Worship Night

Wow, I've missed you guys! Here's the deal for Friday... We're having an end of the year worship night. We'll be meeting at 7 pm at Grantham MB (469 Grantham Ave.). It'll be a night of singing and sharing. A bunch of people are finally home from their summer adventures and some of them will be sharing what they've done and what God has taught them. There will also be an open time of sharing during which you can share what God has taught you this summer (think about it...) It's going to be a great way to end the summer! See you there.

BBQ & Potluck

Youth this Friday!!! We’re going to have a BBQ & Potluck! Woo hoo! We’re going to meet at my parents’ house (1178 Concession 6, Niagara-on-the-Lake) at 7 pm. They have a pool, so bring a swimsuit & towel if you want to swim (girls, remember to bring a dark tank top to wear over bikinis). They also have a huge yard so we’ll also have Frisbees, soccer balls, bocce ball, etc. available to play & a bonfire once the sun goes down. And make sure you bring a sweater & bug spray along just in case.

Notice that it’s a POTLUCK. That means that you should NOT eat supper on Friday and everyone has to bring a food dish to share with the group. I will provide the burgers & toppings, but here’s a list of suggestions of what you can bring:

• Veggie Tray
• Fruit Tray
• Potato Salad
• Pasta Salad
• Broccoli Salad
• Green Salad
• Chips
• Watermelon
• Cup cakes
• Brownies
• Squares
• Cookies

This is just a list of suggestions, if you have a favourite BBQ dish that is not on this list then feel free to bring it. Also, please make sure that you think about this and talk to your mom about it asap and make sure you help her make whatever you’re bringing…you’re mom will be super stressed if you spring this on her on Friday, so PLEASE LEAVE WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND GO TALK TO YOUR MOM RIGHT NOW!

Ultimate Frisbee: NEMBY vs. Cornerstone

NEMBY, are you ready for a little bit of friendly, inter-youth competition? I hope so, because we're going to be playing ultimate frisbee with Cornerstone Youth! We'll be meeting on Friday, at 7:00 pm, AT Lester B. Pearson Park (on the corner of Niagara St. & Carlton St., across from Laura Secord Secondary School). Please wear active wear & proper running shoes, and bring a water bottle. There is a chance of rain, but we're going to be playing rain or shine! Woot woot!!! Cause we're the PARTY PIRATES!!!

Final Canoe Trip Details

Here are some final reminders and packing tips for the trip tomorrow!!! I was talking to Ben (our canoe trip guide) last night and he reminded me that we can bring ABSOLUTELY NO FOOD along in our bags. I know that people usually bring snacks and whatnot, but when you’re camping in the actual wilderness (yeah, that’s right, we’re hardcore) all food needs to be safely and properly stored so that animals don’t come digging around in our tents…no joke. Please do not pack food in your bag. Even things like toothpaste and any toiletries need to be packed into a food safe container because they attract animals, so I’m actually going to bring one tube of toothpaste, some sunscreen, and bug spray that we can all use…that way we don’t have 15 of each to store in the food safe container every night. So don’t worry about packing those 3 items. This is mostly for the girls, but please do not pack body spray or perfume, makeup, hair products, even deodorant is discouraged (but if you really feel like you need it then bring it and we’ll store it). We’ll be hardcore and stinky together ☺.

On a more positive note, we’re going to be camping about 5 minutes from some awesome jumping cliffs, we’ll be able to fish, swim, and hang out ALL WEEKEND!!!

The meeting time is 7 am tomorrow morning, but please try to come at least 5 minutes before that so we can pack up and head out as quick as possible. I know it’s early, but at least you get to sleep the whole way to camp. We’ll be meeting at Fairview MB Church. And remember your permission forms & money!!! You seriously will not be allowed to come without them…no joke!

See you tomorrow!

Canoe Trip List

Here is the revised canoe trip list. I absolutely need this list to be finalized by the end of the day so that I can work out rides and let Camp Crossroads know how much food they need to buy. If you're coming, but don't have a copy of the registration forms & packing list then send me your email address and I'll mail them to you.

