And ALSO, COMMON GROUND IS COMING UP NEXT MONDAY!! IT’S SUPER FUN SO DON’T MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING EVENT!! It starts next Monday at 7:15 in the fireside room Contact one of the youth assistants if you have any questions at all

<3 from your <3ly youth assistants

Tyler, Hannah, Michael, Megan

This upcoming Wednesday it will be our turn to cook for Fun With Faith! (yayyyy). Please arrive at 5:30 to help cook a lovely brinner dinner. (brinner= breakfast for dinner :], including papas a la Molly, blueberry & chocolate chip panqueques a la personas hermosas(lovely youth assistants), juevos de Tomas, meat of mystery ( also known as egasuas)). Following this lovely meal, we will be having a discussion about our upcoming National Youth Gathering in New Orleans. Please bring a parental to get some information .

Then Sunday 1/22, join us at 9 oclock for worship. After worship we will be a part of Socks and Sandwiches. We will be making lunches and serving them to the homeless in San Jose in Saint James Park. We will be done around noon. Also, starting this Sunday we will begin sign ups for Superbowl Pizzas. Everyone should get one because who doesn’t love the epic combination of pizza and football?! The proceeds will help support the winter retreat.

the FOLLOWing Wednesday, 1/25 we shall be venturing to la casa de Tom for dinner and discussion. Should be good. There will be chairs.

COMMON GROUND IS STARTING SOON . This is going to be a year you won’t want to miss. The lovely Katlynn Hoegel will be taking over the music aspect of this tour. It’s going to be good! Also, anyone and everyone should bring people . The more the merrier. OUR THEME IS NOW. It’s going to be a great idea to explore and find ways to apply it to our lives and our upcoming show.

That’s all folks!

Love your lovely youth assitants,

hannah, tyler, michael, megan

This Sunday, we will be heading toward(s) Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco. Meet at Bethel at 8:45am and we’ll be in San Francisco ’til about 2:30pm (lunch included).

Also, if you’d like to follow developing ideas about Common Ground, visit this site:

http://bethelcommonground.wikispaces.com/

If you have any input, talk to one of the youth assistants or someone and we’ll update the wiki with your contribution

Love

TFMC

Dear youth group,

It’s that time of year again. Common ground is comin round! And we are filled with cheer. This Wednesday we will be talking about Common Ground 2012. If you were in it last year, wanna join it this year, or have absolutely no idea what Common Ground even is, COME, join us at 530 for a yummy meal at iHop, followed by a collaborative discussion about this upcoming tour. Since you will be the youth participating in this program, we want you to be as involved as possible! We want to hear EVERYONES input. This is also an excellent chance to bring your friends; the more the merrier!

Sunday 1/15 we will be venturing to Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco, followed by lunch in downtown. Please arrive at 9 AM, and try to notify one of the youth assistants if you plan to attend. Even if you don’t, you can still come we won’t shun you.

LOVE THY LOVELY, LOONY YOUTH ASSISTANTS,

MiChAeL, mEgAn, HaNnAh, TyLeR

Please accept this cordial invitation to join Tom, Michael, Megan, Hannah, Molly, Marianne, Susan, Robyn, Jeanine, Carol and me as we gear up for this coming year. We will be having dinner at 6. Dinner will be followed by a presentation about all the upcoming events for this year. This includes information about Wildside (6th, 7th and 8th Fellowship), Confirmation (7th and 8th Classes), Affirmation of Baptism (9th grade Confirmation), Wednesday night Fellowship (Sr. High), Ski trip (Sr. High), Common Ground (Sr. High), Mission to Mexico (Sr. High), and the National Youth Gathering (Sr. High). It’s all very confusing, I know, but that is why were are having this meeting. To make sure Michael doesn’t end up getting Confirmed again (even if he may need it) and to make sure Erin doesn’t end up having a discussion on the stresses of college apps (even if the saying is the earlier the better).

Anyway, all students (6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th) please bring all parental/other guardian type units (moms, dads, aunts, uncles, grandmothers, fairy godmothers, etc.) and join us for an exciting informational meeting filled with hamburgers, hotdogs, games and a wonderful introduction to NOW.

Love,

Your lovely youth assistants,

Tyler, Megan, Michael, Hannah

P.S. RSVP to Tom by calling Bethel at 408-252-8500 X113 or by sending an email to to----@------.net

This upcoming wednesday we will be brainstorming about ideas for the year!! We’ll be talking about Wednesday night activities, service projects and discussions to Sunday School topics and deciding whether or not we want to do Common Ground again (cuz, you know, its the most boring event of the year *sarcasm*). So please, calling all high schoolers, EVEN OUR NEWEST CHERUBS, the freshmen. But please only come if you have a brain stuffed full of ideas (that comes with a BIG, FAT JK, cuz my brain’s as empty as the US’s bank account and I will most certainly be there).

This is YOUR program and we need YOU GUYS to help shape it, so PLEASE join me as we plan a most wonderful new year

More logistical details to come. Stay tuned.

Love,

Your lovely youth assistant,

Tyler

P.S. Make sure to sign up for LABOR DAY RETREAT this weekend, it’ll be a BLAST! Please talk to any of the youth assistants, Tom, or Molly if you have any questions about registration.

                                                                   Love,

                                                                         Hannah+ Megan <3

and Tyler and Michael

We’ll meet in the youth room at 4:30pm and return by 11pm. Please RSVP by email (th----@------.net) or by text 408-309-9975. Should be fun!

Peace, Tom

P.S. Also, this coming Sunday, we’ll head over to In n Out after worship with the youth group from the CG church in Bothel, Washington. They are at Mt Cross for the week and will worship with us on Sunday. Let’s show them some of the same hospitality they showed us on tour.