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MSM -November 2024
Letter from MSM
Dear MSM 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!
We meet every Sunday morning at the 11:00 am service, except communion Sunday; this month's communion service will be on the 27th. 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 weekly youth group is continuing this month which means that students will meet at the church every Wednesday from 6-7:30 pm. During this time, we will play games, hear a message, and meet with small groups. This is a great opportunity for students to grow in their relationships with their peers and spend time talking about what they are learning.
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- "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
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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!
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 last Sunday of the month is Communion Sunday meaning no YOCF
Wednesday Nights
Our Wednesday night youth group is back! This means we will meet every Wednesday at the church to play games, hear a message, and break into small groups. This time is a great opportunity for students to grow in fellowship with one another.
Where: Youth room at OCF
When: Wednesdays from 6-7:30 pm
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.