[ time to kick off the 09-10 year ]

Hello CUMC Senior Highers!

Hope you all had a great first week at school (and great schedules on top of it!)!

Our Kick-off will be Wednesday, September 16th at Johnson's Pool. (will update when I know the time.)

On Wednesday, September 23rd we'll tailgate at the CHS Football Field before the Powder Puff Games.

Wednesday, September 29th will be our first Youth Group at the church.

Invite your friends! September's going to be fun!

[ Seattle Mission Trip ]

I wrote a long article on my blog - but it won't copy over to this one. Sorry!

Here's the link: http://marciekoch.blogspot.com/2009/06/west-side-story.html

Love you guys! Hope you had a great time!

Marcie

Mission Trip Reminders

Our Mission Trip to Seattle is only 3 days away!

Here are some last minute packing reminders:

• The places where we're working have dress codes: pants to the knee or lower (no shorts above the knee), t-shirts (no tank tops), and tennis shoes.
• The work we'll be doing probably won't be dirty work.
• The weather is supposed to be around 75 degrees while we're there.
• Don't forget to bring clothes appropriate for church.
• Don't forget to pack a bath towel and bedding.
• Remember that you'll be responsible for devotions one night, so please bring materials that will help you prepare.

Also, remember to bring money for souveniers, fast food stops (Wednesday lunch & dinner, Saturday lunch), snacks, etc. You are asked to buy a little souvenier(s) for your sponsors and send them a postcard. We'll buy postcards on Wednesday and send them off ASAP so they don't beat us home!

I haven't received permission slips from everyone, so please bring them on Wednesday if you still have copies. If you don't, I will have extra on Wednesday before we leave. You cannot participate if you don't have permission slips turned in.

Remember the change in time for Wednesday: Brunch at 10:45am and Prayer Send-off at 11:30am.

If you have any other questions, call or text Nick, Kate, or I!

See you Wednesday!

(Read the post below this one for our daily schedule, assignments, etc.!)

Mission Trip Schedule

Mission Trip 2009 Schedule

Wednesday:

10:45am Brunch

11:30am Prayer Send Off

11:45am Depart CUMC for Seattle!

Stop in Ellensburg...Arrive in Seattle...unload at Blaine Memorial UMC...find dinner...

7:00pm Mariners Game

11pm Devotionals: Kate H., Paxton, Marcie

Thursday:

7:30am Breakfast Prep, Make Lunches (everyone help)

8am Breakfast

8:30am Load & Depart

9am-12pm Northwest Harvest (Food Bank)

12-1pm Lunch @ Local Park

1pm-3pm New Horizon's Ministry Tour

3pm-6pm Free Time/Dinner Prep

7pm-10pm TBA

10pm Devotionals: Lauren, Elaine, Derek, Kate J.

Friday:

7:30am Breakfast Prep, Make Lunches (everyone help)

8am Breakfast

8:30am Load & Depart

9am-12pm Atlantic Street Center

12-1pm Lunch @ Local Park

1pm-5pm Urban Impact Seattle

6:30pm Dinner

7pm-10pm Free Time

10pm Devotionals: Cullen, Kellie, Megan, Nick

Saturday:

7:30am Breakfast Prep

8am Breakfast

8:30am Load & Depart

9am-11:30am Pike's Place Market (lunch on your own at the Market)

12pm-2pm Hope's Place

2pm-4pm Seward Park

4:30pm-6:30pm Hope's Place

8pm Dinner

8:30-10:30 Pack, Load, Clean

Cleaning Assignments:

Kitchen: Ali, Lauren

Girls Room: Paxton, Kate

Boys Room: Derek, Mack

Bathrooms: Megan, Kellie, Cullen

Common Area(s): Whitney, Elaine

Loading: Everyone

10:30pm Devotionals: Ali, Mack, Whitney

Sunday:

by 8am EVERYTHING packed, loaded, cleaned up

7:30am Breakfast Prep

8am Breakfast

9:30am Church

11:30am EMP

2:30pm Lunch at Red Robin

3:30pm Head for Connell

8pm(ish) Home!

Third Day, Brandon Heath, and Revive

Wasn't that an awesome concert?!

I hope you all enjoyed it! Can't wait for the next one!

(I'll post more pictures from Annette...soon?!)

The Friendship Game Show!

Today, after church, we had a very fun and successful fundraiser for our mission trip! Thanks for all the hard work you all did to make it turn out great! Your commercials were fabulous and I know everyone appreciated the hard work you put into them!

Here's some pictures...

Our whole group, missing Elaine & Megan! We missed you guys!

Ali & Zack - the hosts!

Our sound effects crew: Mack & Derek

The pirates! They rocked! Kate, Kellie, Paxton, & Whitney

The contestants...we had a fun group!

Kevin, Mark, & Nick

Amber & Mark

The great group of scribes!

Mr. Peterson trying to come up with a good answer! :)

The big winners: Kyle & Dylan Haack
They won 4 movie tickets and some fun movie candy!

Thanks again everyone! We're so proud of you!

What did I sign up to bring for the potato bar?

Clever title, eh? HA! I know we'll be hearing this over the next few weeks, so here you go:

Chili in a Crockpot: Whitney & Bookers

Shredded Cheese: Paxton & ZacK

Sour Cream: Cullen & Ali

Bacon Bits: Derek

Butter: Megan

Chives: Elaine

Ranch: Lauren

Cheese & Broccoli: Rex

Delicious Potato Topping: Kellie (Kate volunteered you because it is that good!)

We are hoping to feed about 80 people, so please plan accordingly. I would reccomend bringing more than you think you should and we'll send home any leftovers. Thanks!

May 6 - Third Day Concert

Third Day Concert

Wednesday, May 6 @ 7pm

Toyota Center

Meet at the church at 5:30pm to carpool to Kennewick.

Please bring a sack dinner.

Please bring $12 to Marcie by March 6th in order to secure a ticket.

March 22 - Friends Game Show & Potato Bar

It's Live...From Connell UMC...the Friends Game Show!

We'll be having a Potato Bar after church on March 22nd followed by the Friends Game Show!

Please encourage friends and family to come and participate!!

Here are the responsibilities you signed up for:

Rex, Kate, & Zack (and Kellie??) - Announce it in church on Sunday

Mack - Sound effects

Ali & Zack - Host

Lauren & Cullen - Commerical Directors

Derek - Sign Holder

Megan, Shanika, & Sydney - Runners

March 15 - Highway Clean Up

Please meet after church on Sunday, March 15th to go out to Highway 26 to clean up the highway. Nick and Kate will provide dinner when we're finished. Thanks to Johnson Ag and Lyle Prairie for providing this opportunity!

Welcome to our Blog!

Hey Youth Group-ies!

Welcome to our Blog!! We hope this is a way to communicate with you and as a place for you to come to get information about upcoming events!

Post a comment and let us know what you think!

Bookmark this site so you can find it when you need it!

(We also created an email: connellumcyouth@gmail.com)

We Love You!
Nick, Kate, & Marcie