Week of February 4
Cross+Training/ACTS Registration
Hey, All,
Three traditions of Atonement’s youth ministry are coming:
Fort Wilderness is a week from tomorrow (February 8-11)
Click here for more info or to register: https://www.atonementmuskego.org/events/fort-2023-lltch
If you’re still thinking of coming, please signup by Sunday. While we can likely bring people who sign up after Sunday, it helps us immensely with our trip planning
A few female chaperones have recently dropped out and so we could use at least one or two more. Interested in coming to Fort as an adult (either with or without the age of your child)? Let me know!
Fat Tuesday Pancake Dinner is on Tuesday, February 13 from 5-7:30 PM
Get this date on your calendar—this event is a lot of fun!
It is also a fundraiser (youth help with the cooking and cleanup)—if you’re going to Fort and/or the youth gathering, please come because this fundraiser, among other things, helps offset the cost of these events.
More info here: https://www.atonementmuskego.org/events/fat-tuesday-pancake-dinner
Lucky Lent Raffle
Support Atonement’s youth ministry and win some money! More info here: https://www.atonementmuskego.org/events/lucky-lent-raffle-2024
Hope to see you at these traditions--and also be on the lookout for some more events coming later this winter. We’ve got some fun stuff in store :)
Sincerely,
Pastor Kevin Kretzmann Farrar
6th-8th Grades-Campers ($150)
9th-12th Grades-Servers ($50)
Thursday, February 8th
Meet at church at 3:30
Depart church at 4:00
Sunday, February 11th
Depart Fort at Noon
Arrive back at church around 5:00
Tell me more about Fort Wilderness!
We have been going to FW for SEVERAL years. It is a Christian camp in Rhinelander. The Winter Retreat offers sledding (down a HUGE hill), ice-skating, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, broom ball (think hockey with just your boots on and instead of hockey sticks they are brooms!), the chair of death (which is actually a lot of fun, they made me go in it a few years ago), AWESOME food, lots and lots of fun!!
We will do a devotion in the mornings and at night and the rest of the time campers are allowed to explore the grounds. (There’s also a coffee shop and canteen to purchase treats.) The rest of the “fun” things are included when you sign up.
You may also visit the FW website!
https://fortwilderness.com/camp/church-youth-group/
Students can also bring friends!
Please let me know if you have any other questions!
kara@atonementmuskego.org
Please sign-up below if you are interested!
Youth Ministry Events
Check out all the awesome things we have planned this Fall and Winter for our Youth Ministry!
For a FULL calendar:
Save the Dates:
From Pastor Kevin:
What’s Going On With our Youth Leader? and Other Youth Ministry Updates
We have not had a youth leader since Troy Mendez stepped down this summer—and that has come with some benefits. In particular, it has given us a chance to try out some new things and gain some clarity for what we want moving forward. It has been helpful for me, Pastor Kevin, to be more deeply involved in our youth ministry so that I can better support whatever youth leader we have moving forward.
We will have another youth leader. As you will see in our materials for our Annual Meeting on January 14, we have budgeted for another youth leader and intend to hire one this year.
There are also drawbacks from not having a youth leader, though. Being in a period of transition doesn’t always feel good. It has also required more from some of our most active volunteers. In particular, Mike Gandrud, Carrie Storm, and Julie Kerr-Nicholson have been huge gifts to our youth. Please thank them the next time you see them.
Now that we have a Fall under our belt, complete with social activities and weekly Cross+Training, and ACTS, our youth leader search team’s work will ramp up. Look for more info on their work soon.
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A few main things to flag for what’s happening in youth ministry in January and February:
1) The youth are serving the Epiphany Pancake Breakfast on January 7
2) Fort Wilderness is February 8-10. Want to sign up? The signup will go through Realm, our new church management program—be on the lookout for that!
a. Our Youth Winter 2024 calendar can also be found in Realm!
3) The Youth are serving our Fat Tuesday Pancake Dinner on February 13
ELCA Youth Gathering
Our Youth Ministry’s Summer high school trip is going to the our denomination’s nationwide youth gathering in New Orleans.
This is an amazing, life-changing week of worship, service, and community!
Fill out the Youth Gathering sign-up form below: