August 12 - 18

Thank you to all the students who helped with Tech Time over the last month. The results are in and it was an enormous success. So many adults have shared their appreciation for your assistance. Other adults are now interested in what happens in the youth ministry and even other adults want to get to know you the students more. Lots of great things have happened when students and adults were available to each other. Thanks for being willing to instruct an older adult with their phone/computer, and support someone. It's made a bigger difference than you realize.

WAIVERS HAVE GONE ELECTRONIC...we are doing something new this year to make waiver forms more accessible to be completed and secured through a company database. No longer will we work with the paper copies of forms that can get lost. Please be sure to complete your student(s) e-waiver form before the end of the week. We want to have a completed form for every student in the youth group which will then have everyone set up for the year.

COMPLETE FORM TODAY

Please note that the one-time release form is not the E-Waiver form we are talking about. If you do the short one-time form, it is only good for that one event and nothing else. We would recommend that form be only for a friend who doesn't plan on attending anything else in the given year.

Join us Wednesday evening for fun at Spare Time in Greensboro as we bowl and play laser tag. The cost for the night is $10, dinner not included. Come enjoy the last Wild Wednesday with a strike and lasers. We ask everyone to arrive by 5pm, and stop by the Popcorn and Popsicle event in Fellowship Hall A. We will leave at 5:30pm and return by 9pm. Sign up today! 

We swam...

We jumped...

We tubed...

We ate...

AND we wiped out! What a great day it was at Lake Norman. It was a great day as we hung out together, got to know new people, and took in all the activities. What a great way to send off the out going college freshman and welcome the incoming 7th graders.

Stress and anxiety is at an all time high for middle and high school teens. But knowing about the problem isn't enough. These dark things can attack anyone from any demographic. What we want to do is have conversation and share resources about how we combat stress and anxiety so we can help our students and those in this community.

We share this resource and hope you will take advantage of going and seeing the documentary, ANGST. It starts the conversation between both adults/parents and students. We encourage you and your student to attend together so the conversation can go into your home. The days offered are a Sunday September 8, 6-8pm at River Oaks Community Church and Monday September 9, 11am-1:30pm at Jerry Long YMCA ($15 cost).