JANUARY NEWS
Regular Weekly Youth Activities
Sunday Night Youth
January 7: 5pm Youth, 7pm Sports Ministry

January 14: 5pm Youth, 7pm Sports Ministry

January 21: NO Youth or Sports Ministry (Resurrection)

January 28: 5pm Youth, 7pm Sports Ministry
Wednesday Nights
January 3: NO Wednesday Night Youth Activities

January 10: 3-5pm Open Loft for Quiet Study
   5-5:45pm: Open Loft for Hangout
   5:45pm: Church Wide Dinner*
   6:30-7:30pm: MS Youth in the Loft | HS Youth in the Loft

January 17: 3-5pm Open Loft for Quiet Study
   5-5:45pm: Open Loft for Hangout
   5:45pm: Church Wide Dinner*
   6:30-7:30pm: MS Youth in the Loft | HS Youth in the Loft

January 24: 3-5pm Open Loft for Quiet Study
   5-5:45pm: Open Loft for Hangout
   5:45pm: Church Wide Dinner*
   6:30-7:30pm: MS Youth in the Loft | HS Youth in the Loft

January 31: 3-5pm Open Loft for Quiet Study
   5-5:45pm: Open Loft for Hangout
   5:45pm: Church Wide Dinner*
   6:30-7:30pm: MS Youth in the Loft | HS Fellowship at TBD**

*Dinner is $6 per person. You must sign up by Tuesday at noon each week. You can sign up here.
**We are still searching for a High School family to host High School Fellowship. If interested email Rebekah or Drew.
January 14 | 4PM
Parents, please join us on January 14 at 4pm in the Loft for our January parent meeting. We will go over the spring calendar, curriculum, volunteer sign ups and upcoming trips.
Upcoming Youth Events
Resurrection is an awesome weekend retreat hosted by the Holston Conference each year in Pigeon Forge, TN during the 3rd weekend in January. Each year the conference hosts thousands of teenagers to worship, learn, and grow closer to God. This year the speaker is Rachel Billups of Shiloh United Methodist in Cincinnati, Ohio and worship will be lead by the well known band, I Am They.

Signal Crest rents a cabin not far from the LeConte Convention Center. The cabin sleeps 70 people! 5 meals will be provided for the weekend (lunch Saturday on your own).

The cost to attend is $125. This includes lodging, convention ticket, transportation, and 5 meals. There are just 12 slots left for students, so be sure to sign up ASAP!
Resurrection Parent Meeting

Parents: On January 14 at 10am we will meet in the youth loft for an informative meeting about this trip. This meeting should not take any longer than 20 minutes. We will go over logistics for the weekend and Rebekah will answer any questions you may have.
Parent Volunteer Opportunities
Spring Semester
Snack Supper Sign Up

Each week at Sunday Night Youth we have "Snack Supper." Snack Supper is a small meal for our students to eat together to help build relationships and community.

We eat at 5:35pm.
Families that provide dinner should provide enough food for 60-70 people. You do not need to provide paper goods, plastic ware, or drinks. We encourage 2-3 families to partner together to provide the meal and we ask that one family stay to serve dinner and clean up.

Open Loft
On Wednesday afternoons we open the Loft for students to have a quiet place to study followed by a time to hang out with their friends before dinner.

We are in need of snacks for our students while they study. We are taking donations of things like goldfish, pretzels, fruit snacks, and juice boxes. Donations can be dropped off in the front office labeled "Open Loft." 
Save the Date
On February 21, we will have a youth fundraiser dinner in the Crest Center. Students who work will earn a fundraiser credit towards Winter Service Weekend or a summer mission trip. Students will be setting up, serving, and cleaning up dinner. We ask that students be in the Crest Center at 5pm ready to work. Pick up will be at 7:30pm. Students should wear a youth, Camp Lookout, fall retreat, or Resurrection t-shirt.
February 23-24

All youth join us for our first ever Winter Service Weekend on February 23-24! Friday evening we will enjoy a fun evening of fellowship, then on Saturday we will roll up our sleeves and serve with Camp Lookout during their annual workday. The weekend will run from 6pm Friday, the 23rd to 5pm on Saturday, the 24th. Cost is $40 which covers our Friday night activity, 2 meals on Saturday and a weekend t-shirt!
2018 Mission Trips have been scheduled! To learn more about each trip visit the Youth Trips portion of the website.