Re: Mt. TOP in less than a week! can you believe it!

Hey everyone sorry for the missing couple days. We have had a great two days of projects and day camp. Our service project people completed two-day projects on Wednesday and did one day projects today. The past two days, the day campers went stream hopping and caught crawdads with a ranger, visited an equestrian therapy ministry, did mini service projects, made s'mores, and spent a lot of time serving with the kids of Grundy county. 

At camp we have had really great worship services, great food, and a whole lot of fun.

On Friday we are headed out for half-day projects and YRG celebrations in the afternoon. 

We can't wait to tell you all about what God is doing up here on the mountain. 

Grace and peace, 

Phil Brown

On Monday, June 16, 2014, Phil Brown <phil.ross.brown@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey everyone, 

We leave for Mt. TOP next Sunday! Be to church by 9:00am having eaten breakfast. We will stop for lunch on the way up as well. 

Before we leave: 

1. Please make sure you have read the attached participation packet.  You have gotten it already in emails and at the meeting. 

2. Also make sure to read the attached information page, which you have also recieved. It has a packing list on it. 

3. Make sure you have your St. Luke's bag, that is your bag, your only bag (besides your backpack). 

4. One activity at camp will be optional tie dye. If you'd like to participate please bring clothing you'd like to tie dye.

While we are there :
1. I will try my best to send out updates via email, I will email this list. If there is another email address where you'd like to receive updates please let Phil know before we go. I will also update the youth blog here with the emails.

2. My Cell phone is 970-215-9041, call anytime. If its an emergency during the day, the best place to start is by calling Mt. TOP directly, they will know exactly how to get a hold of particular people during the day. their number is: (931) 692-3999 ext. 102 and 103

When we get back on Saturday: 

1. We will return around 1:30PM. We will have vans to unpack and sweep out, tools to redistribute, coolers to clean, and bins to unpack before we are ready to go home. Please stay to help get us all cleaned up before you head home. 

2. If anyone has an extra shop vac and extension cord to bring for pick up that will make the clean up process much faster. We can use 3-4. 

I am really excited for another year at Mountain TOP. Please let me know if you have any questions. 

Grace and Peace, 

Phil Brown

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Re: Mt. TOP in less than a week! can you believe it!

Hey everyone. We made it to the Mountain! Yesterday was a busy day. We oriented ourselves to camp and to the week ahead. Worshiped. Divided into our YRG's and got our projects for the day. Today is our fist day with projects and day camp in the community. 

Everyone is doing great and camp is full! 

Grace and peace, 

Phil 

On Wednesday, June 18, 2014, Phil Brown <philbrown@slpres.org> wrote:

hey all,  Just anothe reminder to check everything before we head out. It is better to look over stuff now than saturday night. 

See you all on Sunday!!! Please text or call if you have any questions. 

also, sign up for the remind 101 text updates too! (see an email from me on monday about this). 

Grace and Peace, 

Phil 

On Monday, June 16, 2014, Phil Brown <phil.ross.brown@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey everyone, 

We leave for Mt. TOP next Sunday! Be to church by 9:00am having eaten breakfast. We will stop for lunch on the way up as well. 

Before we leave: 

1. Please make sure you have read the attached participation packet.  You have gotten it already in emails and at the meeting. 

2. Also make sure to read the attached information page, which you have also recieved. It has a packing list on it. 

3. Make sure you have your St. Luke's bag, that is your bag, your only bag (besides your backpack). 

4. One activity at camp will be optional tie dye. If you'd like to participate please bring clothing you'd like to tie dye.

While we are there :
1. I will try my best to send out updates via email, I will email this list. If there is another email address where you'd like to receive updates please let Phil know before we go. I will also update the youth blog here with the emails.

2. My Cell phone is 970-215-9041, call anytime. If its an emergency during the day, the best place to start is by calling Mt. TOP directly, they will know exactly how to get a hold of particular people during the day. their number is: (931) 692-3999 ext. 102 and 103

When we get back on Saturday: 

1. We will return around 1:30PM. We will have vans to unpack and sweep out, tools to redistribute, coolers to clean, and bins to unpack before we are ready to go home. Please stay to help get us all cleaned up before you head home. 

2. If anyone has an extra shop vac and extension cord to bring for pick up that will make the clean up process much faster. We can use 3-4. 

I am really excited for another year at Mountain TOP. Please let me know if you have any questions. 

Grace and Peace, 

Phil Brown

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Youth Summer Stuff at St. Luke's!

hey all you awesome Youth and Families, 

Summer is here and we are excited for what's coming up. 

1. Sunday school for middle school and high school in the High School room every morning in June and August. No Sunday school in July, come to Summer Sunday's as a family each sunday night in July. 

