HS Ice Skating Tomorrow! MS serving at LINK on Mon.! Email Update 1/17

[Scott Slawson]

Volunteers Needed! - We had a Wonderful response to our need for HS Leaders and are excited to welcome Rick Romito and Terilyn Green who will be joining the HS Youth Group on Wednesday Nights! So lets keep the ball rolling! We need another leader for our 8th Grade Girls Small Group on Sunday Nights for the next 3 months. Last week we had 10 excited and wonderful girls in this small group and their leader Diane Romito could use another leader while Gina is away for the next couple months! The time commitment is about 3 hours a week. Would you be able to Help! Let me know! 

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

• We are excited about this years Confirmation Class which will be on 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 - THURSDAY 4/26
• Students Received into Membership/Youth Sunday - Apr. 29th

Upcoming Events - 2012 Spring Packets were mailed out this week. Check your mail!

• HS YG Fun Night - Ice Skating in Reston -  1/18, $12, 7:30-9:30. Invite your friends as we head out to Reston for a Youth Group Fun Night! Leaders Needed!
• MS Serving at LINK and Lunch at Jersey Mikes -  1/23(Moveable Holiday), $10 for lunch, 9:30am-2pm. Join us as we head out to one of the food pantries serving our area. We will be sorting food donations and assisting in the work they do to help feed those in need in our area. Afterwards we will stop at Jersey Mikes for an awesome lunch! Leaders Needed! 
• MS Superbowl and Just Dance! Party - 2/5, At the Church, 6pm till the game is over. Bring an app to share. We will be hanging out watching the Superbowl playing some games and having a Just Dance! competition. Bring your friends! Xbox and Kinect systems needed. Leaders Needed!  
• HS Skiing/Snowboarding at Liberty Mountain -2/11, 8am-9pm, Waiver needed. ~$30 for Lunch. Join us as we hit the slopes at the best mountain in our area! Skiing and Lodge-sitting leaders are needed! 
• $109-All Mountain package (Rental, Lesson, Lift ticket)
• $87-Learn to Ski package (Rental, Lesson, Lift ticket for beginner slopes) 
• $63- for a Lift ticket if you already own your equipment.
• MS Tubing at Liberty Mountain -2/20(President’s Day), 8am-3pm, $30, Waiver Needed! Every year this is a MS favorite! Snow tubing is awesome as you are zooming down a giant hill and carried back to the top by a conveyor belt. No experience needed! Spots are limited. Leaders needed!
• MS Mission Retreat to DC - 3/9-11, Cost $100. We will be heading down to DC to serve those in need along with Teens Opposing Poverty. More details to come! Leaders Needed!
• HS College Road Trip - 3/31-4/4, ~$100-200. This trip will be part college visits and part class on how to make the transition to college a great one! The plan is to visit a number of different colleges in VA, MD and PA of different types to allow students to get a feel for the different options out there but our exact plans will depend in part on who is going. Sign up early! Parents are needed and encouraged to attend!

Summer Trips

• MS Camp Trip - 

  On The Edge at Camp Ligonier, Ligonier, PA (July 8^th-12^th, Cost: $375, Leaders Needed!) Sign up By 3/11!

• HS Domestic Mission Trip - 

  Broad Street Ministry, Philadelphia, PA (July 15^th – 21^st, Cost: $425, Leaders Needed!) Sign up By 3/11!

• HS International Mission Trip - 

  Praying Pelican Missions, Belize (June 24^th-30^th, Cost: $1,335, Leaders Needed!) Sign up By 2/24!
• There are many more details which we have put together in an information packet for this trip. Download the Information Packet HERE!

Scott Slawson

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