All Camp forms and cost is due Sunday, June 20th. Unfortunately Jr high has been canceled due to lack of interest. High School will happen! incoming freshmen are welcome as well as outgoing seniors!

Calvin Crest is a camp located in Oakhurst, CA, near Yosemite.  It’s popular camp amongst our youth and has changed many lives! There will be wild and crazy games, a time to meet other students as well as get closer to the friends they came with. It will also be an awesome opportunity to meet God through the dynamic worship and great talks. Please encourage your child to come, it will be a time they never forget!!!!

Date: Aug 1st-7th

Cost $375 includes transportation, food, lodging, program, etc.

Contact: Alissa Miller for more details alissa.84@gmail.com

To get the forms, please click on the “Parent Form” section

May 9th: Sr high Texas mission trip forms and first payment of $150 due! There is no meeting, you just need to turn the stuff in.

May 16th: First Texas Mission prep meeting at 11:30am-1:30pm in the youth room.

The youth program is now gearing up for the summer schedule which will be filled with tons of activities- as usual- so stay tuned for more info! My hope is that it will be a time where students can bring friends and enjoy themselves in a safe environment that challenges them in their faith and daily attitude.

High school students will also be going to Port Neches, TX for our summer missions from July 18th-24th. I highly encourage students to participate, as well as their friends! It will be a great chance for people to connect with others and to give back to those in need. Please take a look at the texas info packet by clicking on the Missions tab above. There is also a new calendar for May/June, click on the calendar tab above.

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March 5th-6th is our Jr High ski trip over-night’er! Thank you to all that have already paid and turned in your form.

We will meet Friday Night at 8pm. Students are to come on a full stomach. After games that evening, we will have snacks for them. We will leave early Saturday for the mountain. Kids are to bring extra cash for a quick breakfast and lunch for the mountain. FYI- food at the slopes are usually overpriced so they should bring at least $15 for lunch alone. Dinner on Saturday will be provided by the church. They can bring energy bars, trail mix, snacks if they choose.

Students are to bring their own snowboard or skis. If they dont have it, rent it before at a local sporting goods store i.e. sports chalet or Dicks. Its cheaper and it will avoid waiting in a long line.

Packing List

- Toiletries

- Clothes for two days plus extra just in case

- Snow apparel i.e. snow pants, gloves, hat, jacket, scarf

- Chapstick

- Sleeping bag/pillow

HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDSHIP SHELTER!

On Sunday night we will be going to the friendship shelter (homeless shelter) in Laguna Beach. First we will cook and prepare food in our kitchen at church, then drive it over to eat with the residents.

- When? Sunday March 7th

- Time? We will meet at LNPC kitchen at 3pm to cook. We will leave at 5pm for the shelter and come back by 7pm

- Who? High school students, families, friends!!!!

- Why? We want to serve and bless others as we are blessed!

Please respond by commenting on this post or e mail and tell me if your child will be there plus any friends so I can make the right reservations and transportation arrangements.

It starts at 5:30pm to 8:00pm. Please bring $10 for a burrito and a drink!!! Its yummy!

Also, this will be the last day to sign up for the ski overnight’er happening on March 5th-6th. Cost is $125 plus the medical form found under the “parent page”.

Hi everybody, just wanted to fill you in on a few important dates!

Feb 12th-15th- is our High School Winter Camp at Tahoe! Meet at church promptly at 6am on Friday Morning!!! Please bring in the remaining costs, including the $112 for the two-day lift ticket to the youth office before Friday! I have sent the packing list via facebook so check there for more info!

Feb 14th [Sun]- is Communion Sunday. This means all students are to stay in the main sanctuary to worship with the adults and receive communion. There will also be NO FISH for those not coming to the winter camp!

Feb 15th [Mon]- There will be NO ROCK so enjoy the holiday and spend time memorizing all the presidents!

March 5th-6th [Fri-Mon]- is our Jr High Super Over Night’er! The cost is $125 and that includes a whole day lift ticket to Mountain High! The cost and Medical form is due Mon, Feb 22nd. You can find the form under “Parent Forms”

If you have any further questions/concerns, please click the “contact” page to find different ways to get a hold of me.

