We didn’t get our newsletter submitted on time last month, so we didn’t get to tell you about our success with the silent-auction bake sale in February! As you might remember, the youth were raising funds toward the construction of the School for Abul, Southern Sudan. We are happy to tell you that we raised $135 toward the school! Thank you to everyone who donated baked goods or bought the ones we made. A big thank you to Judith Billings for the donation of her chocolate cookies and to Allan Wintersteen for the donation of his chocolate-fruit pie/tart!
Lately, the youth have been working on a “fake” Facebook page for Simon Peter. It is in the form of a large poster that will be hung in the Social Hall. The youth gave it the more appropriate name of “Facebible”—how clever they are! Look for the results of their work in the Social Hall as Easter approaches, and as they “tweet” about the upcoming events leading up to Jesus’ Resurrection from Peter’s perspective.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
YIA to host Project Hospitality again this year!
Our Youth in Action class will be hosting Project Hospitality on Tuesday evening, December 20th. Our meal this year will include several hearty pot roasts with potatoes, onions, and carrots, fresh breads, salad, fried cabbage, sparkling cider and lemonade, and a yummy dessert and cookies for 14 men plus all our helpers. We would like to make this a tradition for our youth, as it gives us so much joy to prepare and serve the meal and to meet all the men, young and old, who come to join us for dinner. Last year was such a wonderful experience for us all that we couldn't wait to do it again!
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Charitable works are in the works!
Youth in Action is gearing up for the Christmas season! The students have been hard at work planning charitable activities and fundraisers for local and global efforts that they feel good about. One such activity is our work on developing a fundraiser for the School in Abul, in South Sudan. A big thanks to Carolyn Redmore for introducing us to John’s story and the rest of the group that support him, including the Ishitakaa Refugee Food Network. Plans are in the works for developing a fundraiser that is both fun for the students to participate in, as well as something that they can plan without significant outside help. Look for news on that event soon.
The youth are also considering participating in Project Hospitality again this year. Last year was the first year we have hosted it. It was on December 21st, the longest night of the year, and we celebrated the wonderful evening cooking, serving, and getting to know some of the men that came to dine with us. We hope to do that again and look forward to planning the menu!
Finally, if you haven’t had a chance yet, please check out the portrait and self-portrait project the youth completed. Their artwork is hanging inside the glass case outside of the social hall. It was a several-week exercise in looking outward, inward, and exploring how God sees us. We have great artists in the group!
The youth are also considering participating in Project Hospitality again this year. Last year was the first year we have hosted it. It was on December 21st, the longest night of the year, and we celebrated the wonderful evening cooking, serving, and getting to know some of the men that came to dine with us. We hope to do that again and look forward to planning the menu!
Finally, if you haven’t had a chance yet, please check out the portrait and self-portrait project the youth completed. Their artwork is hanging inside the glass case outside of the social hall. It was a several-week exercise in looking outward, inward, and exploring how God sees us. We have great artists in the group!
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
A time to say goodbye
Our most important news this month is that Christina Choh left us to go with her family to Arkansas, where they will begin a new journey and a new chapter in their lives. We will miss Christina very much—her friendship, her captivating spirit, her artistic talent, her passion for books, and her empathy and sympathy for others. To celebrate Christina’s new adventure, we had a pizza party and movie night in her honor on Friday, October 21st.
Bon voyage, Christina! We will be praying and thinking of you during your journey and as you make new friends in Arkansas!
This month the youth have been continuing work on their portraits and how they envision themselves and in God’s eyes. Once that work is complete, it will be displayed on one of our bulletin boards. Look for it soon! They have also been working on focusing their creative talents in cards for shut-ins, a favorite activity they like to do, particularly during the upcoming holiday season. We have also been thinking and praying about ways that we might contribute to the mission project to build a school in Abul, So. Sudan.
Bon voyage, Christina! We will be praying and thinking of you during your journey and as you make new friends in Arkansas!
This month the youth have been continuing work on their portraits and how they envision themselves and in God’s eyes. Once that work is complete, it will be displayed on one of our bulletin boards. Look for it soon! They have also been working on focusing their creative talents in cards for shut-ins, a favorite activity they like to do, particularly during the upcoming holiday season. We have also been thinking and praying about ways that we might contribute to the mission project to build a school in Abul, So. Sudan.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Fall activities commence for Youth in Action at FUMC
After a long, hot summer and lots of fun summer adventures, we are finally back for Fall at Youth in Action!
The Youth group has started off the year working on self-portraits, as well as choosing a partner and drawing their portrait. Then they will spend some time looking at their inner selves—their strengths, their skills—while also contemplating how others perceive them. Ultimately they will reflect on how God “sees” them. Later in September we will have a visit from Carolyn Redmore about our future collaboration with the Iskashitaa Food Harvesting Network. There are opportunities a-plenty for learning about other faiths with this work, as well!
The Youth group has started off the year working on self-portraits, as well as choosing a partner and drawing their portrait. Then they will spend some time looking at their inner selves—their strengths, their skills—while also contemplating how others perceive them. Ultimately they will reflect on how God “sees” them. Later in September we will have a visit from Carolyn Redmore about our future collaboration with the Iskashitaa Food Harvesting Network. There are opportunities a-plenty for learning about other faiths with this work, as well!
Friday, April 15, 2011
Paper Cranes for Japan
As part of our acknowledgement of Lent and Earth Day combined, we spent two Sundays learning how to fold origami paper cranes for a project to benefit Japan. StudentsRebuild.org and DoSomething.org teamed up and called for 100,000 paper cranes to be made by students across the U.S. and the world. For every 1 paper crane made, $2 are being donated by the Bezos Family Foundation to Architecture for Humanity for the rebuilding efforts in Japan after the March 11th earthquake and tsunami. The 100,000 cranes collected will be permanently used in an art installation for Japan, as a gift from students around the globe, so they will not be discarded. In a call to action, our youth folded and collected 206 paper cranes. That is $412 collected for Japan! This includes efforts by Christina Choh, who had asked to do a demonstration for art class at school and as a result brought in a large bag of folded cranes from her classmates at Basis to add to our collection. Congratulations to all our youth for their patience in learning to fold these delicate creations and for being excited to participate in the project!
Movie Night!
Youth in Action celebrated with lots of fun activities this month! One of them was Movie and Pizza Night, held on Friday, April 1st. We used the comfy couches and the big-screen TV in the Wesley Room to relax and lounge while we devoured several pizzas, soda, and watched The Sandlot. What a great movie! Lucinda and Isaac also joined us for the evening and we all played games and laughed and had fun. It was a terrific night to release some of the stress from school and life, and we hope to do it again soon!
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