UCYG Summer
Hey guys (and girls) of UCYG. We have an amazing summer planned for you! We are really looking forward to this summer’s activities and seeing you guys grow closer to God and closer as a group! Among the things planned ( I will elaborate on them more specifically below) we have a Cedar Point Trip, Middle School camp, High School camp, a Canoe Trip, a Game Night, our yearly Dune Trip, and of course Sunday Night Fires.
Here are the specifics on the trips:
Cedar Point (June 9th and 10th): We are leaving the church at 2:45 PM on June the 9th and we are going to Sandusky Ohio to a campground to hangout (fire, swim, volleyball etc.) and sleep before waking up and hitting the theme park early in the morning. We will be at Cedar Point all day on the 10th and then we will head back to Marion around 10pm and will arrive roughly at 2 AM (Friday night/Saturday morning) on the 10th/11th of June. The cost for this trip is $50 dollars and the money + the permission slip are to be turned in no later then May 25th. You will need to bring extra money for food as well for one meal on Thursday and two on Friday.
The Rundown:
Cost: $50 + money for food/souvenirs
Date: June 9th and 10th
Time: Leaving at 2:45 PM on Thursday and returning at 2:00 AM Friday night/Saturday morning
Due Date: Permission slip + Money + Medical Release form (if you have not turned one in yet) are all due by May 25th 2011.
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CAMPS!
Middle School Camp (June 20th – June 24th): Middle School Camp is for middle schoolers entering 6th grade through exiting 8th grade. It runs from Monday to Friday. We will be staying at Fairmount Wesleyan Campgrounds in Fairmount, IN. The cost for this camp is $160, however, the church will pay half ($80) if your permission slip and $80 dollars are turned into Pastor Kyle by June 8th. If you get your slip and money in on time, your cost is only $80 dollars, however, if you wait until after June 8th, the cost is $160. There are permission slips in the youth room upstairs. See Pastor Kyle for more information.
The Rundown:
Cost: $80 (if permission slip + money are turned in by June 8th) ($160 if registering after June 8th 2011) + money for snacks.
Date: June 20th – June 24th
Time: Morning of Monday – Afternoon/evening of Friday
Due Date: Permission slip + Money are due by June 8th 2011.
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High School Camp (June 27th – July 1st): High School Camp is for high schoolers entering 9th grade through exiting 12th grade. We will be staying at Fairmount Wesleyan Campgrounds in Fairmount, IN. The cost for this camp is $160, However, the church will pay half ($80) if your permission slip and $80 dollars are turned into Pastor Kyle by June 8th. If you get your slip and money in on time, your cost is only $80 dollars, however, if you wait until after June 8th, the cost is $160. There are permissions lips in the youth room upstairs. See Pastor Kyle for more information.
The Rundown:
Cost: $80 (if permission slip + money are turned in by June 8th) ($160 if registering after June 8th 2011) + money for snacks.
Date: June 20th – June 24th
Time: Morning of Monday – Afternoon/evening of Friday
Due Date: Permission slip + Money are due by June 8th 2011.
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Canoe Trip (July 7th): On Thursday, July 7th we will be going to Daleville, IN for a canoeing trip. The cost for you is 20 dollars and it covers the cost of dinner as well. The permission slip and Money are to be turned in by June 26th.
The Rundown:
Cost: $20 (includes cost for canoeing and dinner)
Date: July 7th
Time: Leaving the church at 10:00 AM on Thursday, July 7th and we will return at roughly 6PM that night.
Due Date: Permission slip and Money are due by June 26th
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Game Night (July 20th): We will be doing a game night in place of our regular Wednesday night meeting on Wednesday, July 20th. We will meet at 7pm and play games until roughly 9pm. It will be a great night of fun and fellowship with your fellow ugly couch lovers! BRING FRIENDS!
The Rundown:
Cost: FREE
Date: July 20th
Time: Wednesday at 7pm – 9pm
Due Date: NONE (BRING FRIENDS!)
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Vacation Bible School (August 1st-5th): In August we will be running games as a youth group for the kids at VBS. Come out and help us run games!
The Rundown:
Date: August 1st – August 5th
Time: Evening each night
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Dune Trip (August 12th): On Friday, August 12th we will be making our annual trip to the dunes at Lake Michigan. We will be going to the dunes and eating a pack lunch and then swimming for some time. After that we will be going to the shopping center and walking around/shopping for a while. Then we will go to Schoops hamburgers for dinner. We will end the night by walking the pier to the lighthouse and chilling there until the sun sets. We will then head back to the church.
The Rundown:
Cost: You will need a packed lunch + money for dinner (you can see the menu at schoops website) + money for any shopping you want to do (none of this is turned in)
Date: August 12th
Time: Leaving the church at 8AM and we will be returning at midnight the same night.
Due Date: Permission
slip is due on August 3rd
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That’s our summer guys, hope you are all looking forward to it as much as we are!
Upcoming teaching and events!
Well things have been crazy here at the UCYG over the past three or so weeks! Since the youth didn’t meet for Ash Wednesday, I took that extra time to do some much need upgrades, repairs and prep work for the upcoming season in our ministry!! It has been an awesome transformation, one you will have to check out for yourself! We have added stage lighting, redesigned the stage, painting the floor in the teaching room, added some decoration, rewired the youth rooms, painted over the graffiti wall, became a self-sustaining musical enterprise(!), and other modifications I can’t think of to mention! All in all, I cannot wait to have students come out to the Loft tonight to check it out!
Along the lines of having students come out tonight, is the topic of teaching. Over the next 5 weeks or so we will be covering the topic of purity. We are going to be talking about purity and sex the way God intended, not the way that our world and media sources portray it. Here are some of the areas we will cover:
- Healthy Sexuality – Why God created sex and His plan for it.
