Cancelled due to snow! Who'd of guessed?

So we've had to make the executive decision to cancel youth group tonight!

I know you were all looking forward to hanging out together so we'll try to make it up to you by having a combined Middle School/High School Xmas Party between services this Sunday Dec. 21st).

We'll make some ornaments, play some games, eat some cookies and drink hot chocolate. How's that sound?

See you then! And have a safe and snow-filled fun afternoon!

Small Group Xmas Parties!

Tomorrow we will have our last fuel youthgroup of 2008!

They will be Small Group Parties split between the Guys and the Girls!

Girls will meet at the HCC, normal time and will be hanging out and making Tree Ornaments (one to keep and one to give away)!

Please bring $3 to cover supply costs! Also bring any extra decorations you may want to use from home, a friend and a snack if you like!

Guys will be meeting at Ross's house during regular time!

We will be hanging out, playing games and also have a white elephant gift exchange. The gift must be something consumable (something you like to eat) and don't forget to wrap it! If you spend money there is a $5 limit.

Call Jen at the Church if you have any questions (or better yet his cell if you have the number!)

Winter Retreat forms will also be available tomorrow at the parties and also on this site! There will be early registration incentives including one before 2009! Check back tomorrow!

Mass Hangout!

Come on down for fun and games tonight!

Remember, next week we will be split up guys and girls and we will each have xmas parties!

(Next week will also be our last Fuel youth group until 2009!)

Poinsettias!

So this afternoon we will be filled to the brink with Poinsettias!

You know, the ones that you sold to fundraise your mission trip?

SO, if you did sell them, you need to get down to the church this afternoon and pick them up so that you can deliver them over the next few days!

*I just want to say thanks for all your help getting those pictures taken last night for the Roadtrip to Nowhere!  They turned out great and I will be working on them for the next few weeks putting that calendar together!  

*Also, our Winter Retreat Registration will be coming out this next week!  So make sure you are at Mass Hangout for the 10th and pick one up!  

*And finally, I uploaded a quick video of the guys smallgroup night where we did "Produceball" here it is:

Roadtrip to Nowhere!

Hey all!

Tomorrow we will be having our "Roadtrip to Nowhere" night!

Two weeks ago we had you all vote for which locations you all would like to go to and I've tabulated the results:

-Hawaii

-India

-Egypt

-Mt. Rushmore

-Paris

-Mexico

-Japan (Sumo dohyo)

-Disneyland

-Western (Somewhere in Texas)

-Antarctica

-NYC (Statue of Liberty)

-Bus broken down

-Easter Island (Place that has those huge stone heads)

So to remind you, what we plan on doing is taking pictures of 

our youth group with a white background (try not to where white) and later photoshopping them into backgrounds of the above places!  Here's an example of our staff going on a "virtual" trip to the original Starbucks in Seattle:

Here's the picture we took of ourselves at the church:

Here's the picture of Starbucks we found online:

And these are the two photoshopped together!

So if you have anything you'd like to bring to make those places above look more authentic (notice our starbucks cups in our hands) like Mickey Mouse ears for Disneyland, an 'I Love NY' shirt, Board Shorts, Ski Jacket, cowboy hat, etc.  Please bring them down!

After photoshopping them together we will make them into calendars and have them available in January!  So make sure you're here so that you can be in it!!!

NO Fuel this week but come to the service and movie instead!

So no Youth Group this Wednesday so if you show up at 5:43pm...it'll be cold outside!

But I do hope you still come later that night!  HCC will be having it's Thanksgiving Eve Service @7pm which is a real neat service for the whole fam.  

Afterward we will have our annual "Unofficial Movie Night".  This year we are going to see "Bolt 3D" at the Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 9:40pm showing.  (Yep!  A 3D movie this year!)

Here's the trailer:

Now a few things about why we call it "Unnoffical".  It's become a tradition that a bunch of people from the HCC Youth Group go to the family friendly movie after the Thanksgiving Eve Service.  It's unnoffical because we won't be collecting money for it, buying tickets for everyone, saving seats, having students fill out release forms or arranging rides to/from the theater.

That said, it's a ton of fun for the whole family!  I suggest you get there early and/or buy your tickets ahead of time.  We usually have anywhere from 70-100+ people associated with HCC watch the movie together!  Current Jr/Sr High Students, their friends and families, even former students back from college!  

So hope to see everyone at both!  

World Wide Feast!

Tonight we will be having a Feast of World-Wide Proportions!

Bring $5 and your friends because there will be enough food for everyone!

REMINDER:  No Fuel next week!  Instead grab your family and join us at our Thanksgiving Eve Service at 7pm!

Afterwards we'll be our annual "Unofficial Movie Night!"  This year it will be at the Galaxy Uptown theater and we will be seeing the new movie Bolt!  (We'll be posting the time of the movie later.)

