The Mediocre Race

HELLLOOOO NEMMMBBYYY!:)

Tonight is the Mediocre Race! That's right!!  Expect things to be awesomely mediocre!
So here's the deal. Meet at 7 pm at the carousel in Port Dalhousie, bring shoes that are good for walking in, some money for ice cream, and a positive attitude:)
See ya'll then:)


This message is brought to you by: Carmen Mortley

Summer Bible Study

There's been a date change for our summer bible study. WE'RE GOING TO MEET ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT (instead of Tuesday night) at 7 pm at Damon & Dana's house (Damon, can you post the address?). Remember that we're going to be discussing the first 3 chapters of the Gospel of John so make sure you read those chapters before you come. We've go 3 days before we meet so perhaps you'll even have time to read the chapters more than once. Write down things you don't understand, things you do understand & think are good, etc.

Frolf & Worship

This message is brought to you by: Mark Durksen:

 Hey NEMBY!!!!

So we've proven that we can run around and throw frisbees like hooligans, but do you have the precision and patience to achieve at FROLF? It is truly a sport for the noble and refined.

We'll meet AT my house (1313 President Crt., St. Catharines) at 7:00 PM this Friday for a rousing game of Frolf followed by a campfire and an "unplugged" worship session.  If you have a frisbee then bring it & bring a lawn chair.

 Feel me?

Games & Swimming

This message is brought to you by: Bobby Braun
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 Meet: AT Port Weller school. Near Lock One

When: Friday at 7:00.... :) regular time.

What: we are going to play some games in the park hang out. Enjoy the beautiful outdoors....

But what summer evening is complete without a nice swim! So afterwards we will be walking to Sam's house for a swim snacks and hangouts. This is where you will be picked up at the end of the night. Dress for outdoors...if you want to swim bring what you need for swimming (girls, bring a dark tank top for over your bikini) and see you all tomorrow night!

Awesome Time Picnic

To end off a great year of awesomeness/bible study we're going to have a picnic! You're invited to come whether you came to Awesome Time or not...the more the merrier, right? We'll meet at Russell Ave. Park (108 Russell Avenue) tonight at 6 pm. And remember that it's a picnic so don't eat supper! Please bring $2 to help contribute to the cost of the food. See you tonight!

RIDICUPUTT!!!

This Friday is going to be great and here's the info you need to know. Please bring $7.25 ($5.25 + a toonie). You'll need the toonie for the ridiculous part of the night, $5.25 (exact change for this part is not necessary) for the putting part of the night. There is also an ice cream place across the street from Super Putt so if you want ice cream then bring money along for it. Miniputt actually costs $7/person, but if you go to this website: http://www.valpak.com/coupons/display/SUPER-PUTT/Niagara+Falls/ON/1100775/1099023 then you can print off a coupon that will bring the cost for you and 1 other person down to $5.25. You can only print 1/person so please take initiative and print it off. We might end up with extras, but better to have more than not enough. We'll meet at Scott St. MB at 7 pm. Be prepared to be outside for the night. Until then, good luck with your exams and I'll see you Friday!!!

Youth Choir Practice

Last youth choir practice!!! 7 pm at Fairview MB! See you there!

Youth Choir: 2nd Performance

Remember to read the post about youth tonight. We're meeting at FMB at 6:45 pm and plan on being outside. On Sunday is our 2nd Youth Choir performance. We'll meet at Scott St. MB at 9:15 am to warm up & practice. PLEASE BE ON TIME FOR THIS! The service starts at 10:30 am so if you're not in the choir and want to come support us or if you're in the choir and your parents want to come hear us then be there for 10:30. Also, Ed Heinrichs (anyone from Eden knows who this is) and I will be preaching a sermon together and we'll be sharing about our trip to Thailand so it's sure to be a great service that you won't want to miss.

Bands & Bonfire with St Ann's Youth

Here's the info for youth tomorrow. We're going to be joining St Ann's Youth for a great night of music and a CrAzY bonfire! I believe that Mark Danger along with another band are going to be providing some musical entertainment and then you're going to get to see the biggest bonfire EVER!!! It's going to be sweet! We're going to meet at Fairview MB at 6:45...NOTE THE TIME CHANGE! You have to be on time. St Ann's is quite the drive so we'll need to meet early in order to hopefully get there on time. Things to bring: bug spray, lawn chair, warm clothes. See you tomorrow!

Choir Practice

NEMBY Youth Choir! We did great on Sunday, but let's make it even better for this coming Sunday! We'll have a practice tonight at 7 pm at Scott St MB. See you there!

