December Happenings

Hey Everybody!!!

So it's almost Thanksgiving and that means its time for an update on the events that will be happening over the next month or so! Here Goes!

Parents Meeting
Sunday December 8th @ 6pm in the youth room.
This meeting is a time to connect with me (Pastor Justin) and hear what's happening with the Teens. Parents, please understand that I want you to be here for the meeting. Your students also want you there, because they have a chance to win something if you go. : )

Salvation Army Service Day
Saturday December 14th @ 11am-8pm
What if 4,000 people showed up at your house on Thanksgiving needing to be fed?
The Salvation Army in Dayton feeds this many and more every Christmas. One of the ways they do this is by raising money through the Red Kettle Bell Ringers. Cheerful, friendly volunteers go a long way to raising the money needed to provide meals.

We will spend 4.5 hours ringing bells and spreading Christmas Cheer and then head to The Salvation Army Kroc Center for a movie, games and pizza. Any student 16 or older can stand at a kettle in groups of 1-3. Students 15 and under must be accompanied by an adult (parent or youth leader). You can either meet at the church at 10:30 or head to a location near your home and meet us at the Kroc center later. Bring $5 to cover pizza...or you could drop $10, $20 or $1,000 in a kettle and we'll call it even.    :-)

Contact Justin for more details or to sign up.

OH BTW any student who serves at this event will receive a voucher for $50 off the Nicaragua Mission Trip.

Summit South
December 15th @ 5pm-8pm

We have been invited to an area Youth Summit called...Summit South! Once per quarter over 300 students gather at an area church for High Energy Worship, Music, Videos, Stage Games and more. We will leave the church a little after 5pm and return around 8pm. This is a great opportunity to hang out with other believers and see what God is doing in the Dayton area.

Awaited: A Christmas Story
TBA @ TBA-TBA :)

This Christmas Musical is off the charts good! Each year Crossroads puts on this production of the Christmas story. Crossroads volunteers do this 18 times between December 15th and the 24th. Before you think this is just another Christmas Cantata, you need to understand that this is Broadway Style...Check out the available media at the site below.

http://www.crossroads.net/my/media/search.php

Tickets are available November 30th and I will get 40 tickets. I will post which date we will attend as soon as I know. Last year we had 35 students and adults go to this one of a kind event. All Students are welcome!

MVWC workday
Saturday December 21st 9:45am-12:15pm

Our monthly service project.

Info Meeting for Nicaragua 2014 GO Trip
Friday December 20th @ 6pm-7:30pm

This informational meeting will cover all aspects of the Trip and will include a traditional Nicaraguan Meal...Monkeys marinated in Snake sauce served over rice and maggots....ok just kidding. But we will eat and its not anything too scary. : )
Attendance at this meeting is required for those who want to go on the trip. But attending the meeting does not commit you to going. Parents should attend WITH their student.

Revolution All Nighter
Thursday and Friday January 2nd and 3rd 

Open to all High School Students, this event will be a blast! We will gather at 6pm for registration and food and then we won't stop until we drop!

Games, food, competitions, prizes, music, games, video games, no sleep, games, food, prizes, and games and a field trip.

Cost is $30 per person...unless you bring a friend, in which case you and your friend will only pay $20. If you bring 5 friends each of your friends pays $20 and you go for free.
The definition of a friend in this case is a high school student who has not regularly attended whbc in the last 6 months. 

The end time is still being confirmed. It depends on a few of the activities being planned.

Parents...I need some help with running this event. If you are available to chase students (overnight) or hang out with us, please contact Justin. We also need some snacks and breakfasty food (donations keep the cost lower). Contact Justin @ jhoppe@whbc.org



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That concludes the events and activities planned for the next few weeks, unless of course I've forgotten something, in which case show up for that event too...

If you're still reading this you deserve a GOLD STAR. 

* There you go. That's the best I can do for now. : )





Justin Hoppe
Pastor of Student Ministries @ whbc
937.602.6613 cell
937.434.4676 office
jhoppe@whbc.org