Happy Holidays

Wow, it feels like a while since we've been together. I hope that everyone had a good Christmas and is having a great break from school.

Our next youth event won't be next week - Bible Study next Tuesday night at 7:00 pm at my house (169 Lake St.). Fairview youth members are welcome to join us since you're Monday night Bible study isn't going to be happening anymore. We've been going through the book of Luke, so if you've got time then read through the first 4 chapters of Luke to get caught up to where we are.

Then next Friday (January 8th) we'll be having an ugly Christmas sweater party. We'll start at 6:30 that night because we'll be having supper together potluck style (that means everyone has to bring something).

Stay tuned for more details, but start looking through your closet (or your mom, dad, or grandparents closet) for a Christmas sweater.

Christmas Babysitting

Scott St. youth members remember that we're meeting at the church tomorrow at 3:30 and we'll be having our choir practice from 3:30-5:30 and then getting pizza. Bring $3 to cover supper. Also remember that this Sunday after church is the run through of the Christmas Eve program so plan on staying for lunch and then attending that practice.

For youth tomorrow we're going to be blessing the young families in our churches by doing some Christmas babysitting...don't worry, I don't even like small children and yet I think this is a fun youth event. There are going to be different activities that we'll be doing with them and it's going to be a packed evening. Although it will be a great event, keep in mind that it will be about us babysitting and entertaining the kids, not us entertaining ourselves, so if you come then be ready to help and play with children.

We'll be meeting at the church at 6:00pm (that's an hour earlier than we normally meet). AND BE ON TIME. I don't want to scramble around to explain things to you once the kids arrive...we need to be ready for them when they come.

See you tomorrow.

Where's Waldo?

First off, we'll be having our youth choir practice tomorrow at 5:30. If you are a part of the Scott St. portion of our youth group then this means you should be at the church tomorrow at 5:30. Please be on time.

If you are not a part of the choir then meet us at the church at 7:00 pm. We will be heading to the Pen Centre from there. No, we will not be shopping. Christmas is hanging in the balance and we have some culprits to find in order to save Christmas! Hm...that either sounds exhilarating and exiting or lame, but trust me it'll be fun!

Extra Youth Choir Practice

Christmas Eve is coming quickly and the youth choir definitely needs some more practice...AND MORE PEOPLE! So, I'm calling out to all SSMBY members and asking you to come out to our practices. You're going to be at the Christmas Eve program anyhow and you'll look pretty silly sitting in the audience while we're up there singing, so you may as well join us.

We're going to start meeting on Tuesday nights at 7:00 pm at Scott St. instead of Bible study. So, come to the church tonight, not to my house.

If you read this message, then text it to all your friends and tell them to come.

Stuff for this week

The youth choir is meeting at the church at 5:30 on Friday for their 2nd practice. Whether you came last week or not, come out tomorrow. We are meeting earlier for youth so there won't be time to get pizza this week...make sure you eat supper before coming to choir practice.

We're going to an Ice Dogs game for youth tomorrow. Here is a list of the people I bought tickets for:
Amy Browett
Marissa Peacock
Aaron Giesbrecht
Nathan Schafer
Jesslyn Duerrstein
Christina Braoun
Patrick Bartley
Josh Mason
Kristen Kort
Carmen Mortley
Kevin & Nikki Klassen
Suzanne Wilson

If your name is not on this list then I do not have a ticket for you and therefore do not come to the church tomorrow night. If your name is on this list, then come to the church at 6:45 tomorrow night (BE ON TIME) and bring $14 to pay for your ticket (I fronted the money for the tickets and I definitely need it back).

Sunday is our youth Christmas. It's going to be at Fairview, after church. It's not to late to come, even if you haven't talked to me or Suzanne yet, so let us know. Tickets are now $12.

There will be a re-gift exchange, so dig through your draws and closets and find something that you no longer use to wrap up for the gift exchange...do not go out and buy something - find something that you already own, but no longer use (approx. value $10).

Let me know if you've got questions.

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.