2. VBS help: We still need help for our VBS week and the littlest ones of this church. Particularly we need help with the 4th and 5th grade mission experience. If you are in high school and would like to help let Phil know ASAP. Mornings monday through wednesday and overnight on Wednesday night. 

3. Summer trips are on the docket, here's the dates for you to keep everyone in your prayers. 

VBS June 9-12

Mexico Intergenerational trip June 14-21

Mountain TOP June 22-28

Massanetta Springs Middle School Trip July 15-18

Thornwell Family Mission Trip July 17-19

Montreat High School Trip July 20-26

Act-UP July 27-August 2

4. Speaking of Summer Trips: We are going to have two commissioning dates, one for June trips and one for July trips. 

-If you are going on a JUNE summer trip this summer, please plan on attending worship on June 8th for a short commissioning at the 8:30 and 11:00 services. 

-If you are going on a JULY summer trip plan on attending worship on July 13 for a short commissioning at the 8:30 and 11:00 services. 

5. There will be more opportunities for day trips, lunch, ice cream and fun. Look for an email next week with those schedules and details. Would love to hear your ideas about what you would like to do. 

Grace and Peace, 

Phil Brown

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End of the year things and Summer Trips!

Hey all you awesome St. Luke's Youth, 

Here's what's coming up through the end of the school year. 

April 27:

Sunday school 9:30

 

Get your mulch spreading on: At 12:30 on the 27th we are going to help spread a bunch of mulch around the church. Its a service couple hours around church. 12:30-2:30. Bring a pitch fork and wheel barrow if you have one. Parents let Phil know if you have any of these tools that we can us as well. Lunch will be provided. (Let phil know if you are coming to help so that we can order the right amount of food.) 

 

Chastain @ St. Luke's, go home get get your family together for a great evening of music at St. Luke's. Some of our youth are performing and it’s a great church-wide event. Youth will have a Grill going along with hot dogs and hamburgers. Reserve a family table through Liz Catlett. The youth will have some tables too. 

May 4: Phil is out of town, No youth group. 

May 11: Mother's day, No youth group. Spend time with your mom, make her a card, tell her you love her. 

May 18: Summer Trip meetings, no youth group. 

     1:30-2:30 Mt. TOP

     2:30-3:30 Massanetta Springs

     3:30-4:30 Montreat 

May 25: No youth group, memorial Day weekend. 

Usually, we have a couple weeks to wrap the year up. This year, with Easter being late, we ran out of Sundays. We will have some special events this summer. Hopefully, a 6 flags day and a braves game at least. If you have something you'd like to help plan let Phil know. 

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

Grace and Peace, 

Phil Brown 

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Youth Update for April 13th

Hey everyone, 

I know many of you are on spring break this week. Hope you are enjoying your week off. 

We have youth group this week: 

Sunday School 9:30-10:30am

5:00-7:00PM, bring your running around shoes. If the weather is good we will play outside, if not we will play games in the church. 

Next week is Holy Week: 

Maundy Thursday service 7:30PM in sanctuary, on Thursday

Good Friday Service 12:00noon with light lunch to follow. 

April 20: 

Easter Sunday, No Sunday School or Youth group. 

April 27:

Sunday school 9:30

Get your mulch spreading on: At 12:30 on the 27th we are going to help spread a bunch of mulch around the church. Its a service couple hours around church. 12:30-2:30. Bring a pitch fork and wheel barrow if you have one. Parents let phil know if you have any of these tools that we can us as well. Lunch will be provided (Let phil know if you are coming to help so that we can order the right amount of food) 

Chastain @ St. Luke's, go home get get your family together for a great evening of music at St. Luke's. Some of our youth are performing and great church-wide event. Youth will have a Grill going along with hot dogs and hamburgers. Reserve a family table through Liz Catlett. The youth will have some tables too. 

Other reminders: 

--This sunday is the church-wide lunch and easter egg hunt. 

--If you are over 16 you should sing up for a day to go to Habitat. It's awesome! click here for more info and to sign up. 

--April 20 starts another family promise week at St. Luke's. Click here to sign up to help. 

Grace and Peace, 

Phil 

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Youth Sunday, Druid Hills Night Shelter, and lots of Fun at SLPC

Hey all, 

The next few weeks a bit different than our regular youth ministry schedule. Here's what's up: 

March 16: Okay so this weekend is normal. 9:30 Sunday School, 3:30 Confirmation, 5:00 Youth group (we are planning Youth Sunday), and 7:00 Choir. 

March 23: Youth Sunday and Druid Hills Night Shelter

Youth Sunday: Youth need to be at church no later than 9:00am. We will meet in the sanctuary, have donuts, and you will get a t-shirt to wear and keep. We will decide on parts at 9:00 so make sure you are there so we can practice. Worship begins at 11:00. If any of you want to help in the 8:30 service let's make that happen too. 