NEMBY vs. Cornerstone Youth...it's on!!!

Here's the info for Friday. The youth choir is going to be meeting at Grantham MB at 5 pm for our last practice before our first performance. That means that if you've ever come out to a practice and want to join us on Sunday then YOU HAVE TO BE AT THIS PRACTICE! Please plan on coming. It'll be so much nicer if we have a bigger group! The first performance is on Sunday at Grantham MB and we'll meet at the church at 10 am so that we can run through the songs a couple of times before we go on. Feel free to invite your parents to the service as well...the service starts at 10:30. After choir practice we've got our big game against Cornerstone Youth!!! You can either meet us at Grantham MB at 7 pm (you HAVE TO BE ON TIME!!!) or you can meet us in Virgil at the Centennial Arena (1565 Creek Rd) at 7:30 pm. Please wear running shoes and shorts you can run in. We're hoping to do the t-shirts this afternoon so if you've ordered a t-shirt then that should be ready for you. The cost of the shirts actually came to $7 so please bring that along to pay for your shirt. Win or lose, after the game we (NEMBY & CY) are going to my parents' house for a quick swim, snacks, a bonfire, and a bit of worship. Have your parents pick you up from my parents' house (1178 Concession 6, NOTL) at 11 pm. If you want to swim then bring a towel & swimsuit (girls, remember no bikinis or bring a dark tank top to wear over your bikini) and bring a lawn chair. Oh, and bring warm clothes to wear for after the game!!!

THAILAND!!!

Hello NEMBY! As you know, I'm leaving tomorrow (May 24) for Thailand and I won't be back for 2 weeks. That means that this will not be updated for 2 weeks. If you have any questions about what's going on for NEMBY then check our Facebook group or call Mark Durksen at 905.937.6900. See you when I get back!

No Choir Practice or Awesome Time

Just a quick heads up that there will be NO choir practice tonight. There is a membership meeting at Scott St. MB Church so all of the adult leaders who come out to the choir practices (Mark, Josh, and me) can't make it for a practice. If you normally attend church at Scott St MB then please come out the meeting. It's at Scott St at 7:30 pm...obviously it's not going to be super entertaining & fun, but the church is making some pretty big decisions in the nearish future and this meeting is starting some important conversations. As part of the church it's important to know what's going on and to participate in helping the church be what God intended it to be.

NEMBY goes to Toronto!!!

TORONTO!!! If you signed up for the trip then I'll see you in a few hours (12:30 pm at the bus stop at the back of the Fairview Mall). Make sure you bring your form & money (if you haven't already). Also, make sure you bring warm clothes for tonight...I feel like such a mom writing that, but without fail someone always forgets or just doesn't bring a sweater and they're really cold and we all feel bad for them. Be warned, if you do not bring warm clothes for tonight then I will not feel bad for you :)

NEMBY Choir Practice

Instead of having bible study/awesome time tonight we're going to be dedicating a bit more time to practicing our youth choir songs. We'll be meeting at Fairview MB Church from 7-8:30 for this. It was great to see more people out last week and it would be sweet to see even more tonight! Come on out!

For youth this Friday we'll be spending the evening outside enjoying some Frisbee & Kickball. We'll be meeting at 7 pm at Scott St MB Church and then heading across the street to Lincoln Centennial (if you come late & we're no longer at the church then just meet us at the school). You'll want to make sure to wear proper running shoes and dress appropriately for the weather.

Bible Study & Youth Choir

HELLO NEMBY!!!! Tonight is going to be NEMBY Youth Choir practice #2. That means that we'll be meeting at Fairview MB Church at 6 pm. If you are thinking of being in the choir then PLEASE COME TO FAIRVIEW MB TONIGHT AT 6! 8 of us came out last week and it sounded good (better than any of us thought) but we will need more people to actually make this good. Afterward you're welcome to stay for Bible Study/Awesome Time...you don't have to stay, but it is a pretty awesome time :). That will start at 7 pm at Fairview MB. See you tonight!

Air Bandz

AIR BANDZ. TONIGHT. BE THERE. So tonight @ Scott Street MB at 7pm Darren & Josh will be hosting a most rocking time, wherin you will be providing a most wondrous entertainment. What you need 1. a song 2. maybe some other people 3. the ability to make it apear as though you are performing said song while it is playing! SO bring your music and your friends and costumes are encouraged but not mandatory. And remember to keep it AWESOME because the best performance will get a PRIZE. AIR BANDZ

Bible Study/Youth Choir

Bible Study/Awesome Time is tonight at Fairview MB at 7 pm...HOWEVER, the first NEMBY Youth Choir practice will be at Fairview MB at 6 pm. If you have not yet joined the youth choir, think about it. We have so much musical talent in our youth group and it would be sweet for us to work together for this choir...plus it would be an amazing way for us to bless our 3 churches. I don't have a great voice, but when I sing together with a whole choir of people it sounds amazing! So, come on our for the first practice tonight at 6 pm.

