Church House Renovation: Making Progress

It's hard to believe we're just one week into the Church House Renovation!  The guys from Heritage Builders have worked fast, and we're extremely pleased with how everything is going.  

The structural changes have taken place, so now we have begun to update and personalize the space.  Check it out: 

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The flooring and carpeting will be finished up this weekend.  Cleaning, decorating, and furniture moving will begin next week, and we are on schedule to finish by our Youth Group kickoff date: Sunday, January 8th.

Youth Ministry News: This Week.

Junior High Youth Group News   
1/4: Group is Back!  Remember all those nice, shiny presents you got?  Has the happiness worn off yet?  Do you think you can have happiness that lasts longer than that ‘new present’ feeling?  Join us this @ Group this Wednesday, 5:30-7:15p, as we kick off a brand new series on the Beatitudes.  Be-atta-what?  We’ll explain later :)  Just come!  See you there!

Youth Ministry Schedule
We hope you’ve missed us!  All of our ministries will be back up soon; here’s when each ministry begins for 2012:  

Junior High: 
Confirmation: Back January 8th.
Sunday School: Back January 8th.

High School: 
Group: Back January 8th. 
Sunday School: Back January 8th.
Life Group: Back January 15th.

High School Mission Trip: Register Today!  
Serve, love, and live like Jesus: Join us as we serve the residents of Jackson, Mississippi next year.  Only 5 spots left!  See Michael for more information. 

To Complete: 2012 Consent & Release Form. 
As the New Year approaches, we continue to ensure that our ministry events are executed with safety and integrity.  Towards that end, we ask the parents of each of our students to fill out a Consent & Release Form.

The 2012 Consent & Release Form is attached.  Please take the time to have you and your child fill the form out and return it by Sunday, January 8th. 

A C&R form is required for any off-campus ministry events--one-day activities, weekend retreats, week-long trips, etc--your child participates in. Once completed, the form is applicable for all activities from the above date until the close of the 2012 calendar year.  

Click here to download:
Consent & Release Form .pdf (51 KB)
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Michael Smith
Youth Director, Kishwaukee Church
815-218-3958--c
msmith@kishonline.org 
www.kishwaukeeyouth.com

 

To the Junior High: A Letter from Your Compassion Child

"Dear Kishwaukee Jr. High Youth, Today I am really glad to talk to you. How are you doing? How is the youth group? I say hello to all of you in God's name. My family and I are well thanks to God. Tell me about your spiritual and material activities. I hope all is going well thanks to God. I am doing well in my activities especially in school. I did well in the 4th grade exams. I am in 5th grade now. Pray that I will always succeed. Haiti is ravaged by the Cholera epidemic and it killed a lot of people. Thanks that you allowed me to know how to treat water. I pray that God will keep your life. I must close. I leave you in God's hands." --from Shewanda Sanon, our Compassion Child