Junior High & Senior High
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2009 Mission Trip
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The High School and Junior High Youth Groups will be participating in a Mission Trip at the Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of Stewarts Point Rancheria. For more information about the reservation go HERE
Permission slip (attached) and $60 need to be turned into any Youth Group leader or the church office by July 6th. There will be a mandatory parent and youth orientation meeting ?:00 pm,July 15th at church.
We will be traveling in private cars. We are meeting at church August 3rd at 8:00 am and will return to church August 7th around 3:00 pm (we will call en route).
What will we be doing
- Clear a large blackberry patch to start a community garden
- Powerwash, repair and paint Kashia Rancheria Firehouse
- Clean and refurbish Kashia School playground
- Clean and refurbish/paint Kashia School House - Teach Ridge
Where will we be staying – Stillwater Cove Park and Campground, 22455 Highway 1 approximately 16 miles north of Jenner. We will be tent camping and there are restrooms with coin operated showers and flush toilets. Church will provide tents and food. Each of the youth will need to bring the items on the attached packing list.
Summer 2009
Summer Camp - Alliance Redwoods and Westminster Woods
Youth leading with Vacation Bible School, July 6-10, 2009.
Senior High Retreat at Lake Tahoe Cabin: 8/14-8/16
Junior High Rafting Trip (American River in Sacramento): 8/22/09
Fall Kick-off: 9/13/09
Weekly Youth Groups
meet every Sunday, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
throughout the school year. Beginning Sept. 13, 2009
Look for the Junior Highers in or near Koinonia Hall.
Senior Highers in or near the Sanctuary.
On-Site Mission Trip 2008 – Thank you
The Junior High Youth Group Leaders want to thank the following people and groups for their support of our recent on-site mission trip developing the meditation/prayer garden. Thanks to the Mission Commission for their monetary support of the project. Thanks to Jim Donnelly for construction supplies, Vivian Loh for bottled water during the warm afternoons, technical support from Ted Arntz, and meal assistance from JoAnne Richards, and Lorraine and Bill Linstrom. Special thanks to Betty and Don Dulac for providing some of the plants for the garden. Thank you also for those youth who took part in the project: Daniel Weidlich, Chris Dea, Stephen Clarkkim, Katie Lane, Conor Kelly, Kelsey Russell, and Daphne Russell. We hope the congregation will derive enjoyment from this project.
Sincerely, Mike Roberts & Brent Russell
Junior High
Mike Roberts - 707-773-1261
Brent Russell - 707-658-1369
Senior High
We have the best looking Youth Volunteers!
Operation Christmas Child
This is our annual opportunity to bring joy to children around the world
We prepare from 100 – 200 boxes.
Jeff Lange & Friends at a Youth Group Back to School Party
If you have any questions regarding Youth Group please feel free to call any of the following:
Mike Roberts - 707-773-1261
Brent Russell - 707-658-1369
Download the Parent Consent Form and other forms:
The Forms Page.
First Presbyterian Church Petaluma - Junior High Youth Group
We spent a few weeks working with the concept of Love Languages as presented by Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell in their Five Love Languages books. The basic premise is that there are five ways we communicate love to each other and that each of us has a dominate method of communication. The books discuss ways to be aware of how you and the people in your life communicate love. If you are interested in finding out more about the Five Love Languages there are several books available – Five Signs of a Loving Family, The five Love Languages of Children, The five Love Languages of Teenagers. Brent and Mike have read The five Love Languages of Children and can definitely recommend it and it is likely the teenager version will be very applicable to most of our families.
Please feel free to talk with any of us about youth group plans, events, and activities (see attached calendar).
Brent, Connie, Lorraine & Mike
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