Hot Liquid Night – Senior High Girls Event

What is Hot Liquid Night?…A night of Community,fellowship and worship. We will be serving hot liquids like – coffee, hot cocoa and hot tea along with some great homemade desserts. Everyone needs to bring your own mug to partake in some great hot beverages! This night is going to be pretty different than anything we have done before and we are really excited about it. We would love everyone to try and come, it’s going to be a great time to get to know some others girls better, make some new friends and learn about God.

When?  Friday, Feb 3rd from 7:00pm – 10:30pm

Is there a theme for the night?  Yes! So glad you asked – we will be talking about Beauty, self esteem and what God thinks about all that stuff.

Is there a cost? NO!!! It’s absolutely free!

Can I bring a friend? Sure! We love new people.

Do I really have to bring my own mug? Yes, we aren’t kidding about that.

Where? We will meet in the cafe area of the new building at Church

If you have any other questions please feel free to contact Megan – 919-586-1883.

We are looking forward to this awesome night of fellowship and worship and seeing all of you there!

Youth Announcements 1-15-12

1. We do have youth activities tonight.  Hand bells start at 3pm, choir starts at 4pm and ministry teams and D-Groups start at 5:20pm.  We will not have youth activities next Sunday night because of the ski trip.
2. We do have youth this Wednesday night.  We start everything off at 6:35 and we go until 7:45.  I am so excited about what God has in store for us this week.  This week we will also be starting to give out information on our mission trip to Nashville, TN July 14^th – 21^st.  Be there and bring a friend or two.
3. We will be leaving on our ski trip this Saturday, January 21^st.  You need to be at the church by 8:30 that morning.  All of your forms and money are due by this Wednesday, January 18^th.  If you do not have forms for some reason please see Justin immediately.  We should be home Sunday by 8:30pm.  Make sure that you bring enough money to cover you for three meals at fast food places, plus anything else that you might want.
4. Our student ministry is starting a food pantry here at the church.  This is something that came from our Faith, Hope and Love series.  This is a way that we can serve our city and church together as a student ministry.  To start it we are collecting non-perishable food throughout the month of January.  We want to have the pantry open by the beginning of February.  So, raid your cabinets (with your parents permission), go to the store and buy a couple of things, go door to door, whatever you need to do, just help out anyway that you can.  You can drop the food off whenever you are on campus.  Just leave it in one of the drop boxes in the chapel or youth hall.
5. We will be having a youth Seedbed class on the Sunday mornings during the BFG hour on January 29^th and February 5^th.  This is a class for all interested in being baptized or joining the church.  If you are interested sign up in the youth hall.
6. Girls, Friday night, February 3^rd we are having a special time just for you.  It is a time of community, fellowship and worship.  Make sure you bring your own mug for Hot Liquid Night.  The hot tea, hot chocolate and coffee will be flowing.  This is going to be a very special night for our girl’s ministry as you look into the question of “Is beauty only skin deep?”  The event runs from 7:00 – 10:30pm.  This will be a night like no other before and you will absolutely love it.  Sign up in the youth hall and invite your friends to this.
7. Sophomores don’t forget to rsvp for the midnight bowling trip with your Sunday school class (not called BFGs in honor of Mark Pressley).  You will be going on Feb. 10^th.  Meet at the church by 10pm.  We should be back by 1:15am.  You will need to bring $12 to cover the cost of bowling and money for snacks.  You will also need to bring your A game because Justin and Mark are going to destroy you.
8. Juniors and seniors, we are starting a Bible study for all of you that are hungry for an authentic faith, who are tired of religious complacency and want to fall in love with God all over again.  The study is Crazy Love by Fracnis Chan.  We will meet every Monday night at 6:30 at the Carmona’s starting January 30^th.  This is an amazing study and you will learn tons from it.  If you are interested sign up in the youth hall or the chapel.
9. Girls, join us on a journey to the heart of a woman and discover how women reflect the image of God.  A Bible/Book Study on the book Captivating will begin on Monday, January 30 at the home of ‘Miss’ Nina from 6:30 – 8:00.  The Study will last for 12 weeks.  Please sign up by or before January 15th.
10. I still have a couple of spots for Caswell summer camp.  If you or a friend would like to go let me know and I will get you a spot.
11. You can begin to sign up for D-Now Weekend.  D-Now is a retreat right here in town where we break up into groups based on grade level.  You will spend the weekend with your class and we will come together as groups for worship.  Dave Edwards is our speaker this year and we have a great group coming in to lead us in worship.  This is a great weekend full of God and fun and is the perfect time to invite friends.