Youth Group Just Got A Little Cooler...

So tonight is Mass Hangout and Mark Mulhern and the Hampton Family have a little surprise for the youth group that will make Wednesday nights this winter a whole lot more fun!  I'll give you a hint: it has to do with carpet and billiard balls...

Anyway like I just said, Mass Hangout is tonight and it will be filled with just a bunch of games and hangout time for you, your friends and your leaders!  So come on down and bring a friend!

Next week will be our "Small Group" night.  We'll break into two groups (guys and girls) for the night.  Both will meet at the church, girls will be baking cookies for the staff and writing cards to the White Family and guys will meet here and leave to play "produceball."  Guys, if you don't know what produceball is, just wear some clothes you don't mind getting messy and bring your favorite baseball bat!

And finally we will end the month like we started it, with another Pizza & Praise night!  So don't forget to bring $3 on the 29th to help pay for dinner and be ready to sing!

Also remember that we have our annual Pumkin Patch Party on the 31st.  Please sign up to help run the games for all the kids!  

And We're Back!

Yesterday we got back from the Thunder Retreat at Camp of the Cascades!

This Wednesday will be "Retreat Recap" and we'll talk about what we learned over the weekend as well as do some of the games that we played at the Fall Retreat.

So come on down and see and share what happened this past weekend!

We'll also have our Priliminary Mission Trip Sign Up sheet there if you're interested in going to Gleanings this year!

See you in a few days!

And They're Off!

The group going to Camp of the Cascades this weekend is on the road. And wow are the kids excited! Jen said they will be back to the church on Sunday at 1pm. If you have any questions feel free to call Jen (but cell service is poor at the camp), or get a hold of me.

- Blake

FALL RETREAT!!!

Fall Retreat forms must be in by Sunday to keep the discounted rate of $100 ($90 + $10 transportation fee). After that it will cost you an extra $10 late fee so get them in!

If you need another Registration (for a friend!) or a scholarship form, I just added a link to it under "Camp and Retreat Forms" to your right!

Like always, if you have any questions, please email or call me! If you have neither number nor address, you can find them at HCC's website: www.harborcovenant.org

What is Fuel?

This will be the topic for this Wednesday's youth group at 5:43-7:15pm!

So come on down for some games and don't forget to be thinking about questions you'd like our staff to answer for Sept. 24th!

Also, Fall Retreat forms must be in by Sunday to keep the discounted rate of $100 ($90 + $10 transportation fee). After that it will cost you an extra $10 late fee so get them in!

Lastly, I finally got my butt in gear and uploaded photos from summer camp and the yak trip! So head on over to our picture site with a link to the right ---->

Or you could click here: www.hcc.smugmug.com

See you Wednesday!

PAC NITE IS UPON US!

So tomorrow we will have our 11th annual Pac Nite!  So come on down and bring a friend as we spend the evening packing you guys into things!

Our Newsletter, "The Station" just went out so if you don't receive one let me know!  You can also pick more up in the Youth Pod.

I plan on getting our summer trip pictures up on our picture site: www.hcc.smugmug.com this week!  To hold you over, I've posted the slideshows from the Summer Dessert last week on Youtube!  Enjoy!

Camp Spalding:

The Yak:

Summer Dessert!

Come on down at 7pm Wednesday night as we kick off the school year!

We provide the dessert and slide shows of all the Jr. and Sr. High Summer Camps and Mission Trips!

All we ask is that you bring your friends and family!

Sound like a good deal?

Great! See yeah there!

Summer Bible Study Hang Outs!

So today and next Wednesday (8/13) from 7-8:30pm we (future 6-8th graders) will be meeting at the Blaisdell's house. Here's a map to the house (click on "View larger map" to open up another screen, type in your address and it will give you directions).

When you pull into the neighborhood, it will be the first house on your left.



If you have any questions, please call me!

After next week, our next event to kick off the fall is our annual Summer Dessert on SEPTEMBER 3RD! So mark your calendar for 7pm that night! It's for the whole family as we look at what both the High School and Middle School groups did for summer camp and missions and what to look forward to this fall!

And don't forget that there is a Calendar (with High School called "ignite" and Jr. High events called "fuel") on the bottom of this page and a link to the right.

Jr. High Summer Hang Out!

So tomorrow from 7-8:30pm we (future 6-8th graders) will be meeting at the Blaisdell's house. Here's a map to the house (click on "View larger map" to open up another screen, type in your address and it will give you directions).

When you pull into the neighborhood, it will be the first house on your left.



If you have any questions, please call me!

This will be the last one in July and we will have two more in August after we get back from summer camp!

And don't forget that there is a Calendar (with High School called "ignite" and Jr. High events called "fuel") on the bottom of this page and a link to the right.

Wednesday Night Hang Out!