Comedy & Ice Cream

This Friday we'll be having a Comedy & Ice Cream night...yup, that is exactly what it sounds like, we'll be eating ice cream while enjoying the comedic work of someone great. There will also be an opportunity for you to make us laugh, so if you think you're pretty funny then prepare a little something for the open mic portion of the night. We'll laugh, we'll cry (hopefully because we're laughing so hard) and we'll have a great time. We'll meet at Fairview MB on Friday at 7 pm.

Bible Study

Remember that we've got bible study/awesome time tonight at Fairview MB at 7 pm. Everyone is welcome!

Youth Worship Night

We'll be having our monthly worship night this Friday at 7 pm at Grantham MB. Thanks Mark & the youth worship team for helping lead these! See you all this Friday!

Bible Study

Bible Study/Awesome Time is tonight at 7 pm at Fairview. I think we'll be starting our new series so come on out!

Gargon 2.0

NEMBY, take a look at this letter I just got.
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Dear NEMBY,


The last time you captured the Gargon it was brought in for testing. As we had thought, the light of an ordinary flashlight had weakened the Gargon to a controllable state. But as the testing went on the effects of the light wore off and the Gargon actually became stronger than it had been before. 

We brought in new elements of light to test on the Gargon and it was discovered that 5 of these new elements would weaken the Gargon permanently. However the five light elements needed to be combined for the Gargon to be recaptured and we had made the discovery too late. The Gargon, with his new strength, had already escaped!

 Gargon 2.0 is on the loose and in new territory. We need YOUR help once again. Please meet us this Friday at SCOTT ST MB CHURCH at 7:00 pm! We will brief you on the Gargon 2.0's new abilities and how you can go about capturing it.


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Looks like they need our help. Friday at Scott St MB at 7:00 pm!! Make sure you wear clothes that you can run & sweat in and WEAR PROPER RUNNING SHOES!

Bible Study

Bible Study/Awesome Time is tonight at 7 pm at Fairview. See you there!

Easter Stuff

I'm back!!! I hope you all had a great week. I can't wait to see all of you again! Here's all the info for our Easter events:

Friday at 10:30 am there will be a Good Friday service at Scott St MB Church (339 Scott St). It's a joint service so all 3 of our churches will be there (maybe they're learning from us how good it is to be together). There will be no youth on Friday night because it's Good Friday and a lot of us probably have family get togethers that night.

Sunday at 6:30 am we'll be meeting at Lock 1 on the Welland Canal for our annual Sunrise Service. I know that 6:30 is pretty early, but there's something great about getting up early on Easter Sunday to watch the sunrise and think about what Christ did for us. Mark will be leading some singing, we'll read some scripture, I'll do a short devotional and then we'll head to Perkins for breakfast. It looks like there is a small chance of rain on Sunday, so if it rains then we'll just meet at Perkins at 8:00 am for breakfast...unless it's raining though, we'll be at the canal at 6:30 am. Make sure you wear warm clothes and perhaps bring a blanket along...it gets pretty cold in the morning.

All of our churches also have Easter services happening on Sunday:
Grantham MB Church at 10:45 am
Scott St MB Church at 10:30 am
Fairview MB Church at 10:30 am

See you this weekend!

Youth Worship Night: Montreal Edition

YOUTH THIS FRIDAY!!!! Here's what you need to know. We'll be meeting on Friday at 7 pm at Grantham MB Church for a youth worship night. We'll sing songs of worship to God and the Montreal Mission Team will be sharing about their experience last week. It'll be AMAZING!!! See you there!

NO Awesome Time this week...

Hello NEMBY!!! I hope you all had a great March break. It feels like it's been so long since I've seen all of you...and unfortunately it'll be a bit longer because we won't be having any Awesome Time/Bible Study tomorrow night. Tomorrow night is going to be the last Montreal team meeting, so if you came to Montreal with us then you need to be at Cornerstone tomorrow night at 7 pm.

The good news is that we've got youth on Friday and we'll be meeting at Grantham MB for a worship night. We'll have the chance to worship God together and the Montreal team will be sharing some of their experiences with you...things they did & learned on the trip. It'll be good.

