God is good! read below to find out more about all the exciting opportunities coming up in Youth. Be blessed!
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It's December and we have a great mix of Wednesday activities planned for you.
Dec 4 Christmas Lesson & worship
Dec 11 Youth Christmas Party
Dec 18 Grad Panel
Dec 25 Christmas! (no Youth of course)
Jan 1 New Years (no Youth tonight, but we have C4 Lock-In a few days earlier and Ignite Lock-In on 3rd)
Living as Christians isn't always easy. Don't do it alone. Spend time with other believers.
Ignite (6th-8th grade): starts at 6pm (doors open 5:45) and ends at 7:30 (pick-up is a bit after that)
note: we often offer "Open Gym" for Ignite from 730-830, where Igniters can stay later and play in the gym. This is for all Igniters but was started to make it easier for Igniters to get a ride home with their older C4 siblings/neighbors. "Open Gym" is ____ for this week __
C4 (9th-12th grade): starts at 7:00 and ends at 8:45
note: we often offer "Latenight Youth" for C4 from 9-10:30, where high schoolers can stay later and hang out in the Refuge. A chance to connect and just "be". "Latenight Youth" is ___ for this week __.
Did you notice? Ignite & C4 are together for the 7-7:30 timeframe. We believe in the value of a connected Christian community. This overlap gives opportunity for the larger group to experience special events together, such as Worship Night, Testimony Night, Game Night & Service Nights. It's also an opportunity for our younger students to pick up the vision of what we do from the older student leaders.
Starting something new and epic. Are you ready?
BE CURIOUS... as we study Truth as it is written in the book of John
week 3 of our pursuit for Truth
Let Jim know to count on you by friday night, so he can get a good count for Lasertag and Trampoline park.
All day fun on Sunday followed by overnight Sunday Night and breakfast in the morning.
plan to arrive at noon and leave next day around 9am-ish. (you can arrive late or leave early but will need to connect with Jim about that ahead of time since we are leaving part of day in the vans. It is better to just plan to be here for all the fun.)
Lots happening throughout the day Sunday: stay after church for lunch together, volleyball, road trip to Kaos Fun Zone, Smash Brothers Tourney?, Movie?, food, Hide-N-Seek, Beef Brisket in evening, breakfast in the morning.
Cost: $10 (please note there is a $10 cover charge to help offset costs for all food, drink, rentals & transportation)
Kaos Fun Zone Waiver: please fill this out online. It is required by Kaos! Click this to fill it out.
CMF Youth Permission Form: you must have the 2024/2025 waiver filled out for CMF if you didn't earlier this school year.
Schedule ideas: noon: get numbers and order pizza
1pm: eat pizza (watch movie?)
3: road trip (bowl or lasertag/jump or other)
6ish: arrive back at CMF, also some cooking (fries?)
630?: eat dinner (Beef Brisket!)
7: volleyball in gym. (war also?) Games in Refuge
9: ManHunt in church
10: Snacks
hang out, music, movie? until bed
morning: Pancakes for breakfast
depart between 9 and 10am
Fun during the day (including a road trip to play bubble ball together!)
Fun in the evening back at the church
Stay up late with an 11pm pickup time Friday night!
Food, fun, pizza, surprises... what could be better during the break?
plan to be there from 3pm-11pm for loads of fun!
Cost: $10 covers all food, drinks, activities, transportation.
Serve God in sunny Belize!
Whether it's speaking Spanish, mixing cement, running games for VBS, dancing with preschoolers, scoring a goal off the assist from your new Belizean amigo, sharing your testimony, eating amazing Belizean food, delivering needed food to a local family, or singing in the local church service... you will have so many amazing opportunities in Belize. That's why we describe the trip as... un-Belizable!
Begin praying now for God to do a powerful work in your heart, to build our Team, and to bless Caledonia, Belize. It's going to be a Summer of "God at work"
NOTE: THERE WAS A TRIP MEETING FOR ALL INTERESTED STUDENTS & THEIR FAMILY Dec 1. If you missed it reach out to Jim asap to express your interest. You must fill out a trip interest application form and give to Jim. Then he will give you a link to register Online.
(The Belize 2025 Mission Trip is for current 9-12th graders and for active participants in CMF Youth.)
Passport info: -16 or 17 years old: https://eforms.state.gov/Forms/ds11_pdf.PDF
-general passport page: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/need-passport.html
Registration: -you will get a link from Jim once your "Application Form" is first approved by Jim.
Team meeting dates: -tbd
Costs & deadlines: -$700 ($200 due at Online Registration + $500 in April).
((After January 11 this cost goes up $50. We hope most people sign up before this date.))
Your $200 deposit is necessary when you register and commits you to the trip. (only in certain circumstances can this be refunded. Reservations and tickets are made on your behalf early on.) The remaining $500 can be paid at a later date in April.