Weekly Update | GEPC Student Ministries | November 21, 2016
I hope you have a great Thanksgiving week with your families! We will have no conversations this week due to conversations!
I am in need of 3 more adults to serve as chaperones/secret shoppers who would be willing to help! Our Annual Secret Shopper Scavenger Hunt is coming up on 12/3 from 10am-2pm! (All this entails at its minimum is being willing to shop or pretend to shop at the mall. If you would like to go above and beyond then you can disguise yourself to make yourself either unrecognizable to the students (in order to blend in) or you can wear a goofy costume in order to stand out (which makes the scavenger hunt fun!). Please let me know if you are able and willing! This event is not possible without you!
THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE:
- NO Conversations:
- There will be no conversations on Wednesday, 11/23, due to Thanksgiving!
- High School & Middle School Sunday School
- 9:45-10:45am
- NO High School Community Group
- On Sunday (11/27) there will be no High School Community Group due to the Holiday weekend.
NEXT WEEK’S SCHEDULE:
- Conversations:
- Come join on us on Wednesday night (11/30) for Conversations. We will have a church-wide meal from 6:00pm-6:30pm. Then High School and Middle School will break off for a time of worship and teaching from 6:30-7:45pm.
- High School & Middle School Sunday School
- 9:45-10:45am
- December First Fridays
- On Friday December 2nd, we will have a time of fellowship and games in the gym from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at the church for the Middle School and High School Ministries.
- Secret Shopper Scavenger Hunt
- Our annual Secret Shopper Scavenger Hunt is on Saturday, 12/3!!! See below for more details!
- NO High School Community Group
- On Sunday (12/4) we will not have our High School Community Group as I will be on vacation.
IMPORTANT REMINDERS & NEWS:
- December First Fridays
- On Friday December 2nd the High School and Middle School will get together in the gym for a time of games and fun from 6:30-8:30pm.
- Annual Secret Shopper Scavenger Hunt on 12/3/16:
- We will be having our annual secret shopper scavenger hunt at Oak Park Mall on 12/3/16 where the goal of the scavenger hunt is to find people (“Secret shoppers”) and not things. I will need some parents to be “Secret shoppers” that students will have to find. Please let me know if you would be willing to help in this way! Thanks so much!
- We will meet at the church at 9:45am sharp. This will allow us to load up and leave at 10am from the church in a caravan and drive to Oak Park Mall. We will start the scavenger hunt around 10:45-11:00am. The Scavenger hunt will last an hour. Then we will eat lunch in the food court from 12:00pm-1:00pm. So please bring some extra money to buy a meal! Don’t let money be a hindrance to your student coming! The church will gladly provide a meal for any student who is in need. We will be back at the church at 2pm.
- Middle School Christmas Party
- The Middle School Christmas Party is on 12/18 from 3:30-5:30pm.
- High School Christmas Party
- The High School Christmas Party is on 12/18 from 6:30-8:30pm.
IN THE LOOP?
It is my desire to be a resource to you in any way that I can. I believe an important part of family ministry is my partnership with parents. I want to help keep you in the loop on not only what is going on, but also what is being taught. This will give you an opportunity to better engage with your students about what they are learning and how they are learning to apply God’s Word to their lives.
- High School Sunday School: We are currently in a series called: The Greatest Story Ever Told: A Journey from Genesis to Revelation. One of the goals of this series is to help students realize that the Bible is not a random and disjointed collection of stories, but rather from the beginning to the end it tells a single and unified story of God’s Gospel. This Fall we will be starting Part V of this study, God the Revealer and God the Pursuer, which will cover Kings and Prophets. This week we will examine the calling of Jeremiah.
- Middle School Sunday School: The Middle School is going through the same series as the High School on Sunday Mornings: The Greatest Story Ever Told: A Journey from Genesis to Revelation. This Sunday the Middle School will take a look at the calling of Jeremiah.
- High School Conversations: We are in a 6-week series on the friendship and what true friendship should look like. This week there is no conversations due to Thanksgiving.
- Middle School Conversations: Middle School is starting a four week video series on Surrender by Francis Chan. Ishi Stackpole will be leading the discussion for the Middle School. This week there will be no conversations due to Thanksgiving.
Blessings,
Michael Morefield
Assistant Pastor of Family Life
Gashland EPC