Youth Room Games

Awesome youth room games tomorrow night!!! We'll be meeting at Fairview MB at 7 pm and having a nice, relaxed (well, maybe not so relaxed depending on what games we play) night of games and fun.

No Awesome Time Tonight

Just a reminder that we're not having awesome time tonight. The people going to Montreal next week will be having mission trip prep stuff instead.

The Drowsy Chaperone

Okay, the tickets have been purchased! Here's a list of people that I've got tickets for:
Joanna Albers
Amy Browett
Lucas Froese
Ryan Hines
Cam Klassen
Darren Klassen
Kristen Kort
Carmen Mortley
Nigel Mortley
Janelle Siemens
Emma Terrio
Sam Willems
Bobby Braun
Mark Durksen

We will meet AT Laura Secord at 7:00 pm. I'll be at the doors with your tickets. Please be on time so that we can get good seats. Make sure you bring $12 to pay me back for your ticket. I won't have a bunch of change to break bills so please bring exact change.

David & Quinn, we'll be cheering for you!

Info for Tonight & Friday

Just a reminder that there is NO Bible Study/Awesome Time tonight. Instead, everyone who's coming on the Montreal Mission Trip is going to be meeting at 7 pm at Fairview MB for some mission trip prep.

This Friday we are going to see The Drowsy Chaperone presented by Laura Secord Secondary School. Tickets are $12. Here's a list of people I'm buying tickets for:
Amy Browett
Lucas Froese
Ryan Hines
Cam Klassen
Kristen Kort
Nigel Mortley
Janelle Siemens
Emma Terrio
Sam Willems
Bobby Braun
Mark Durksen
If you want your name added to this list then let me know by midnight tonight. I'll be purchasing & picking the tickets up tomorrow morning.

Coffee House/Talent Show

This Friday is your chance to show us what you've got! Music, poetry, drama, stand up comedy...if you've got a talent then we want to enjoy it and celebrate it! We'll meet at Scott St. MB at 7 pm.

Bring some cash along too because we're going to have some amazing drinks & treats available for a small cost...trust me it'll be good!

Awesome Time!

Awesome Time/Bible Study is tonight at 7 pm at Fairview. We had talked about starting later so we could go to Aaron's show, but since he's playing on Saturday as well, I'm just going to encourage you guys to go to that show instead. See you tonight!

Valentines Fun!!!

Here are the details for Friday...there are some really key things here so PLEASE READ THIS!!! Valentines Day has just passed & we're going to celebrate it NEMBY-style. What's more Valentinesy than cooking a romantic dinner & sharing it with the ones you love? It will be fun, perhaps a little awkward and delicious!

We'll meet at Fairview MB AT 7 pm...notice that I said WE'RE MEETING AT 7!!! It is essential that you are ON TIME this week. Also, there will be some amazing food being cooked and consumed, so eat a light supper before coming, but be ready to cook & eat some AMAZING FOOD!!!

Awesome Time!

Just a reminder that we're having Awesome Time/Bible Study tomorrow (Tuesday) night at 7 pm at Fairview MB. Since our group reflection time was cut out of the retreat, we're going to talk about what we heard in the chapel times and what we can do with it now that we're home. If you were on the retreat, but have never come to Bible study then that's okay...come out! Think about the weekend and let's be ready to talk about it tomorrow.

THE WINTER RETREAT!!!

Here's all the info you need for THE RETREAT!!!
1. We are meeting at Vineland MB Church (3970 Glendale Ave.) at 5 pm...BE ON TIME...perhaps even 5 minutes early, NOT half an hour early!
2. Tell your parents to pick you up on Sunday from the same location at 4 pm...if we'll be significantly later then we will give them a call, but we should be back around 4.
3. We will be stopping on the way to Camp Crossroads for a bathroom/supper break. If you want to have supper there then you need to bring some money along for it.
4. Although we have yet to see significant snow in the Niagara Region there is A LOT of snow up at Camp so bring your snow gear & warm clothes. If you want to play hockey then bring your skates & stick (you don't need full gear). Camp does have some skates & sticks, but likely you'll do better with your own.
5. Although we originally said that all the guys were going to be sleeping in the "bring it on" cabins, only one cabin of guys will actually have to...sorry guys. If you did not receive a separate message from me about this then that means you're in a regular cabin and can bring regular camp sleeping stuff. If you got a separate message from me then READ IT and bring what I suggested.
6. Woo hoo!!! Winter retreat!!!!

Awesome Time!

Bible Study/Awesome Time is tonight at 7 pm at Fairview MB. See you there!

Worship Night

Worship Night this Friday at 7 pm at GRANTHAM MB. We've got something good planned for the sharing time. Encouragement...enough said.

