The last night of midweek classes

We recently completed our midweek classes for the year.  It was a busy year, and the kids learned a LOT.  I always love hearing them sing the books of the Old and New Testament, and learning the liturgy and some hymns, along with Bible stories and Lutheran theology, doctrine and practice.  You should all be really proud of our young people!

We celebrated our last night of classes with the younger kids trying a new version of tie dying.  It was SOOO cool!

The kids worked together to help each other put cups inside of a t-shirt, and then secure them with rubber bands.

Then they used Sharpie brand markers and drew pictures/designs inside the circles.

Then, we dropped 8-10 drops of rubbing alcohol on each design. 

And then we watched the design spread.

We ended the night with a game of sorting flash cards with books of the Bible.  The kids had to sort them into Old and New Testament books.  THEN they had to put them all in order!  There was LOTS of singing going on, because almost all of them know the books of the OT and NT because of the song they’ve learned.  It was great fun to watch!

Thanks to Pastor, Sandy, and Sue for all their work in teaching our kids this year!

Another wonderful group of Confirmands!

Congratulations to Jayden, Luis, Taylor, Trey, Ethan, Georgia, CreeAnn and Kameron!  God’s blessings as you continue with the life He has planned for you!

New Orleans Bound

One more step has been completed in the plans for our youth trip to New Orleans in July.  The hotel assignment has been made and we like the looks of our hotel!  We will be staying at the Chateau Bourbon.  www.wyndhamchateaubourbon.com

YOUTH VALENTINE SPAGHETTI DINNER

Plan to support our youth and attend the Spaghetti Dinner at the City Hall on Sunday, Feb. 14 from 11-1.  See you there!

Valentine’s Day Spaghetti Dinner

Treat your sweetheart to lunch on Valentine’s Day at the City Hall, where the youth will be providing a Spaghetti Dinner from 11-1.  Free will donation.

YOUTH: Work times for Soup Dinner

Boys: Work at the church on Saturday afternoon around 4

Girls: Work during the dinner on Sunday morning!  Check in with Tom and Karen!

Thanks for your help!

VOTER’S MEETING

coming soon!  Sunday, January 31 at 10 am in the church.  Please plan to attend!  There will be a soup dinner hosted by the youth following the meeting!  Plenty of yummy soup for all!

High School Youth Bible Study

The group will meet on Thursday, Feb. 26 at 7:30. 

Annual Valentine's Dinner being planned

Mark your calendar now for the annual Youth group sponsored Valentine's Dinner at City Hall on Saturday, Feb. 14.  A formal, 3 course lasagna dinner will be served beginning at 6 pm.  Make sure to call Kandi A. to get your reservation made! 

Confirmation 2008

Seven students were confirmed at St. Paul's in March.

God's blessings to Kory, Tim, Kyle, Cassie, Torie, Paige and Becca, who are pictured here with Pastor Koch.

Youth Valentine's Dinner

Guests arriving at the event were greeted and seated by the host and hostess for the evening, Caleb and Sally.

Kayla, Becca, Cole, David, Halie and Cameron wait for their tables to fill.

Jessie entertained the guests during their dinner with beautiful background music. Rachel assisted her.

Kory, Tim and Kyle were the kitchen assistants.Linda, Lucas and Kyle (above) and Jan and Kory (below) filled the plates with the delicious dinner.A vegetable tray and crackers were served as appetizers, along with a glass of sparkling grape juice. The meal began with a salad, followed by dinner. Guests were given a choice of pork loin or chicken, corn or green beans, and a baked potato. Finally, a delicious dessert of of Eclair cake was served with a choice of strawberry or chocolate topping.Guests of ALL ages had a wonderful time at this year's Youth Valentine's Dinner! Just look at the smiles on Margaret and Connor's faces!

St. Paul's Youth in Synod News

How cool is this? With over 25,000 youth at the LCMS Youth Gathering in Orlando, OUR kids got on the front page of the Reporter Newspaper, and they are on the Synod's web site! Check it out here! See Trenton, Becca, Cole, Nathan, Rachel, Kayla, Jessie, Ashley and Amanda?

Youth Group Fun

Following the youth meeting tonight, we had a fun activity involving a tightly wrapped present (inside a present, inside a present, and so on). The unwrapper had to wear a stocking cap, scarf and mittens, while the rest of the group took turns tossing a die. If the tosser rolled a 6, they had to snatch the hat off of the head of the unwrapper, put on the hat, scarf and mittens, and take their turn unwrapping the gift. The person who unwrapped the final present, got to keep the
prize. What FUN we had!

Photo Scavenger Hunt photos

Throughout the gathering our Youth participated in a Photo Scavenger Hunt sponsored by Concordia University, Portland. We were given a list of 30 people or activities that we were to catch in a picture. We didn't win, but we had fun playing (and we all got new t-shirts, too!) Here are a couple of fun ones.

An 8 person, human pyramidOne of your youth group's chaperone's in a swimming pool, in street clothes.
THANKS SHERYL!!!This was one of the more difficult shots to take.
Our entire youth group is in the shower of room #356 in the Rosen Plaza.Rachel and Ashley get an autograph from David of the band"Remedy Drive".

Splash in the Surf

The youth had a day at Cocoa Beach before the Gathering started.

Nathan as Martin Luther

This is courtesy of one of the many organizations that had display booths at the Gathering.

Singing Before Bibles Study

The Youth enjoyed listening to the musical group Fusebox before the Bible Study every morning.

A sobriety test

Jessie takes a sobriety test with an officer from the Florida State Patrol.

5K Run

OK, I, personally would not get up to run a 5K race at 6 am on a Sunday morning, but over 1,000 of the kids at the Gathering did! I think that's a pretty impressive number! Here is a photo of the kids from St. Paul's that participated in the run.

Caleb, Rachel, Ted, Sally, Jared, Adam and David, EARLY Sunday morning, before the 5K run.Caleb finishes the 5K run.

Exhausting Days

Pastor sent me this photo just a few minutes ago. He says "This is NOT a posed photo!"

Kayla, Jessie and Rachel