Youth Ministry Youth Calendar Weekly Programming Fundraisers Mission Trip Summer Conference Weekend Trips Mentoring Discipleship Groups White Oak Christian Camp Quarterly Sponsor/Parent Meetings Youth Worship Bands Safety Policies Sign up for the Student Email Newsletter here Bible Bowl Fun Photos 2011 Youth Calendar     February: 5 Youth Sunday! High School Youth band and S.A.W. band will be leading worship! Tim Pittman will be preaching God’s Word! Bring a friend!! And Jon Ralls will be sharing during SS in the auditorium about his mission work in Taiwan. 5 Super Bowl Sunday! Sr. High will meet at the McCarter’s home at 5:00pm. Supper provided. Guys bring 2-liters. Girls bring chips or snacks. 12 Youth Agape Dinner Fundraiser after 2nd service. You will be contacted if you signed up to serve. 17-18 CIY Jr. High “Believe” Conference in St. Louis. We will leave at Noon on Friday. 19 Youth Mission Trip Lunch Meeting. REQUIRED! 29 LEAP DAY!!! Jr. High leading elementary in the gym. March: 14 Purity and Modesty Night at TLCC. Jr. and Sr. High Girls will meet in #303, Jr. and Sr. High Guys will meet in #202. 16 Benefit Concert for the WOCC W.O.R.K. project. White Oak Remodeling for Kids is a new improvement project for the camp. Overshadow and a couple of other bands will be playing at TLCC at 7:07pm. 17 FCA CC 5K Run/Walk at White Oak Christian Camp to raise funds for the W.O.R.K. re-wiring and A/C project at the camp. 18 Youth Mission Trip Lunch Meeting. REQUIRED! April: 4 Spring Break (No Wednesday programming.) 12-14 Sr. High Deeper Life Rally in Joplin. $45 due the day we leave, plus 4 fast food meals. Sign up by March 25th. We will leave Thursday after school, attend college classes Friday morning and then attend the conference Friday and Saturday. 15 Youth Mission Trip Lunch Meeting. REQUIRED! 21-22 TLCC Family Seminar! Plan now to attend these interactive sessions led by licensed counselor and professor Charley Gerber that will help your family communicate and resolve conflict successfully. Look for more details coming soon!! And there will be a special luncheon on Sunday for those who want to register for a focus session on divorce and the healing that needs to take place in both adults and children. 25 Jr. High May Basket Project. Meet at 5:00pm to decorate baskets, eat supper and deliver them. We will return by 8:00pm for pick up. 27-28 Y.O.W. Teens who want to serve as a cook helper or dean helper must attend this training retreat to be eligible. $15 May: 2 Seniors Night Out for High School Graduates. 5:00pm 12 Car Wash (tentative date) 25-June 2 Youth Mission Trip to Pearlington, MS, New Orleans, LA, & Memphis, TN. June:  2 Acorn Day (Age 5-6) $30 3 Camp Kickoff 4:30pm potluck meal at camp. 6:00pm service. 8-9 Seedling Camp (Age 7-8) $40 10-15 Timber Week at White Oak Christian Camp. (Age 15-18) $100 if registered by earlybird date. 17-22 Wildwood Week at WOCC (Age 12-14) $100 if registered by earlybird date. 24-29 Sapling Week at WOCC (Age 9-11) $100 if registered by earlybird date.    Back To Top Weekly Programming: Sunday School will meet during second hour at 9:30. Jr. High in room #303 Sr. High in room #302. 3 & 4-year rotating curriculum covers various issues and scripture that are relevant to teens. Fall quarter: Jr. high class will be taught “Dares from Jesus 2” by Cheryl Botkins. Sr. High will be taught “Stick” by Allen Todd. Winter quarter: Jr. high class will be taught “Pictures of God” by Cyle C. Sr. high will be taught “Generation Change & True U” by Ed Lewis. Spring quarter: Jr. High will be taught “Surviving the Money Jungle” by Allen Todd. Sr. High will be taught “Choose” by Paul Garrett Sunday Afternoons from 2-4:00pm is Sr. High Movies at Lori’s house. 915 W. Reed. From 2-4:00pm the jr. high “SAW” band practice is in #301-302. From 4-5:30pm the sr. high youth band practice is in #301-302. Sunday Night, 6:30-8:00pm Sr. High meet for Bible Study and fellowship at the Lewis’ @ 322 Epperson in Sep., Nov., Jan., Mar., & May. Sr. High meet at the McCarters’ @ 1925 Cedar Slopes Loop in Oct., Dec., Feb., & April. Jr. High meet from 6:15-8:15pm in the church auditorium. Wednesday night, 6:30-8:00pm Jr. High have the gym on the first Wednesday of each month. On the other three weeks the girls meet in #303-304 and the boys meet in #301-302. Sr. High have Coffee House/Bible Study on the first Wednesday of each month in rooms #301-304. On the 2nd and 4th weeks they have Bible Study in #202-204. On the 3rd week is their gym night. On Nov. 2nd and Mar. 7th the Sr. High will lead REACH for the Jr. High in the gym in a large combined group. On Feb. 29th the Jr. High will lead games for the elementary children in the gym. Refreshments will be organized by Cheryl Botkins. Volunteers will bring snacks to the appropriate rooms or to the kitchen with a label attached letting us know who the snacks are for. Food is always a great element of connection and