Awesome Time!

Bible Study/Awesome Time is tonight at Fairview MB at 7 pm. See you there!

p.s. Awesome job at the Mission Trip Bake Sale yesterday!!!

Bible Smugglers

HELP! Not everyone has access to the Word of God!

We need to bring Bibles to those people. But there are those among us that fail to see the importance and even wish to kill those that attempt this!

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to challenge the government. To go against all odds and live the life of passion for evangelism. You will smuggle Bibles to those who have ears but have not heard, to those who have eyes but have not seen, to those who have felt but have not lived.
... You will be joined by your team at 7:00pm on Friday, January 27th at SCOTT ST MB CHURCH.
This message will self-destruct in 5....4....3....2....1..............
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Nevermind, this is an ongoing mission that will continue throughout generations. We have a mission to spread the Word everyday, but for Friday night, we'll have a bit of fun, building relationships with each other so we can go out everyday with the support of an awesome group!

Love Suz & Amy

p.s. REMEMBER YOUR RETREAT FORM & MONEY!!! TOMORROW IS THE DEADLINE!

Awesome Time!!!

Bible Study/Awesome Time is tonight at Fairview at 7 pm!!! See you there!

Youth Worship Night

Tomorrow night is our monthly youth worship night! We're meeting at Grantham MB Church at 7:00 pm. We will be having a sharing time after we spend some time singing so be thinking about what God has been doing in your life and what you hope to see happen in the coming year.

Bible Study

Bible study/Awesome Time is back on!!! We'll meet at Fairview MB Church at 7 pm tonight. See you there!

Cheesy Christmas/Almost New Year's Party!!!

I hope your Christmas has been good so far and that you're ready for the festivity to continue because here are the details for our Cheesy Christmas Potluck on Friday. First off, WE'RE GOING TO MEET AT 6:00 PM at Fairview MB Church where we'll be having a night of classic Christmas fun. This Christmas fun may include (but should not be limited to) a potluck supper, an ugly Christmas sweater competition, a reading of a classic Christmas story, a re-gift exchange, and watching a classically horrible Christmas movie.

The things to bring are:
1. A food item to contribute to our potluck (and a huge appetite since there will be a ton of food for us to enjoy)
2. An ugly Christmas sweater (or just any festive-wear..think red & green)
3. A gift for the re-gift exchange (the emphasis being on the RE...please do not go out and buy something for this, just wrap up something you've got at home that you no longer use but think someone else might)

Here are some suggestions for the potluck, but really you can bring anything that you love to eat. Please do not just make your mom make your dish for you...at least help her out and make sure you tell her about this asap so that she doesn't find out about it on Friday and get stressed about having to make something quickly.
• Veggie platter
• Fruit platter
• Meatballs
• Pasta or potato salad
• Some sort of casserole
• Stew
• Chili
• Perogies
• Crackers & dip or cheese
• Garlic bread
• Dinner rolls
• Salad of any kind
• Dessert
• Anything that you like to eat

Once you talk to your mom or know what you're going to make then post it on here so that we don't end up with tons of doubles. Let me know if you've got any questions

Ice Dogs Tickets

On Friday, January 6th we're going to be going to an Ice Dogs game...actually, we'll be the musical attraction since we're going to be singing the anthem before the game...can you say awesome!? I need to order the tickets next Wednesday (Dec. 28th), so I need to know who wants to come by then. The tickets are $11 each...$8 off of the regular ticket price! I've been announcing this at youth for the past couple of weeks and now is when I NEED to hear back from you. If you want to come, but have not yet told me please email, call, or text me immediately to tell me to order a ticket for you.

Have a Merry Christmas!

NO YOUTH...Merry Christmas!

Good job on the stockings and goody bags everyone! They look awesome and we finished assembling them in record time!

Just a reminder that there is NO YOUTH this Friday. Have fun with your Christmas celebrations and I'll see you on Friday, January 30th for our Cheesy Christmas/Almost New Year's Party!!! Stay tuned for more info.

Hopefully you & your family have a Christmas Eve service to go to at your own church but if not, you're welcome to join us on December 24 at 7 pm at Scott St. MB (339 Scott St). Mark & some guys from our youth are going to be doing a skit, Nigel will be singing in a quartet, Mark is narrating, it'll be great!

