A couple of quick updates for you. First, we will be having our White Elephant Progressive Dinner Christmas Party this Sunday night beginning at 5:00 pm (note the earlier time than when we usually have Connect). All junior and senior high students are invited! If you have never been to a Progressive Dinner you are in for a treat (several, actually!) We’ll be traveling to various homes in
Second, we had hoped to play some broomball this Saturday, but between the weather and basketball tournaments it doesn’t look like this week will work. We may try for next Saturday, the 22nd. E-mail me and let me know if you’re interested and if you’ll be around.
Finally, I know that many of you have expressed interest in attending Nationals next summer. Here are a few details:
The Challenge 2008 National EFCA Student Ministries Conference will be held Sunday, June 29 through Friday, July 4. We will leave Friday, June 27 and return Sunday night, July 6. The cost will be $500 per student with a $100 deposit due by March 1. We will not be having public youth group fund raisers as we don’t want to be known as a church/youth group that is always asking for money. We will, however, try to make opportunities available for you to work and earn money that you can apply toward the trip cost. We don’t want money to be the reason for anyone not to attend. There may be some need-based scholarship money available, too. Talk to me if you are interested. If you know now that you would like to attend please let me know right away so that we can begin planning and so that I can help you find ways to earn any money you need. The maximum number of students we can take is 10. For more information on the conference itself, go to http://blogs.efca.org/challenge/ to see highlights from previous years’ conferences, bios on the speakers and band, etc. Let me know if you have any questions.
