Shopping Night for Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes, Tuesday, Oct. 18

Hey Kids & Parents,
Just a reminder for Tuesday, Oct. 18: Meeting is extended to 8:00PM.
TRY TO ARRIVE AS CLOSE TO 5:30 AS POSSIBLE! We will try to finish eating dinner by 6:10, so that we can leave by 6:15 to go to the Dollar Tree in Thorndale to shop for items for our shoeboxes! We will be taking Clifford so that will add to the fun!

If you have not brought in your permission slip to go, please bring it with you or have your parent wait and sign on when they bring you to the meeting. Each person will be given a slip of paper with information of who you will be buying for: whether it is a boy or girl and what their age group is. You will be given $11.00 and able to purchase 1o items each ($10.60 with tax).

Then next week (Oct. 25), we will be wrapping shoeboxes, folding pre-made boxes, and setting the items up on tables so we can begin to fill them during our November 1st meeting.

Volunteering for Global Aid Network Food Packaging

Saturday, October 15, 2011: What a great opportunity it was to go to the GAIN Distribution Center in Mount Joy, PA and package bags of rice and beans to be shipped to famine stricken areas around the world. 6 adults and 16 youth participated in this mission event.

Youth: You all did an excellent job pouring, bagging, sealing the bags of rice and beans! We worked along side youth and adults from both Fairview Presbyterian and Honey Brook Presbyterian churches, and we were able to fill 88 cases. That is 2,112 bags of rice and 1,056 bags of beans!! That is enough to feed 3 families of 4 people for one whole year!! Great Job!!

We are signing up to do it again in June 2012!
Check out the pictures on the right side of the page!

REMINDER for Global Aid Trip, Sat. Oct. 15

Please remember that you need to wear closed toed shoes on Saturday for our trip to Global Aid to package meals that will be shipped to underprivleged families around the world. If you did not hand in a permission slip, bring one with you or there will be some for signature when your parents drop you off.

Be in the back church parking lot by 11:50 to organize the carpool so that we can leave by 12 Noon.

If you want to bring a friend, please contact Ms. Glady before Saturday, so that we have enough drivers to carpool.

YOUTH EVENT SCHEDULE SEPT-DEC 2011

Check out the Exciting Fall Schedule we have planned for you!!!!

Tuesday night meetings are from 5:30-7:30 PM except where extended times are noted.

Tue. Sept. 13: Youth Kick-Off Picnic
Tue. Sept. 20: 1st Meeting
Tue. Sept. 27: Ice Cream Social - Bring A Friend

Tue. Oct. 04: Meeting
Sat. Oct. 08: Help Volunteer at Sensory Play Day
Tue. Oct. 11: Meeting
Tue. Oct. 18: Meeting
Tue. Oct. 25: Wrap Shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child (Extended Time til 8:00 PM)
Sat. Oct. 29: Corn Maze at Cherry Crest Farm

Tue. Nov. 1: Pack Shoeboxes (Extended Time til 8:00 PM)
Fri-Sat. Nov. 4-5: Overnight Lock-In
Sun. Nov. 6: Potato Bar Fundraiser at Church
Tue. Nov. 8: Make Fresh Christmas Wreaths (Extended time til 8:30 PM)
Tue. Nov. 15: Meeting
Fri-Sat. Nov. 18-19: All Night Bowling
Tue. Nov. 22: No Meeting - Thanksgiving Break
Tue. Nov. 29: Meeting

Tue. Dec. 06: Meeting
Tue. Dec. 13: Meeting
Tue. Dec. 20: Christmas Party - Caroling at Tel Hai Retirement Home
Tue. Dec. 27: No Meeting - Christmas Break

YOUTH PROGRAM KICK-OFF PICNIC, Tuesday, Sept. 13

Hey Kids... and Parents!! Tuesday, Sept. 13 is the Kick-Off Picnic for the start of a new youth group season.

Time: 5:30-7:30 PM. Bring a covered dish to share. Sloppy Joes and Hot Dogs will be provided.

Invite your friends from school and the kids in your neighborhood who are in 6-12 grade. Meet our new youth director, Shawn Carafa, and get a preview of the exciting events planned for you in the months ahead... Ice Cream Social, Cherry Crest Farm, Overnight Lock-In, Potato Bar, All-Night Bowling, Packaging Food at the Global Aid Network... and MORE!!

Please let Ms. Glady know ASAP if you plan to attend so that the food can be planned accordingly.

Would you like to have a Tug-A-War... Kids against Adults? Oh Yeah!! Bring it On!!

WINNERS FOR WRITING "THANKFUL" PAPERS

The leaders are very proud of each one of you who took the challenge a wrote a paper on what you are thankful for! Each one was very special. Here is how your peers rated your papers, picking the top 5 places:
1st Place: Brianna
2nd Place Tie: Jackie and Alex
3rd Place: Tina
4th Place: Michael
These were the top 5 papers, so counting the votes further to find the 5th place winner... it goes to Lauren! You can read these papers in our Church's Dec/Jan Newsletter which will be available to read/print on our website: www.forkschurch.org, after Nov. 25. You will definately want to read them!
CONGRATULATIONS to all of you! You will be awarded your Bible dollars at our Dec. 1st meeting.

Girls Go to Revolve Tour in Philly!!

What a BLAST Lily, Lyssie, Madison (Lyssie's cool friend), Jackie, Lauren, Julia and Michael had at the Revolve Tour in Philly Friday night and Saturday, Nov. 6-7th. The adults had a great time, too! We heard young Christian speakers, Chad Eastman, Jenna Lucado (daughter of auther Max Lucado), and several others. We saw drama skits and heard great music by the wrap group... 1 Crew Group and Christian rock band, STELLAR KART! They stole the show! The girls (and moms) think the lead singer, Adam is really HOT!!! (We're taking SIZZLE here!) They have their newest CD which won't be released to the public until Feb. 2010, so we'll have to play it during one of our meetings for those of you who didn't get to go.
Check Out the Pics!!