Awesome Time/Bible Study

MAKE SURE YOU READ THIS!!! Awesome Time is going to be SCOTT ST. MB CHURCH (339 Scott St.) tonight. We'll meet there at 7 pm. Instead of our usual Bible study we're going to be assembling the Christmas stockings for The Deck...the ones that we've been collecting money for. We're also going to assemble the Christmas Eve goody bags for Scott St. and Josh Harder is going to be joining us to share about his time on Outtatown this past semester. Wow! So much great stuff packed into one night! I know that a lot of you will be at Eden's Christmas banquet, but everyone else, please come tonight! It's assembling all of our stuff is going to be lots of fun, but it'll be more fun if we have a lot of people to help with it. See you tonight!

Awesome time tonight! Meet at Fairview at 7pm.

Love, your coop student, Sam

Worship Night: Christmas Edition

This Friday is our NEMBY Worship Night: Christmas Edition. I'm not sure if you've looked outside recently, but it's snowing!!! Mark and the worship team have been practicing their favourite Christmas carols and we'll have some Christmas sharing. It'll be great!

We'll meet at Grantham MB Church at 7:00 pm.

Bible Study/Christmas Project

Bible study/awesome time is tonight at Fairview at 7 pm.

We've collected about $130 for our Christmas project so far and we have a lot more that we'll need to do this project well. Please keep thinking about ways that you can save money in your own life in order to help make someone else's life better. We only have about 2 weeks left before we need to buy the stuff and bring it to the deck and we need to raise at least another $300 to do this well.

tomorrow night we'll be playing gargon...yea gargon!!!! we'll meet at fairview at 7. its gonna be an awesome night and make sure you wear clothes you can run in and get a bit sweaty and running shoes that wont fall off so you can actually run around.

also we'll be collecting money for our christmas project, so far we've raised just over $80!!!!! so let's keep that going and raise as much as possible!

love, sam (your coop student)

Bible Study

We've got Bible study/Awesome Time tonight at Fairview MB at 7 pm. See you there!

Youth Worship Night

It's a bit later in the month than usual, but tomorrow night (Friday) is our November Youth Worship Night!!! We'll meet at Grantham MB Church at 7 pm. We will worship God through singing (lead by Mark and our amazing youth worship team) and sharing.

Remember that we decided to raise money to make Christmas stockings for some of the youth that go to YFC's The Deck. So far we've been passing the money frog around to collect spare change, but it's going to take a lot more than some spare change for us to put together some decent stockings. I'm not sure how many of you have jobs, or get an allowance from your parents, or have any source of income but I really want to encourage you to think about what you're spending your money on in the next few weeks and perhaps hold off on getting something from Tim's or McDonalds, or buying that game you've been waiting for, or that new album that just got released and save that money for our Christmas project instead. The more money we collect, the better we can make these stockings. Last year we collected $400 and we were able to make sweet stockings...let's try to do even better this year! If even just 30 of us are able to give $20 each that'll bring us up to $600! Do you think we can do it? I'm not sure, but let's give it a shot! So, start saving and let's do this!

1st Annual Youth Barn Dance!!!

Come one, come all to the 1st Annual Youth Fall Barn Dance! We will have a professional caller lead us in a night of Square Dancing and there will be a plethora of pies, snacks, tea and coffee! Knowing how to square dance is NOT a requirement. Everyone will be taught as if this is their first time square dancing.

Here's the details:

Where: Froese Family Farm (280, Niven Road, Niagara-On-The-Lake) - take the driveway past the house to the back barn.

Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Cost: $5 (money goes to pay for the Caller and snacks)

Bring: Country attire is encouraged, a few friends

Square dancing is good clean fun! Partners switch throughout the night and you don't need to dance with the opposite gender.

See you all on Friday night!

Bible Study

Bible Study is tonight at 7 pm at Fairview MB Church.

NEMBY Records

NEMBY RECORDS TONIGHT!!! It's going to be a sweet night of competition and fun! We're meeting at Fairview at 7pm tonight. Be sure to bring your game faces!

Love, your co-op student, Sam

Bible Study

Just a reminder that Bible study/awesome time is tonight at Fairview at 7pm!

Bible Study/Phase 1 of Trick or Eat!!!

Tonight is Youth Bible Study!!! All of you are invited to come every week, but whether you come or not, I particularly want to encourage you to come tonight because tonight is Phase 1 of our Community Care Trick or Eat event that is happening on Halloween. We're going to meet at Grantham MB Church (469 Grantham Ave.) at 7:00 pm and we're going to be handing out the food bags that we will then collect on Monday night. Don't worry, you won't have to talk to anyone, but there will be walking involved, so please wear comfortable shoes and weather appropriate clothing. You can get community service hours for this, but regardless the more of us there are the quicker we'll be finished so PLEASE COME OUT! Also, if you have not yet let me know if you can come on Monday, please go the group event and let me know so I know how much pizza to order :)

Creative Photo Night with Colin & Rachel

Youth tomorrow night:

Creative Photo Night with Colin & Rachel!!!

