Bethesda Youth Group (BYG) – Middle and High School
BYG Time!
September 2010 Youth Calendar
Have fun and learn with other 6th – 12th grade students in our youth center where we…
- Learn what it means to be freed from the chains of sin and be part of God’s family
- Feel loved, welcomed, supported and not judged
- Participate in great discussions and debates
- Listen to music
- Play volleyball, Wii, pool, ping pong, Ninja, kick ball, and other games
- Eat, paint, sculpt Spam, and try to break the record for most T-shirts put on
- More…
Serve others through…
- Community food drives
- Charity events
- Service projects
- Prayer and support
Go on Retreats and Trips like…
- Dahlonega (Camp Glisson)
- The Okefenokee Swamp
- Theme parks, water parks, zoos
- Fireworks
- Camping
- The Beach
- Skiing
- And others…
Regular Youth Meeting times:
- Sunday 9:45—10:30 Sunday School
- Sunday 4:30—6:00 Food, Fun, and Fellowship
- Wednesday 6:30—8:00 Life Application Studies
Kroger Gift Cards
The Youth are selling Kroger Gift Cards as a fund raiser.
If you purchase a $50 gift card, then you use it to purchase $50 in groceries at Kroger, the youth earn 5%.
Please see Judy Wood, Kim Bertram, Lani Skogen or any of the youth to purchase gift cards. Thank you for your help!
Forms
Here are some commonly used forms. The medical release form needs to be filled out and turned in to the youth director once a year for every child.
Medical Release and Liability Form
A downloadable and Printable (PDF) Youth Calendar is now available on the Youth Page. The September calendar is there now and I’m working on October. Hopefully, this will help the youth parents and the students keep up with what’s going on. I’ve attached it to this post as well, but you can always get to it on the youth page.
September BYG Calendar
LYL, scotty
Just a reminder to ALL who have kids — the Parenting Sunday School Class starts this Sunday, August 29th and will go from 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. It will be a 12-week class and will meet in the back of the Fellowship Hall on the window side. Carolyn Beaty will be leading this class.
This coming Sunday is youth creative Sunday. If you haven’t painted a cross for the youth wall, this is the time to do it. You’ll need a canvas to paint on. Paints and brushes are provided. You can get the canvases at Joanns, Michaels, or Hobby Lobby. Any size is fine as long as it’s not enourmous 
We will have things to do for those of you that have already painted a cross as well.
LYL, scotty
It’s time to update our Facebook Fanpage picture and our church website page picture. If you are in the youth group, please make every effort attend youth on Wednesday so we can get you in the Photo! As usual Wednesday youth service is from 6:30 – 8:00.
LYL, scotty
We will be heading over to the Murphy’s during youth time on Sunday for a cookout and swimming. Make sure to bring a swim suit, towel, and sunblock.
You can leave with us from the church promptly at 4:30 or drive over on your own. Directions will be provided if needed. Contact me if you need directions.
LYL, scotty
A great big THANK YOU to everyone who came out for Sunday School Registration yesterday! It was a blessing to have all of God’s children in the chapel for a time of fellowship. We are excited to have this new method of registering everyone for Sunday School, and we look forward to this upcoming Sunday School year!
We’ve just started our Pioneer Club Wesley Walk campaign! Each child will try to raise at least $20 to go to Wesley Community Centers, Inc. The chidlren’s Wesley Walk will be on Wednesday, September 15th during Pioneer Club (6:30 – 7:30 p.m.). We hope you’ll come and join us that night as we learn more about what it means to help others in need.
*Parents, if you would like for your child to participate but do not have an envelope, please see Katie Atcheson! All money is due on or before the night of the Wesley Walk.
Bethesda will have a Parenting Class for Sunday School beginning Sunday, August 29th. It will be a 12-week course lead by Carolyn Beaty. The class will be based on The Essentials of Discipline by Dr. James Dobson. The topics include Why Your Child Needs Discipline, Irresonsibility vs. Defiance, Anger vs. Action, Finding Balance in Discipline, To Spank or Not to Spank, Compliant vs. Defiant, Changing Discipline as Your Child Grows, Protecting the Spirit, The Strong-Willed Adolescent, and The Ultimate Priority. Parents with children and youth of all ages are encouraged to attend. If you have any question, please see Katie Atcheson.
Sunday School Registration will be in the Chapel this Sunday from 9:45 to 10:30am. Everyone is asked to come enjoy donuts, coffee and juice and register for Sunday School. There will not be regular classes this week. (All classes, all ages)
Remember, this Sunday is Home Coming here at Bethesda. OUR SERVICE WILL BEGIN AT 10:45am sharp!