Finally, if Cost is ever a reason you or your child cannot participate, please let me know ASAP. Everything will stay confidential and we will find a way to make it work!

Due to the cost, we have decided to pull out of the Pondo Winter Camp and chose a different route. The dates will be the same, just subtract one day, so it will be from March 5th-6th. It will be an over-night’er at church.

Students are to have dinner at home then come to church on Friday (March 5th) at 8:00pm. We will play games, have snacks, hang out and go to bed for a good nights rest.

The next morning (March 6th), we will head up to Mountain High and snowboard the whole day and return to church at about 6:00pm then have pizza for dinner. Parents should pick up their student the same night at around 8:00pm

The cost will be $125 and it will include the lift ticket!!! Great Deal!!!! You just pay for rentals if needed and a few bucks for fast food on the way there and at the mountain.

If you already paid the $100 for the Pondo Camp, you only owe $25. If you also filled out the medical form for Pondo, no need to fill out another one.

$125 + Medical form due Monday, Feb 22nd at ROCK. Medical form can be found on the “Parent Form” section.

Bring…

- Sleeping bag/pillow

- Toiletries/hand towel

- Snow gear; pants, jacket, gloves, scarves, etc

- Chapstick

- Extra clothes

- Extra cash for the drive up and for lunch on the mountain

- Snowboard/ski/helmet/etc.

If you need to rent, we suggest renting at a local sporting good store before we leave. It will save you money and save us a lot of time.

Well the Bible speaks of Hero’s as well, a person or a people group who does right for the sake of God but these hero’s that God chooses is nothing like batman, superman, wolverine or any of the typical heroic beings we all know. These hero’s were actually normal, sometimes lesser than normal, human beings with tons of baggage and much social stigma, yet God uses these people for God’s own glory.

For the last couple weeks, we have been talking about Rahab the prostitute. She abandoned her loyalty to her people, her king and the society she knew, all for the sake of saving God’s spies for the land. God chooses this prostitute, a person who is normally rejected by others because of her “profession,” and Rahab responds with gratitude and thanksgiving, she responds by putting her own life at risk in order to save these spies that were out on a mission for God.  Later in the books of Hebrews and in James, she was recognized by the writers to be faithful and justified.

If you want to know more, read Joshua chapter 2 and have a conversation with your child!

I want to encourage all jr high parents to send their son or daughter to this winter camp hosted by Pondo Pines Winter Camp! This will be an awesome weekend for students to meet new friends, get closer to the friends they drove up with and a excellent chance to participate in dynamic worship and listen to great speakers! God will truly use this time to speak to our students and I pray that your son or daughter doesnt miss out!

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On Saturday there will be an optional time to snowboard or ski! If your child chooses not to, dont worry, there will be plenty of other activities around the camp site!

WHEN: March 5th-7th

WHERE: Pondo Pines in Running Springs, CA (approx 1.5 hours from church)

HOW MUCH: $200 includes transportation, program, meals and housing. Optional lift ticket is $30 plus rentals if needed.

DO NOT LET FINANCE BE THE REASON YOU YOU DON’T GO! In this economic crunch, I know how difficult this could be and if you’re own of the many who have been facing financial difficulties, please let me know, we can work it out!

Last night during FISH, we had a conversation about healthy relationships. I know many parents would agree that the best dating relationships for their son or daughter is one that is non-existent! I tend to hear advice such as, “you’re too young,” or “you don’t know anything about love yet,” and my favorite, “you need to focus on your school work.”

Much of that may be true but the fact is, dating relationships are happening and the best thing we can do as parents, family and youth leaders is to encourage healthy boundaries and healthy development of such relationships.

Last night our very own leader, Alissa Miller shared her thoughts based on biblical understand and experience on this matter. Two major points she stressed were;

1. Is the person you’re dating/will date enabling you to be, fully, the person God created you to be?

2. Are YOU allowing the person you date/will date to be fully the person God has created he/she to be?

Basically, when you are in a “healthy” dating relationship, you will be challenged to live out your calling, first as a follower of Christ, then as someone called to serve and sacrifice for others.

NEXT WEEK, we will continue this conversation in a very interactive way. There will be a 5 minute re-cap, followed by break out groups so students can share their own thought with their peers.

Please encourage your children to be a part of this important dialogue!