You'll be meeting at Fairview MB Church at 7:00 pm. If you've got a camera then bring it along and make sure you bring the proper cables along to plug it into a tv or else people won't be able to see your photos.

Say a huge thank you to Colin & Rachel for leading youth tomorrow night. All of the adult and student leaders are going to be at Camp Crossroads for the Ontario MB Youth Leadership Retreat. Be good and have fun!

Bible Study

Bible study is tonight at Fairview at 7:00 pm. All are welcome!

Hayride!!!

Tomorrow night is our annual hayride! We'll be joining 3 other youth groups for it and it'll be a blast! It costs $2 and we'll be meeting at 7:30 pm at the barns at 278 Line 5, NOTL. Make sure that you wear weather appropriate clothing that you don't mind getting dirty...we'll be doing the hayride rain or shine so be prepared!

Bible Study

Bible Study/awesome time is tonight from 7-9ish at Fairview MB Church. See you there!

Hey NEMBY!

Tomorrow night is our October worship night!! We're going to be meeting at Grantham MB at 7 pm. There is going to be a time for singing and dancing and all that fun stuff! Afterwards we'll be having a time of sharing what God's done if your life recently or just what you've been up to. Also, Thanksgiving is this weekend so maybe think about a few things you're thankful for in your life.

Love, your youth co-op student, Sam

Bible Study

Bible Study is tonight at 7 pm at Fairview MB. See you there!

Girl & Guy Sleepovers

Here are the details for youth this week:

We are going to be having sleepovers!!! Now, I know that the guys always think that their sleepover is way better than the girls’ sleepover, but that's the beauty of the separate girl & guy sleepovers. The girls love doing what we do at our sleepover & the guys love doing what they do at theirs. Brilliant!

GUYS
You will be meeting at 7:00 pm AT Josh's parents' house (1515 5th Street). You need to bring your sleeping stuff (it is a sleepover after all), a frisbee, some meat to grill for midnight meat, and some money for breakfast (you will meet up with the girls for breakfast on Saturday). You can let your parents know that we'll be finished between 10-10:30 on Saturday morning.

LADIES
We will be meeting at 7:00 pm AT my parents’ house (1178 Concession 6). You need to bring your sleeping stuff, $7 for go-carting (weather permitting), swimsuits (bring a dark tank top to wear over bikinis) & towels, money for breakfast (we will meet up with the guys for breakfast on Saturday). You can let your parents know that we’ll be finished between 10-10:30 on Saturday morning. Since we’ll hopefully be leaving to go go-carting, please be on time and let me know if you know you’ll be late so you can either meet us there or we know to wait for you.

Bible Study

Bible Study tonight at Fairview MB at 7 pm. See you there!

Ultimate Ultimate!!!

We're going to meet at 7 pm at Grantham MB (469 Grantham Ave.) tonight. We're going to be playing Night Ultimate a.k.a. Ultimate Ultimate!!! It will include night time, glow in the dark, and ultimate and it'll be the best! These are the things you need to bring: a flashlight, running shoes, weather appropriate clothing that you can run in.

Unfortunately there is an 80% chance of rain tonight, so if it rains then we can decide if we're still going to play Utimate Ultimate (perhaps this would add another "Ultimate" to the name...) or we can play some awesome youth room games (Kings Bowl, 4 on a couch, etc.). Either way, it'll be a blast!

See you tonight!!!

Youth Bible Study!!!

Youth Bible Study is starting up tonight!!! We'll be meeting at Fairview MB (455 Geneva St.) at 7 pm. I'll try to have some snacks there (Nigel D, that's for you). Once we see who the group is made up of, we can decide on what direction we want our time to go in, so make sure you come out tonight!

Youth Tomorrow!!!

Stuff for tomorrow!!!
1. It'll be CRAZY FUN!!!
2. We're meeting at Fairview MB Church (455 Geneva St.)
3. We're meeting at 7:00 pm
4. BE THERE!!!

Youth Kick-Off/Ginormous Games

A new year of youth is here!!! That means that if you are in grade 9 and have not yet started coming to youth, NOW IS YOUR TIME!!!!

