Games Night with Seniors

This post is going to be packed with information so please read all of it...even if it's long.

First off today is going to be our first youth choir practice for the Christmas Eve program...actually last week was the first one, but no one showed up :(. Come to the church at 5:30 pm and either bring $3 to chip in for pizza or eat supper at home before coming.

For youth tonight, we've invited the seniors from both Scott St. and Fairview to join us for a games night. Last year was loads of fun and I'm sure this year will be great too! You need to be at the church by 7:00 (no later!) so if you can't make it to choir practice then come to the church at 7:00.

Next Sunday is our Youth Christmas Banquet and today is the deadline for the early bird ticket price, so bring $10 along...seriously, you do not want to miss this banquet!

Also, next week we're going to an Ice Dogs game and I absolutely need to know who is coming so I know how many tickets to buy. The tickets cost $14 and I'm only buying tickets for the people who tell me they are coming, so if you haven't talked to me by Monday then you are not coming.

I think that's it, so I'll see you tonight!

GOOD NEWS!!!

The youth choir is reuniting and the first practice will be tomorrow at Scott St. at 5:30 pm. Emily will be there as our director extraordinaire so please be on time. The goal is to have two songs ready for the Christmas Eve program at Scott St. It's going to be a blast and everyone is welcome to join, but if you are from Fairview then please make sure to ask your parents if this is okay. I don't want our Christmas Eve program to compete with something at your church...although perhaps we can do a preformance at Fairview as well. Also, if you're interested in pooling money to buy a pizza for supper then please bring $3.

Whether you're interested in the choir or not (and I hope that you are) regular youth will be starting at 7:00 pm at Scott St. and we'll be playing Gargon so be prepared to be scared!!! Also, make sure that you are wearing proper footwear...there will be a lot of running and turning tight corners and I don't want anyone slipping and falling down the stairs or something because they were wearing bad shoes...no joke, it's happened!

Bill Cosby & Ice Cream

Tomorrow night is Bill Cosby night!!! Last week, my mind was blown when I found out that some of you don't even know who Bill Cosby is...seriously, Fat Albert, The Cosby Show, Jello Pudding Pops...if you have no idea what I'm talking about , then you, my friend, are in for a treat...that won't strike out with mom (Click on the title to watch Bill Cosby in action).

We'll be meeting at the church at 7:00 and don't eat dessert before coming because we'll have ice cream.

Bible Study is for EVERYONE!!!

Bible Study is tonight at my house (169 Lake St.) at 7:00 pm. I'm hoping to look at Luke 3, but if it's a smaller group then I've got something else planned. Remember, Bible Study is for EVERYONE!!!

Festival of Art

This weekend is Scott St. Church's art festival. It's an entire weekend devoted to worshiping God through a celebration of the arts. Friday night we'll be joining the rest of the church for the coffee house and art open house. We'll be meeting at the church at 7:00 pm. After we've sufficiently perused the art exhibit we'll be heading to Suzanne's parents' house to hang out for the rest of the night.

Bible study...

Today is Tuesday and you know what that means....Bible study tonight!!! Meet me at my house at 7:00 pm and remember that Bible study is for everyone! It's been a pretty small group that has been coming out recently and the group hasn't been very consistent, so whether you usually come out or not, come give it a shot. We've been going through the book of Luke in order to get a better understand of Jesus and what his life means for our lives today. See you tonight!

Hayride

This week is our annual hayride! What the heck…is it seriously the end of October already!?! I guess so.

We’ll be joining Cornerstone, Grantham, Orchard Park and Vineland for a time of worship singing, a speaker and then the hayride!

Here are the details:
Meeting at Scott St. at 7:00 pm – BE ON TIME because we won’t be waiting around for long
Bring $2
Dress appropriately…as in warm
We are not going to a house after because we’ll be covered in hay and who wants hay all over their house, so if you want to hang out afterwards then it’ll have to be at Tim Hortons or Wendy’s or something.

NO BIBLE STUDY TONIGHT

Hey Guys,

Unfortunately I'm still sick, so I'm cancelling Bible study for tonight...the flu sucks and I would hate for any of you to get it from me.

Hopefully I'll see you on Friday.

Fall Lounge Night

Tonight is our Fall lounge night...a.k.a. pumkin carving!! It's hard to believe that it's already time to do that, eh. We're meeting at the church at 7:00 pm, so be there! I unfortunately will not be there because I'll be hanging out with the junior youth tonight...seriously, it feels like forever since I've seen some of you, but have fun!

Stuff for this week and next

Are you ready to tap into your creative side and try your hand at screen writing, directing, and acting? I sure hope so, because this Friday you're in for a night of ridiculous fun and it's going to be AWESOME!!! You'll be meeting at the church at the regular time...7:00 pm and you may notice that some familiar faces are missing - the adult and student leaders will be up at Camp Crossroads for the annual Youth Leadership Retreat, but our very own Jordan Duerrstein and Tim Goertzen will be back to lead you in a night of movie-making fun!

SUNDAY SCHOOL is canceled for this Sunday...and by that I just mean that I won't actually be there, since I'll still be at Camp. However, if you're going to be at the church during that time anyhow then feel free to go into the kitchen and help yourself to breakfast. I'm pretty sure that you all know where the breakfast stuff is...cereal in the youth cupboard, milk in the fridge, etc. Just make sure to clean up after yourselves.

BIBLE STUDY NEXT WEEK will be at 2A Water St instead of at my house and Mark will be leading it, so meet him at his house at 7:00 pm next Tuesday to see what happens next in the Gospel of Luke.

