High School Winter Retreat, Missions, The Project Experience

High School Ministry Updates  1.10.12 

SPOTLIGHT:

The Project Experience is Coming! Hosted by the high school international mission teams,The Project Experience, comes to CPC next weekend. The exhibit is open to all ages (Saturday, Jan 21 at 1-4:00 p.m. and Sunday, Jan 22 at 10am – 2:00 p.m.). Participants will gain a better understanding of the needs of impoverished nations through this interactive experience.

Walk through CPC rooms transformed to represent homes, cooking needs, lack of medical care, and other challenges facing developing countries. Allow approximately 30-45 minutes for the experience. The exhibit concludes with the Response Room where you can write letters to orphans, pick-up brochures to learn more about missionaries, sign up for a mission project, as well as prayerfully and financially support this summer’s international teams.

Announcements….

Winter Retreat 2012. We return to Rhodes Grove Conference Center in Pennsylvania for our February 17-19 weekend! Discussions of faith, connecting with others, great food and lots of games will fill our hours. On Saturday we’ll go to Whitetail Ski Resort to tube, ski, snowboard, or just hang out in the lodge. Download the flier for costs and the permission slip from our “Events” sidebar. Fliers also available outside the Student Min office.

Genghis Grill Fundraiser!  Please join the high school mission teams for their fundraiser at Genghis Grill (near Chantilly Costco) on Tuesday, January 17 (5-10:00 p.m.). Please tell your server that you are there to support our mission team and we will receive a percentage of the sales.

High School Mission Team Training Began! So good to see all of the mission team members at Sunday night’s training meeting. We are abundantly blessed by each team member, student and adult!  Please be in touch with each other this week as we continue to gather the supplies for the Project Experience! Bring your supplies to my office by this Sunday (January 15).

International Summer Mission Teams. If you are interested in serving on one of next summer’s international teams and have not registered yet, please contact me as soon as possible. The Guatemala team is full, but the Yucatan (June 30-July 7) and Zambia (July 17-31)  teams have space available.  Info sheets and applications are on our website.

Sunday Morning Life Group Snacks. We have a few more weeks on our snack schedule for the Sunday morning Life Groups. For the remainder of the year, I have created a sign-up through Volunteer Spot. Love the new technology! Here is the link to sign-up. Thank you so much for contributing to this critical piece of ministry!  :-)

Sunday Morning Ministries. Join us for Life Groups (9th – 12th grades) every week at 10:00 a.m. in room 206. We begin the new season as we discuss having a missional lifestyle…including the joys and the struggles!

High School Musical, Jr. opens next month! Get your tickets online or in the church office for a wonderful show of hope and encouragement. Showtimes are February 2 and 3 (7:30 p.m.) and Feb 4 (4:00 p.m.). All proceeds help to support our middle school mission team serving in Charlotte, NC this summer.

Class of 2012. Jashemski Scholarships provide financial assistance for students of outstanding intellectual ability as evidenced by prior academic performance, and significant religious commitment as evidenced by formal membership in a religious body, regular participation in its worship life, and active involvement in its service ministry. Ordinarily recipients will be young people (17-25 years of age) who demonstrate in their thought and action the broad religious sensitivity characteristic of Stanley and Wilhelmina Jashemski; have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5; are active members of a Christian church; are pursuing liberal arts studies; show evidence of social and civic concern; have financial need. Applications can be found here are due February 15. Please send questions to Jashemski@takomaparkpc.org.

For Parents: Weekly Sunday morning Adult Education opportunities are resuming (10-10:45 a.m.). The Study of Daniel continue (new participants are always welcome). The 8-week Hurried Family class offers valuable discussions to ponder ways to balance the busyness of life and the health of our family.

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Blessings,

Sharon Hoover
Director of Student Ministry
www.centrevillepres.com
703-830-0098  ext. 17

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