1. Brianne Block
2. Travis Braun
3. Lucas Froese
4. Trevor Hesp
5. Ryan Hines
6. Cameron Klassen
7. Kristen Kort
8. Nigel Mortley
9. Emma Terrio
10. Damon Wieler
11. Sam Willems
12. Bobby Braun
13. Mark Durksen
14. Sabrina Wiens

Frolf & Bonfire

Hello NEMBY!!!

Tomorrow is Friday and you know what that means...WE HAVE YOUTH TOMORROW!!!

We're going to be meeting at Mark's house tomorrow night (1313 President Court - Googlemap the directions) at 7:00 pm. Be ready to be outside for the evening (bring a sweater & bug spray). We'll be playing some rounds of Frolf (a.k.a. frisbee golf) and then having a sweet bonfire. If you've got a frisbee at home then bring it along...we'll need a lot of them!

See you tomorrow.

Capture the Flag

Wow, it feels like it's been forever since we've had a proper youth.

Anyhow, here's what's going on this Friday. We're going to be playing Capture the Flag. We'll meet at Fairview MB at 7:00 pm, make our flags, wait for the sun to go down a bit and then head over to Queenston Heights where we'll play the game. We should be back at the church between 10 and 10:30.

Exams are over...almost!!!

Here's the deal for Friday. It's supposed to rain during the day and in the evening :( If this is the case then we'll have a good old movie night. It's been a while and I'm not sure about you, but I could use a good, relaxing evening. If it's not raining then we can go to the park for some ultimate/school yard games...4-square, skipping, etc.

Either way we'll meet at Fairview MB Church at 7:00 pm.

No Bible Study

Good luck on your exams NEMBY! No Bible study tonight. Study hard!

Fun & Fire with St. Ann's

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL BE MEETING TOMORROW AT 6:30 pm at Fairview and PLEASE BE ON TIME. We will not be sticking around the church for long.

St. Ann's youth has invited us to join them for a night of fun & fire! What the...fire? Yes, you read that right. They've got 25 old, dry Christmas trees that we're going to be lighting on fire! We'll also be starting the night with a friendly game or two of kickball. It's sure to be fun!

Bible Study

Awesome time/Bible study is tonight at 7:00 pm at Fairview MB. It's our last official Bible study of the year and we'll be finishing up our book study on "Crazy Love" by going through chapter 10 of the book. See you there for an awesome time!

Bonfire at Colin's

Yo Nemby!

Tomorrow night for youth we're meeting at my house for a BONFIRE. Whaaaaa?! Awesome, i know right? Woo!

So yeah, my address is 1339 Line 5, Niagara on the Lake. Google Maps that. And there will be fire, and drinks, and fun fun fun. I got a rather large yard so if you want to bring something enjoyable to do (frisbee, footb...all, soccer, that kinda thing.) then that would be awesome. y'all are welcome anytime after 7:00 and can stay as long as you want.

Trust me, it'll be quite the party.

Love, Colin

Youth Sunday Run-Through

Tonight is our Youth Sunday practice run. We're putting on a worship service for our churches. This is a great way for us to show our churches how amazing NEMBY is and what God has been doing in our group. A bunch of you have signed up for things, but I still need a few more to help out with the audio/visual crew and as ushers. Please let me know if you can help. Even if you're not signed up for anything, please plan on coming to the service on Sunday at 7pm at Scott St. We know how awesome NEMBY is, but come out to show our churches!

We'll be meeting at Scott St. MB tonight at 7 pm for the practice run. It'll be a chance for us to make sure we know what's going on...who's doing what, when. It shouldn't take too long, so maybe we can go to Port for ice cream afterward...or I suppose we could go to McDonalds.

Bible Study

Hey Nembyshire,

Its tuesday again, you know what that means! Bible study! Wooooo!
Crazy Love is a great series by Francis Chan. You should come. Its good times. We're on the 7th session and it should be good. We're meeting at 7:00 at Fairview, and there will be snacks! oh yea! good stuff. So, come on out!

Woop Woop.

