CURRENT YOUTH EVENTS

Celebration Choir practice (1-6 Grade) 5:30-6:15 on May 7. Sing for worship on Sunday, May 18.

Kid’s JAM & BLOC May 7 Family Potluck at 6:30!
Bring a dish to share. Beverage provided.

OKOBOJI RECHARGE –Right Here! Right Now! It’s Friday through Sunday, May 2-4 for grades 4^th – 6^th. Leaving Trinity at 5:30 PM. There will be a stop for supper. Bring extra cash for supper and the camp canteen if you want snacks or a T-shirt. Home on Sunday about 2:30 PM. Sign up on the Youth Board ASAP. This fills up fast! Cost: $30.

YOUTH RECOGNITION SUNDAY, Sunday, May 11, 9:00 AM service. Class presentations and attendance awards. There will be Sunday school treats for everyone in Trinity Hall from 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM. Coffee for parents! Cookies and lemonade for everyone. No regular Sunday school class time. This is the last day of Sunday school. Watch for summer activities.

JESUS~JUSTICE~JAZZ National Youth Gathering (NYG) … We keep meeting once a month. We meet Sunday, May 18, 10:00 AM in the Fireside Room this month! Out first fundraiser is a FISH FRY at the American Legion on Friday, May 30, from 4:30 to 7:00 PM. Money from the fish fry will be divided up according to how much work and time you give to this fundraiser. Talk to Coreen about selling tickets. The National Youth Gathering happens every three years! Those of you that are in 9^th, 10^th and 11^th grade have only this chance to go! The 2009 Gathering in New Orleans is it! All youth in grades 8 – 11 and interested adults should think about this! It’s going to cost about $1,000 per/person to go. That includes registration, lodging and airfare. There is much planning!

FABULOUS FUN! Bring your
friends. Bring your family.
There’s horseback riding, picnic
lunch & a walk through the
woods happening at Ironwood
Springs Christian Ranch on
Saturday, May, 17.
Cost: $5 p/person or
$15 max/family.
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Sign up on the Youth Board.

MORE on the 2009 National Youth Gathering (NYG) in New Orleans, Louisiana, July 22-26, 2009: The theme is Jesus~Justice~Jazz and it draws from the rich faith history, diverse cultures, and arts of New Orleans. It will stretch our understanding of what it means to live in relationship and service with each other in the manner of Christ – for life! The Gathering program will be different than Gatherings before. The City of New Orleans is unique, as well as the changes it is going through as the entire Gulf Coast region continues to recover after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The focus will be on service and justice as we live our shared reality as Christians: Marked with the cross of Christ forever, we are claimed, gathered, and set for the sake of the world.

There will be an informational meeting on Thursday, May 22 at 6:30 PM at Our Savior’s in Owatonna. Please call Coreen, if you would like to attend.

AMERICAN LEGION

Friday, May 30 4:30 – 7:00 PM

This is a fundraiser for the group going to the “Jesus~Justice~Jazz”, 2009 National Youth Gathering. Come, and support them.

The great Preschool Leaders are: Connie Heavner (Trinity), Genie Hanson (Central Freeborn) and Misty Nelson (1st Lutheran Glenville). Some volunteers are needed to share teaching and help with prepping crafts and games. Please call Connie at 377-7101.

(See colored flyer for information on Vacation Bible School Day Camp,
Sunday, June 22 – Thursday, June 26.)