Geo-caching this weekend

Join us this Sunday (4:00 to 5:30) for Geo-caching.  Geo-caching is a worldwide game where people hide boxes in the forests, down towns, and other places all over the world.  Then they post the coordinates for them for others to go and find them.  Usually the boxes are full of little goodies which you can trade out.

So dress for the weather, and get ready for a fun time hiking, we will meet at the church and then drive to Beebe Woods.  Learn more about Geo-caching here.

Food Drive

a goofy pose with our bounty

Youth Group is officially back in action!  It was great to see everyone after such a long and humid summer, and the new year has brought new faces to the group.  This Sunday, we took our members, old and new, on a food drive around the neighborhood.

The people of Hamlin street are wonderful and donated two full wagon-loads to the Falmouth Service Center.  This makes the first food drive of the year a huge success.

We also picked up litter on our way around town to show how much we appreciate everyone's kindness and generosity.  And the youth group would also like to thank the parents that helped pull the wagons and chaperon the event.

Join us next time (Sept 29) for geocaching!

Youth Group Meetings start again on September 15th

As summer (and hopefully the humidity) says farewell to Cape Cod, a new school year has begun.  That also means it's time for Youth Group at JWUMC to start up again too.  Our first meeting will be Sunday September 15th at 4pm until 5:30pm.  We will be kicking off the new year with the first of four food drives planned for the year.

There will also be an informal meeting for new youth and their families following the 10:30 service that same Sunday morning.

Let's get excited for a year of service, fun, and growing in Christ!

Lock In Pics

We had a great Lock-In this year and a big thank you goes out to all those that helped make it happen.  We had a lot of fun!  Here are a few pictures from the night:

Gil from http://mobeach2.intuitwebsites.com/Archery.html showed us how to shoot.

Officer Maguire stopped by to show us his car and other gadgets her uses on the job.

Jacek showed us around his puppet workshop.

Jack and a Giant from http://www.dreamtalepuppets.org/index.html

Lock-In

This Saturday (June 29th) night will be our kick off to celebrating summer with a church lock-in.  From 5 pm until midnight, we will be on the church grounds, having fun and growing in faith.

Activities will include archery, a tour of Yasik's puppet shop, a scripture lesson, flashlight tag, food, and other fun surprises.

Bring a friend, and help kick off summer vacation right!

Another Successful Food Drive

June 9th was a gorgeous day and we enjoyed the lovely weather and the wonderful neighbors around our church with our summer canned food drive.  We chatted with lots of folks and found many of them outside enjoying the sunshine or tending their garden.

counting the food we collected

We even met a family that has a plot in our community garden.  We really are blessed with a group of caring and giving neighbors.

The youth did a wonderful job of representing the church and we managed to collect 32 canned items and 21 boxes and bags of beans, rice and other non-perishable foods.

It was a good thing we had our trusted "unicorn," the name we have given to the wagon we use to carry all that food.  Thanks to all who helped collect, all who gave, and all those who prayed for us from home.

Final Food Drive of the Year

Jeremy is back from his sailing adventure with SEA and just in time for our summer canned food drive.  We will be meeting at the church at 4:00 June 9th, and be done by 5:30.  If you have a wagon, please bring it!

We will also need as many parent volunteers as we can muster in order to cover the most area and collect as much food as we can.

(The canned food drive will be our last meeting of the year.  Over the summer, we will have a late night lock-in on June 29th and a family amusement park trip on July 20th.  Please mark your calendars, more information will be provided at the meeting.)