So tomorrow from 4-5:30pm we (future 6-8th graders) will be meeting at the Herron's house. Here's a map to the house (click on "View larger map" to open up another screen, type in your address and it will give you directions).


Bring your Bible and if you went on the Mission Trip, bring any encouraging notes and/or your devotional.

Suzanne Cox will be leading the evening.

If you have any questions, please call Jen Easton on his cell or at the church.

Last Yak Meeting!

Our last Yakima Mission Meeting will be today from 1-3pm at HCC! If you still have forms to turn in, you can find links to them on the right hand side of this page. Both mission trip forms need to be filled out and turned into the drop box outside of the youth pod. If you have any questions, please email or call me! Also, get all remaining monies in the drop box as well so that we can get you a more accurate balance!

No Fuel Today!

We had planned a water game day today, but due to lame weather, it's being cancelled. So, call up your staff and tell them you want to hang out!

The next Yak Mission Meeting is on June 22nd!

See You Next Week!

There is no Youth Group tonight! Instead next week we will be having our "Fort War." Do you remember when you were little and you and your friends and siblings would build forts out of pillows, furniture and blankets? Then bring some friends and supplies (blankets and pillows) as we turn back the clock! Each grade will build a fort and then we will "war" with our foam finger rockets! It will be the regular time of 5:43-7:15pm.

Afterwards from 7:30-8:30pm we have our next Yak Mission Meeting! Be selling your car wash tickets and writing your support letters!

If you have any questions, please contact Jen Easton at the church!

Please keep signing up for our summer camp to Camp Spalding with Believer's Fellowship! Spots are limited and first come, first served!

There is a link to the sign up form on the right!

See ya Wednesday!

TRIKE RACE 2008!!!

So the Trike Race is this Wednesday! Be calling your staff to make sure your trike is ready and what you need to be on the same page theme-wise! If you need phone numbers of staff, please contact Jen Easton at the church (851-8450) or email me!

And try to show up a little early with your group!

This will be our last "weekly" Wednesday night youth group this school year. We will be doing one more special event later this month as well as one in June (stay tuned).

Please keep signing up for our summer camp to Spalding with Believer's Fellowship!

Lastly, we will be having two Bible Studies a month through the summer and you will be able to find details later and dates on our calendar (link to the right).

See ya Wednesday!

City Park Tonight! 6-8pm

Yep, rain or shine (maybe both!) we're having our combined jr. high/sr. high year end celebration! We'll be meeting at the City Park from 6-8pm! So bring some snacks to share and some friends for having fun! We'll provide the main course and some drinks. See you there!

Pizza & Praise!

Wednesday will be our last Pizza and Praise of the year! So bring $2 (one for food and one for Bhuva) and get ready for some good grub with good friends and to cap the night off with some songs!

Also April 30th will be a combined jr high/sr high youth group year end BBQ! We'll be meeting at the City Park from 6-8pm! So bring some snacks to share and some friends for having fun! We'll provide the main course and some drinks. See you there!

And lastly, May 7th will conclude the weekly youth groups for this year with the Trike Race! After May 7th we'll have a few special nights but "normal" youth group will be done so stay tuned!

Small Groups!

Tonight we are meeting in small groups which may have some of you meeting outside HCC at a house! If you have any questions, you can call Jen. Here is where the everyone will be:

This Wednesday all Small Groups will be meeting to work on their Trikes for the Annual Year-End Middle School Trike Race.


6th Grade Girls:
Will be at the Hazen’s
@ 5:45-7:15 and please bring good ideas $5 for Trike Materials!
If you have any questions, please call
Paulina or Emily

7th Grade Girls:
Will be at the Rachel’s
@ 5:45-7:15 and please bring good ideas $5 for Trike Materials!
If you have any questions, please call
Rachel or Katie

8th Grade Girls:
Will be at Harbor Covenant Church
@ 5:45-7:15 and please bring good ideas $3 for Trike Materials!
If you have any questions, please call
Madison

6th and 7th Grade Guys:
Will be at the Jen’s
@ 5:45-7:15 and please bring good ideas!
If you have any questions, please call
Jen or Mark

8th Grade Guys:
Will be at the Rurik’s
@ 5:45-7:30 and please bring good ideas $3 for food and Trike Materials!
If you have any questions, please call
Richard or Jory

Remember the purpose of these small groups will be to begin/continue working on your groups trikes for our annual Trike Race! We will be racing each other and competing on design and overall theme. Winning group gets a pizza party!

Project Serve Info!

We have three opportunities for you to get involved and help people out this week!

Thursday we are going down to Chehalis with the Lemke's and NW Furniture Bank. We will be taking truckloads of furniture and mattresses to flood victims. So eat some breakfast and bring some good shoes and gloves! The form is available here. Please meet at the church at 9am and we will be back by 5pm.

