First Congregational Church Youth Ministry

On April 30th, all Senior Highers are invited to our Lock-in. A lock-in, if you don’t already know, is an overnight event–an overnight extravaganza even–where we sleep is optional. We’re going to meet up at the church on Friday Night, April 30th, promptly at 8pm. Right at 8pm, we’re leaving for Parkway Bowl in El Cajon for Cosmic Bowling. From 9pm-11pm we’ll be bowling in the dark with black-lights, fog machines, and music. At 11pm we’ll head back up to Ramona, to the church, where we’ll load up on candy, play Sardines, watch movies, and maybe even have a campfire. Students will need to be picked up in the morning at 8am.

You’ll need a few things:
-A sleeping bag & pillow
-$10 for bowling
-Your favorite Pajamas (must be appropriate for mixed company!)

Guys and girls will be separated for sleeping (for those who decide to get some sleep) and they there will be at least one adult supervising (and awake) throughout the night.

If you’re planning on coming please RSVP with Wes (760-789-3348) or on the Facebook Event profile.

We’re gearing up for summer camp! Can’t wait!!!

But gearing up means fund-raising. We’ve got a lot going on with that. We’ve got the YouthWork Project, the Magnet/bread/calendar sale, and our Yard Sale will be on June 5th.  Hopefully, with some hard work and dedication we will be able to bring the price of camp down significantly. We are currently accepting deposits for Forest Home, so in order to secure a spot for camp you must pay $40 to Wes Ellis ASAP (checks payable to FCC Youth).

We’re encouraging students to be as independent in their fun-raising efforts as possible. We’ve got some jobs for them but it’s their responsibility to go out and be creative in finding ways to make their own money for camp. If you’re a parent, it would do you well to help us in encouraging this kind of effort (it’ll end up even less money out of your pocket).

Just so you know, we don’t want lack of funds to be anyone’s excuse for having to miss out on camp this year. If you think that you may come up short… don’t worry about that for now… we’ll find a way to get you to camp! This is much to important an event, a much too life-changing experience for money to be an obstacle! Just focus on whether or not you want to go, then we’ll work out the rest of the details together.

Keep up the good work and feel free to contact us with any questions!

Rob Bell’s Nooma videos have been a blessing to our Youth Ministry. This Easter, Rob put out a new short film about the resurrection. I think you’ll enjoy it!