Hello Bethel Family for all of you interested in the awesomeness that will be the National Youth Gathering in New Orleans, Louisiana the last day to sign up is this Sunday the 26th a deposit of 100$ will be required to hold your spot.  For any of you who attended the Western States Youth Gathering with all of the 1,000 other teens this will be similar but with already about 35,000 teens signed up it will be a bit bigger! We hope to see you all there if you can go!

What it do Bethel?

Your manly half of the Youth Assistant contingent coming at you today.  Yup, and its that frightening time of year, so I suppose that we will have to have scary nicknames.  David “Halloweener” Schrey and I have come up with what may be our best idea yet. We have crafted the Halloweeniest event ever, or my name’s not Robert “Witchy Woman” Rodine.  You guessed it, we are going to make our own scary movies and then have a film festival in which we view them.  We are calling it “Bethel’s Annual Super Spooky Filming Frightfest Scaretacular”, or BASSFFS for short.  If you would like to be a star, director, key grip, or best boy for any of these films, bring some spooky costumes or props, but make sure they are church appropriate of course (I’m looking at you Keith).  This is all after a luxurious dinner at Chile’s, where ribs and burgers await.  Bring $15 if your appetites are average, but if you plan to tackle a rack of baby backs bring a Jackson (which is a twenty).  So bring your scariest ideas this coming Wednesday for some epic BASSFFS action.

Your Favorite manly and masculine Youth Assistants,

Robert and David

p.s  For those of you who were puzzled by last week’s opening statement, the Pre.S is just like a “P.S” but before the body of the text.  For all of you grammar sticklers out there, you can just suck it up and deal.  

p.p.s I love you all.

Pre.S  I know that this post is coming at you all a little late this week, but fear not, your youth assistants have not forgotten you.  Just think of the delay as an opportunity for us on the other side of the screen to think of all but the most eloquent phrasing for all of your youth update needs.  Here is what I, Robert “Phunky Phresh” Rodine, came up with:

What’s up Bethel Family?  No need to answer,as that was a rhetorical question, but if you must answer just tell me this Wednesday when we go to my favoritest of all locals.  The one, the only, Chipotle!  We will be visiting the infamous burrito emporium at 5:30 this Wednesday so remember to bring a 10 spot to fund your expedition into the sublime flavoring that is Chipotle.  As if the night could get better, (I was doubtful myself), we will be visited by the Empress of Applications, Mrs. Katie Novak.  Rather than trusting my more than sufficient writing abilities, she wrote you all a little note to pique your learning buds (Taste Buds+Learning=Learning Buds).  Here is that note:

Hello All!

 I want to take this opportunity to personally invite you to participate in our group discussion on Wednesday (October 22^nd) with the Bethel Lutheran Youth Group. I will be taking the opportunity to do what I wish someone had done for me years ago, and speak to you in regards to some of the obstacles or questions you may have about your future path in life. I’m 25, a college graduate, and a bay area native. I’m here to help you with any and all questions you may have.

 With that in mind, I’ve taken the time to compose a few questions that I had when I was in your position. I’d like you to look at this list and think about some of the questions you may have. Please realize that no topic is off limits. Whether it’s about college drinking or greek life, intramural activities or campus jobs, please ask. I want to try to help you be prepared and to help you avoid some of the heartaches that I encountered.

1. What type of area do you want to live in while attending college?
2. How do you plan to pay for it?
3. What program(s) are you interested in? Are they impacted?
4. Are you looking at a private college? State school? University?
5. Have you thought about pursuing greek life?
6. Will you work during school?
7. Have you thought about community college?
8. How close to home would you like to be?
9. If you’re involved in a relationship, do you plan to continue with it?
10. Graduate school, medical school, or law school? Do you plan on any of these?

 Please realize these are just basic questions, and that more may come up which is absolutely fine! If you have other questions, I encourage you to write them down and bring them to the discussion. My life is an open book, so please don’t hold back.

 I look forward to seeing you all!

 Sincerely,

Katie

All this and more is in store for you this Wednesday at your very own Bethel Lutheran Church in the youth room

Hope to see you there!

Hello Everyone, this is your youth assistant David flying solo for this message.  For all of you aspiring Chris Larsens  of the youth group we will be going to laser quest on Sunday the 19th. This will be a Junior/Senior high event so try and make some friends that maybe are not your age!  Bring $20 to cover the lavish laser battle. We will be meeting on the grass in front of our lovely youth room at 3:30 pm and arriving back at the same place around 6 pm.