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Youth Announcements 1-8-12

1. We are starting back with youth activities tonight.  Hand bells start at 3pm, choir starts at 4pm and ministry teams and D-Groups start at 5:20pm.
2. If you have volunteered to help with the new girl’s ministry with Megan and Erin your first meeting is this afternoon after church.  Meet in the big youth room upstairs at 12:30.  Lunch will be provided.  Plan on staying until 2:30.
3. We do have youth this Wednesday night.  It was awesome seeing so many people there last week and I hope that continues throughout the New Year.  We will have some great music, a funny video (hopefully you will find it funny), and a message on our Great God.  We start at 6:35 and go until 7:45, hope to see you there and bring a friend or two.
4. Our student ministry is starting a food pantry here at the church.  This is something that came from our Faith, Hope and Love series.  This is a way that we can serve our city and church together as a student ministry.  To start it we are collecting non-perishable food throughout the month of January.  We want to have the pantry open by the beginning of February.  So, raid your cabinets (with your parents permission), go to the store and buy a couple of things, go door to door, whatever you need to do, just help out anyway that you can.  You can drop the food off whenever you are on campus.  Just leave it in one of the drop boxes in the chapel or youth hall.
5. Juniors and seniors, we are starting a Bible study for all of you that are hungry for an authentic faith, who are tired of religious complacency and want to fall in love with God all over again.  The study is Crazy Love by Fracnis Chan.  We will meet every Monday night at 6:30 at the Carmona’s starting January 30^th.  This is an amazing study and you will learn tons from it.  If you are interested sign up in the youth hall or the chapel.
6. Girls, join us on a journey to the heart of a woman and discover how women reflect the image of God.  A Bible/Book Study on the book Captivating will begin on Monday, January 30 at the home of ‘Miss’ Nina from 6:30 – 8:00.  The Study will last for 12 weeks.  Please sign up by or before January 15th.
7. I have sent out all of the information for the ski trip to your parents and you (through Facebook).  If you have not received any information please let me know as soon as possible so I can get you the information.  If you have not signed up for the trip but would like to go I still have a couple more spots so let me know.
8. Caswell sign ups are now closed.  If you would like to go you will need to talk to me and I will try and get you a spot (which shouldn’t be a problem).
9. You can begin to sign up for D-Now Weekend.  D-Now is a retreat right here in town where we break up into groups based on grade level.  You will spend the weekend with your class and we will come together as groups for worship.  Dave Edwards is our speaker this year and we have a great group coming in to lead us in worship.  This is a great weekend full of God and fun and is the perfect time to invite friends.

Winter Jam Reminder

Hey everyone, here is just a quick reminder about Winter Jam tonight.  If you are going to the concert featuring Skillet, Building 429, Sanctus Real and many more make sure you are at the church by 3:30pm.  You need to bring $10 (cash only) for admission and money for dinner at the RBC Center.  There are still some spots left so if you want to go contact Justin or sign up on the Facebook event page.  We should be home by 11pm.  See you all soon!

