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Parent Update Newsletter 5/21

7:40 a New Record!
Hey Parents,

Our new video is only 7 minutes and 40 seconds long (no need to give me an award). We have a new video out and I wanted to share some information with you as well because we are seeing an adjustment to how youth will operate. Honestly, I’m pretty excited about it because at the very least we are going to get to see each other in person more often.

Here is our new video for the week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch/2MRnlIxENdA
We have been working on making these videos shorter and more digestible in order to reach as many of our kids with them as possible. One really helpful thing would be for you to share the video when we post it on Facebook. This will go a long way to reaching more people, even if the kids aren’t on Facebook, sharing the video gives other parents a heads up that it’s out.

We have been using Kahoot! To make fun and engaging quizzes for the kids to take after they have watched the video. There will be questions about scripture passages from the lesson, or points made, or sometimes questions like “What object is in the background this week that wasn't before?”

We are giving the kids 5 days to take the quiz (Sunday to Thursday usually). Once the 5 Days are up we give out prizes for the top scores, and sometimes we give them away for other reasons too, like first one done, or consecutive weeks taking a quiz. We’ve been giving away Amazon gift cards but we may mix it up in the future!
Digital Presence

To recap; our digital presence for the Summer will most likely resemble this schedule:

Weekly Lesson Video- Drops Thursday on our Youtube channel and Facebook page (links to both at the bottom of the page).

Weekly Lesson Quiz- Open Sunday after the video comes to Thursday before the new video comes out. Prizes for different achievements every week.

YouVersion Devotion- Start this Devotion on Monday! A daily devotion accompanies the Video Lessons we make. I’ll post a devotion video every Monday on Instagram. Watch this youtube video to learn how to do our devotions with us: YouVersion Devotion Tips

As always, check our Facebook Page and Instagram for news and recaps of all we’ve got going on.
High School Groups- Sunday || Wesley Hall || 5:00-6:30

Starting in June we will have Guys/Girls groups for the High Schoolers. Meeting times and places will be agreed on by the students and leaders of the group. Until then, we will be meeting in Wesley Hall from 5:00pm- 6:30pm on Sunday nights for small groups and fellowship.
Middle School Groups || Wednesday || Wesley Hall || 5:30-7:00

Middle School will meet in Wesley Hall from 5:30pm-7:00pm on Wednesday nights. This group will not be split up, we’ll have fun/fellowship time and then do some small group discussion about the weekly video. Students should bring their own bibles to these meetings.
Summer Plans

This layout is going to be the tentative plan for the Summer. This is what we know we can do safely. However, if there is any change in the restrictions we will react accordingly.

Sadly, we will not be doing Summer Camp the way we had planned at the beginning of June. This absolutely breaks my heart because I know how special that experience would have been, but we are going to make due.

With that being said, depending on the restrictions, we’d really like to have separate end of Summer retreats for the High Schoolers and Middle Schoolers. It would be just our group but it would be something fun to do as a group before the Fall. I am looking at the beginning of August for this, tentatively of course. I just wanted to put it on your radar.
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Parent Update Newsletter 5/21

7:40 a New Record!