feeling welcome for youth. Thanks for saying yes when Cheryl calls on you to volunteer! Back To Top Fundraisers: We are tracking each student’s participation and they can put the money they earn toward the Youth Mission Trip, White Oak camp or C.I.Y. conference. Students currently in 8-12th grade are eligible to participate. There may be limits on how many can participate in each fundraiser. Sign up sheets will be available in SS class for students to sign up to participate. Back To Top Mission Trip: Pearlington, MS – –Tentative Dates: May 25 to June 2. On the Jan. 22nd deadline, students currently in grade 9-12 will commit to monthly group meetings, memory work and teamwork in order to travel to Pearlington, MS, Lord willing, to do both service projects and lead a VBS in the name of Jesus. The purpose of our mission trips is to expand the worldview of our students and encourage them to be involved in evangelism and service in God’s Kingdom world-wide. It is also a chance for them to use their gifts and develop leadership skills as they work together as a ministry team.   Back To Top Summer Conference: We attend both N.Y.R. and C.I.Y. conference. We alternate every other year so that students have the opportunity to experience both. Each conference offers different opportunities for fellowship, discipleship, evangelism, and worship. I believe that both conferences are valuable in different ways. Some students may like one better than another. That is fine. But I encourage you to send your child to both. They may find they like one more than they expected, and it may challenge them in ways they wouldn’t experience otherwise.. This is a C.I.Y. year. $75 pre-registration will be due by March 4th in order to guarantee their spot on the bus. This is a trip where the excellent programming of Christ In Youth provides a structure of challenge and growth that I have not found elsewhere. Powerful worship and speakers and special guests are highlights of each day in addition to our own group Bible study times. Students will stay in college dorms, and enjoy the campus amenities. We hope to attend Michigan if possible so that God’s beautiful creation is an additional backdrop for our time together. They can either participate in the sports tournaments in the afternoon or relax and hang out with friends. Either way, this is a great experience. We invite students entering 9-12th grade to attend NYR/CIY summer conferences. This is intentionally done to facilitate building leadership and friendship bonds among those who will be in our youth ministry in the upcoming school year. A new idea we are considering is to include select graduated seniors on this trip. In order to reward those students who stay active and involved all through their high school years, we will include them as student leaders. Back To Top Weekend Trips: Road trips are often times the best opportunity to make memories and friendship bonds with other Christians in the youth group. So, plan ahead for your child to go on one or two of these each school year if possible. Students who go on these trips are more likely to be involved in the body life of the church and not fall away after high school graduation. One way we encourage personal interaction is by not allowing cell phones, MP3 players, Ipods (anything with headphones), or electronic hand-held games. Even novels and magazines are discouraged so that students are more likely to talk with one another while we travel. Also, since CCCB events do NOT involve a road trip, we will try to plan a way to make a group memory before or after the event (e.g. dinner together, campfire at WOCC, etc.) Back To Top Mentoring Discipleship Groups: This is a highly recommended option for high school students who want to grow deeper in Christ. Read the following if your child is interested. Purpose: To share life together in order to deepen our relationship with Jesus Christ as we strive to be His disciples. Through a small, united support group we will work at building our commitment to Christ, the church, each other and the ministry that God gives us. One adult will meet with 3-4 same gender students.. D-group Plan: Each group will decide when, where and how often they will meet according to their schedules. It is ideal to meet weekly for at least an hour. Each group will make strong efforts to get to know each other on a personal level, functioning together in trust, support and Christ-like love. Each group will make strong efforts to get to know our Lord and Savior on a personal level. We will do this by striving to have a personal daily quiet time of prayer and Bible reading. We will also make every effort to bring our Bibles with us to all church & youth events. We will be involved weekly in TLCC worship services, and other youth group activities. We will encourage and minister to those in our church and community through service projects and/or helping meet needs as