If you have ever been in the Chancel Choir, we invite you to join us this Sunday at 10:15 in the choir room for a quick rehearsal of “Heaven Medley”. We would love to have all choir members back in the choir all the time, but at least for this Sunday.
Bring your friends, family, neighbors, and former members. We have a great service planned. Immediately following service we will have a covered dish lunch in the fellowship hall. Bring plenty of food to share!
Guest Speaker – Rev. David Walters Sermon: Treasure Hunt Scripture Luke 19:1-10, Luke 8:40-48
Special Music by the Laymen Quartet and The Chancel Choir
Recognition of all Sunday School Teachers
We are back to having every Wednesday night supper and programming. Don’t miss out on these!
Supper Served – 5:45 – 6:30pm
Adult Bible Study (lead by Carroll Waters) – 6:30pm – back of fellowship hall
Fact or Fiction – New Members Class (lead by Pastor John) – 6:30pm – back of fellowship hall
Youth – Pavilion – 6:30pm
Pioneer Club – Education Building – 6:30pm
Chancel Choir – Choir Room – 6:30pm
Hand Bell Choir – Choir Room – 8:00pm
Youth collecting canned goods
The youth will be waiting to help unload the canned goods form your car as you drive into Church. Thank you for helping your neighbors at the Lawrenceveille Co-Op!
YOUTH INITIATION IS TOMORROW! Saturday, August 7.
We’ve had a great response to Youth Initiation – over 25 youth will be attending! Remember we will be leaving from the church parking lot at 9:00am and returning around 9:00pm.
Please remember to return your canned goods this Sunday for the Lawrenceville Co-Op. Just pull your car up to the side of the Fellowship Hall and the Youth will be anxiously waiting to help unload!
Please RSVP whether you are new to the youth group or not by WEDNESDAY, August 4!!!! We need to know if you’re coming so we can get the right amount of messy games stuff and food. RSVP to 678-559-6362 or scottyscoggins {at} bethesdaunited(.)org.
Join us for a day of messy games, swimming, eating, and just good ‘ol fun as we welcome you to the Bethesda Youth Group! There’s no cost to you. Just bring a bathing suit, towel, clothes you don’t mind getting dirty, and a change of clothes. We’ll meet at the church and travel to the Bertram’s lake house together. Whether you’re a 6th grader or just started attending youth, you’ll want to be there.
We’ll meet in the church parking lot at 9:00am and return to the church at 9:00pm.
LYL, scotty
Sunday, August 8th, is Backpack Sunday!! Kids and Youth, bring your bookbags to church that day, and during the worship services, we’ll pray over them and you as you prepare to start the upcoming school year. You’ll get a special tag to keep on your bookbag all year long! Come and join us for this special day!
We’re so excited about the Laser Show tonight!! We may see a tad bit of rain, but we’ll be going rain or shine! Still bring a sack dinner and a blanket — but you may want your raincoat, too! See you at 5 p.m.!
We’ll be heading to the Stone Mountain Laser Show!!! This is a family event, so please feel free to bring friends, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles – you name it! We will caravan, or you can meet us there! Bring a sack dinner and a blanket to sit on — we’ll have a picnic there! We’ll leave from the church at 5 p.m., and we’ll be back by 10:30 p.m. Please let Katie know if you plan to attend so we can make sure we have enough vans space and chaperones. Thank you!
…was a success! We had a great time learning more about God’s Word! We loved all of the children being there celebrating Jesus’ love for us! We already can’t wait for VBS 2011!
raising our hands to the roof, roof, roof!
being silly
rainy day games inside
our preschoolers singing songs
the Swash Bucklers in concert!
To everyone who helped with Vacation Bible School — I truly cannot say THANK YOU enough! What a wonderful week we had last week at VBS! The children were truly blessed, and I know that God was at work through all of YOU! Thank you for taking time out of your schedule to be with us and to lead others to learn more about God! I love you all, and I appreciate ALL that you do! Love, Katie
Children AND Youth — be sure to join us for Sunday School this coming Sunday, July 4th! We’ll meet at Ms. Margie’s to go swimming for the Sunday School hour!!! Be there at 9:45 — we’re going to “Jump in the Word and Jump in the Pool!” We’ll have a devotion to get the morning started, then we’ll swim for just a bit before the 11:00 service. If you would like to walk with us, a group will be leaving at 9:45 sharp. Join us!