Friday we will be going to Tacoma to work on houses for Habitat for Humanity! They have a pretty hefty release form but it'll be worth it! You can find the form by clicking here. Bring some work clothes/gloves and be ready for the possibility for a little rain. Luckily that won't "damper" our spirits! (Sorry I couldn't help it.) If you haven't signed up yet, please call us and make sure we have room in a car for you! We will meet at the church at 9am and be back at 5pm. The cost is $5 and will cover transportation and lunch.

Saturday we will be meeting at the church at 9am to prepare for our trip up to Seattle. We will be feeding the homeless in Seattle and will be back by 5pm. Please bring good walking shoes and a jacket in case it rains. If you have extra clothes to donate you may bring them. Cost is $10 to cover food and transportation. For the form, click here.

If you have any questions, please contact Blake or Jen!

And remember, if you haven't signed up yet, you need to call us ahead of time to make sure we have open seats!

Winter Retreat Video Online!

So here's the video we showed on the Winter Dessert! Also, the pictures are up on smugmug which has a link on the right (below the link for our calendar). And keep checking back on smugmug, I will be uploading a ton of other photos that didn't make the slideshow.

P.S. There is NO youth group this week, but we are doing Project Serve from Thursday through Saturday so if you are interested please email or call us!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter from everyone here at HCC headquarters! Hope the rain doesn't slow you down!

Also, two announcements (pause for song...):

1. Winter Dessert is on Wednesday! So bring your friends and family at 7pm for some dessert, pictures and video from our winter retreats! Also 8th graders, you'll get to see what Beach Freeze is all about (the High School Winter Retreat).
2. Our Yak Mission Trip meeting that was scheduled for Wednesday is going to be postponed until April 9th! If you have any questions, please contact Jen!

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Retreat Recap!

So tonight we will be looking back to the weekend and sharing what happened at the winter retreat! Games, pictures, videos, fun! See ya there!

Winter Retreat Pack List!

If you want to see the Winter Retreat Pack List/Info just click the link on the Right!

Thanks!

Remember, if you have any questions, please contact Jen Easton!

Mass Hangout and Winter Retreat!

Yep! Tonight is Mass Hangout! So grab a friend and come on over prepared to play a ton of games!


Also we meet Friday for our Winter Retreat at 3:30 pm! Pack lists are being mailed out, but I will upload some in the section to the right later today and pass some out at youth group. Excited yet?

Trikegate Party!

So tonight is the Trikegate Party. We will explain the rules to our annual year-end trike race, play some games, eat some food and break into our small groups for some time to start planning what your trike will look like. So we'll see you here tonight!

And remember, next week is MASS HANGOUT! Where we play a ton of games and...that's it! It's a time to hang out with friends and hang out with your leaders!

Wed. Youth Group and Friday Overnighter

This Wednesday will be a normal Topical Youth Group night, we'll play some games and a little talk to wrap things up!

Then THIS Friday we have separate Guys/Girls Overnighters!

For both, you must call or email ( jeaston at harborcovenant dot org) ahead of time and also come to church with a waiver signed and $15 (waivers have been mailed and we will also have some available on friday). Girls will then leave for the mall and end up at the Graffe house (directions on the waiver for Saturday pick up). Guys will spend the night at the church playing games, eating and watching movies and finish off at the Men's Breakfast Saturday morning. Both groups need to be picked up at 10am Saturday morning.

If you have any questions or want to sign you and your friends up, drop us a note or call!

Thanks!

No Youth Group This Week!

Yep, no youth group this week so relax, catch up with friends and bake Jen some heart shaped cookies! (He was kidding earlier about it being optional!)

What's a Valentine?

So what's this whole Valentines thing all about? Well come on down tonight and find out! (Bringing the youth staff heart shaped cookies are optional.)

7pm Ash Wednesday Service!

This Wednesday we will be meeting together with the High Schoolers at 7pm for a Ash Wednesday service. Don't know what that is? Then you should come! Your family is also welcome to join us and the night will have the feel of the Last Wednesday services we did last year. Can't wait to see you! If you have any questions, just drop Jen a note or call!

Staff Presents!

Monster trucks? Actually I don't know what the Staff has planned for you tonight, I'm in Chicago! Since I'm gone this week, our beautiful staff has volunteered to pick up my slack and put on their own night! So there may not be any monster trucks, but I know it'll be fun so gear up and head out!

One things for sure if I know our volunteer staff as well as I think I do, there's bound to be a ton of games!

So have fun and I can't wait to hear how it went!

IIT316 Tonight!

We got a night full of games and diving into the Word! So bring a friend, bring a Bible and we'll see you tonight!

What's Your Resolution?

Come on down tonight and hang out with us as we play and talk about how to start this new year. See you tonight!