Love, Colin

Dinner Around the World

Dinner Around the World is tomorrow!
We're meeting at *SCOTT ST* at 7:00!
I don't even know whats going on, but i do know there will be food, and lots of it, so make sure you come hungry!
Yeah, Be there!

Love, Colin

Bible Study

Hey,
So bible study is going on tonight, at Fairview!
We'll be starting at 7:00 so if you're down for a night of chillen and chattin, come on out. We're currently working our way through the book Crazy Love by Francis Chan and will be watching the 6th segment from his series.
Even if you haven't come before, feel free to join us.
If you have the book, the please try to read the chapter for tonight, and if you want a copy of the book please let Sabrina know!
Also if you haven't given Bean money for the book yet, but you have the book, please try to bring that ASAP.
Sweet.
See y'all tonight!

Love, Colin

Friday & Sunday

Tomorrow we're going to be having a make-a-movie night. We'll laugh, we'll cry, it'll be an all around good time. We'll meet at Fairview MB at 7:00 pm.

Emily Bowman, from Camp Crossroads is also going to be joining us, so let's make sure we're especially welcoming to her :)

On Sunday is our Spaghetti Dinner & Pie Auction: Grantham Edition. I still need at least 6 more pies, so seriously, let me know if you can make one....after all, we are doing this so that you can have an awesome youth group!

Please plan on being at Grantham MB Church (469 Grantham Ave.) at 9:30 am. If you're a member of NEMBY but usually go to a different church on Sundays then can you talk to your parents and see if you can come to Grantham for this one? We really need everyone to make this a success. We should be finished the whole thing by 2:30-3:00 pm.

I also still need one person to help Mark, Colin, and I make our amazing homemade spaghetti sauce. We'll be doing it on Saturday at 1:00 pm at Grantham. Let me know if you can help.

Bible Study & Pie Auction

First of all, we've got Bible study tonight! We'll be meeting at Fairview MB at 7:00 pm. We're on chapter 5 of the book "Crazy Love" I'll have a few more books to give out, so if you want one then please bring $10 along...or if I gave you one last week. If you've already got the book then make sure to read chapter 5.

Secondly, this Sunday is our Spaghetti Dinner & Pie Auction: Grantham edition. These fundraisers are super important for NEMBY since they provide us with the funding we need to be the awesome group that we are. That being said, I need 2 things from you to make it great!

1. Please talk your parents and plan on being at Grantham MB Church this Sunday at 9:30 am to help set up and do food prep. The meal will start after church and there is a lot to do to get ready for it. Please try to come even if you don't normally attend Grantham.

2. Let me know if you're able to bake a pie for the auction. Some of the ladies from the church have offered to bake some, so we don't need quite as many as we normally do, but we still need at least 15 pies.

Love in Motion

Just a reminder that there is NO YOUTH tonight. Sad, I know, but the amazing thing is that we'll be having youth ALL DAY TOMORROW!!!

Love in Motion is tomorrow! We'll be meeting at Scott St. MB Church at 10 am, along with about 120 other young people, from all over the Niagara Region, for a day a loving God and loving the community. We talk about living out our faith all the time in youth so here's our chance to actually do it! To put action to our words...to put love in motion, if you will.

NEMBY will be participating in 2 different service projects: baking cookies for Women4Women (a drop-in program for sex-trade workers in St. Catharines) and spring yard work for Bathesda (a group home for people with disabilities).

The day will end with a bbq, a worship time (lead by Tim), sharing, a great speaker...Mark will also be rapping at some point and JD will be dancing.

So, here's the important info for the day:
Time: 10-5:30ish
What to bring: Clothes you don't mind getting dirty and a BAG LUNCH...maybe bring a change of clothes as well in case we get a bit muddy

Please let me know if you can make it and let me know if you've got any questions.

Bible Study

Hey There Nemby!

Tonight we will be having bible study at Fairview Church at 7. It should be pretty sweet. We're continuing our series on Crazy Love by Francis Chan, this week we will be looking at the 4th video in the series. Come prepared for some good chats, and a good night with friends.

See ya there!

Love, Colin