WAVE UPDATE
Here's your update for the week! The weekend is here!
1. Our first WAVE event for the summer is this Sunday, May 26, with our Kick-Off to the Summer Party at Lake Cavalier from 2:00-8:00pm! Meet at the church at 2:00pm. Bring sunscreen, towels, extra change of clothes, etc. This is an outdoors event! We will be outside all day! Three things to consider: Firstly, I would advise having your student bring some water shoes to swim with in the lake. A few summers ago I stepped on a stump out there where they will be swimming and it went right up into my foot. In a lake, you never know what could be down there. Secondly, girls must follow the WAVE swimsuit policy: one pieces or tankinis only. We will be waterskiing and intertubing all day and don't need anything "falling out." This happened to a girl last year with a tankini and it didn't end so well. Bathing suits for girls will be checked by Roberta and Emily before we leave. Girls who do not follow this policy will have to call their parents and make other bathing suit arrangements before they can participate in any water events for the day. If your female student thinks this is somewhat "ridiculous," perhaps it could be a great opportunity to explain modesty with church events and that we need to honor Christ with our bodies. Thirdly, for the gentleman in the group, I know that wearing sunscreen "isn't cool at all," but we will be out in the sun all day. PLEASE make them apply sunscreen. A lot of our male students have personally told me in the past that they "do not get sunburned." This is impossible. Please apply sunscreen. We will be back at the church by 8pm for pickup. If you have any other questions, please let me know!
2. Secondly, all summer trip information has been posted in the youth rooms. Here are the dates and signup/payment deadlines below. The Rafting Trip is less than three weeks away, so please stay on track! As I told our students, I have to have an approximate number and headcount for the places we are staying, so if a student tries to sign up after the deadline, they will not be able to go! Don't let this happen!
Bible Readers Trip to Atlanta = May 31-June 2
Cost: $100-150. Students will need this for any extra food they want at the Braves game, Six Flags food and souvenirs, the meal for Saturday night at Hard Rock Café, and snacks for the road.
Rafting Trip to Chattooga River = June 13-16 (Jr. High and Sr. High)
Cost: $300 (base cost or if your student helped out with 1 fundraiser)
$250 (if your student helped out with 2-3 fundraisers)
Signup and Payment Due by = Sunday, June 9. There will also be a meeting for all students and parents after WAVE on this night for trip information and scheduling.
Sr. High Beach Trip to Pensacola Beach = July 11-14 (Sr. High only. Grades 9-12)
Cost: $300 (base cost or if your student helped out with 1 fundraiser)
$250 (if your student helped out with 2-3 fundraisers)
Signup and Payment Due by = Sunday, July 7. There will also be a meeting for all students and parents after WAVE on this night for trip information and scheduling.
Jr. High's "The mini Escape" = July 26-28 (Jr. High only. Grades 6-8)
Cost: $75 (base cost or if your student helped out with 1 fundraiser)
$50 (if your student helped out with 2-3 fundraisers)
Signup and Payment Due by = Sunday, July 21. There will also be a meeting for all students and parents after WAVE on this night for trip information and scheduling.
If you or your student is uncertain as to which fundraisers they helped out with, there is a list of all participants and each fundraiser in the youth rooms. Make all checks out to Grace Chapel. You can bring the checks by anytime before the due dates, give them to me at church, or leave them in my office. If you have any other questions, please let me know!
3. Lastly, the LAST Bible Readers quiz is on Wednesday, May 29 from 6-7pm. There will be pizza afterwards and we will all hang out together for a little while. I will be at the church at 2pm that day. I have told the students that they can come by and say their checklists during 2-6pm. All checklists need to be completed by 6pm!
- Seth
Upcoming Events through May and first of June:
A quick & easy guide for you to look & see what's going on
Wednesday, May 29 = LAST Bible Readers Quiz. 6-7pm. Pizza dinner afterwards.
Friday, May 31-June 2 = Bible Readers Trip to Atlanta
Thursday, June 13 - Sunday, June 16 = WAVE Rafting Trip
Wednesday, June 19 = Leadership Team Cookout at the Lake. 3:00-9:00pm.