13th Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner

This Friday is SSMBY's 13th annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner. Thanksgiving weekend is typically a time for people to spend with their friends and family, but the reality is that not everyone has friends and family, so this is a night that we spend serving our community by providing food for the hungry and a place of belonging for those who may not have it elsewhere. Last year we cooked and served Thanksgiving dinner for over 130 people! That's pretty huge and it takes all of us chipping in to make it work. This is no regular youth night, so come to the church at 3:30.

It's going to be a lot of work...for goodness sake, we're cooking and serving a huge dinner for over 100 people...but since we'll be doing it together, it's sure to be a blast!

Please be on time and be ready to help. Wear dark pants (preferably black) and light tops (preferably white) because we will need most of you to help serve the food. Let me know if you've got any questions.

BE ON TIME - 7:00 pm!!!

Man, I am behind on this, but if you read this tonight then please call or text all your SSMBY friends and remind them that it is ESSENTIAL that you are all here BY 7:00 pm. NO STRAGGLING IN LATE!

Fairview MB is joining us tonight...for the first time ever and it's important for us to give them a SSMBY welcome.

We'll spend half an hour with them (7-7:30) and then we'll all head to the sanctuary for Harvest Missions Fest! Yay for Harvest Missions Fest!

Anyhow, if you read this any time before 6:50 then text everyone who goes to SSMBY and tell them to BE ON TIME!

Bible Study

This is just a reminder that we are having Bible study tonight at 7:00 pm at my house. We'll be looking at the rest of Luke chapter 1. Please bring your Bible if you've got one. And just a heads up that Pastor Pat is joining us tonight.

SSMBY Games Night

I don't know about you, but I kind of like to think of SSMBY as a sort of family and what's a family without a games night? Tomorrow night we're going to be having a SSMBY games night, but not just any games night, all the games are going to be giant-sized!

We'll be meeting at the church at 7:00 pm...well, I won't actually be there because I'll be at the junior youth kick-off, but you'll be meeting at the church at 7:00 pm.

Bible Study

Bible study is tonight at 7:00 pm at my house (169 Lake St.). We're going to start going through the Gospel of Luke. Bring your Bible if you've got one.

SSMBY Records

Tonight (Friday) you have the opportunity to become a part of a very prestigious group...the SSMBY Record holders. This opportunity only comes once a year, so make sure you plan on coming and start practicing. There will be judges and stop-watches and we're counting on you making your way into the SSMBY Book of Records.

We will be providing the supplies for classics like sunflower seed spitting, chubby bunny, card throwing, and SPAM eating, but if you've got something else in mind then please remember to bring your own supplies.

We're meeting at the church at 7:00.

Bible Study

We're re-starting Bible study tonight and I want to invite all of you to come out (that includes all of you in grades 9 and 10). Last year it was mostly the older students coming on Tuesday nights, but Bible study is in fact for everyone, so whether you've ever come before or not, know that you are invited and welcome to join us.

I'm not sure about you, but I know that for myself, growing up in the church and hearing the stories of Jesus since I was a small child in Sunday school, although good, has sort of made me disillusioned to the reality of who Chirst is and the message that he came to bring. I was reading through the gospels this summer and was amazed at how many times I'd come to a familiar story, and after reading it and reflecting on it, would come away amazed and having learned something new about God, or myself, or the what it means to live my life for him, etc. So, we're going to start this year off by looking at the life of Jesus and some of our misconceptions of who he is and what it means for us to be in relationship with him.

See you tonight at 7:00 pm at my house (169 Lake St.)

Student Leader Initiation

Man, I am so late in writing this. If by chance any of you check this before coming to youth tonight I'm happy to inform you that student leader initiation is back by popular demand. That's right, tonight you are going to be introduced to your new SSMBY student leaders for 2009/2010. We'll be testing their intellect in a trivia challenge where wrong answers will require various tasks to be completed. We will be amazed, disgusted, and delighted by them.

We're meeting at the church at 7:00 pm. See you soon.

NO BIBLE STUDY

I'm not sure how many of you read the bulletin and noticed that it said we'd be having youth Bible study tonight, but the bulletin was wrong. Youth Bible study will be starting up next week. Please do not come to my house tonight, but definitely plan on coming next week.

See you on Friday.

Outdoor Coffee House

The end of the summer is near and as sort of a celebration of this past year and a transition into the coming year we're going to be having an outdoor coffee house with the young adults. It'll be fun and relaxing for all, but I want to make a special invitation to those of you who graduated high school last year and are moving on to university or the life of full-time work. You're obviously still invited to come to youth this year (and we hope that you do), but the reality is that you're growing up, so this is sort of a night where your old family (SSMBY) is saying goodbye and your new family (young adults) is welcoming you in.

We'll be meeting at the church at 7:00 and then heading to N.O.T.L., to my parents' house. There will be live musical entertainment (Tim Durksen will be playing), great snacks and coffee, and some outdoor lawn games. Please be on time tomorrow because we're hoping to be at my parents' by 7:30, so that means we'll have to leave shortly after 7:00. If you know you'll be late then please arrange to be dropped off at my parents' house...I can give you directions if you need them.

Also, this week has been surprisingly chilly, especially in the evenings, so be prepared and wear warm clothes. Seriously, if you don't trust me then just step outside once its dark tonight, its pretty cold out there and the night will be a lot more enjoyable if you aren't shivering and cold all night.

See you tomorrow.