Your single lonesome youth assistant,

          David

PS. I invite anyone to challenge Mr. Larsen at this event but I suggest you prepare for a very bruised, and battered ego.

PSS. I made the mistake of challenging him to Buzz lightyear blasters at Disneyland the results were not pretty.

    Howdy all, its that time of week again, I’m sure that you all have been waiting with bated breath for our next update/post/blog/etc.  In case you are wondering just who is on the other side of the keyboard at this moment, it’s none other than all of your four favorite youth assistants.  We’ve got the styling David “I Keeps it Real” Schrey, the stunning Julia “D O double G” Hoegel, the mysterious Aleya “Gas, Break, Dip” Cunningham, and the always ballin’ Robert “Straight Outta Compton” Rodine.  We have taken time out of our busy life of busting fat rhymes and making mad scrilla to bring to you…  THE WEEKLY UPDATE.

    So, this week at 5:30 we are off to the luxurious IN N’ OUT Burger, for some animal style fries, animal style burgers, or if you are feeling lucky, an animal style shake (make sure you have you health insurance if want to try the animal style shake though, as it may or may not cause flavor overload, which is not as pleasant as it sounds.)  But I digress.  The activity to take place after this burger bonanza, or burgnanza (still working on that one), will be an intense political discussion which will probably end with “Straight Outta Compton” Rodine in a very political wrestling match with Keith “Screams Like A Girl” Nyberg.  

   So mosey on down to the ol’ churching hole for some US politics, US food, and old-timey, down-home, debatation, I’m sorry, I misspoke, I meant debatering.

    Your Humble, but undeniably Awesome Youth Assistants.

PS.  You will need $10 and your sharpest political savvy to attend this event.

Hey everyone, your favorite male youth assistants David “Thunder from Down Under” Schrey and Robert “Little Miss Sunshine” Rodine here,

    It’s that time of year again.  The leaves are turning to a golden brown, the days are getting shorter, and the nights are getting colder.  Time to put away your shorts and swim attire and get out your down parkas and snowshoes (or just sweatshirts, I like to prepare for the worst).  So we, your humble youth assistants have decided to do something  that is fitting for our new season.  MINI-GOLF!  We are going to putt into some wind mills and volcanoes,or both if you are daring.  This is all after a delicious meal at Marie Calendar’s for some soul-warming soup, terrific turkey, or pretentious pumpkin pie.  Of course there are other dining establishment in the area so you can’t go wrong.  Golf and Dinner should cost you $20 so cash in all of your stocks, and then bring ten more.  (That is an economics joke for all of you future financiers out there).  Anyhoo, come on down for a turkey club and a golf club, whole chicken and a hole in one, or an Arnold Palmer and an Arnold Palmer this Wednesday at 5:30 (p.m)!

P.S An “Arnold Palmer” is a drink made with half lemonade and half iced tea and is named after Arnold Palmer, the famous golfer who invented it.  See? Who said you couldn’t learn and have fun at the same time.  Check in next week for more Fun-formative posts next week.

Attention Sr Highers:

Join us this Wednesday night, September 24th, as we head out for a picnic at Shoreline Park.  We’ll depart Bethel at 5:30pm and head over to Shoreline Park to say goodbye to summer and hello fall.  Bring $10 for a sandwich from Togo’s and a fro yo on the way back to Bethel.  If you’ve got questions, just ask.

Peace, Tom    

P.S.  If you’re interested in attending the Barlow Girl concert this coming Sunday, September 28th, make sure to sign up by this Wednesday.

Hello friends,

I’ve attached an info sheet laying out the grand plan for Bethel’s Youth Ministry this year.  Check out the attached download and let me know if you have any questions.

Peace, Tom

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Hey Everyone,

We are really looking forward to being your youth assistants this year!  The four of us have some great ideas that should make for some fun and meaningful experiences.  We have used your input to plan events that follow our In, Up, and Out theme (“In” meaning connecting with each other, “Up” meaning connecting with God, and “Out” meaning connecting with the community).  This year we have tons of great stuff planned; Lock-Ins, Game Nights, and Service Projects to name a few.  We are going to make the website a reliable source of information this year, so if you have any questions about when or where an event will be, just check out the site at blcyouth.com.  Come and help us make this a great year! 

  Your Happy and Excited Youth Assistants

Robert, Aleya, Julia, David!!!