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MSM - November 2025

Letter from MSM
Dear MSM Parents,

Welcome to our November 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 below our plans for the coming weeks and the ways we will be connecting with each other daily, weekly, and at upcoming events!

We meet every Sunday morning at the 11:00 am service, except communion Sunday (last Sunday of the month). We have all our students start in the main church service for the first set of worship. After worship, they head into the youth room for their message. We teach the same passage as the main service, we are currently teaching through the book of Ephesians.

During the school year we meet every Wednesday from 6-7:30 p.m at OCF in the youth room! We will play games, hear a short message, and then we break up into small groups. This is a great opportunity for students to grow in their relationships with their peers and the Lord.
- - - But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
      
      Ephesians 2:4-5
With Much Love,

YOCF Staff
SCHEDULE & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Most Sunday mornings we meet during the 11am service with our MS students. All students start over in our main service for the first set of worship, and then head over to our youth room to hear their own lesson that goes through the same teaching in the main service.

We currently are going through the book of Ephesians!

We do not meet on Communion Sundays, which is the 4th Sunday every month.
Wednesday Nights are an opportunity for our Middle School students to come and learn more about God's word through different age specific series. We start off our night with games, teaching, and break up into small groups based on grade & gender! We meet in the youth room at OCF, drop-off and pickup are in the parking lot!

There will be no YOCF on November 26th for Thanksgiving break
This year we are bringing back our Bible Studies! Starting September 3rd we are meeting at OCF for our Girls & our Guys Bible studies on Wednesdays from 4:30-5:30pm. This is open for both High School and Middle School students & we will be going through the Epistles! We are currently studying through 1 Thessalonians and just finished Colossians.

Middle school students are welcome to hangout in between Bible Study and Youth group!
Clipper's Fellowship Night from last month was a great time!
All Church Worship Night
November 126pm - 7:30pmLOCATION: OCF Auditorium
There will be an all church worship night happening! We will not be meeting together in the youth room that night, but joining the worship night. Students are encouraged to come and join the rest of the congregation, and sit with their leaders & small groups on the right front side of the auditorium.
Girl's Night
November 235pm - 7pmLOCATION: OCF Youth Room
We are excited to welcome our Middle School girls to our Girl's Night this year! Come wearing your pjs , bring a baked good, and invite your friends! We will be having fun & cozy night filled with games and also a message just for our girls.
We are stoked to announce that we will be heading back up to Winter Camp this school year! Registration is open now! We have limited spots to sign your student up asap if they are wanting to go! Registration closes January 30th!

Where: Forest Home

When: February 20th-22nd, Friday- Sunday

Who: All YOCF students will be up at camp at the same time

Cost: $380

We are offering a 10% discount for families sending more than 1 student. You can use the discount code SIBLING when filling out the payment for your registration.

Register here!
Hume Lake Registration is officially open now! We have limited spots to sign your student up asap if they are wanting to go!

Where: Hume Lake

When: August 2nd-8th, there is a mandatory health screening and parent meeting at 4:30 August 1st

Who: Any student who will be in Middle School in Fall 2026 will be at Meadow Ranch

(if they are a current 8th grader they will be at Ponderosa: high school camp this summer)

Payment Options: Total cost $1050 or 4 payments of $262.50

1st Payment due: January 30th (This reserves your spot)

2nd Payment due: February 27th

3rd Payment due: March 27th

Final Payment due: April 24th

We are offering a 10% discount for families sending more than 1 student. You can use the discount code SIBLING when filling out the payment for your registration. This applies for both middle school & high school.

We understand that while camp is an amazing opportunity to see students grow in their faith and connect with the Lord, it can be a financial burden. We never want the reason a student can't come to camp be due to financial hardship. If this is the situation for your family, please reach out to Hannah ([email protected]) to apply for a campership.

Register here!
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.