Education & Youth June 2018

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Bethany Education & Youth News “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in faith and in purity.” 1 Timothy 4:12

Calling all castaways,

there is still time to sign up for VBS!

Shipwrecked: Rescued by Jesus

June 2018

New Next Fall!

Monday, June 11 - Thursday, June 14 1:00 - 4:30 p.m. Closing program Thursday, June 14 at 4:30 p.m.

vbspro.events/p/bethanyricelakevbs2018 Join us for a FOUR DAY adventure learning that Jesus cares about you personally and is always there, even during the toughest times! The whole congregation is invited to our Closing Program and Hot Dog Supper on Thursday, June 14 at 4:30 p.m. VBS Offering will go to ELCA Global Ministries for Mosquito Nets. One net costs $10 and saves lives!

Connect is a two year rotation of Bible lessons created for preteens or “tweens” and will be open to our 4th & 5th grade students. Connect is an interactive Biblebased lesson where youth learn how individual Bible stories connect to each other and to their own lives. Connect will meet starting next fall on Wednesdays after school. For more information, contact Pastor Luci or Angie Buchli.

2018 Houston Youth Gathering Update We are coming down to the final stretch of our journey. Only a little over a month until we head out for Houston on June 26-July 3. We are all very excited about the upcoming adventure. The group has been working hard fundraising since last summer. The estimated cost for the trip is $1,400 per person totaling $63,000 for our group of 45 (36 youth and 9 adults). Our fundraising efforts for the past year have done very well. We are only short around $7,000. A huge THANK YOU to everyone who has bought cinnamon rolls, cookies, Kwik Trip cards, made donations and more. Thank you also to the Bethany Trust Fund for their generosity. We can’t thank our Bethany family enough for all of your generosity and support! Our group has been meeting during High School Bible Study on Wednesdays in May. We have been looking at the Bible studies and themes we will be introduced to at the Gathering. They are also a wonderful time of fellowship and team building. The Youth Gathering is a wonderful opportunity for our youth to come together with other ELCA youth from all over the country to build on their faith journey. Please keep this group in your prayers as we continue to prepare for this journey. Thank you again for all of your generosity and support! 1

Going to Luther Park this summer, or just want to learn more about it? We invite everyone to join us for a fun Luther Park style worship service. See front page for more details!

Luther Park Bible Camp in Chetek offers a Christ-centered camping experience for people of all ages. Their staff is trained to help campers understand God’s message of love and grace and to provide positive Christian role models. Camp is unlike any other church program and offers so many diverse opportunities for youth to grow in their faith. This year’s theme, This Changes Everything, will explore Ephesians 2:8 and how “saved by grace” changes our personal and world view. Here is a peek at the opportunities at camp this summer: • Day Camp (K-3rd grades) • Discovery Camp (1st-3rd grades) • Seeker Camp (3rd-5th grades) • MADD - Music, Art, Drama, Dance (4th-12th grades) • Lower Trading Spaces (3rd-5th grades) • Adventures at the Woods (4th-6th grades) • Pathfinders (6th-8th grades) • Basketball Camp (4th-8th grades)

• Upper Trading Spaces (6th-8th grades) • Night Owl Trading Spaces (6th-12th grades) • Namekogon Canoe Trip (6th-9th grades) • P.A.L.S (8th-11th grades) • C.I.T. (9th-12th grades) • Senior High Camp (9th-12th grades) • Boundary Waters Canoe Trip (9th-12th grades) • Family Camp

Check out Luther Park’s website at www.lutherpark.org for descriptions of each camp, dates and more information. Summer Camp Registration is open! Register online - you will be able to fill out the camper health forms online, this will only have to be done once completely and updated each year after. If you prefer to mail in registrations, brochures are available online or at the Welcome Center. Please send all registrations and payments directly to Luther Park. Bethany Here We Stand 6th-8th grade confirmation students receive a $300 scholarship ($150 from WELCA and $150 from the Trust Fund). Please contact Angie Buchli to get a registration code so you receive the scholarship. (All HWS students are expected to attend a week of Confirmation camp at least once during their three years of HWS.) If you have any questions please contact Angie Buchli.

Help Wanted!

Bethany’s French Fry Booth at the Barron County Fair, July 18-22, can use your help in several ways this year! We are looking for some special people to help oversee the booth:

Daily Adult Supervisors:

We are looking for adults to be in charge for the day. You would be responsible for opening the booth in the morning, closing it down at night and being the contact person for the day if supplies are needed or a problem arises. We will train you prior to the fair. Sign up sheet is in the Narthex.

Workers:

Workers are needed to staff the booth. We are asking youth in grades 6-12 and adults to please consider signing up to work a 3-hour shift. You can sign up individually or as a family. At least one person per shift needs to be an adult. Sign up sheets are in the Narthex.

Clean-up Crews:

The shifts are:

10 a.m. - 1 p.m. 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.

We are looking for a group of 3-5 people (youth and adults) to come in and clean the booth the week before the fair. We also need a group to They need four people per clean-up and winterize the booth the week after the fair. These are not shift. At least one needs to difficult tasks and should only take a couple of hours. Sign up sheets are be an adult. in the Narthex. This is a great way to give something back to Bethany and help out our youth. The French Fry Booth is the biggest fund raiser for youth activities at Bethany, taking in over $4,000 each summer. Please consider becoming a part of this ministry. 2