Confirmation 3:30-4:30. 

Druid Hills Journey Night Shelter: we will take dinner to Journey Night Shelter at Druid Hills Presbyterian Church. Meet at church at 5:45, we will return around 8:30. Parents and siblings are encouraged to join us too. We will need drivers. All the food sign ups are on the Sign Up Genius found here: www.SignUpGenius.com/go/30E0C4FA4AC28A13-druid2 

March 30: Normal Sunday morning and confirmation, 

Senior Dinner. Tonight we celebrate our seniors. As many families and youth who want to come please come to celebrate with our Seniors. Catered dinner is $6 per person or $18 per family. Dinner starts at 6:00pm. 

April 6: 9:30 Sunday School, 3:30 Confirmation, 5:00 Youth group (we are planning Youth Sunday), and 7:00 Choir.

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

Grace and Peace, 

Phil Brown 

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Youth at St. Luke's

hey everyone. 

Here's what up for youth ministry at St. Luke's. We have had a busy few weeks with the sandwich project and Tartan Trot. Thank you everyone who helped make all of those events such great successes! you all rock! 

like usual, Sunday school every week: 9:30-10:30am

February 9: 

5:00-7:00pm youth group evening of fun and games, be ready to run around and have a good time. 

February 16: 

5:00-7:00pm: chill for an evening as we have movie night. 

February 23: 

5:00-7:00pm: let loose on a fun skit night at church. costumes, drama, and silliness will ensue. 

March 2: 5:00-7:00pm normal youth group evening, hopefully outdoor games depending on weather. 

March 9: Hunger Walk at Turner Field. We are joining with 15,000 people to help stop hunger in Atlanta. We will be joining with hundreds of other presbyterian youth from other churches. Register per person, $25 includes t-shirt, and is tax deductible. Our goal is to get at least 30 of you all to come down. leave after 11:00 worship on Sunday, return around 5:00pm. Did I mention there will be Kazoos? No regular youth group that night. 

How to register for the Hunger Walk: 

1. Click Here

2. Click on Join A Team

3. Our team is SLPC, and select St. Luke's Presbyterian Church from the organization menu to the left of the box you entered SLPC. 

4. Follow prompts from there. 

Or if you search for the hunger walk, click on the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta Button and start at step 2 above. 

that's it for now. Thanks again for everything you all do. If you have any questions comments or concerns let me know. 

Grace and Peace, 

Phil 

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Youth Info at St. Luke's.

Hey everyone here's what's up for the next few weeks at St. Luke's,

January 27: Summer Trip registrations and deposits due. Click here for information and forms. Let phil know if you have any questions or need to talk about something. Do not let cost be the reason you are not coming with us this summer. 

Sunday School this week: 

Meet in Great Hall to help make over 10,000 sandwiches for the PW Sandwich project. 

Sunday evening: 

January 26: Youth Group will pack over 1000 race bags for the Tartan Trot. 5:00-7:00 @ Church. We will also be painting banners, and hanging signs in the great hall. 

February 2: No Youth Group, thanks for all your help with the Tartan Trot.

Specific Jobs for Tartan Trot: 

Help in the next few days/before the race: 

*****Road Signs: The Sunday/Monday before the race we need a car who can put out the sings around the course informing people of the upcoming race. It takes about an hour or a little more. You would also be responsible for getting them off the course on Saturday and getting them back to church. It's easy and we can set them out with Phil. Let Phil know if you can do this. his email is: philbrown@slpres.org  The sooner the better. 

Painting banners: if you have some time to work on banners for around church let phil know. you can pop by church and paint for 30 min or an hour would go a long way. 

Cakes and Pies: If each of you made just one plate of cookies, one cake, or one pie we would be all set for this St. Luke's tradition of awards. We have runners come back just because of the baked goods we give away as prizes. Kim Fadel is coordinating these: his email is: kimfadel@att.net. This is an easy way to get involved. 

Friday night before the race: we will have an open mic kind of night during dinner. We did the same thing last night. It's a great way to help provide a great atmosphere for our preface dinner. We would love for you to be part of that. Dorothy Kitchens is coordinating things there. Her email is: mikeanddorothy@comcast.net  

We will also need help with the spaghetti dinner with dishes and cleaning up and welcoming everyone. 

Register for the race if you are running here. 

Volunteer on Race Day by contacting Jennie Burroughs: Burrou_r@bellsouth.net

Grace and Peace, 

Phil 

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Tartan Trot and youth ministry at St. Luke's

Hey everyone, We are only two weeks away from the Tartan Trot! Hooray. There is a crew of people who have already put in a lot of hours for this race. We are excited about the race and hope you are too. The money raised goes right back to us and we need your help. 