Youth Announcements 12-18-11

1.    The only group that will be meeting tonight is the drama/missions team.  If you are in that group please be at church around 4pm.  You will be helping out with the Kid’s Club caroling and enjoying a pizza party with them. 
2.    This Wednesday night we are having a Wacky Tacky Christmas Extravaganza Spectacular and Food Drive during our regular youth time.  Make sure that you wear the worst Christmas sweater that you can find (the best worst one wins a prize), bring any non-perishable food items that you can, and come prepared to celebrate Christmas with your youth group.  There will be plenty of fun and games and a time for us to remember the real reason for celebrating.  The food will be going to something very special that our student ministry will be taking part in. Show up around 6:30 for the last meeting of the year and bring your friends!
3.    We will not have BFGs on Christmas or New Year’s mornings.  We will have one worship time both mornings at 10:30.  There will also be no activities those nights either.  We will resume BFGs and Sunday night activities on January 8^th.  There will be no youth worship on Wednesday, December 28^th.  We will resume regular Wednesday night activities on January 4^th. 
4.    You have about two more weeks to sign up for Caswell summer camp.  Camp this year is June 25^th-30^th and the cost is $260 with a $160 deposit due on March 1^st.  Do not let money be the reason that you are not going with us.  If money is an issue please come and talk to me and we will get you set.  This is a great week for you to grow in your walk with God and in your relationships with the people in your youth group.  We have a great speaker this year and there is always a ton of stuff for you to do while you are at camp.  You can invite people on this trip.  I still need a couple more adults for this trip.  If you are interested and would like more information about what would be expected of you to chaperone a trip please come and talk to me.  Don’t miss this week!
5.    You still have time to sign up for our ski trip January 21^st and 22^nd to Boone, NC.  We will be skiing at Sugar and Beech Mountains during the weekend.  Cost ranges anywhere from $100-$140 for the trip depending on what you are doing.  If you have already signed up and have not put what you prefer (ski or snowboard), please do that as soon as you can.  I will be sending out the information to your parents the week after Christmas.  I still need a couple of adults to go on this trip.  If you are interested please let me know. 
6.    Guys, if you are playing basketball please sign up on the youth hall or online at the church website.  You are not officially signed up until you fill out the form online (you can also get one at the church office).  The list on the youth hall is just so I can make sure that you have signed up online, sorry for the confusion.  The cost of the league is $15. 
7.    Juniors and Seniors, you can begin to sign up for our Bible study in the youth hall.  We will be meeting on Monday nights at the Carmona house from 6:30-8pm.  We will be doing the Crazy Love study by Francis Chan.  The study starts on January 30^th. 
8.    Seniors, the NC JCI Senate sponsors the Kyle Byrd Memorial Scholarship every year, which is a $500 scholarship.  If you are interested in applying for this scholarship you may contact Karen Byrd via email at khbcpa@byrdyates.com or 387-1040 for more information.  The deadline to have your application turned in is December 31^st.

9.    Megan is still looking for some freshmen girls who would like to be on the Girl’s Ministry Leadership Team.  The group will meet every other month.  You will help to plan and organize girl’s events as well as helping to serve the other girl’s in our youth group.  If you are interested please contact Megan at 586-1883. 

Wacky Tacky Christmas Extravaganza Spectacular And Food Drive

What a wonderful day Wednesday, December 21st will be. For most of you, you will be getting out of school to start a fantastic couple of week stretch of no school as you partake in your Christmas/Winter Break. Others will already be out, but just knowing there is a Wednesday night should get you pumped up. What makes this even better, is that this is not just a normal Wednesday night. This is a Wednesday night with a Wacky Tacky Christmas Extravaganza Spectacular!

Make sure that you are there starting at 6:35 wearing the craziest, ugliest Christmas sweater that you can find. There will be a prize for the worst (or would that be best?) one. We will have a Christmas photo area for you to take pictures with all of your buddies in your attire. Also, there have been unconfirmed rumors that Santa and Mrs. Claus will be there. There will be plenty of Christmas fun and frivolity for all to enjoy with games, candy and Christmas hijinks. Bring a friend and we will see you next Wednesday night!

