Good evening and thank you for inviting me onto your computer screens,

Wednesday 11/10 we will meeting at 5:30 and then dining at a luxurious ensemble of restaurants including wing stop, verde green tea, erik’s deli cafe, yogurtland(after your vegetables), wahoos, potsticker king and/or beard papa’s. Be sure to bring sufficient payment for any of the locations of which you wish to dine at. Following of dining experience we will return to church to learn about the upcoming Western States Youth Gathering. If you are interested be sure to attend.

Sunday 11/14 is a once in a lifetime chance to speak with our very own Mike Lorenzen via video chat. He will be informing us of what to look for in a church. Be sure to be in the youth room by 9:30.

Hope to see everybody,

Jeff

Hi Friends,
Just a reminder that we’re meeting in the Youth Room at 9am today (Nov 7th) to depart for a morning of food and worship. We’ll head to Holder’s Country Inn for breakfast and then to worship at the Catholic Church by Mitty High School. Just bring money for breakfast. We should be back to Bethel around 12:30pm. Should be fun!
Peace, Tom

Hi y’all,

Summary~
Wednsday 11/3 at 5:30: Pizza making and games. Please bring 6 dollars for dinner.
Sunday 11/7: Please arrive at 9a.m. so that we can go out to breakfast before heading out to catholic mass. Wear nice clothing please ^_^
Next Wed: Dinner at the Wahoos/Verde Green Tea/Potsticker King/ etc. & then a western states meeting

I would like to apologize for Jackie’s un-creativeness in her posts(which she would like to point out are much more concise). For everybody who enjoys or is forced to put up with Jeff’s normal posts, here I am. Please hold your applause until the end. As usual we are posting this the night before the event. Also in our adopted norm, I (Jeff) will be blamed for its tardiness. You may lessen your applause due to this blunder.

On Wednesday we are going to be making pizzas followed by playing games. Please bring 6 dollars to reimburse Mrs. Molly Schrey for pre-purchasing the ingredients. If you have any of your church appropriate/portable games that you feel would give the rest of us joy, feel free to bring it along with your smiling face.

Hope to see y’all tomorrow,
Jackie and Jeff

A reminder that this Wednesday 10/19, we will be metting at church at 5:30 and making our way to ihop, which i recently learned stands for the international house of pancakes. Side note that pancakes are commonly served at this location. Following our dinner experience we will be heading down the street to the pumpkin patch who’s name is currently eluding me, however I have been informed that there is a very large inflatable slide. We will conclude this evening at Yogurt Land. Be sure to bring money for any activities/food that you would like to participate in/eat.

This Sunday, our own Molly Schrey will be leading us in a seminar discussion the differences between the Catholic and Lutheran Churches. We will be meeting in the Youth Room at 9:30

Hope to see everybody there,

Jeff

Good evening ladies and gentlemen, these are your announcements for the upcoming week.

On Sunday Bethel will be having a Ministry Fair, where we will be serving smoothies to the congregation. We ask that everybody show up Sunday morning to help us make the beverages. If any of you have blenders, we would appreciate you bringing them, as it would allow us to make more.

Wednesday we will be doing a semi walking tour of the city. We will start at Bethel and make our way to iHop for dinner, make our way over to the pumpkin patch to get a taste of their giant inflatible slide and end our evening at yogert land. We advise bring money for any of the activities you plan to partake in.

See yall Sunday,

Jeff

This week’s shout out goes to Mel, who has shown up consistantly to our youth events. Props for setting an example for the Freshman.

If you would like to receive or reccomend a shout out, talk to your local youth assistants.

Hello to all of my computer going friends,

This upcoming Sunday, October 10th at 9:30am, we will be having a rocking discussion with Tom and the gang of Sunday School Staff.  They’ll encourage ya’ll to ask questions regarding Lutheranism and Christianity. We are hoping to have a higher attendance this Sunday, and we encourage everybody to attend these early morning events.  Oh yea, we’ll have snacks too.