If you are planning on attending a Summer Trip this summer you should be deeply involved in this event. Here's how you can get involved. 

Sunday night youth group preparations: See the youth group emails about what we are doing each Sunday night before the race. We need all of you. We really need about 6 parents who can help this Sunday. Please let phil know if you can help the youth distribute fliers on the 5k course. 

Help in the next few days/before the race: 

Road Signs: The Sunday/Monday before the race we need a car who can put out the sings around the course informing people of the upcoming race. It takes about an hour or a little more. You would also be responsible for getting them off the course on Saturday and getting them back to church. It's easy and we can set them out with Phil. Let Phil know if you can do this. his email is: philbrown@slpres.org  The sooner the better. 

Painting banners: if you have some time to work on banners for around church let phil know. you can pop by church and paint for 30 min or an hour would go a long way. 

Cakes and Pies: If each of you made just one plate of cookies, one cake, or one pie we would be all set for this St. Luke's tradition of awards. We have runners come back just because of the baked goods we give away as prizes. Kim Fadel is coordinating these: his email is: kimfadel@att.net. This is an easy way to get involved. 

Friday night before the race: we will have an open mic kind of night during dinner. We did the same thing last night. It's a great way to help provide a great atmosphere for our preface dinner. We would love for you to be part of that. Dorothy Kitchens is coordinating things there. Her email is: mikeanddorothy@comcast.net  

We will also need help with the spaghetti dinner with dishes and cleaning up and welcoming everyone. 

Register for the race if you are running here. 

Volunteer on Race Day by contacting Jennie Burroughs: Burrou_r@bellsouth.net

Thank you everyone who has already done so much for this race. Please let Phil know if you have any questions. 

Grace and Peace, 

Phil Brown

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Youth update at St. Luke's.

Two email this week: this one is about general youth ministry things. The other one is about specific Tartan Trot stuff. 

January 19: Youth group preparations for Tartan Trot. 

On this night we will deliver note cards about the race to the neighborhood around the church. Because we will be out in the dark, please bring a flashlight and if you have reflective clothing wear it. Also, we need some extra parent help this evening while we are out and about. If you can help drive a group of youth around the neighborhood that would be great. Let Phil Know ASAP! a text or email is great!

 

January 26: Youth Group will pack over 1000 race bags for the Tartan Trot. 5:00-7:00 @ Church. 

 

January 27: Summer Trip registrations and deposits due. Click here for information and forms.

Look for the Tartan Trot Specific email as well. 

Grace and Peace, 

Phil 

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Youth @ St. Luke's

Here's what up for youth ministry at St. Luke's for the next few weeks. 

Sunday, January 12

Back to normal Schedule. 

9:30 Sunday School. 

5:00-7:00pm Youth and Parent potluck and Spring/Summer trip informational meeting.

            Last name A-M: side or dessert for 12 people

            Last name N-Z: main dish for 8 – 10 people

            We will provide drinks, plates, etc.

 

Wednesday Night FEAST starts Jan 15. Register now.  

We still need parents to sign up to bring dinner on Sunday nights. Click here to see if you have signed up, or where there are openings on our website. Please let me or Liz know when you would like to bring dinner. We had one change on Jan 19th, anyone able to take Jan 19th? 

 

January 19: Youth group preparations for Tartan Trot. 

On this night we will deliver note cards about the race to the neighborhood around the church. Because we will be out in the dark, please bring a flashlight and if you have reflective clothing wear it. Also, we need some extra parent help this evening while we are out and about. If you can help drive a group of youth around the neighborhood that would be great. 

 

January 26: Youth Group will pack over 1000 race bags for the Tartan Trot. 

 

January 27: Summer Trip registrations and deposits due. Click here for information and forms.

 

grace and peace, 

phil 

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Youth at St. Luke's

Hey everyone, 

here's what's up at St. Luke's youth right now. 

This Sunday: 

Sunday school 9:30

No Sunday night

Sunday, January 12

Back to normal Schedule. 

9:30 Sunday School. 

5:00-7:00pm Youth and Parent potluck and Summer trip informational meeting. 

Wednesday Night FEAST starts Jan 15. Register now. 

January 19: Youth group preparations for Tartan Trot. 

On this night we will deliver note cards about the race to the neighborhood around the church. Because we will be out in the dark, please bring a flashlight and if you have reflective clothing wear it. Also, we need some extra parent help this evening while we are out and about. If you can help drive a group of youth around the neighborhood that would be great. 

January 26: Youth Group will pack over 1000 race bags for the Tartan Trot. 

January 27: Summer Trip registrations and deposits due. Click here for information and forms.

grace and peace, 

phil 

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