eyouthwny: Newsletter June 21

This is the craziest

week of my life. My office is filled with boxes, some packed, some unpacked, extra stuff lying all over the floor....

It's called prep for Senior High. Junior High and Sleep Away are easier because I've already packed these boxes! Gotta try and make sure that I've got everything covered, ready and available. I usually get about 98% of right. Then I have to call Mom Donna to bring up what I forget, LOL!

Hope everyone is getting ready for camp all summer long. Still need lots more applications for Junior High and Sleep Away! Don't forget and don't wait.

If you can't be at camp this week make sure you check NEXT week's newsletter for a way to check out what's going on. Details coming.

There's lots more stuff going on. Check the youth ministry web page EYouthWNY.org ,

or check out the EYouthWNY blog

Here's the usual stuff.
Have a great week!
Jay

Other Events on the Calendar

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Youth Commission -

The June meeting is held Tuesday evening at Senior High Conference.
Please contact if you wish to attend (and aren't attending the Conference)

The next meeting of the Commission will be in September.

Youth Commission encourages all young people in Middle and High School to attend our monthly meetings

Happening #27 -

November 12-14, Camp Pioneer, Angola
Applications are available on the website (HERE)

Camp Dates -

Senior High - June 27 - July 3
Junior High - August 8-14
Sleep Away - August 18-21

Check for camp applications HERE

Check the Youth Ministry calendar for the most up to date dates!

SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART

"He was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. 'Men of Galilee,' they said, 'why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.' " (Acts 1:9-11)

I don't think countforward is a real word, but we're not counting down any more. The countdown was finished when Jesus walked out of His tomb alive and more powerful than ever. Now the clock is moving forward toward the day He will return.

In the verses right before these, Jesus said we don't get to know how long. Nobody knows the hour or the day -- but there is a specific hour, a day on the calendar, coming. He will be back. The Father knows exactly when.
In the meantime, we have a job to do, you and me and all those who believe. We have a job to use real power -- the same power of God that raised Jesus from the dead at work in us -- to be witnesses of what we've seen that power accomplish. That job may be something very small or something very large. We're never quite sure till the moment comes and it's time to go to work. The other amazing thing is that it doesn't matter if the job is small or large. Each part of God's work in this world (which we are called to do with and for Him) is important.

It's a job that matters. And the clock is ticking. That's the message of Acts 1.
Think: Are you looking forward to the return of Christ? What difference does His return make in your life? How seriously do you take the call to be His witness in your world?

Pray: Ask God to help you to make the best use of the power and time He gives to you to accomplish whatever He asks of you in this life.

Do: Read Acts 1 all the way through.

A Daily Devotional from PlanetWisdom.com, copyright 2010 Youth Specialties. Used by permission.

Facts, Quotes and Shots

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FORGETTABLE FACT

Bluebirds cannot see the color blue.

POTENT QUOTABLES

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
~ Robert Frost

Reflect upon your blessings, of which every man has plenty, not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
~ Charles Dickens

PARTING SHOT

Lead me not into temptation (I can find the way myself).

EYouthWNY store

This is a way for us to show everyone our involvement in our church and to help support all the youth ministries. The money raised by the stuff at our store is used by Youth Commission to help make camps, and Happening, and mission trips and the Bishop's Ball a little bit better. If you haven't checked out what's available recently please do.