Youth Ministry/Youth Group Updates: Week of 11/11

Happy Thanksgiving, St. Paul's youth & families! We are certainly thankful for you and for your spiritual gifts as we grow together in the Body of Christ.

Please take a look at all the fun opportunities listed below, as well as our updated Youth Group Calendar! Please contact Keli Cooper at kshipleycooper@stpaulsrva.org with any questions, comments, etc.

Thanks for being involved with our Youth Ministry!

Keli Cooper, Minister for Faith Formation

Sarah A. Foote, Director of Communications

On Sunday, December 2nd, please join us for Advent Arts + Crafts following the 10 a.m. worship service for children, youth and parents. Come make an ornament, eat some finger foods and snacks, and let us begin our Advent journey together.

Plus: the ornaments and crafts will be given to homebound seniors to brighten up their holidays. Come be part of the fun!

A Word About Faith Formation...

We will not be having Faith Formation this Sunday, November 25th. However, our Advent Faith Formation series starts on Sunday, December 2nd. This 4-week series will be led by our very own Revs. Sue and Molly and will focus on Presiding Bishop Curry 's call for the whole church to take up The Way of Love, a "rule of life" focused on practices for a Jesus-Centered Life.

Here is the schedule for the series:

12/2: The Annunciation: Saying "Yes" to the Journey (led by Sue)
12/9: Mary and Elizabeth: Journeying with Family and Friends (led by Molly)
12/16: The Birth of John the Baptist: Journeying with Community (led by Sue)
12/23: The Birth of Jesus: Journeying with the World (led by Molly)

You are all invited to participate in this journey of discovery each Sunday morning at 9:00 am, in the Norwood Room. We hope you can join us in this season of searching, waiting, and yes, also journeying together.

Change in Youth Group Schedule

Due to the combined event on Sunday, December 2nd,

we will NOT be having youth group on December 16th. Please plan to be involved in our Christmas Pageant (rehearsal on the 23rd, pageant on the 24th) and keep a look out for the 2019 Seasonal Youth Group Schedule!

Save the Date: 2019 Winter Ball

The Winter Ball will be on the evening of Saturday, February 16th, and we are looking for items for the silent auction! Every year the winter ball raises money for our youth and young adult programming and pilgrimages, and the Silent Auction is one of the ways we raise these funds.

This is where we need your help! Would you like to host a dinner at your house? Do you have a piece of art or a craft you've created? Do you have a vacation house you'd be willing to share? Or maybe you have professional services you provide... the possibilities are endless!

If you have an item or service you would like to donate for the winter ball, please contact the winter ball co-chairs, Kimberly Ligon at ligon.kimberly@gmail.com or Chris West at cew2373@gmail.com.

Thank you for supporting our youth and young adults!

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St. Paul's:

815 E. Grace Street

Richmond, VA 23219