Lock-In
Alrighty, well it’s time for my favorite event of the year, or at least somewhere in the top 100. It’s lock-in time! This Wednesday, July 30, we will start at 8:00pm at the building. They need to bring a drink and a snack to share with the rest of the group. Pick up time will be no later than 8:00am, but if it fits your schedule to come get them earlier, you are more than welcome to do so.
Six Flags over Georgia
The cost for will be $35. This includes ticket to the park and to help offset a little of the gas. They will also need money for 3 meals. The plan is to leave the building at 7:30am, Monday August 4th, arrive at the park around 12:00 est. and stay there till it closes. We will then be going to the Alpharetta YMCA teen facility where we will stay the night. There are showers there but they will need to bring an air mattress if they don't want to sleep on the floor. I have several air mattresses if someone is in need of one. We will wake up on Tuesday and travel home planning to arrive back at the building around 1:00pm. Deadline to sign up will be this Sunday August 2nd.
Dodgeball Tourney
This is an event we will be hosting August 9, at 2:00pm. You can check out the previous post to see the details of that. Teams will need to register online. They can do so HERE.
Click HERE to Register Your Team
Click HERE to Register Your Team
Camp deadline is tomorrow (Sunday) so this will be the last time you have to see me post about signing your teen up. Below are two links: Link 1 is for camp registration and link 2 is for online payment. Again, the cost for camp is $110 for first camper and then subtract $10 for each additional camper. If you are writing a check, you can make that out to UCC and give it to me tomorrow. If you choose to pay online, here is what you need to know. When you click on the link you will see two different slots to make a payment. Be sure to enter your amount in the "Youth Group-camp" slot so that money goes into the youth account. If you don't mind, shoot me an email or text (615-429-2929) letting me know you paid online so I can keep a tally on who has paid. After registration is closed tomorrow I will send out all the wonderful information you and your teen will need to know to prepare for Camp. Please continue to be in prayer that God use this week together to transform our hearts to match up with His desires. Thank you all and I can't wait!
Online Registration
Online Payment
Alrighty, I have a few details to lay out on a couple of the things coming up here within the next week. If you have a 7th or 8th grader, remember tomorrow (Tuesday) we will be leaving from the building at 11:30am to head over to the Bowers park for lunch (bring their own).
Camping - Tuesday Night
We are going to push the leave time for camping to 4:00pm.
They should bring:
Sleeping bag
tent (if they dont have one, no worries, we should have plenty)
flashlight
bug spray
I will have hot dogs, chips, drinks, smores and breakfast bars/fruit. If they so desire to consume other foods or snacks, they should bring their own. We will plan to be back at the building at 9:00am on Wednesday morning.
Chuy’s and Airwalk
The plan is to leave the building at 4:00pm on Thursday and head to Chuy’s to eat. After talking with the airwalk people it appears that you are going to have to each individually sign waivers and purchase tickets online since I can not tell them a firm number of people we will have. This is to ensure that there are enough spots in the arena. Once it fills up for a particular time slot, they cant let anyone in. So, I would suggest if your teen desires to go, that you go ahead and do this ASAP. Click HERE to go to the website and begin the process. WARNING: This is a hassle. You are probably going to want to pony up to an actual computer and not try to attempt this on a cellular device. I can already tell you we will probably not be returning to this place just by the high amount of hoops and hassle that is required to enter the building with a group. What you will need to know before embarking on this internet gauntlet known as signing your kid up to jump on a trampoline is:
First you will go through the waiver process
When you head over to the ticket process you'll need to make sure that Thursday, July 10 is the date to click on.
6:30 is the time slot to sign-up for.
You can either sign up for a 1 hour time slot or 1-1/2 hour slot. My experience with these places is that 2 hours is too much. If your teen only wants to do an hour, they can sit with me off to the side in recovery.
If any of you would like to join us, you are more than welcome. I want to apologize in advance for putting you through this. This place is like Lock-in’s, its only happening because I have caved to the pressure of asking teenagers. I am weak but fool me once...
GOOD LUCK!
11th and 12th Grade Lunch outing
This Friday, meet at the building at 11:30, bring a lunch
All Sons and Daughter Concert
The Concert is free but we will grab a fast food bite to eat before hand.
Leaving the building at 3:30pm
Again, you guys are welcome to jump on board if you would like. Should be a great night of worship.
Camp Deadline
This coming Sunday is the deadline for Camp registration. Im really encouraging the kids to invite friends. So I guess now Im encouraging you to help encourage your kids to invite friends. So glad everyone in encouraged. Also, payment for this event is welcomed - $110.
What's that you say?? Where should you go to sign up? That's easy - CLICK ME!! CLICK ME!!
So it appears that trying to plan something next week has become a curse. Once again, due to circumstances out of our control, we are going to have to cancel the canoe trip that we were attempting to pull off. This makes me sad and Im sorry for the flip flop on scheduling... no one hates that more than me.
With Knoxville work camp, IMPACT, and VBS in the books we are over halfway through our summer at this point. Camp is the only major event remaining (register your teen HERE) but there are a lot of smaller opportunities sprinkled along the way. Some of these you know about and some you are about to be made aware of. Below is a list of the things we have planned for the remaining 5-6 weeks of this summer. I realize everyone can’t do everything but I hope that your teen can jump in where they desire.
Wed. - July 2
Wednesday Night Gathering for focus and worship
6:30pm - Teen Room
Thur. - July 3
Intern Summer Shindig
Splash Mania (slip n slide, water balloon fight, etc)
3:00pm - 5:00pm Church Building
Fri. - July 4
Lake Day and Fireworks at Sunshine Pointe
Everyone bring drinks - Girls bring something salty - Guys bring something sweet.
1:00pm - Dark
Mon. - July 7
9th and 10th Grade Lunch at Lake Harris
Bring their own lunches.
Leave from building at 11:30am - Return to building at 4:00pm
Tue. - July 8th
7th and 8th grade Lunch at the park
Bring their own lunches.
Leave building at 11:30, return at 2:00pm
See camping trip below. If they want to participate in that, they can just show up to lunch ready to go.
Tue. Night - July 8th
Camping trip at Blue Creek Campsite
Leave from building at 3:00pm or just meet us there around 4:00pm
Pick up from building at 9:00am Wednesday morning
Google maps location to the campsite HERE.
Wed. - July 9th
Wednesday night Gathering for focus and Worship
6:30pm - Teen Room
Thur. - July 10th
Birmingham Road trip for Chuy’s and Airwalk
4:00pm - 9:00pm
Fri. - July 11th
11th and 12th grade Lunch at Lake Harris
Leave from building at 11:30am - Return to building at 4:00.
Sun. Night - July 13th
Free “All Sons and Daughters” concert in Hoover, AL.
If you haven’t heard of these guys you should check them... good stuff
Time details TBA.
Wed. - July 16
Wednesday Night Gathering for Focus and Worship
6:30pm - Teen Room
Thur. - July 17
Summer Shindig
Sat. - July 19
Lake Day
July 20-25
UY Camp - register HERE
Wed. - July 30
Lock-In
August 4-5
Six Flags over Atlanta
Ok, I think that about covers it. As certain events get closer, I will hit you with the specific details where needed. This summer has been a blast so far and it's about to get even more exciting. Have I mentioned that you can register your teen for camp by simply clicking HERE? If you ever have any questions about anything feel free to contact me. Thank you for your continued support and prayers as we call on God to continue to transform this group.
One last thing.... if you click....HERE an amazing opportunity will occur.