We'll be meeting on Friday, at 7 pm at Fairview MB Church (455 Geneva St). It may not feel like it yet, but by the end of this year, NEMBY will kind of feel like a family, so we're going to have a "family" game night...no, that does NOT mean that your mom & dad or brothers and sisters are invited :) It means we're going to be playing family games at youth!!! Think Dutch Blitz, Jenga, Speed Scrabble, but there will be a twist! The games are going to be GINORMOUS!!!! Honestly, come out!!! It'll be a blast!

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

Easter Stuff

We'll be meeting at Fairview MB Church at 7:00 pm for some classic Easter celebrations. Easter!? What the?! Isn't Easter over already? The answer to that, my friend, is yes, but in classic NEMBY style, we waited until the holiday passed to celebrate. There will be eggs, there will be chocolate, the Easter bunny might even make an appearance. Seriously, you do not want to miss this!

See you at 7.

Bible Study

Hey,

So for bible study tonight we will be meeting at Fairview at 7:00. We will be continuing our series called Crazy Love, by Francis Chan. We will be looking at the third chapter of the book. We always have some good discussions going on at bible study, so if you want to come and discuss with us, please feel free to come tonight. It doesn't matter if its your first time coming, you're always welcome.

See you tonight!

Love, Colin

Easter Weekend

So, this weekend is a big one...EASTER!!! It means that you guys have a crazy long weekend and that there are a ton of church things! Here's an outline of all the Easter goodness that you can come to.

1. Good Friday Service: 10:45 am on Friday at Fairview MB Church...it's going to be all 3 of churches coming together for a service...let's see if our churches can come together as well as we have.

2. Sunrise Service: 6:00 am on Sunday at the Welland Canal Lock 1. I realize that this is CRAZY EARLY and I've got kind of a love/hate relationship with the Sunrise Service because it's so early, but I'm always glad that I go because there's something amazing about seeing the sunrise and thinking about the reality of what we're celebrating on Easter morning. I know you probably don't want to come to this, but I'm really going to encourage you to do it! Mark will be leading some singing, we'll read some scripture and I'll be doing a short Easter devo. It's going to be good AND WE'RE GOING OUT FOR BREAKFAST AFTER. Bring some money along for breakfast.

Okay, I think that's it, but let me know if you've got any questions. And SERIOUSLY, COME TO THE SUNRISE SERVICE!!! Remember that you can sleep in on Friday, Saturday, and Monday, so really, what's the big deal about getting up early on Sunday?

Bible Study

Bible Study. Tonight. 7 pm. Fairview MB Church.

We're going to be talking about Easter, sharing about our lives, and praying for each other. It's going to be good.

Murder Mystery...

Sup NEMBY!

There has been a murder in Nembyshire! The king has been killed!
The funeral will be taking place at Scott St. church at 7:00 tonight and the queen would greatly appreciate you're attendance at her husbands funeral.

Please come and show your respect please!

Don't forget that we're meeting at Scott St. NOT FAIRVIEW.

Bible Study Tonight/Election Debates

Yo!

So tonight we will be meeting at Sabrina's house to watch the Election Debates! I know it sounds lame, but we both think its really important to know what is going on in the country and to think about what sort of issues that we can see and try to talk about different ways in which we can help resolves these issues.

i know politics are lame but it really is an important thing to think about, even if you're not old enough to vote right now, its still good to think about issues and all that jazz.

So Sabrina's address is: 169 Lake St. The debates start at 7, so if you want to come a bit earlier thats cool. There will be snacks.

Love, Colin

Swimming at Brock

We're going swimming tomorrow!!! We'll be meeting at Fairview at 7:00 pm and then heading to Brock. Swimming will cost $4.75 per person so please be sure to bring your money. Girls please make sure to either wear a one-piece or bring a dark tank top to wear over your bikini.

Also, if you're thinking of coming on Mission360 this year then please email me or talk to me on Friday...that way we can start talking about fundraising and whatnot.

See you tomorrow!

Bible Study

Yo dudes!

Bible study tonight will be at Fairview again, at 7!
We'll be looking at the 2nd video on our new series Crazy Love by Francis Chan! Its pretty sweet so y'all should come for some good talks n such.

K. So: Bible Study. Fairview. 7:00.

Be there

:)

Love, Colin

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

We're in for a night of theatrical delight! We're going to see some of our very own NEMBY members in Eden's performance of "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" WE'LL MEET AT EDEN HIGH SCHOOL on Friday at 6:30 pm to get our tickets (it's always a bit confusing in a big group) and make sure we have good seats. If you're a high school student then you're ticket costs $7 (please bring proper change because I won't have change to break everyone's bills) and if you're not in high school then your ticket costs $10. Please bring your money along to pay for the ticket. If you're not sure if I got a ticket for you then take a look at the list I sent yesterday.