Hi Friends of Common Ground,
Just 6 days until we hit the road. Here’s a pdf of our Tour Itinerary. We really hope you join us somewhere along the way. Make sure to bring a friend or 3 too.
See Ya Soon,
Tom Hoegel
Hi Friends,
I’ve attached a tour checklist for you. Note that we’re meeting at Bethel at 9am this coming Saturday.
Peace, Tom
Ok everyone, this is it. We are getting down to the wire. Time to put our noses to the grindstone. Time to put up or shut up. I’m out of cliched phrases to express that we need to work, but you get the idea. We are starting a weekend of pure workitude, on Friday at 7:15 p.m. We will be done on Saturday at 4:00, also p.m. Bring $25 and money for safeway, in addition to your sleeping bags and hard working attitudes. You won’t be needing your cell phone much, so don’t bring it if you can avoid it. This weekend has really got to be productive. Tour is on it’s way, so we need to get it right, get it right, get it tight. I can’t wait to slappa da bass with you all. See you then.
Robert
Hi Friends,
We accidentally sent out info about the BBQ tomorrow night with the wrong time. We’re leaving at 5:30pm and will be back at 8:30pm. See ya tomorrow!
Tom
Salutations and Greetings
I must admit, writing this particular post is torturous for me, as it is bound to be oodles of fun and I will not be able to attend. (Hmm, I should not have mentioned that, as nobody will come now that I will not be there.) I will be playing at a jazz concert that night, so you will be deprived of my presence, which will be cause for much weeping. But cry for me not, is a conucopia of activities to do on this wenesday night. First, you got your BBQ, prepared by master barbequer Thomas Winstonford Hoegel. Then we will be playing volleyball out on the grass of Creekside Park, followed by a short discussion and then a journey to the land of Yogurt. All junior highers are invited to this extravaganza, so get ready for some inter generational hooplahs. Bring 5 dollars and show up at 5:30 o clock sharp if you are down.
Later
Robert
Greetings Fellow Fellows! Young Sir Robert Here With a Funky Fresh Blog Post Update Extravaganza
It has been quite some time, I know, but fear not, I am back with a vengeance. I bet you are wondering what we are doing on this coming Wednesday night. Well, I will get to that in good time. Like right now. So, tomorrow, show up in the youth room at 5:30 (in the P.M), for a night filled with wining and dining (well since Aleya will be there, more like WHINING and dining, haha get it?) at the wonderful Ravioli’s Italian Restaurant. If you are wondering what they serve at Ravioli’s then I suggest you take a moment to reflect, as it is very obvious that they serve cheeseburgers and various german sausages. Just kidding, it’s italian food! Perhaps they even have ravioli. Anyhoodilydoodily, we will then zoom back to church to discuss some aspects of the New Orleans Youth Gathering, with a big emphasis on service. Hopefully we will get good service at Ravioli’s. Man, I am on fire with the jokes tonight. Feel free to come to the meeting even if you are not attending the gathering, as we will also be talking about service in our own backyard (well not literally our own backyard, unless you have a homeless shelter or soup kitchen back there or something. In that case, get to work.) So, thats the low down. Bring $10-15 for food, and let’s keep it G-Rated at dinner, no Lady and The Tramp situations with the spaghetti ok?
Later,
Robert
Here’s a video with clips of a song, dramas and video from the 2008 Common Ground program.
Hi Friends,
I’m on the way back from Minnesota and am looking forward to this coming Sr High Fellowship on Wednesday, April 29th. We’ll depart Bethel at 5:45pm and do a cruise in the new youth bus. We’ll make a couple of food stops, ending up at Yogurt Land. Come listen to music, watch videos, and engage in discussion as we cruise around the south bay. We’ll be back by 8:45pm so all you’ve got to do is bring some $’s for food ($10-$15) and be ready for a great “three hour tour.”
Peace, Tom
Greetings from Idaho Falls, Idaho!
I’m on my way back from a fabulous trip to Fargo / Moorhead: Rage Against the Red River. After moving about 11,500 sandbags and mucking out two messed up basements, our youth group came back tired and with a great sense of accomplishment. Make sure to check out the 550+ photos by going to the photo link on the main page of our youth website.
Now its time to switch gears: This coming Wednesday night, April 22nd, we’ll leave Bethel at 5:30pm sharp to lend a hand at 2nd Harvest. Make sure to wear long pants, closed toe shoes, and a shirt with sleeves. You also need to print off, complete, and bring the two permission forms (pdf’s attached) with you Wednesday. Unfortunately, you won’t be able to participate without them. Bring $10 too for dinner after.
See ya soon,
Peace, Tom
Hello from Moorhead Minnesota! All 30 of us have been here for a couple of days now and are having an awesome time serving the people in this community affected by the flood. I don’t want to go into a lot of detail right now, but so far we’ve worked at 4 sites; 3 of them removing sandbag dikes and hauling them away, and at one house we helped clean out a basement that had flooded. All the people we’ve worked with have been very appreciative of our efforts, and it’s great to get a chance to hear their stories. We’ve also spent some time with some of the high school youth here at Trinity Lutheran, who will also be going to the National Youth Gathering in July, enjoyed dinner with some families from the church and visited Concordia College and the World Wide Headquarters of Old Lutheran.
We’ve been taking lost of pictures, which are now up on our photo site. I also encourage you to check out the “Map This” feature (a button in the upper right) which will show where they were taken as well. You can get to it by browsing through the photo site at http://bethelcupertino.smugmug.com/ or by this direct link to the gallery: http://bethelcupertino.smugmug.com/gallery/7900997_vfr65/1/512434480_67mfv