Barn Night Canceled

Tomorrow’s Barn Night (Feb. 19) is canceled. Unfortunately, the weather prevented us from getting the word out as much as we would have liked, so we have decided to cancel.

Don’t worry though, because we have another Barn Night coming up soon: Friday, March 19 from 7-9:30pm.

Thank You, Shoveling Helpers

For over 3 hours this morning we had a crew of shovelers (armed also with 2 snowblowers) helping us get the van out of all the snow.  Thank you, Crockers, Jon Egeland, Kyle Kilgore, and Karen Freeman!  If it weren’t for these helpers, we wouldn’t have a way to get to Winter Breakout.

Winter Breakout Update

Hi Parents/Students,

**Update**  The travel ban in Frederick County will be lifted by noon tomorrow, so the retreat is officially on!  We will still be struggling to shovel the church out tomorrow morning.  We are working on a notary.  If you need to finalize any payments or form processing, arrive by 3:00.  Otherwise, we will see you at 3:30!

I received the following email a few minutes ago about the retreat.  The bottom line is that the retreat may be off, but we won’t know until after 9:00am tomorrow morning.  Sorry for short notice on this.  If it is cancelled, we will call you.  If it is still on, we will post that info on this page.  Thanks!

Hi Everyone

Here is the update. In talking with Doug at Skycroft the road into Skycroft are clear and  Skycroft will be ready for us. We have one delima though.

Frederick county has put a state of emergency for the county which basically, makes it illegal to drive on their roads unless your are an emergency personnel or one of their people because of the state of the roads.  At this time this state of emergency is still in effect. We don’t want to cancel if the roads will be fine tomorrow and the state of emergency has been lifted.  So we will let you all know by e-mail at 9:00 AM tomorrow what is happening.

Sorry for any inconvience this may be causing, but this is a very touch decision to make.

Thanks

Becky, Kevin and Phil

Snow Shoveling helpers needed!!

20 students and 5 adult chaperones leave tomorrow in the afternoon for our Winter Breakout retreat. Unfortunately, the plow that normally takes care of our lot (and does an awesome job – thanks, John!) had a breakdown and needs repaired. It will be fixed and the lot plowed in time for Sunday, but not in time for the retreat departure tomorrow. Would you be willing to help?

There are 2 key spots to shovel: The entrance to the church and the driveway of the youth house. The entrance to the church was plowed but experienced some heavy drifting. The youth driveway has not been touched, but the church van is stranded there. We need to shovel enough out to drive the van out.

If you think you can help – great! Karen and I plan to get to the church at 10am. Feel free to join us then. If you are free at a different time, you could always show up to shovel for a little while and then leave when you need to. Questions? Email me.
Thanks!

Kevin

Winter Breakout

I have been in contact with the retreat planners.  At this point, the retreat is still on as scheduled.  If there is a change, we will contact you.  Feel free to get in touch with me via email or by cell if you have any questions or concerns.  Thanks!

Kevin

New Chairs

The chairs are in and set up!  Here is a picture of them just waiting to seat students:

What is Lottie Moon?

Okay, Lottie Moon is not a what; she is a who – a very influential missionary.  This video will keep you smiling and tell you all you want to know (and then some) about the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.

Welcome

Welcome to Redland’s youth ministry hub!

Since this is a project that is recently underway, it is safe to say that you are new to this area.  Here is what you can expect to find here:

• Updates for parents.  I will occasionally post here to give a youth ministry update, add some news, or provide a resource that will help parents.
• Updates for students.  This will be a great place for youth to get info as well.  There will be some fun stuff, resources, and even devotionals that go with a recent lesson.
• Permission slips.  Just click the ‘forms and files’ tab at the top for the latest permission slips, flyers, and letters.
• Calendar.  This is yet another place where you can find youth ministry calendar items.  You can, of course, look to the left for the column down the side, but you can also click on the ‘monthly calendar’ tab at the top for a more interactive calendar to help you.

That’s about it.  I’m looking forward to this blog being a resource to parents and students alike.

Kevin