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Funday Sunday todayas we will be conducting an Easter Egg Hunt.


Daily Word
The word for today is:
Easter
Youth Connection
Our Youth Department Newsletter
April 16th, 2017

Rain or shine we will hold our annual Easter Egg Hunt indoors or outdoors if the weather holds out.  The YOU through Unitots get involved with this event. The YOU will hide the eggs and help chaperone the younger ones. It is a great day to celebrate rising up into Christ Consciousness.  

I'd like to thank all of the parents who journeyed in extra early last week to help set up for the pancake breakfast and everyone else that contributed to this successful fundraiser.  We brought in close to $500 and our food cost were relatively low this year thanks to many donated items.  The successful flower sales and breakfast took the place of our annual car wash, so our fundraising efforts are complete until the fall.

It was a messy and fun week last week as we began to paper mache our peace tree.  The youth have read the story of Hiawatha and the Peace Maker and learned about how the North American Indian tribes united together in peace. The tribes buried their weapons underneath a peace tree and we will hang peace signs from our tree and display it at the Peace Pizzazz festival in Bronson Park on May 20th. 

It was great to see all of our youth working together in peace and harmony as they worked on the tree together. They are masters at demonstrating the Golden Rule. We have a long way to go on getting the tree completed so we will be having a couple of weeks in which I will be encouraging you to have them "dress for mess".  Today we will do our best to keep their Sunday best clean. 

The paperwork for the YOU June Rally was released this week.  I will have copies ready to go today.

Rise up in consciousness and have a wonderful Easter.

Peace and Love, 
  
Jim Pero 
Youth Ministry Director 
youthdept@unitykalamazoo.com


Easter Events  

Easter Egg Hunt
Today!!!
(during the service) 
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Thank you to everyone that helped out with the Pancake Breakfast! 

Youth Department Help Needed
We need at least one more teacher and a couple of assistance. 
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If you can volunteer to help us out at least one Sunday or even that occasional 5th Sunday of the month we would love to have you join us.

Requirements:
  • One year of attendance in the church
  • Volunteer Application
  • Background and Reference check
  • Interview with the Minister and Youth Director 
Benefits:
  • The joy of working with our youth
  • Training in youth ministry
  • Possible Unity youth retreats 
  • Building relations with other youth volunteers
  • Learning the Unity Principles from a different perspective
  • Having fun
Upcoming Events
  
Mark your Calendars
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We are blessed with the opportunity to provide spiritual retreats for our Uniteens and YOU'ers. Please keep in mind the 50% attendance requirement for the two months leading up to the retreats and the required service (volunteer) hours. The dates and locations of the events are provided below. If you need ideas for service hours please let me know.

2017 Retreats  **
 
Spring Unitreat: May 5-7, 2017
Y.O.U. June Rally: June 21-25, 2017

Events

SUNDAY FUNDAY: 1st Sunday of Each Month
Easter Egg Hunt: April 16th
Peace Pizzazz: May 20th
 
Fundraisers 

Completed till the fall

Service Opportunities

3 Sunday of each month help out at Ministry with Community

** Retreat Policy:  To make it affordable for all that want to attend the Youth Spiritual Retreats, Unity Of Kalamazoo pays for 1/3 of the cost, fundraising pays for 1/3, and the family pays 1/3.  Scholarships are also available if paying 1/3 is not an option for any family.  We want each child to be able to benefit from the experience these retreats offer. The cost of the chaperones for the event and the cost of travel is combined for a final total before the 1/3 formula is utilized.  This allows the chaperones that volunteer their entire weekend to the event to attend without having to pay for it as well.
Closing
Our prayers go out to all those supporting our Youth Department.  We appreciate and are grateful for our teachers, angels, chaperons, financial supporters, supply donators, and those holding the Youth Department in prayer. We continue to pray for the right and perfect people to join us in the Youth Department.
Contact Information
Unity of Kalamazoo Youth and Family Ministry Department

Jim Pero
Youth Ministry Director
Email: youthdept@unitykalamazoo.com
Phone: 269-385-2239 ext. 206
Office Hours: Thursday 1:00 - 3:00PM