Pastor Jonathan's... August 2012 Message

Greetings Parents and Youth,

              I would like to start by saying thank you!  All of you have put a lot of effort into fundraising over the past couple of years in order for the youth to be able to participate in special events.  I want you to know how much I appreciate all of the time and effort you put forth to make these things possible.   The youth have benefited spiritually from these things more than I could ever express with words!  Thank you!

As many of you know, the youth is growing at an incredible pace!  We put together a list of      potential youth goers starting this fall and we have over 50 kids, incredible!  We have such an awesome opportunity to minister to each of these youth, and a great responsibility to mold them and shape them to who God has called them to be.  I would ask that you would continue to pray for them.

With all of that being said, fundraising is going to play a huge role in enabling these youth to continue to participate in regular outings, the state youth convention (THIRST), and the International Youth Convention(IYC) which occurs every two years.  I am asking all of you to push your youth to     really take advantage of the fundraising that we do.  We’ve been doing some brainstorming and we have come up with some fundraisers for the rest of this year, here’s what we are thinking……

August:

We are going to sell Pizza Pub pizzas.  We will pass out order forms on August 5^th at our youth/parent meeting after church.   We will collect the order forms on August 19^th.  The pizzas will be ready for pick up on August 25^th at the Pizza Pub.  Youth make $2.00 on every pizza they sell and the only thing required of us is pick-up and delivery.  Sell…Sell…Sell….!!!

September:

With school getting started and all of the clubs and sports teams fundraising this month, we are not going to have a fundraiser in September.

October:

Our October fundraiser will be parking cars for the ALF!  We have done this fundraiser for a long time now and it is always very successful.  The dates we will park cars this year are      October 5^th and October 6^th. I will be putting together a sign-up sheet so the youth can      decide what shift they would like to work.

November:

The annual church Thanksgiving dinner is scheduled for November 11^th.  We will be having a bake sale after the dinner like we have in the past.  If you could provide a dessert for this it would be much appreciated.  I will put out a sign-up sheet for this as well so that we have an idea how many desserts we can expect to sell!

These are the fundraisers we have scheduled for this fall.  Please, please, please….encourage your youth to participate in them!  If you have any questions don’t hesitate to call me at 724-456-6662 or email me atjspencer951@yahoo.com.  Again, thank you all for your time and       efforts in the never ending battle of fundraising!