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YOCF - February 2025

Hello Parents!
Dear Parents,

Welcome to our February Newsletter! At the beginning of each month, we send out all the information that is going on within YOCF. Make sure to stay connected to our Instagram @yoyoyocf for updates! Check out our plans for the coming weeks and the ways we will be connecting with each other, daily, weekly, and upcoming events!

On Sunday mornings, the high schoolers get the opportunity to sit in the main service during the worship and sermon. Sunday nights are when the youth group for the high schoolers is held! This goes from 5-6:30 pm in the youth room.

Students are also broken into small groups that allow for deeper connections between peers and leaders within the smaller groups. These are held on Wednesdays and Thursdays and are held at individual locations depending on the group.

This month we have a couple of exciting events to look forward to! Be sure to continue further down in the newsletter for more information on each specific event, but here is a quick overview of what we have coming up.

- February 7th is a babysitting fundraiser opportunity for students to raise money for our upcoming Hume Lake summer camp!

- Hume Lake summer camp registration is now open as well! Be sure to find the link below to sign up your camper as there are a restricted amount of spots.

- This coming Sunday night, the 9th, we will not have youth group because of the Super Bowl.
- - He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that people do not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
  Deuteronomy 8:3
With Much Love,

YOCF Staff
SCHEDULE & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Super Service Sunday Recap!
Super Service Sunday was a huge success! We had over 50 students and leaders serve at the Dream Center in LA and our local partner at ICAN!
Valentines Babysitting Fundraiser

This Friday night, the 7th, parents have the opportunity to sign their children up to be watched by the students of YOCF as a way to raise money for our upcoming Hume Lake summer camp! If your student is interested in volunteering to babysit, please email Sarah at [email protected] to sign them up. If your students are serving, they need to be at the church by 4:45!

Where: OCF

When: 4:45-8 pm, February 7th
Jordan Mission Trip Interest Meeting
February 16 - February 169am - 10amLOCATION: Upstairs Classroom
We are having an interest meeting for the Jordan mission trip that we are taking this summer! If your student has applied to this trip it is mandatory that they come to this interest meeting to get all the information about our trip. This trip is only open to high school students and incoming high schoolers for Fall 2025. This trip will be at the end of June and into July of the this summer.

Our meeting will be in the upstairs classroom at OCF on February 16th during 2nd service. If you have more questions before the meeting, you can email [email protected]

Trip Application
Hume Lake Registration

We are stoked to be returning to Hume Lake this summer with our students! The registration is now available so be sure to sign up as spots for campers are limited and fill up quick. The links for payments are below, but you can also access the different payment options on the OCF website under the Student Ministries tab.

Link for full payment: Hume Full Payment

Link for first payment: Hume First Payment

Link for second payment: Hume Second Payment
Life Groups

We have our midweek Life Groups that will begin to meet Wednesday & Thursday of this week! This year we will be splitting our groups up with Wednesday being our Underclassmen night and Thursday being our Upperclassmen night. Both nights will be in homes offsite from OCF, and will be from 6:30pm-8pm. Here are the locations for each of the groups

Wednesday Night Boys (Underclassmen Only):

Ron Dunaetz's House
219 W Maple Ave.
El Segundo, CA 90245

Wednesday Night Girls (Underclassmen Only):

Martin House

360@Southbay

5562 Palm Drive

Hawthorne, CA 90250

Look up Kristen Martin in call box or follow somebody into the gate for drop off.

Thursday Night Boys (Upperclassmen Only):

Jacob Chris & Silas' House
633 W Palm Ave

El Segundo, CA 90245

Thursday Night Girls (Upperclassmen Only):

Mindy's House
2056 Monterey Blvd.
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254

For Life Groups this year we ask that your student go to their assigned groups. If there is a circumstance that prevents them from going to their assigned night then please reach out to me and Ryan before switching groups.
Creating a Media-Safe Home
Jim Burns -President of HomeWord and Executive Director of the HomeWord Center for Youth and Family at Azusa Pacific University
For better or worse, media has a powerful influence in our kids' lives! Today's media sends nonstop communication, delivering its voice through television, movies, Internet, music, magazines, books, computers, smartphones, tablets, and more. Frankly, it is impossible for parents to have control over every message that is being sent to our kids.

Because parents can't control all of their kids' media consumption, some feel lost, hopeless, or paralyzed when facing today's technology and media. We may complain, but it is time for us to quit whining, and do something. Don't give up. Don't bail out. There are things we can do and environments we can foster to create a media-safe home.

Watch, Listen, and Read. Creating a media-safe home requires that you become a student of the culture. The easiest way to get a handle on what media your kids are consuming is to watch what they watch, listen to what they listen to, and read what they read. Look for every opportunity to ask and learn from your kids.

Evaluate. Evaluate everything you see and hear with your kids. When you evaluate, don't just play the bad-guy role. At times, this will likely be necessary, but also tell your kids what you like and why, and help them learn to discern what they are putting into their minds.

Examine Your Own Behavior. Too many parents want their kids to make good media choices but aren't willing to discipline themselves. Remember the old adage: Children see, children do. Set the example you want your kids to follow.

Discuss and Listen; Don't Lecture. Anytime we can truly dialog with our kids about media use and influence, it is better than any lecture or sermon we could ever deliver to them. Ultimately, you may choose to disagree with your kids' opinions but they will at least feel you were willing to listen.

Develop Clear Expectations. Work together with your teens to come up with clearly expressed expectations about media consumption and use of the devices that deliver media. As technology changes rapidly, you'll need to revisit the expectations from time to time to keep them relevant and current.
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YOCF - February 2025

Hello Parents!

SCHEDULE & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Super Service Sunday Recap!

Jordan Mission Trip Interest Meeting

Creating a Media-Safe Home

STAY CONNECTED!