JYM Weekly Newsletter
September 2nd - September 9th
Hello families!

We had a great time on Sunday welcoming in our new 6th grade class, and welcoming our new 9th graders to Sr. High youth group! Tuesday we got to see student's trivia knowledge be put to the test with some fun big screen games.

Sunday we do not have youth group, have a happy and safe Labor Day Weekend!

Tuesday we had previously said we were serving dinner at Casitas De Esperanza. Our plans had to be rescheduled, so we are doing a different on-campus program this upcoming Tues evening, and will volunteer at Casitas the following week.

Lastly we have a parent meeting (via Zoom) coming up. Read all about that and more, below!

In Christ,
Kat Kraynick-Baker
katrina3cyouth@gmail.com
(408) 761-5820
This week in the JYM...
No JYM on Sunday Sept. 5th. Have a safe Labor Day Weekend!
Tuesday September 7th at WGUMC
5:30 - 6:30pm: Moments of Peace
6:30 - 7:00pm: Dinner
moment of peace
At the end of summer, a lot of students expressed how stressed and burnt out they were already feeling. We want to reintroduce our "Moments of Peace" evenings.

For the first hour we will have different stations set up for prayer and meditation. Students can come and choose from a few different options of what to do. It will be a very calm evening.

We will end with dinner together and some check-in time with each other. Dinner will start at 6:30, so if students do not want to eat with us they can be picked up then. Pick up/end time for everyone is at 7:00pm.
Sunday Sept. 12th
Sunday Youth Group
3:30pm - 5:00pm @WGUMC

Join us for a Sunday afternoon of games, community building, and faith based discussions. We will have light snacks, bring a water bottle!

We start all together but divide by Jr. & Sr. High shortly
Mandatory Parent Meeting
5:30pm - 6:30pm on Zoom!

This year our annual parent's meeting will take place online. Whether this is the first year you've had a student in the JYM or the 12th, we hope you will join. We have al of changes happening this fall and winter. This is the only mandatory meeting we have for youth group, we hope you will make a point of attending.

(This will be online after our in person youth group that day from 3:30 - 5:00pm)
Tuesday Sept. 14th
4:00 - 6:00pm
Activities & Dinner at Casitas De Esperanza
801 N. First Street
Masks Required for all JYM participants
We have had overwhelming positive feedback from the family members at Casitas De Esperanza, and our own students and parents who have been able to volunteer with us.

We are excited to announce we will be continuing to provide meals and activities for this community, TWICE a month! We were able to push the time back a bit to help with students school schedules. We know this is a lot of work and we will be asking for more specific help with that in the future, but for this first Tuesday we hope that many of you can join us!

(Most years we have done some sort of family BBQ on Labor Day weekend. This year we are not doing any JYM activities during the long weekend, but we hope that families and students will view this as a different family BBQ that you can be a part of)

We had to switch our weeks at Casitas, if you had previously signed up and can no longer make it, feel free to edit your response on the form below. If you are planning to attend, please sign up on your form so we know how much help we have. Thank you!