Welcome Back! Urgent Volunteer Need and Confirmation Class! Email Update 1/3/12

[Scott Slawson]

Hello all! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Years with your families and are back refreshed and ready to start 2012 off strong! All of our programs are starting back up this week! I hope to see you there!

HS YG VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!!! -  We are in need of additional Volunteers for our programs, particularly our Wednesday Night HS Youth Group.  With the addition of Eli to our family it means that Ryan is no longer able to be a regular volunteer for the HS leaving us understaffed for the 12-16 HS students that we see each week and means that if we are not able to find additional leaders we will be forced to cancel YG some nights because we don't have enough leaders. This is not something that any of us want but is the reality of our need as it stands right now. Would you be willing to help!?

Confirmation Class - Wednesday Afternoons from 4:30-6pm

• I know it is hard to think into the new year but I want to make sure everyone knows that this year we will be making some changes to our Confirmation program. We will be changing from Thursday evenings to Wednesday afternoons from 4:30-6pm. This will coincide with our Wednesday Night Connect program and the community dinner that we will have each week. Our hope is that the time change will allow more of our students to participate and will hopefully help our Confirmation students to "connect" with the larger church body. Confirmation is open to any student who are in 7th grade or older and who are interested in exploring wether to make a profession of faith and join the church in membership. We are looking for teachers to help lead this class! 
• Information Meeting with Parents - Jan. 25 at 7pm
• First Confirmation Class - Feb. 1
• No Confirmation Class over Spring Break - Apr. 4
• Confirmation Dinner with Session - TUESDAY Apr 24th
• Students Received into Membership/Youth Sunday - Apr. 29th

Summer Trips

• MS Camp Trip - 

  On The Edge at Camp Ligonier, Ligonier, PA (July 8^th-12^th, Cost: $375, Leaders Needed!)

• HS Domestic Mission Trip - 

  Broad Street Ministry, Philadelphia, PA (July 15^th – 21^st, Cost: $425, Leaders Needed!)

• HS International Mission Trip - 

  Praying Pelican Missions, Belize (June 24^th-30^th, Cost: $1,335, Leaders Needed!)
• There are many more details which we have put together in an information packet for this trip. Download the Information Packet HERE!

Upcoming Events - We are still putting together the Spring Calendars so Check back next week for more details about whats happening!

Scott Slawson

Youth Director
Ashburn Presbyterian Church
703-729-2012
540-687-1233