Youth Ministry: May News
Here’s your reminder — Mother’s Day is on Sunday, May 12; that’s in nine days! Please ensure that you make all necessary preparations in these days.
Apart from that, Themelios is kicking off afresh tonight with all the Grade 12’s having moved on now. Transitions are never easy because it’s a change, and every change comes with a loss. For Themelios, this means seeing many beloved faces who have been around for some four years move on. However, this is a part of life. But with change, there’s also new opportunity — opportunity for new people to step up, opportunity for new friendships, opportunity for new dynamics, and the list goes on. Please pray for us as we make this transition and enter this new season!
In the meanwhile, here’s what’s happening in the month ahead.
| Date | 412 Fellowship | Themelios |
| May 3 | — | New Themelios |
| May 10 | Fun Night! | Amazing Race |
| May 17 | — | Bible Study |
| May 24 | Fun Night! | Book Talk |
| May 31 | — | — |
YOUTH EVENTS
Toronto Remix – June 26 – 30, @ Seneca College Newnham Campus
We went two years ago and had a great experience. Toronto Remix is a week-long interactive and hands-on urban mission experience designed to equip, train, and inspire young leaders to centre their lives within the mission and message of Jesus. If you’re interested in attending this year, let me know as soon as possible! More info here. Also, if you want to see what we did when we went two year ago, click here! See if you can spot us in the video! Deadline to register is May 17, please let me know if you’re interested!
CHURCH EVENTS
Plant Swap – Saturday, June 1, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm @ CCAC
Join us for this community event! If you like plants, whether indoor or outdoor plants, come join this for this fun event where you get to have the chance to swap your plants for new ones and also meet other local enthusiasts. As Christians, this is also a great opportunity to invite your plant-loving friends or if you’re interested, come volunteer this year. Talk to Jackie for more details. Click here for more information.
Family Camp – May 18 – 20 @ Brock University
If you’ve registered for this, I’ll see you there! This year we’ll be having Rev. John Mah speak on the English side on the theme of “Losing Face, Saving Grace.”
REMINDERS FROM LAST MONTH
GRADE 12 TRANSITIONS
In the past two years, we’ve had all our Grade 12’s transition to the Adult Small Group Ministry in May. The reason that we do this is primarily to help these graduates acclimatize to the post-secondary world before their transition in September. So starting in May, I’ll be co-leading a summer small group which combines our returning out-of-town post-secondary students with our Grade 12’s. In doing this, we allow for the 12’s to build some strategic relationships with those who are ahead of them and also to prepare themselves for September. Spiritually, this small group also puts a more intentional emphasis on understanding God’s Word and knowing how to navigate our ever-secularizing culture.
But in contrast to previous years where we moved all our Grade 12’s without exception. This year, we’re going to give the 12’s an option — they can join the new summer small group AND/OR continue staying in Themelios. The reason for this is because we want to accommodate those who may not be able to attend the new group due to scheduling. However, my strong encouragement is for all the 12’s to at least try this summer group first.
This new summer group runs from May to August, every Saturday, from 6:30 pm until about 9:30 pm. Our first meeting will be TOMORROW at my place, inaugurated with a BBQ, of course. From there, we’ll meet weekly either at my home or someone else’s and we’ll always aim to have dinner together first before diving into the night’s activities.
Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.
SUMMER BREAKS
I know we’ve barely hit spring but we need to start planning for the summer already! Please note that we’ll be taking certain ‘summer holidays’ this year in both fellowships. If you have any questions about these breaks, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
412 Fellowship. Taking a break in July and August. However, because we have many more in this demographic who only attends on Sunday, we’ll be shifting a focus there instead by having a dedicated Grade 7-8 class during Sunday School from June through August.
Themelios. Taking a break in August. During August we will be having training instead for the new committee.
Blessings,
Pastor Darren