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YOCF - November 2024

Hello Parents!
Dear Parents,

Welcome to our November Newsletter! In 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 down below 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 within the main service during the worship and sermon. Sunday nights is when youth group for the high schoolers is held! This goes from 5-6:30pm 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.
- ^{"But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.}^"
2 Corinthians 12:9-10

With Much Love,

YOCF Staff
SCHEDULE & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Snack Sign Ups

You can click on this link to sign up to bring snacks for the students on a Wednesday night!

We are really grateful for your willingness to serve in this way! If you sign up for a spot, here's some things to note:

We get around 25-35 people each Wednesday so please be sure to plan accordingly for that number. Some snacks that parents have brought before are nachos, cookies, brownies, and chips, but feel free to bring something different as well!
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

Punch in #3421 or follow somebody inside for drop off, parking is available in guest spot & their unit is to the left of the pool.

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.
Operation Christmas Child Sign Ups

This December we have a really exciting service opportunities for some of our high schoolers! The link to the form will be below, and by signing up there your student will be able to serve with Operation Christmas Child through the packages of gifts! This will be happening on December 11th, be sure to sign up quickly as we have a limited number of spots.

link to form: https://ocfchurch.breezechms.com/form/9721da4860265779924
Five Tips for a Happier Thanksgiving
HomeWord.com -
Thanksgiving is a treasured holiday in the lives of most American families. Yet, because of the tendency to romanticize Thanksgiving Days gone by, we can set the bar of expectation so high that we're bound to experience stress when the reality doesn't match up to the expectation.

Here are five tips on reducing the stress level of Thanksgiving Day:

1. Manage Your Traditions. Thanksgiving family traditions are great, but if not managed, we can end up serving the tradition rather than the tradition serving us. So don't make the location or menu items the heart of your traditions. Rather, focus on the traditions of the heart: the relationships you get to renew each Thanksgiving Day, the conversations, the laughter, and the love.

2. Acknowledge the Truth: There is No "Perfect" Thanksgiving. Give up pursuing the dream of a perfect Thanksgiving. It doesn't exist. Fortunately, perfection isn't required for a "happy" Thanksgiving. When something goes awry, as it inevitably will, how you respond to the situation will determine your stress level.

3. Evaluate Your Expectations. There's nothing wrong with having expectations. Knowing what they are can help you adjust them to be more in line with reality. So, here are four questions: 1) What are you planning? 2) Why are you planning it? 3) Is it meaningful? 4) Is it reasonable to believe you can accomplish what you are planning?

4. Create Some Margin. Hosting Thanksgiving at your home is no "holiday." While it may be a labor of love, it's still labor! The person or persons most responsible often get run ragged. Carve out some space for yourself by sharing responsibilities.

5. Don't Take the Bait! Most every family has at least one member who loves to stir the pot and push others' buttons. And it seems that T-Day is often the pot-stirring, button-pushing high holy holiday. Expect that some snarky comment will be made. Let it go, or make light of it. These comments are almost always an exercise in fishing. Remember, the fish that gets hooked, is the fish that takes the bait.
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