Luminous Student Ministries - Amelia Church of Christ

Hi guys,
Our annual event is back! Fall Youth Kickoff 2009 will happen on Friday night, September 11th at 5:00pm. We will meet at the church as we embark upon an evening of fun and memories that will last a lifetime.

The theme this year for our Kickoff is the Crossing. Anytime we are faced with a crossing in life, we have to make a choice and you’ll have plenty of choices to make on this night.

For dinner, we will play a game called Fast-Food Roulette. What that means is this: when everyone arrives at the church on that Friday night, we will place the name of every Fast-Food Restaurant that is located in the Eastgate Area into a hat. Then, we will randomly draw five places out of the hat and that will be the order that we will go to them in. However, the catch to this game is that you can only order One Item from each place and it cannot be an item you have ordered previously at another place. So, for example, let’s say I order a drink at White Castle, which could be the first name to come out of the hat. I better not get thirsty at the other four places because I’ve already ordered my one drink!

We will end up back at the Morrissey’s house to finish out the evening around 9:00pm. If you have any questions, you can e-mail me and I’ll respond to them promptly. We hope to see you there!

Hey gang,
For those of you who didn’t know, or haven’t thought about it in a while, CIY is almost here!

That means, you should have received your final letters by now, telling you how much of a balance you still owe the church. You NEED to pay that money by the deadline that it is due on June 14th, 2009.

For those who are already paid up and just waiting to go, here’s a couple of reminders. Please remember everything you need to bring with you including your Bible and a pen. You will be using both of these items a lot during the week, so it’s crucial that you have them.

Now, I haven’t been to Anderson University since the summer of 2003. The red shirt hanging in the youth room is actually from that conference. So, here’s what I remember about the conference from 6 years ago:
- You will have to walk pretty far to the dining hall and the auditorium, but nowhere near as far as Carbondale, and there are no bridges either.
- The food is done in a cafeteria/buffet style, not with a meal card, and it is phenomenal.
- There is an indoor pool, if you want to go swimming, and they have two diving boards, but they’re surface boards, not platforms.
- Ladies, if you want to go swimming, I recommend a one piece swimsuit as CIY will not allow two piece suits/bikinis and the swimming staff will not let you get into the pool with a t-shirt on.
- There are lots of trees/open fields that you can run around in, hang on, get lost in for recreational time. If you want to bring sports equipment with you, that’s fine.
- There is also a gymnasium for basketball/track running/etc…. if that sort of things suits you.
- There is limited A/C. What that means is that some rooms have it and some don’t. When I went in 2002, we had A/C….when I went in 2003, we were not so lucky. Bring a fan with you if you get hot during the night, just in case your room is not one of the lucky few to have A/C.
- There is no “mini-mart” as there is at Carbondale, IL. If you want snacks in your room, you better buy them before you go and bring them with you.
- You may see a group of people lining up to play a very interesting game entitled “Buck-Buck.” If you want to know what it is, just ask Jason Taggart who can tell you some stories about it.

We will meet at the church on the morning of June 15th at 10:30am to depart for Anderson, IN. If you are not at the church by 10:45am, understand that we will most likely depart without you because we are on a time schedule.

This week will be the most fun you’ll have all summer and you’ll have the chance to make lots of new friends and some great memories. I can’t wait to hang out with all of you this week and I can’t wait for it to get here.

If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me by clicking this link here.

It’s back – A little fun for your Monday! How about NITRO at the church. This kick-back relaxing event is for Jr/Sr High Students and will include a time of relaxation and fun & games. Snacks and drinks will be provided and we’ll have two televisions with all the games you can handle. Come on out Monday May 4th for NITRO starting at 3:00pm and running until 7:00pm. I’ll see you there!