Fall Party Tomorrow - Bring a Flashlight and Parking Notes!

Good morning.

I hope this finds all of you well. Tomorrow is our youth Fall Party!! We'd like to invite all of our youth to join us! Here are the details:

Fall Party:

When: Saturday, Nov 7th from 6-9pm

Where: 571 Bullfrog Valley Rd, Hummelstown, 17111

What: Fall Party all outdoors with dinner, snacks, outdoor games, sit down game options and a campfire!

What to bring: Warm clothes, older shoes, A FLASHLIGHT, a board game to share (if you'd rather sit and play games vs. the active games), and a side dish or dessert to share

A note on parking/getting there: -the Thiesen's driveway is a hill. Here are a couple thoughts toward drop off:

Find people to carpool with. If you need me to help you find someone who may live near you, please send me a note by the end of today (Friday).
When dropping off, Henry suggests passing their home (when coming from off of 322), make a U-turn at the next intersection, then, when you come to their home and they are ahead of you on the right, you can park on the right side of the road and then walk up through the grass.
Another thought that may help driving logistics is having a staggered drop off. If you/your youth are ready a little early, you can plan to get there 10 or so minutes sooner than the 6pm start time.
You can also drive into their driveway, but that will cause a blockage if a lot of cars come up at the same time.

Wednesday in youth group we started a new series on 1 Timothy. We learned an overview of the letter and we also dug into chapter 1 a bit. A question we considered was, 'What are some modern "myths" or cultural trends that distract teenagers from living out their faith today, like the Ephesians were distracted (and deceived!)?'

For our youth registered for the senior high retreat, Momentum, I plan to send an email by early next week with details. For now, you can plan to meet at HBIC at 5:00pm on Friday afternoon and also plan to pack along a dinner or eat before you arrive.

On another note, if you haven't been discerning already, I encourage youth to prayerfully consider if you'd like to apply for the 2027 mission trip. November 11th is the close date for Mission Trip applications. Please reach out to me if you have questions, or would simply like to hear more about the trip. Details are in the next box down.

The remainder of this email has repeat information.

Please Make Note of the Following Upcoming Youth Events/Details:

-Save-the-Date: Junior High Retreat, JumpStart, is scheduled for Feb 26-28, 2027

-Youth Christmas Party, Friday, December 4th, 6-9pm at HBIC

As always, feel free to send any questions, comments, etc. you may have.

In the Hope of Christ,

Pastor Brie

ACCEPTING 2027 MISSION TRIP APPLICATIONS

We are very excited to roll out our invitation to join our HBIC Youth 2027 Local Mission Trip! Our trip is planned for June 21-26, 2027 and we will be serving various organizations here in Harrisburg! Organizations we have partnered with in the past include Bethesda Mission, Brethren Housing Association, Paxton Ministries, Christian Churches United and Samara. We also hope to serve some of our HBIC congregants by helping complete smaller needed projects in their homes. Additionally, we often do some fun activities in the evenings together as a team.

Youth and leaders will likely sleep in homes of leaders/parents to have access to showers. (In the past, we’ve had 3 or 4 smaller groups of the team each housed at a different location.) The cost of this year’s trip is $800 with youth working to raise half of that cost ($400) through raising support. The cost will help cover food for our youth, materials and supplies for our service tasks, some fun activities for our youth and also we aim to give each organization we serve a donation check toward their continued ministry.

Youth, we invite you to prayerfully consider if you would like to be a part of this mission team. If you decide you would like to apply, please follow the button below for the online application.

Applications are due by November 11th, 2026. Youth who apply will be invited to virtual interviews in the month of November.

Click Here to Apply for the '27 Local Mission Trip

HELP WITH PARENTS' NIGHT OUT

The Fellowship Team is hosting a parents' night out for parents of young children. This event is at HBIC on December 12th from 5-8pm. They've invited the youth to help care for the children! Youth will be tasked with helping to care for the children, play games with them and help them do a craft activity. This will be a blessing to our parents and families! Email Nicole Hull if you're interested in helping out.

YOUTH SUNDAY SCHOOL

We are reminding everyone here, we are shifting Youth Sunday School to only 2nd and 4th Sundays. For November, we will have Sunday School on 1st and 4th Sundays. (The 2nd Sunday is mission Sunday!)

With the upstairs area approved for occupancy, youth Sunday School will be meeting in the common area (open space in the middle) of our newly finished upstairs! Currently, the path within the church to the upstairs is not accessible to the general public, so we will again be meeting in the lobby to walk upstairs together via the outside.

We sometimes post upcoming events or pics from our gatherings on our Instagram profile! (There's a reel from Wednesday's community meal!) Follow us at hbic_youth.