Don't worry, it's not Wednesday yet! You're getting Youth Ministry News a day early because the deadline to register for the 30 Hour Famine is tomorrow (2/8) at noon.

Living Out Our Vision This Week

Worship with your DCPC family at 8:45 am (in Lingle Chapel, traditional), 9:45 am (in the sanctuary, informal), or 11 am (in the sanctuary, traditional).

No Youth Music this Sunday.

Screen & Scripture is taking the week off. We will be back to talk Ant-Man & The Wasp on 2/19.

No Youth Group this Sunday but we're back on 2/19!

Look for a special section on Doing Good in February below!

SPECIAL SECTION: DO GOOD IN FEBRUARY

THE THIRTY HOUR FAMINE

The 30HF is a unique event in our calendar year where we engage the ancient Christian practice of fasting from food in order to connect with God and the experience of hungry people around the world. This is an overnight event we are doing with Davidson United Methodist's youth ministry February 10-11. You can read more about it and register by clicking here. Registration ends tomorrow (2/8) at noon.

THE SOUPER BOWL OF CARING

Our focus on serving the hungry continues after the 30 Hour Famine! On Sunday February 12th we will be collecting food and cash donations for the Souper Bowl of Caring, a grassroots organization helping to provide food for those in our community who won't even have a bowl of soup to eat as we enjoy our Super Bowl parties. If you can hold a soup pot and say "Thank you!", we need your help on Sunday after the 8:45, 9:45, and 11 am worship services. Sign up here.

PRESIDENTS DAY: HINDS FEET FARMS

Last summer our middle school mission trip participants got to visit the Hinds Feet Farms satellite campus in Asheville and then asked if we could start visiting at the Huntersville location because they loved interacting with the folks with brain injuries they met at HFF. So we're headed back to HFF on Presidents Day (February 20th) from 10:30 am - 12:30 pm. Click here to get more info and sign up.

BAKE COOKIES FOR CONGREGATIONAL CARE

DCPC's Congregational Care committee is looking for some help with providing homemade cookies that will be served at receptions following funerals at DCPC. They would love for some youth and their families to join the list of bakers to make 2 dozen cookies 2-3 times per year. If you are interested in helping, please contact Cara Devine.

MISSION PARTNER TRIPS

In addition to DCPC Youth's summer trips, DCPC's Global Missions Committee sponsors trips to visit our global mission partners in Kenya and Nicaragua. They are headed to both countries this summer and would love to current high schoolers and adults to join them. To get more information on dates and upcoming trip meetings, click here.

DCPC YOUTH SUMMER TRIPS

Registration is now open for our 3 summer trips and closes on March 15th.

HIGH SCHOOL MISSION TRIP to Memphis, TN July 2-7

MIDDLE SCHOOL MISSION TRIP to Charleston, SC July 23-28

MONTREAT YOUTH CONFERENCE (High Schoolers) July 23-29

Help us pay for dinner!

You may have noticed that we haven't been charging for Youth Group dinners this school year, and that's something we are glad to do! We will continue to provide dinners this year without asking students to pay because we think that creates a more welcoming environment and because it's just a lot easier for everyone to not have to deal with cash. However, we would welcome any contributions you might want to make to help us break even on meals this year. All you have to do is follow this link and select "Youth Meals" in the dropdown under "Fund."

If keeping track of what meals your kids ate at is a little more than you can deal with right now (we get it!), what about a one-time donation of $40? We are serving 16 meals January-May and most students attend will attend half of them (8) and the meals cost us about $5 each.

JOIN THE KITCHEN TEAM!

Every week a team of parents gathers before Youth Group to make sure we have delicious food and a welcome atmosphere for all the middle and high schoolers who will be showing up for dinner. If you have a gift for hospitality and love creating fun, delicious environments, we would love to have you serve with us! Click here to get more details and pick a Sunday.