Youth News
June 2011
Let Our Service to Others Continue; No one is exempt from helping others
Graduate Recognition: Sunday, June 5th 9:00 or 10:30 a.m.
All graduates, high school and college, will be recognized at either the 9:00 a.m. or 10:30 worship services on Sunday, June 5th with a reception in the Gathering area at 10:00 a.m. Those graduating from High School are: Jason Bates, Amber Chapman, Makensie Christel, Josh Cowell, Nick Reitz, Leah Savatski, Brandon St. George, Amanda Stuettgen, and Nick Trimborn. Congratulations and Blessings to you all!
Sausage Race Event: Mark your calendars for this fun Charity Sausage Race event. Come and cheer on the Italian Sausage (the Family Promise Sausage) on Wed June 15th 5:30 - 7:30 PM in West Bend. See the flyer on the Youthboard or Kiosk for more info. Please sign up on the Youthboard if you want to go since RSVP’s are requested.
The “Ashippun Bread Basket” Food Pantry in Ashippun
Our youth and youth from the other churches are asked to take turns to go and help stock the shelves and pack the grocery bags on Wednesday or Thursday evenings or Sunday afternoons and also to help deliver groceries to the elderly shut-ins in our area.
Our assigned dates are June 29 or 30 at 6:00 p.m. and July 27 or 28 at 6:00 p.m. (The 6:00 time could change because of summer)
Sign up on the Youthboard if you’d like to help at the Pantry. Parents/families are encourgaged to sign up and work together.
100-Mile Backyard Mystery Mission Trip for St. Olaf Lutheran Church Youth, college age if interested,
& adult chaperones July 3-8. Chaperones may share the week. Who is interested in a day or two?
Sunday _____________
Monday is 4th of July attend Family Picnic or ?? ________________________
Tues _______________ Wed _Carolyn Roraff__________________
Thurs. ______________ Friday: Attend Lifest with us____________
Renee Krassman on _____________
We are calling it a “Backyard Mystery Mission Trip” since we chose to do mission work in state, in Milwaukee, not too far from home. A mystery because we know we need to be flexible in our service to others let God lead us. We will be doing other activities when not working with the children.
We will stay at Grace Place, an Urban Retreat Home and Ministry of Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church.
Our Mission is to work with Harvest Center Ministries, 7127 W. Lisbon Avenue in Milwaukee under the direction of Pastor Darnell Robinson and his wife, Donna, in working with underprivileged children bringing to them the Gospel and love of Christ through their children’s programs.
During the week, we will be doing Sidewalk Sunday School in different neighborhoods where Harvest Center Ministries is known. We will be working out of the “purple mini bus” that travels through the neighborhood much like an ice cream truck where all the children run out very excited to be taking part. It will be much like our Vacation Bible School.
We were told that the children in these neighborhoods love to come to church and to the Harvest Center where they feel loved and have good activities to take part in. Sometimes the parents don’t even come to church but the children do. They feel sad when they are disciplined by their parents and going to church is taken away from them by their parents. Just the opposite here.
Lifest Oudoor Christian Music Festival: We will depart from Grace Place on Friday morning and travel to Oshkosh for the day, experiencing Lifest and all it has to offer. Good bands, good speakers, and good entertainment. www.lifest.com
If you are interested in joining us, please sign up ASAP on the Mission Trip posterboard that is displayed. Keep this mission and those going in your prayers, please. Any questions, see or call Justine.
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