon or Tuesday sometime Phil will help you and have everything just need a few more bodies to do this.
2. Tuesday Night is Race bag packing night. we have over 1300 race bags to pack for our runners. come by church from 5-8 and help us pack, come for 30 min, 1 hr, or the whole time. The more hands on this project the better.
3. Cakes and Pies, continue to bake your cakes and pies for all the running world to enjoy. Bring them by church anytime on Thursday or Friday.

I'm sure there will be plenty more to do, if you have a few minutes this week please let us know you can help.

Grace and Peace,
Phil Brown
970-215-9041

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Youth Update for Sunday

Hey everyone,
Here's what's up for this week at St. Luke's.
1. Sunday afternoon: youth choir is meeting right after church. Confirmation 3:30-4:30, Youth Group 5:30-7:30. 
     --Sunday Night: we will continue with Tartan Trot Preparations. This week we will finish up some banners, make some cakes/pies, and walk parts the course to put notes on people's mail boxes telling them about the race. Please wear shoes you can be outside it and a coat to keep you warm. Parents if you can help us for safety sake we could use a few of you.

2. Tartan Trot: Next Saturday is the Tartan Trot. Remember the money raised goes back to you.
     a. If you haven't registered  and plan to run do so right now (www.tartantrot.com).
     b.If you haven't volunteered yet please contact Allison Thornton (aetrtlt@bellsouth.net) now. Even if you are running there are ways you can help.
     c. Pies and Cakes are still needed if you can bake one or two this coming week for us to give away that would be super. Even a plate full of a couple dozen cookies would be great too.
     d. If you have any time next week to help with set up and preparations please contact us. even an hour here or there can make a big difference. Many hands make light work.

3. Summer trips-please continue to tell us about summer trip plans with us. Information is on the website. Adults too, we could use some more adults on all our trips.

Reminder we don't have Youth Group on the 29th. February 5th will be the super bowl tailgate party. food will be brought by you bring your favorite tailgate food to share with the rest of us. We will start at 5:30 (like usual) and end at halftime of the game (probably around 7:15/7:30). We will have some other fun stuff going on as well for the evening.

As always, If you have any questions, comments or concerns please let me know.

Grace and peace,
Phil
970-215-9041


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