Making Paper

We can use our paper to write thank you cards to people
like Officer Macguire and other folks that help us out.

We will take old paper, put it in a
blender, and make into new paper.

This Sunday, February 3rd, we will be making recycled paper and talking about things that we can do as a Youth Group to make our church "greener."  We are going to need newspaper to let our paper dry on as well as some old paper to recycle.

Here is what the paper looks
like while it is drying.

I used some of my old homework assignments to make into new paper.  Feel free to bring in any type of paper that you don't want any more.  You can also bring some glitter or bits of flower to through into our paper "slurry" to make our paper more fun.

You can also bring a friend.

Police Department Visit a Success: No Youth Left Behind in Cell

Youth and Parents inside the control room. 

 Last Sunday the Youth Group and a few parents visited the Falmouth Police Department to take a tour of facilities and ask questions to the men and women in blue.

We got to see the control room where all the 911 calls are answered and dealt with.  We were told to be quiet in this room since the dispatcher would be taking calls.  Officer Maguire, our tour guide, told us that we were the quietest group he ever had in there!

Officer Maguire shows us a battering ram

We also got to see the detective division and interrogation rooms.  However, it seemed like the youth were doing most of the interrogating.  Thanks to their questions, we learned things like the most outrageous 911 call ever received, what it feels like to be tazed, and how crimes get solved.

no door is safe 

We got to take a quick peak at the holding cells and booking rooms.  Officer Maguire told us that most of the people he has to deal with are not bad people.  They are probably just having a bad day or a string of not-so-good circumstances.  He became a police officer because he wanted to help out his community.  So even though that means arresting people from time to time, he truly wants to help everyone he comes into contact with.  It is nice to know that we are in such good hands.

The tour ended with a look at some of the vehicles the officers get to drive.  You may see these cars parked in our church parking lot from time to time.  This is because most of an officers job is filling out paper work after something happens.  They use our lot from time to time to sit and fill out these forms on their build-in computers.  And we certainly don't mind having an officer around.


We want to say a big thank you to Officer Maguire for giving us a tour and the entire staff of the Falmouth PD for all the great work they do keeping us safe.

Visiting the Falmouth Police

This Sunday, we will be taking a tour of the Falmouth Police station.  Some of you may know that our Pastor  is a chaplain for the FPD and he has lots of friends over at the station.  They are going to take us around the building and even let us into their brand new high tech cars.  It is sure to be a fun time and a great opportunity to meet the friendly men and women that help keep us safe.

Meet at the church as usual at 4:00 and we will have a snack and leave around 4:15.  Hope to see you there!

Live Nativity and Christmas Party Recap

Saturday, Dec 15 the youth group joined members and families of the church to put on the Live Nativity for the community.  It was a resounding success with plenty of people coming by to enjoy the live animals, eat a candy cane, and get invited to John Wesley's Christmas Eve Service.

When the youth and kids were not playing the roles of angels, shepherds and wise men  they were down in the youth room playing lots of fun games and snacking on delicious food.  However, the most excitement happened after everyone went home.  One of the games we played was called, "snowball launcher" and participants launched a snowball shaped piece of cereal out of their nose.  The longest launch was about six feet until the Rev. Dr. David Calhoun came down and gave it a shot.  He was able to launch his snowball an astonishing 9 and a half feet!  Keep practicing at home folks and maybe you can win next year.

A few of the youth play "thin ice."  Participants must try and navigate an invisible maize .