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Links to the district newsletter. Nov 2009 |
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Give Your Life Away. |
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Regional Youth Conference 2010 Paul Grout, Church of the Brethren pastor, new church starter and former Annual Conference Moderator will be leading this year’s April 9-11 Regional Youth Conference at McPherson College. The RYC ’10 theme is based on John 10:10 and is Fully Alive: Taking hold of the life that is really life in body, mind and spirit. Sessions and activities will include: Friday evening—What Do You Long For? In the deepest part of yourself, what is it that you really want for yourself? Saturday morning—Living in Abundance in Body, Mind and Spirit. Connecting to God, to others, to creation and to ourselves through Jesus. Saturday early evening—Coffee house with table games and jazz pianist. Saturday late evening—Healing and Empowering: Freed to be Fully Alive. The primary purpose of Jesus’ coming was to lead humanity and to empower humanity into a new way of being alive. Saturday afternoon—McPherson College professors will interact with students. |
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District NYC Bus Approximate Bus Pick-up Schedule Wichita Church of the Brethren 5:00 a.m. McPherson First Church of the Brethren 6:15 a.m. Quinter 9:30 a.m. Bus will return on Thursday, July 22, 2010 to the same locations. Times TBA! Cost: $100 per person Deadline to book your seat: April 15, 2010, Benefits: Ride with your district friends! No need to worry about a vehicle! Youth sponsors get to sleep on the way, too! How to book your seat: Contact Jennifer Jensen by phone or email with the following information: NOTE: Your seat is NOT booked until you have received confirmation from Jen!! District T-shirt Information coming soon! |
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Here is some National Youth Conference information that could be helpful. NYC registration opens Jan. 5, ethnic minority scholarships are offered. National Youth Conference (NYC) registration will be open in less than a month. NYC registration will open online at http://www.brethren.org/ at 8 p.m. (central time) on Tuesday, Jan. 5. The online registration will be available through April 5. "Before registering, however, there is some information that each participant should know," said an announcement from coordinators Audrey Hollenberg and Emily LaPrade. Each participant will need to create his or her own log-in at www.brethren.org in order to register. It will take longer to register youth groups than in past years because each person will have to log in and out of the system. Also, each participant will need his or her church code at the time of registration (go towww.brethren.org/churchcode to find a congregation’s code number). The cost to register opens at $425. The cost will increase to $450 after Feb. 15. A deposit of $200 per person is due within two weeks of registration. Credit card payments are another new feature of the 2010 registration. Registration includes all programming, lodging, and meals during the conference, but does not include transportation to and from the conference. NYC also will offer ethnic minority scholarships. "Raising enough money to attend National Youth Conference is a big obstacle for many youth," said the coordinators. "However, due to generous contributions to a scholarship program created to aid ethnic minority and international youth in attending NYC, the size of this obstacle has been greatly reduced. We are committed to promoting diversity and to making it possible for as many Brethren youth as are interested in NYC to attend." The scholarships will be need-based and offered on a case-by-case basis. To apply, youth or advisors should contact Audrey Hollenberg at ahollenberg@brethren.org or 800-323-8039 ext. 281 before Feb. 1, giving an assessment of the need for ethnic minority scholarship assistance within your church. Preview the registration page and what information is needed to register at www.brethren.org/nycreg . Contact 2010nyc@brethren.org or 800-323-8039 ext. 246 with questions about NYC registration.
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2010 NYC Theme National Youth Conference (NYC) 2010 has a theme: “More Than Meets the Eye,” drawn from 2 Cor. 4:6-10 and 16-18 (The Message). The theme and some other aspects of the conference were decided as the National Youth Cabinet met Jan. 2-5 in Elgin, Ill. In a statement on the theme, NYC co-coordinators Audrey Hollenberg, Emily LaPrade, and Matt Witkovsky said the scripture passage “reminds us that God does great things through each person. . . . Even though we may seem like simple jars of clay, with God’s light we are more than meets the eye.” The cabinet also discussed worship speakers and music leaders, which will be finalized in the coming months, along with broader goals, the schedule, and promotion ideas. Details will be posted as they become available at the new NYC website: www.2010nyc.org. NYC 2010, for senior high youth and advisors, will take place July 17-22, 2010, at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colo. Members of the cabinet, which will next meet in mid-August in Colorado, are Sam Cupp, Jamie Frye, Tyler Goss, Kay Guyer, Kelsey Murray, and Ryan Roebuck, along with adult advisors Christy Waltersdorff and Walt Wiltschek, Church of the Brethren Youth/Young Adult Ministry director Chris Douglas, and the NYC co-coordinators. |
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Youth Minister Challenge Fund Strongly Received
Praise to the Lord for God is good! Thanks to all of you from the Western Plains District for helping us reach and go over our goal ($31,500) that the Nurture Commission set for our Youth Minister Challenge Fund.. The pledges and monies from your generous commitments give us a total of $31,590, and this was met by December 31, 2009. These monies will be added to the invested fund account from which the District funds its youth program as these funds are received over the next three years. They will provide a good foundation for our work with District youth for years to come. When the Nurture Commission met the other evening we asked ourselves if we set our goal too low since many that planned to contribute have not responded as yet! We feel we were led to set the goal we did and if the Lord needs more for us to carry out the work that God has in mind then God will lead the way for more contributions to come in. The encouragement from all of you has led us to look at our youth program and how it has grown in the last few years and to ask if there is more we should be doing. After consulting with our Youth Minister, Jen Jensen, we feel now is the time to divide our youth into two groups and bring on someone to help Jennifer with the Junior High group. We feel our actions will help the youth program be even stronger. We will be keeping you posted after we take our proposal to the District Board in February. Nurture Commission
Submitted by Beverly Minnich, Chair |
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