Group Nite and Poinsettias

Tomorrow we'll wrap up our 3 week Group Nite series on the Bible by playing some games and talking about the benefits of memorizing Scripture.

For Parents, good questions to ask your students:

• How mighte memorizing verses from the bible help you in everyday situations?
• If we didn't have the Bible, how would we learn about God and his desires for our lives?  Would that even be possible?

If you sold Poinsettias for our Summer Mission Trip fund raiser, they will be available to be picked up This Thursday afternoon and all day Friday.  Please make arrangements to pick them up and deliver them this weekend.  Please make sure that you keep them out of the cold (left on someone's doorstep or in the car in the garage overnight) so as to keep them from wilting too early.  There may be an opportunity to sell more this weekend so if you are interested, please contact Jen!

Remember that our Winter Retreat forms are out and available at youth group, in the Ed. Building at the church and on our website: www.hccfuel.com!  Forms turned in BEFORE the end of the year get a discount!  And remember, scholarships are always available!

Next week (12/7) will be a fun youth group of Christmas themed games and a talk about what Easter has to do  with Christmas!  Then our last youth group of the year will be Dec. 14 and they will be Small Group Christmas Parties!  These will be the same small groups we've been meeting in during our Group Nites (6-7th grade girls, 8th grade girls, all guys).  Where and when will be posted the next two weeks so be sure to check back!

Thanksgiving Eve and Unofficial Movie Night

Our Thanksgiving Eve Service is tomorrow from 7-8pm-ish, so we WON'T have our regular Youth Group Night but encourage all our students and their families to come to the service instead!  It's a cool, laid back service where we take a moment to reflect on what we can be thankful for this past year.

Afterwards there's been a 10+ year tradition called the "Unofficial Movie Night" where a bunch of us all head to a movie at Galaxy Theaters together.  It's called "Unofficial" because we won't buy your ticket (which we recommend you do before going to the service) or give everyone rides from service.  But we'd be thrilled if you came and hung out with us!  There's nothing like going to a movie with 80+ people made up of our Middle School and High School students and their friends and family, not to mention former students back on break!

The movie this year is "Arthur Christmas 3D"! And the time will be 9:15pm!

Can't wait to see you there!

Turn Poinsettia Forms In Sunday!

Your Poinsettia Mission Trip Fundraiser forms need to be turned in Sunday!

If you can't get them in the drop box (outside Room 106 in the Ed. Building) while the church is open, contact Jen  and let him know that you'll be dropping them into the church mailbox.

The Poinsettia Fund Raiser is one of a handful of fund raisers that we will be doing for our mission trip to 'The Yak' this summer.  Registration for this mission trip will come out soon.  Dates are on our online calendar (found on the bottom of our website: www.hccfuel.com) and will be from July 8-14.

Poinsettias will be delivered to the church, Friday Dec. 2nd.  Please make arrangements to pick up the ones you sold so that you can deliver them that weekend.

Please contact Jen with any questions.

Also remember that there will be NO YOUTH GROUP this Wednesday due to our church's Thanksgiving Eve Service from 7-8pm.  We do however encourage all our students to come to this laid back service and bring their friends and family.  This short service is an opportunity for us to gather together to reflect over the past year and thank God for how he has been present in our lives.

After the service many Middle School, High School and even former students (and their friends and families) are known to go to the family friendly movie at Galaxy.  We call it the "Unofficial Movie Night" because we don't buy your tickets or arrange rides for anyone.  Though we'd be super excited to see you there!  This 10+ year tradition usually has 80+ people connected to HCC attend the same movie together!  We'll post Monday night which movie we're planning on going to and we recommend buying your tickets before the service starts.

Group Night and Winter Retreat Registration!

This Wednesday after some games we'll continue week two of our new Group Nite Series on the Bible!  This week we simply talk about how to navigate the Bible and why it's important for us to do so if we call ourselves Christians.

Question suggestions for Parents:

1. Which parts of the Bible are easiest for you to read?  Which ones most difficult?  Why?
2. What was the most interesting thing you learned about the Bible today?
3. Why is it important for us to try to do what the Bible says?

Winter Retreat Registration is out!  Consider coming out to Camas Meadows with us the first weekend of February!  Click here for the Registration.  Save money by turning it in before the end of the year!  And as always, scholarships are available!  Those forms can be found on the right hand side of our website at www.hccfuel.com .  

Also remember that this is the last week to turn sell poinsettias as a fund raiser for our mission trip this summer to Yakima!  Forms can be found at the church and need to be put in the youth dropbox or the church mailbox by THIS SUNDAY.  Any Poinsettias you sell you'll need to pick up from the church on Dec. 2 to deliver.  Mission Trip Registration will be out later this month and the trip dates are July 8-14.  Please contact Jen with any questions.  This is the first of a handful of fundraisers we will be doing all year long.

Mass Hangout!

Our first Mass Hangout of the year!

Bring your friends and gear up for a night of running around and playing games!

Mass Hangout is built around being an easy night to bring a friend and give them a chance to play and meet others that go to youth group and give them an opportunity to get to know your cool leaders!

So don't be shy, who are you bringing?

Group Nite IV!

Tomorrow we start a new three week (Nov. 2, 16 and 30) series focused on the Bible. After a few games we will talk about foundational topics—in other words, learning facts about the Bible.  We'll focus on 2 Timothy 3:14-17, which encourages us to recognize and remember that the Bible is inspired by God, helps us know what is right and what is wrong, and is used to prepare and equip us to do good things.


Parents:
I encourage you to spend time talking with your student about this week’s lesson. Here are some questions you might want to ask:
•If you could sit with God over lunch at your favorite fast food restaurant,
    what would you ask? What would you like to know about God?
•What role do you believe the Bible plays in the lives of people who
    follow Jesus?
•How might your life look different if you “leaned” more on the truths you
    find in the Bible?

Next week will be our first "Mass Hangout" of the year!  Mass Hangout is a night were all we do is play games and hang out together.  It's set up to be a very easy night to invite friends and give our youth leaders time to play and talk with our students and their friends.  So start thinking about who you are going to bring!