Thursday, May 20, 2010

LOCK-IN!!!!!!!!!!!!

It starts in less than 24 hours. It's going to be the best display of organized chaos ever. Don't miss this night!

Who: All rising 7th - current 12th graders
When: Friday, May 21 at 6:30pm until Saturday, May 22 at 7:00am
Where: The CLLC
What: Rising 7th and 8th graders, please bring 2, 2 liters of soda. Everyone else, please bring a snack to share!

Other important info: If you're not able to stay all night, come anyway! You can come late or leave early, but be prepared to stay put at midnight. I suggest you pack a pillow and sleeping bag (no sleeping required), a change of comfy clothes, and any (appropriate) games, (APPROPRIATE) movies, or sporting equipment you'd like. Dinner will be served and we'll have plenty of snacks and breakfast.

Upcoming UMYF Schedule: We will not have UMYF on Sunday night (May 23) to allow everyone a chance to recover from the lock-in. Also, we will not meet on Sunday, May 30 in observance of Memorial Day. We'll resume normal schedule on June 6.

Call me with any questions! Elizabeth Skogman, 843-813-8700 or eskogman@hibbenumc.org

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

UMYF News, May 4

UMYF this Sunday (4/9): After wishing your mom a HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY (don't forget!), head to church for a fun evening outside. We'll leave the CLLC at 6pm SHARP and head to Mt. Pleasant's Waterfront Park for a picnic dinner and fun. Bring a football, frisbee, kite, etc. We'll return to the church at 8pm.

It's (almost) Lock-in Time! The fun starts at 6:30pm Friday, May 21 and lasts until 7am on Saturday. Mark your calendar for a full night of food, movies, arts and crafts, laser tag, fooze ball, air hockey, ping pong, basketball, and more and more and more! Don't miss it!

Hay is not just for horses...

Does life sometimes strike you as one big, confusing hay stack?

And maybe, in the midst of all the hustle and bustle of life, God gets a little lost?

And instead of letting him rule your life, you accidently reduce God to the size of a needle.
Before you know it, you find yourself searching and searching...

...looking high and low...

...scratching your head, wondering where God is?

I have a feeling these folks can relate.

But take heart! Don't lose hope. Don't get discouraged.
Instead, keep searching! The Bible tells us that we will find God when we earnestly seek Him.


"Come near to God and he will come near to you." - James 4:8

"You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." - Jeremiah 29:13

"But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul." - Deuteronomy 4:29




And they all lived happily ever after.