Summer and Fall

Hey Everyone!

Here's what's up:

There are no regular meetings in June or July. But we will have three events:

1. Hike to Grassy Ridge on Saturday, June 21st. We hope everyone can come out for this.
2. Church retreat with events for youth, Saturday, June 28th.
3. Overnight camping for youth, July 25th and 26th (Friday-Saturday).
   

For the school year:

1. We begin with the Holston Presbytery Youth Rally, August 10th in Greeneville.
2. A day service project to Asheville on some Saturday this Fall.
   
3. A big trip to Atlanta over the Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend, Jan. 17-19, 2009.

Here is the big question. It has been suggested that we have our youth meetings for both middle school and senior high during the 11:00 hour on Sunday, like the other religious education classes. This would be our regular meeting. Then, at least once per month, we would have some other event (overnight, fun event, service event). The idea is that we might more easily swing that then trying to get regular evening meetings on Sundays.

Let's think about this over the summer. We can work on things to do such as folks to lead the middle school and the senior high (Martin Hall and the Tom Dixon Room are not being used at that time). We can work on curriculum and of course planning for our service projects.

I am on vacation and will return mid-June. We can talk further then!