Young People's Update
Regular meetings are held every other Sunday at the home of Don & Marty Slager.
May 2007 ~
The Youth Group held it final meeting on May 20 from 2 PM to 9 PM with a bonfire, snacks, and games. Seven of our young people will be graduating and going on to college.
Most of them will be attending the Youth Unlimited Convention is Salt Lake City this summer. We will be travelling from July 18-28 and the convention runs from July 21- 25 . We will also visit Yellowstone Park on the way back.
There will also be a summer trip to Great American in Gurnee Mills on June 22-23.
February 2007 ~
Our winter retreat at Ft. Wilderness was December 26-29, in McNaughton, Wisconsin. Ten young people and five adults went this year.
This summer 11 of the young people will be going to the Youth Unlimited Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah. We will be traveling there by car July 18-28. We are in need of a van with a hitch, so we can pull a small U-Haul to convention. If anyone in church is willing to let us use their van this summer, it would be greatly appreciated. Don Slager will be going as an adult leader, but we also need an adult female leader. Anyone want to enjoy 11 great days with our youth?
Our service project on Oct. 28 ~ nine members raked leaves for two families in our church. A wonderful lunch was provided by one of the families for the volunteers. We are available for other service projects...just contact us!
The Paintball party was a BLAST! We cahhenged the youth group at Living Hope in Fox Lake to a competition. However, we out-numbered them by 17 to 9 so after trouncing them - we evened the teams up to make it more fun! 10 of the teens were new guests to our group. They were great players!
Our Bake Sale on Nov. 11 was a great success and we had excellent participation from our members. We also thank the congregation for supporting us in our Sub Sandwich Sale. The proceeds will help meany of our teens attend the Fort Wilderness Retreat in January.
Our leaders are Don, Dave, Carrie, and Ben Slager.
Favorite Links to on-line contemporary Christian music
Air One
K Love
The Hard Music Magazine
TEEN LINKS
Passageway
Christian Teens.net
Campus Life
Teen Qs
The Kristo
Teen Devos
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Youth for Christ
YFC Devos
realteenfaith.com
Brio is an Italian word that means full of energy, life and enthusiasm. Brio is for teen girls.
Breakaway magazine encourages teen guys to break away from the pressures of the world around them and to get real in a relationship with Jesus.
College Links
EveryStudent.com
TrueU.org ~ You've heard it before: Students enter college Christian, but graduate atheist, Buddhist, Jedi, whatever. TrueU.org is a community for college students who want to know and confidently discuss the Christian worldview.
Xianz is a place where friends help friends do everything like locate a new church, exchange prayer requests, share their favorite worship song and more. Finally, a positive and safe environment for social networking. Use it for your band, your youth or church group, or just for yourself to meet new friends...the Christian alternative to MySpace.
battlecry.com - is an online community and resource for Christian teens, churches, youth groups, and leaders.
Truthquest: California
A Christian twist on reality TV! Twelve Christian teenagers will write stories and share on camera about cutting edge ministries in California. Watch episodes online.
Christian computer games
N-Lightning
GraceWorks
Covenant Studios
Left Behind Games