UY Info Blog

The Next Two Months

First of all, I just want to say thank you so much to those who are hosting and covering the various meetings and gatherings over the coming weeks... I really do appreciate it.

I just wanted to touch base one last time on how Sunday evenings will shake out over the next 6 weeks. Each of these will begin at 6:00pm at the location given.

October 11 - Teen Connect Group at the building
October 18 - Family Meal - Jenk's Home
October 25 - Teen Connect Group at the building
November 1 - Family Meal - Naramore Home
November 8 - Teen Connect Group at the building
November 15 - Family Meal - At the building/Glisa running point

Each of those hosting a family meal will be communicating through groupme on whats happening and what to bring. Each Teen Connect Group will be led by Mary Helen and Namito and David and Christie Breedlove will be here at the building as chaperones.

There will be no Wednesday Night Gathering the week of Thanksgiving but will resume the following week. Also, Nov. 15 will be the last Family Meal/Teen Connect group for the semester.

I will be praying for these simple meeting times to be used by God to bring deeper connection among our group.

A message from Neil and UY INfo

9/16/2020

A Message from Neil

Hey, everyone!

I want to share some good news with you today. I have been working with the elders over the past couple of months on creating and implementing a sabbatical policy for our ministry team. We feel like offering a sabbatical to those who serve in full-time ministry in our church family is an important step toward helping our ministry leaders be whole, healthy leaders, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Ultimately, this is good for the church and for our ministers. We will be fine-tuning our policy in the weeks ahead but we are eager to bless Michael with the opportunity to have six weeks away this fall for personal renewal, reflection, and refreshment. Basically, our policy will be to bless our full-time ministers with a six week sabbatical every seven years. Michael has served faithfully for over seven years as our youth minister and has been a great blessing to our UY students and families. We are excited to give this gift to him and hope it will bless him for years to come.I understand that the concept of a sabbatical may be new. But, please understand that this is not code for “something’s wrong.” In fact, the opposite is true. We love Michael, are thankful for his service, and are thrilled to be able to minister to him in this way.Michael’s six weeks away will begin the week of October 12. You will be hearing more in the near future about making plans to cover Michael’s responsibilities during his sabbatical. For now, let’s all start preparing to pray for Michael regularly. I will be praying for God to use this time to renew Michael’s spirit for continued service in the kingdom of God.

Thanks!
Neil

First Family Meal Gathering

This Sunday we will have our first UY Family Meal Gathering at 6:00pm at the Buddy Powell Pavilion. The pavilion is located on Northridge Rd near Northridge high school or you can just type "The Buddy Powell Pavilion" in maps and that will get you there. We are going with a good ole classic Pot Luck on this one so bring a main dish, side dish or dessert. You can see what your competition is and sign up HERE. Looking forward to being together with everyone!

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UY INfo - August 6

8/6/2020

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Lake Day - This Saturday, August 8 - 1:00pm-7:00pm
We are going to wrap things up for the summer with our last Lake Day. Everyone can bring canned drinks or water and please sign up HERE to bring a side or dessert. Grilled chicken will be the entree.

Sunday Nights Moving Forward
Family Groups will get fired up in mid September but until then we will continue doing Hang Nights at the building on Sundays from 6:00pm-8:00pm. There will be nothing happening Sunday, September 6 on labor day weekend.

Wednesday Nights Moving forward.
Next Wednesday, August 12 will be a Family Worship Night. The following Wednesday, August 19 we will resume Wednesday Night Gatherings with the youth group here at the building at 6:00pm.

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