- Is Sex Safe? – Honoring God with our bodies within His plan.
- Renew Your Mind – Change the way you perceive sexuality
- Overt Your Eyes – Choosing to honor God with our eyes.
- Guard Your Heart – A healthy self-image changes everything.
As we cover these areas of purity, we will diving into God’s Word to find out exactly what He wants from us in all aspects of purity. If you have questions concerning this series, please give me a call at the church or on my cell phone if you have the number. You can also leave a comment on this post or send me an email at HillsideUCYG@gmail.com.
At the end of this series, students will have the opportunity to respond. The response will be a statement that they want to remain sexually and mentally pure until they’re married. They will be able to demonstrate this commitment by signing (or tagging if you prefer) or new graffiti wall. This will be a weekly reminder to students that they have made a commitment to God, the youth group, their family and their future spouse to remain pure!
I hope you will join with me in praying for this series!
Our next trip will be a shirt drive over to Indiana Wesleyan for a Christian concert! The good people who put on the Fusion conference year after year have brought in a couple of awesome bands for their Friday night concert! The headlining band is an exciting quintet of gentlemen known as Family Force Five! They put on one of the most exciting shows there is. They bring a ton of energy and passion to the stage as they rock out their hits like: Love Addict, Kountry Gentlemen, and Get Your Back Off the Wall. There are a few other bands that will be there as well including Flame, Sharon Irving, and the Brandon Grissom Band. All of this only costs $10! That’s an oppotunity we can’t refuse! It all goes down April 1, 2011.
Well, the wait is almost over, the Irony retreat is finally happening! This Friday, February 18th, all of you high school students who are coming to the retreat need to be at Hillside no later than 6:00. We will be heading out shortly thereafter. We’re going to play games, meet awesome people, learn about the God who loves us without needing us, and most importantly worship God! We’ll be back at Hillside around 2:30 on Sunday the 20th. Here’s a short list of things you’ll need/want:
- Bible!!
- Pen/pencil
- Small notebook/journal
- Clothes
- Sleeping bag
- Pillow
- Snow stuff
- Hat
- gloves
- boot
- snow pants if you want them
- Shower stuff (deodorant is a must!)
- Towel
- Snacks if you want them
Parents, please don’t hesitate to call me with any and all questions you might have regarding this weekend’s activities!
UCYG Hoodie/INKED Pictures
Hey everyone, I know I have been announcing this for a while at youth group, but I never know how much of this information gets back to your parents. So parents, here you go! This is our hoodie for the youth group. The cost is $20. I have been making this announcement for over two months and I extended one week past the original due date! I am turning in an order for these hoodies on Thursday, February 3, 2011. That means that this Wednesday is the last day to get your money and size in for the first order. I am willing to do a second order if there is interest. The $20 cost should be the same even if we only put in a one hoodie order. Here is a link to the hoodie we will be using: Click Here. Let me know by Wednesday!
Also, I uploaded the pictures from last weekend’s retreat! Click the dancing Grant below and enjoy!
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Inked videos are here!
For all of you curious cats out there, I have a link that will take you to all of the speaking sessions from this past weekend! For all of you parents out there, you can get a feel for what your student was involved in and what they (hopefully) learned at the Inked Retreat! Enjoy…
Click the picture to see the videos!
Just got INKED!
Well, the INKED retreat is officially over, approximately 30 middle schoolers are in their classrooms right now, fighting to stay awake! We had an amazing time at Rainbow Christian Camp! Everything from worship to speaking, meals to games was awesome. The students heard from 4 different speakers who wove messages together to help them realize that God is using them to write, not just their own story, but HIS story! We learned that our setting and the characters in our lives influence the way the story move and flow. We learned that conflict in our lives can be used to help us grow and develop as characters. Along the same lines, struggling with our faith, or wrestling with God (like Jacob did), is not necessarily a bad thing. On Saturday night, we heard about David accepting God’s calling on his life to be a shining example as King of Israel. Upon accepting this calling, David is anointed by Samuel the prophet, signifying the decision he made to follow God’s story for his life. With this in mind, the students and even the adults were challenged to accept that God is writing a story in their lives. They were told that if they felt like God was wanting more from them, that they could come forward, find their pastor, and be “anointed” through prayer (and a little bit of olive oil!)! From our group alone, we had four students come forward to accept that God has been drawing them closer! On Sunday morning we learned about the choices within the story that form and shape the direction and ultimately the end result.
Our students made a commitment to reading their Bible on a daily basis. They also made a commitment to be focused and attentive during our worship times at the Loft! I know that our youth group is going to benefit from the work God was doing this weekend! If you couldn’t be there for any reason, or you are a parent who hasn’t heard this from their student yet, I hope you are encouraged by what you have read! God is awesome!
Pastor Kyle
Get ready for INKED!!
This weekend is the Inked middle school retreat! We are headed to Rainbow Christian Camp in Converse, IN. We’re going to play games, meet awesome people, learn about the story God’s writing with us, and most importantly worship God! Middle schoolers need to be at Hillside no later than 6:00 pm on Friday, January 21, 2011! Here’s a short list of what you will definitely need:
- Bible!!
- Pen/pencil
- Small notebook/journal
- Clothes
- Sleeping bag
- Pillow
- Snow stuff
- Hat
- gloves
- boots
- snow pants if you want them
- Shower stuff (deodorant is a must!)
- Towel
- Snacks if you want them
If there are any questions, please either call Pastor Kyle at the church or on his cell phone you can also email him at: HillsideUCYG@gmail.com.
Welcome!!
Welcome to the new site for the Ugly Couch Youth Group! I want you to use this site to interact with each other and to get information about upcoming trips, retreats, concerts, or whatever it is we’re doing. So, take some time and look around!
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