Operation Christmas Child Exceeds Our Goal!!

Awesome Job, Kids!! We exceeded our goal of filling 100 shoeboxes!! With the very generous support of our church family, we were able to fill 128 shoeboxes during our meeting on November 1st, to add to 20 boxes that were already filled and donated.

TOTAL: 148 FILLED BOXES!! (with more filled boxes being added through Nov. 13).

What a blessing these boxes will be to many underprivileged children around the world! Not only will they receive the gifts within the box, but many will hear about our Lord Jesus for the very first time!

Continue to pray for Operation Christmas Child and for each child who will be receiving a box. Especially pray for the millions who NOT be receiving a box.

OVERNIGHT LOCK-IN & POTATO BAR, Nov. 4-5 & 6

REMINDER: Friday Night, Nov. 4th our Lock-In begins at 7:00 PM.
If you have not brought in your permission slip, bring it with you. You are encouraged to invite a friend to come with you!

We will have a time of getting to know each other better, Pizza, and Murder in the Dark!!

Saturday morning we will have a French Toast breakfast (bring your own cereal if you don't like French Toast), and then we will be washing and preparing the potatoes and setting up tables and chairs for our Baked Potato and Chili Bar on Sunday. Parents are to pick you up at 12 Noon on Saturday.

What to Bring: A sleeping bag (or air mattress), blanket, pillow, jammies and toiletries. Also, if you could bring something for the potato bar: a large jar of salsa, sour cream or bacon bits.

The Potato Bar is our major fundraiser for the Pinebrook Weekend (Feb. 3-5), so ask your whole family, friends and neighbors to come on Sunday at 11:30 to enjoy a yummy baked potato with all the toppings and a bowl of chili.

Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes

Tuesday, Oct. 18, we went shopping at the Dollar Tree and each youth was able to purchase 10 items to fill a personalize shoebox for a hurting child.

On Oct. 25, we folded 100 pre-printed boxes from Samaritan's Purse and wrapped many of the donated shoeboxes in colorful wrapping paper.

Tuesday, Nov. 1: Our meeting will be extended to 8:00PM. We will begin to fill the shoeboxes! If your parents and/or siblings would like to come and join us, they are very welcome.

If you would like to purchase and bring in more items or a filled shoebox, please do so!

Our goal is to fill 100+ boxes!! Remember to pray for Operation Christmas Child over the next few weeks and for each child who will receive a box. Pray that they will receive it with a heart that is open to hearing about our Lord Jesus and they gain the understanding on how to accept Him as their Savior.

Cherry Crest Farm & Corn Maze, Sat. Oct. 22

GET READY FOR SOME FALL FUN!!! Meet at the church at 9:30a.m., Saturday morning, Oct. 22. We will be taking "Clifford", our big, red bus to go to Cherry Crest Farm in Ronx, PA (near Strasburg). It is only about 30 minutes from the church. We will be back at the church by 3:00 p.m.

There are 23 of us signed up to go! Lunch of sandwiches (sweet lebanon, and turkey with cheese), chips, cookies and water will be provided. If you would like to pack your own lunch and bring it along, or bring money to purchase food, that is fine!

CORN MAZE: Spend about an hour in the world's most dynamic and interactive 5-acre corn maze with over 2.5 miles of paths, scenic bridges, and clues. And don't worry if you take the wrong path! Two Maze Masters are always on hand to get you back on track!

OTHER ACTIVITIES: Wagon Farm Tour, Pedal Kart Tracks, Animal Center, Baby Chick Hatchery, Obstacle Course, Giant Hay Chute Slide, Hay Tunnel, Giant Slinger, Straw Bale Racer, and many more!!

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.