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MSM -June 2024
Letter from MSM
Dear MSM Parents,
Welcome to our June 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!
We meet every Sunday morning at the 11:00 am service, except communion Sunday; this month's communion service will be on the 23rd. We have all of our students start off in the main church service for the first set of worship. After worship they head into the youth room for their own message. We teach the same passage as the main service and will be continuing our series through the book of Acts this month!
Our Wednesday night youth group is changing into our summer schedule, which means beach nights! There will be more details further down regarding beach nights, but they will go from 6-8pm every Wednesday. There we gather for games, worship and testimonies.
YOCF has a lot of exciting events coming up this month as summer is here! More information on each specific event will be down below, but here is a quick overview of what we have going on for the month of June!
During the summer, we combine all of our high school and middle school events so there's opportunity for fellowship! This includes our Sunday mornings, which begin June 2nd and will now be providing breakfast every Sunday morning to the students, through our breakfast ministry team. Another weekly event is our beach nights, as mentioned above. We'll be kicking those off on June 5th, and we invite the student's family to join us on the beach, and from then on, Wednesday's will be specifically for the youth only.
- "So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith."
Acts 6:7
With Much Love,
YOCF Staff
SCHEDULE & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sunday Morning Youth
Every Sunday morning during the 11:00am service we will have a youth service during the teaching portion of the service. We start off in worship during the main service then transition to the youth room for our own message. This month we are continuing our study in the book of Acts as we will be teaching on the same passages as the main service.
The 4th Sunday of the month is Communion Sunday meaning no YOCF
Summer Beach Nights
Beginning June 5th we will have beach nights in place of Wednesday nights at the church! This is a time for the middle schoolers and high schoolers to connect through games, worship, and testimonies.
Our kick off, June 5th, is our family night, so families of the students are welcome to come and join us for food, worship and fellowship!
When: Wednesday nights 6-8pm
Where: 22nd Street, Hermosa
VBS
Vacation bible school is a great opportunity for our middle schoolers and high schoolers to serve together with the younger kids! It's a week long program in which we lead our children's ministry through stories from the Bible with a super fun theme. If you or your students are interested, use the link listed below to sign up! If you have more questions about VBS feel free to reach out to Hannah or Brenda for more information!
https://ocfchurch.breezechms.
com/form/VBS2024-Volunteers Discussion Questions to Get Your Family Talking
HomeWord.com -Getting your teenagers talking can be quite a challenge. You've probably had a conversation that went like this:
Parent: Did you have a good day?
Teen: Yeah.
Parent: What did you do?
Teen: Nothing.
Parent: Did anything exciting happen?
Teen: No.
Parent: Any plans for the weekend?
Teen: Not really.Some of the challenge in parent-teen conversation is due to the type of questions parents ask. When parents ask questions that can be answered with one or two words, they usually don't lead to great conversations.
To get your family talking, try using open-ended questions that create the possibility for more engagement in conversation. These won't guarantee long answers from your teen, but the more thought you put into the questions you ask, the better the chances are that your kids will engage with you.
Here are some suggestions for open-ended questions which may help you get thinking about creating your own:
- What was your understanding of what happened when _____________?
- What would you like to see happen when you ____________?
- What do you think caused them to ____________?
- What were the two best things that happened to you today?
- What was the most surprising thing about your day?
- What do you hope your life will look like 10 years from now?
- How has your opinion of our family changed over the years?
- If you could change something about our family, what would it be?
- If you had to choose, what would you say is the best decision you've ever made?
- What sorts of things are most important to you in life right now?