YOCF - December 2024

Dear Parents,

Welcome to our December 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. 

As we begin to celebrate this season, we have a lot of exciting events coming up! There will be more information on each specific event down below, but here is a quick overview of what's coming up!

- December 11th will be an opportunity for the students serve at Operation Christmas Child, the number of students who can go is limited so be sure to sign you student up if they are interested!

- We have two upcoming fundraising opportunities for Hume, both of which will be occurring at Candy Cane Lane on December 14, as well as the 20th. 

- Our Christmas party this year will be held on the 15th! This is a great opportunity for students to bring friends to church, there will be games, an ugly sweater contest, and a white elephant gift exchange. 

• •  She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”  All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel”

    (which means, God with us). When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.

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With Much Love,

YOCF Staff

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. Sign up here!

Christmas Party:

We are super excited to be hosting our annual Christmas party for our middle schoolers this year on the 18th! This is a great opportunity for students to invite friends to church. There will be games, food, an ugly sweater competition and a white elephant gift exchange. For the gift exchange, the price limit is set at $7 and must be wrapped or bagged. We look forward to seeing your students there!

Where: OCF Youth room

When: December 18th, 6-8pm

Candy Cane Lane Fundraising:

This year we are heading down to Candy Cane Lane for two nights this month to raise some money for our students to go to Hume Lake! The two dates we will be fundraising are the 14th and the 20th of this month. This is a really sweet opportunity in which students get to serve at a booth and sell hot chocolate and snacks. 

If your student is interested, please email [email protected] to sign up your student!

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