Along with all of the fun things going on, we will also be collecting any non-perishable food items that you can bring in to help start something really cool for our student ministry (which actually is just another fun thing).  We will give you all of the details when you arrive about what the food will be going to, but we can assure you that it is going to be something really cool that God will use to help a lot of people in need.  We believe that this will be the beginning of something huge that we will be able to serve our city with.  So, stop by the store, raid your pantry (after talking it over with your parents), go door to door collecting, whatever you need to do to get the food there, do it.

Youth Announcements December 4th

1. We are starting back with youth tonight (everyone did a great job at Hanging of the Greens last week).  Hand bells start at 3pm, choir begins at 4pm and ministry teams and small groups are at 5:20pm.  If you would like to stay afterwards and help unload scene items for Journey you can do that.
2. We do have youth this Wednesday night.  We start at 6:35 so come and bring a friend.
3. Journey to Bethlehem is this week.  This is a great walk through story of the birth of Jesus.  This is a great way to invite people to come and see who Jesus is.  Journey runs Thursday – Sunday.  It starts at 6pm on Thursday and Friday and 5:30 on Saturday and Sunday.  Might want to show up really early if you don’t want to wait too long.
4. Here are some ways that you can help out for Journey to Bethlehem.  1) Girls are still needed to fill the angel scene.  If you can help out please contact Deborah Hardee at dwhardee@nc.rr.com.  2) If you can help in the concession stand during Journey please sign up in the youth hall.  You will need to show up 30 minutes before the start of Journey to help serve.  3) Next Sunday night after our groups meet you can help bring the props and scenery to the areas that they will go.  Meet in the youth room after our group time. 4) After youth on Wednesday night, Dec. 7^th you can help set up the scenes.  Meet in the chapel after youth.  5) Craig Hardee is in need of people who can help with puppets while people are waiting in the gym to go through.  If you can help contact him.
5. Seniors, the NC JCI Senate sponsors the Kyle Byrd Memorial Scholarship every year, which is a $500 scholarship.  If you are interested in applying for this scholarship you may contact Karen Byrd via email at khbcpa@byrdyates.com or 387-1040 for more information.  The deadline to have your application turned in is December 31^st.
6. Girls, if you are interested in helping Megan and Erin plan activities and events for our girl’s ministry please get in touch with Megan.  She is looking for two girls from each grade that would commit to meeting every other month to give their input on planning what we want our girl’s ministry to look like.  You can Facebook or Tweet at her or call her at 586-1883.
7. Guys, remember to sign up for the basketball league.  The league will have games every Tuesday night from January until the end of March.  The cost is $15 per student.  You can sign up on the website at www.salem-bc.org and search for upcoming events.
8. You can continue to sign up for our ski/snowboard trip in the youth hall.  This year we will be going to Boone January 21^st and 22^nd.  We will leave that Saturday morning, drive to the mountains and ski that night.  On Sunday we will get up, ski all day and head home.  There will also be two Bible study sessions.  The cost for the trip depends on what you would like to do.  There are four different costs.  If you are going, not skiing and just hanging out with all of your friends then the cost is $40.  If you are going and you have your own ski or snowboard equipment then the cost is $100.  If you are going and need to rent skis the cost is $130.  If you are going and need to rent a snowboard then the cost is $145.  Feel free to invite whoever you want to for this trip, just make sure their name gets on the sign up sheet.
9. You can continue to sign up for Caswell on the youth hall.  Caswell is our annual summer camp.  It is located on an old military fort on Oak Island, NC right on the beach.  It is an incredible camp with great Bible teaching and worship.  Our speaker for the year is Derwin Gray who always does a great job.  There is also plenty of free time at camp where you can go to the beach or pool, participate in track times like Zumba, play any kind of sport imaginable, explore the forts, go kayaking , or just hang out around camp.  This is always an amazing week that you won’t want to miss out on.  The cost for the trip is $260 with a deposit of $100 due by March 1^st.  Feel free to invite friends, just make sure that they are on the sign up sheet.

 

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