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Hello Friends. Welcome to the ever changing-ever growing site for youth happenings at Newberg Friends! If you are interested in getting involved, whether you are a student, a parent, or an adult that would like to express your gifts and passions through youth ministry, you can email or call me anytime.
There are a variety of ways for you to become a part of our growing community. If you’re just interested in having fun with us, there are monthly events for the simple and unashamed purpose of getting us together and having a good time. If you’re interested in serving the poor, we regularly volunteer with Bridgetown Ministries in Portland, under the Burnside Bridge. We also volunteer locally with Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers and Love Inc. If you’re interested in growing deeper in your relationship with God, we can hook you up with a small group of others that want the same thing, or we can connect you with a loving, good-listening adult who is happy to take you out for coffee and listen to your story. What is it that you want out of a youth group? What is the unique thing about you that you would bring to our group?
I’m excited to see us become a loving, Christ-centered, radically-obedient Community!
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Surfside 08 Details:
- Final cutoff: No registrations will be accepted after July 28. (This is a new Twin Rocks policy)
- Cost: $282 ($252 if pre-registered by July 18th)
- You can register here or come to the NFC office and fax/mail a registration form.
- NFC Transportation: please call the NFC office (503.538.8381) if you would like to join the NFC bus. (Meet at NFC at 12:30 PM on Sunday, August 3). Because of the increased cost of transportation and bus rental we'll have to raise the cost of taking the bus to $15 this summer. Sorry for the inconvenience. We know that camp is expensive as it is.
YCEW (Youth Challenged to Expand their Worldview) Update:
In case you would like to read about their experiences before they get back, the YCEW team that is in Rwanda right now has a blog that they have been posting to (click here).
They will also have a formal sharing times during Yearly Meeting: Monday, July 21, 2:15 PM, in Lemmons 8 (lecture Hall)
Dharwad, India: Joyful Children's Home Update:
Kelsey VandenHoek and Tami Ankeny have been in Dharwad for three weeks now and have posted on our NFC to Dhawad blog. Kelsey and Tami will be joining the Dharwad 07' Team that went last August for two workshops that where we'll be presenting information about modern day slavery and how NFC is beginning to partner with Friends in India to prevent young children from being victimized.
Our workshops: Monday, July 21, 1:00 PM, in Hoover 209 and Wednesday, July 23, 2:15 PM, in Hoover 210
Upcoming Events:
Please open and print out the youth calendars for July and August. There are details included on a variety of fun, adventurous, and memorable events for middle school and high school youth.
You'll find info about:
- A Lake Day at Fern Ridge in Eugene (July 15).
- A middle school youth and parent date night to PGE to watch the Portland Beavers (August 23).
- A middle school day hike to Oregon's famous Mirror Lake near Mt. Hood. (August 27).
- The Annual River Rafting and Rock Climbing Trip in Central Oregon (August 28-31).
WHY isn't there a WILD WAVES trip this year!?!
For almost two decades Newberg Friends has joined up with other area Friends youth groups to go to Wild Waves at the end of the summer. Other than camp, it has been the highest attended event of the year. So why would we leave it out this summer?
In the past we've gone to Wild Waves for these reasons: it was a fun and unusual activity that most kids don't get to do very often and it provided another opportunity for different Friends youth groups to do something together.
Last year, the youthworkers returned with some observations: we spent almost 8 hours driving to and from Wild Waves. Most youth spent more than $40. Once we got to Wild Waves, kids split into small groups and really didn't interact with the other youth groups anyway, and though our group was modestly dressed, many people at Wild Waves were not. So, in summary, the event wasn't really accomplishing anything that we say is most important to us as youth groups and we were paying a lot of money on top of that.
So we created an alternative! Next Tuesday, July 15, several Friends youth groups are meeting up at Fern Ridge Lake near Eugene. And for less than half the price, and half the travel time, we can spend the whole day together swimming, boating, skiing, playing volleyball and ultimate frisbee, and BBQ'ing our own food. Check out the details on the attached calendar. This event is for high school students and if it goes over well, we'll make it an event for middles school students as well and it will be our new summer tradition.
Peace. Joy. Laughter. Hope.
Josh Reid
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Josh Reid
Pastor, Youth Ministries
E-mail Josh
503.538.8381
Youth Calendar
July / August 2008
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See what the NFC Youth are up to on Josh's Blog. |
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Important Forms & Information
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Youth Safety
At Newberg Friends Church, we take the safety of our youth very seriously.
Please read the Child Protection and Abuse Prevention Policy |
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Medical Release Form
For your child’s protection, we require a medical release form to be on file for each youth wishing to participate in activities that leave the NFC campus. These forms are updated annually. If you have not filled one out in 2008, please print this form and turn it in to the NFC office. |
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Youth Ministry Application
If you would like to work with the Newberg Friends youth,
please fill out the Youth Ministry Application. |
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