30 Hour Famine - May 9 & 10 - SEE SPECIAL REQUEST BELOW
Student Ministries is participating for the 4th consecutive year in the 30 Hour Famine...the Jr. & Sr. High students participating ask for financial contributions for going without food for 30 hours. All proceeds donated to the World Vision organization. Show up at the church office at 6pm, for a fun photo scavenger hunt. We will then be back at the church office for a couple of hours for some worship and a lesson. We will then be off to a couple of houses to sleep and up early to do some service projects. We will break the fast at 1pm at the Stupienski's, 24 Twilight Dr in Granby. Students can be picked up from there at 1:30pm. If you have any questions, feel free to call Mark at 860-906-4882.
SPECIAL REQUEST - NEED TO BORROW LAWN EQUIPMENT
If you have a lawn mower and/or weed eater that Student Ministries can borrow for a service project on Saturday, May 10 please contact Mark Allen ASAP by e-mail or in the church office at 844-0001. Mark is looking for more than one if possible! A big part of the 30-Hour Famine involves service work including helping a 91 year old woman in the community with yard clean up on Saturday. But, she does not own a lawn mower. The students have helped her in prior years and are looking forward to serving her again this year!
**Mark is also asking all student participating to bring a rake for the yard work on Saturday**
Sign-up for The Hartford Project
JUNE 24-28, 2008 (Tuesday night - Saturday morning)"Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me." (Matthew 25:40)
We will spend a week in the north end of Hartford serving area churches and ministries. If you want to serve and join up with dozens of other churches who have a heart for Hartford, this trip is for you. This Student Ministries missions trip is open to interested students currently in grades 7-12. We are also looking for additional adult leaders. You need to complete and submit an application ASAP – space is limited. This is a great opportunity to serve in our own community! Download an application and complete, the final deadline for paperwork and money is May 4. The cost is $150. Contact Mark Allen for more details.
If you are interested in downloading or streaming any of our Student Ministries sermons, just click on the picture. This is a great way to stay caught up if you miss a lesson or for parents to keep up with what we are currently teaching. If you have any ideas of things you would like to talk about at youth group, just shoot Mark an email and let hime know. For our Student Ministries Sermon Page, just click here.
High School Winter Retreat at Camp Berea March 7-9
Camp
Berea was a great time, we had fun, learned about God and strengthened
our relationships with each other. If you want to see the camp berea
pictures of the weekend, click here. Thanks to all the leaders who gave up their weekends to be a part of camp!!
In an attempt to keep everyone's birthday straight, we have signed up with Birthdayalarm.com. If you would like to enter your birthday, we can celebrate with you! Everyone loves a birthday! Click here to enter your birthday information.
Our Message to Youth
At Valley Brook, we take teens seriously. They have gifts and are capable of just about anything. We strongly believe that they are the church of TODAY, not tomorrow. We understand they are growing up in a culture that bombards them with messages. Every time they turn on the TV, surf the net, put on headphones, and look at magazines, they are being sold images and messages - some of which are harmless, but almost none have the student's best interest in mind.
Our message to teens at Valley Brook is this:
For more information or to discuss anything regarding our youth programs, contact Mark Allen, our Student Ministries Director, at mallen@valleybrookcommunity.org.
Check out our calendar below to see what events we have coming up that may interest you!
Sunday School
We provide the opportunity for our students in grades 7-12 to attend a Sunday School class following the musical part of our worship services. Classes are broken into two groups: Middle School (grades 7-8), and High School (grades 9-12). The Sunday School classes provide Bible study, teaching and discussion to help students apply God's Word to their lives. On the first Sunday of the month, these students remain in church for the entire service and are invited to participate in Communion.