Next Wednesday, October 13th at 5:30pm, we will head off to  Second Harvest Food Bank to assist in anyway necessary. Be sure to bring long pants/shirts, closed toed shoes and your youth release forms.  

hope to see everybody there

Jeff

this week’s shout of goes to Jonathan Stolan. stay cool

talk to any of your awesome youth assistants if you would like to receive or request a shout out

Good evening ladies and gentlemen,

We now present your upcoming list of events. If I were you, I would turn that dial up to eleven and put my listening ears on.

This upcoming Sunday, Shawne Leimer will be leading a discussion on balance. We highly recommend attending this discussion as it is quite possible that it will be awesome.

Following Shawne’s awesomeness, we will be heading to AMC 16 on wednesday the 6th to partake in witnessing the new film “Social Network”. Although I have no idea who is acting, the film is about the creation of (spoiler alert) facebook.

Hope to see everybody’s smiling faces there,

love your youth assistants

Jeff and Mac Dre C:>

ps being as mike schrey wanted a shout out…

MIKE SCHREY

haha its in pink

if you would like to receive or give a shout out please inform one of your awesome youth assistants (preferably Jeff as he is the coolest)

Thriving Through Life’s Ups and Downs

Labor Day Retreat 2010
September 4, 5 and 6th
Mt. Cross Camp, Felton

Over 130 Bethel members and friends experienced a “thrilling time” at this year’s Labor Day Retreat as Mt. Cross was transformed into a mini amusement park.

Our speaker at this year’s event was Rene Schlaepfer, Sr. Pastor at Twin Lakes Church in Aptos and author of the book “Thrill Ride – Thriving Through Life’s Ups and Downs”.  Throughout the weekend Pastor Rene shared insights from his book highlighting, at times in amusing fashion, his own personal ups and downs.  Using scriptural references of the lives of Moses and David he showed us how God promises to be with us too as we navigate through the rollercoasters of our own lives.

The thrill ride theme was highlighted at worship with a liturgical drama “The Ride of Your Life” which followed riders waiting in line for a thrilling but unknown rafting ride.  Rafters were encouraged to take their faith outside the comfort and security of the “park” where they could experience great fulfillment and joy – as long as they follow their guide.   Worship continued as participants were divided into “boats”, complete with oars and flags. Members of each boat were encouraged to explore how they’ve experienced uncertainty as members of Bethel Church but also hope and joy for the future with Jesus Christ as our guide.

In addition to this year’s dynamic speaker, the usual fun activities were back – this year with an amusement park theme! Favorite events like the opening mixers, campfire, carnival, Olympics, and the variety show allowed for new friends to be made and reconnecting with old ones.  Retreat goers certainly had plenty to do but also had time to kick back, relax, and enjoy the beauty that surrounded them.

If you would like to view Pr. Rene’s sessions from the Labor Day Retreat weekend, videos are available online.  DVDs will also be available in the Bethel Library.

Many thanks to all the committee members who made this weekend possible. If you are interested in helping with next year’s retreat, please contact the church office.

Hear yee hear yee,

Your magnificent youth assistants have united to inform yall of this weeks youth events.

This Sunday we will be teaming up with the not quite senior high (junior high) to join Robyn in a discussion entitled “I Am”

Then on  Wednesday (9/29) we will be having potluck and a discussion at church. We ask that you bring food to share so that others may partake in eating your food. Yum (mark dre). Once our bellies have been filled, we fill be having our world famous “Dr. Phill, Jesus or Me” discussion. This is sure to be the highlight of your week so you won’t want to miss it!

Hope to seen yall soon, much love,

Mac Attack

and

Jeff

Hi Friends,
Here’s a little modification for Jeff’s recent awesome post: This Sunday, September 19th, we’ll meet from 9:30am to 10:20am to plan out this year in Sr High Sunday School. Come with ideas and questions. Your voice is needed. Oh yea, we’ll have food and beverages too.
Peace, Tom