well as we can. Commitment: In order to accomplish the purpose and plan, we ask students involved with D-groups to commit to regular attendance. This regular D-group attendance is necessary to develop unity and trust as the semester progresses. This is also why we try to keep the students in the same group all year. This is not a group open to random students that pop in and out of groups from month to month. This may seem exclusive, but any changes in group dynamic disrupts the trust building process that is necessary for the group to accomplish it’s purpose. Please support your child’s spiritual growth by encouraging them to keep this commitment for the entire school year. And if your child’s schedule does not allow for him/her to attend D-group regularly, then help them understand that it is not that they aren’t loved and wanted, but D-group just doesn’t work if they only show up occasionally. Back To Top White Oak Christian Camp: White Oak Christian Camp is an excellent program close to home where a student can still have the quality time with Christian friends away from the distractions of the world in a fun positive atmosphere. Students often make life-changing decisions because of time away at camp when they are challenged with God’s Word and encouraged by faculty and friends. The $105 registration fee covers Sunday afternoon through Friday morning programming, meals, housing, speakers, band, and recreation activities. Dates will be announced after the camp board meeting. If a student desires to be a teen helper, they must attend the Youth Orientation Weekend. The Cooks and Deans will then recruit students to be helpers for camp. For Dean Helper, students have to be two years older than the campers, be an active Christian for at least one year and attend YOW. For Cook helper, students have to be an active Christian and attend YOW. This year, the Sr. High Retreat is being combined with “In Focus” at CCCB. In order to keep over-filling our calendars, and costing families more money, “Reunion Fusion” ($6) will provide a place for camp friends to reconnect while attending the event at Central, saving families $19 per student. We plan to meet at Pizza Hut at 5:00pm on Friday, Oct. 7th for supper, get registered at CCCB, participate in the In Focus programming, then go over to the camp for a campfire and devo before we stay in the cabins. In the morning we will re-join the Saturday programming at In Focus. Students must register for both to participate. All students attending “In Focus” with Timber Lake are expected to participate in both. Back To Top Quarterly Sponsor/Parent Meetings: Each quarter there is an all-church potluck dinner after which parents and sponsors are invited to a meeting where the upcoming youth events and programming are discussed. This is a time of planning, preparing and training as it relates to our ministry to students. If you have a concern or complaint, however, the parent/sponsor meeting is not the place to bring it up. You should talk with the youth minister and make sure you understand one another regarding your concerns. Back To Top Youth Worship Bands: The high school youth worship band leads worship for various area youth events and occasionally for Sunday morning services. The purpose of this ministry is to glorify Christ through the use and development of musical gifts and working together as a team. The try-outs are held at the beginning of each semester for the purpose of including students who want to be involved, as well as to make sure that those involved are skilled enough to be a positive contribution to the band. Because they are leading up front publicly and representing Christ and TLCC from a stage, we expect a higher standard of behavior, musical skill and involvement with Timber Lake Christian Church. The junior high worship band “S.A.W.” (Stop and Worship) leads worship on Sunday nights for the Jr. High ComeUnity programming. There are no try outs because our purpose is to help students develop their musical gifts and work together as a team. Back To Top Safety Policies: There are many safety policies in place to help keep our students and sponsors safe. The adult sponsors do carry cell phones on all trips. In an emergency they will call the Crisis Management Team at TLCC so that parents can be notified. And if students need to call their parents, they are allowed to use our phones to do so at an appropriate time. We will also update the church office as we travel, to inform them when we arrive safely. If you want to see the full content of our safety manual, please feel free to ask for a copy from the office. Back To Top “Our youth ministry’s partnership with your godly parenting and committed involvement is a powerful force in the lives of our students.”   Allen Todd Associate & Youth Minister (660) 263-4168 or (660) 353-9199 allen@timberlakechristian.org
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