Pepperdine Thanksgiving YouthFest 2008

Thanks to all the kids who came to the Pepperdine YouthFest this past weekend. The message of being ambassadors for Christ was a powerful one. Good memories! To check out one important lesson that we all learned, please view the video below - it makes quite an impression.

Operation Christmas Child

This is the second year the Redlands Church of Christ has participated in Operation Christmas Child through the Samaritan's Purse organization and it was a huge success! We collected over 50 shoe boxes filled with goodies and necessities to send to children in need around the world. Here are some photos of the Wednesday night life group loading up the boxes. Check out Samaritanspurse.org to donate much needed money or to drop off more boxes!

MyStuffBags.org

We had a youth group activity at the church building this evening. We made blankets to send to the MyStuff Foundation. Check them out at MyStuffBags.org. This organization puts together care bags for children taken from their homes. The kids did a great job and brought a great variety of fleece blankets. At some point the kids tied together pieces of material to make jump ropes...then it got fun! Thanks to everyone who came out!

Saturday's Service Project

It’s getting cooler again and it’s time to put some service back into our youth group. We did this project a year ago and it was greatly appreciated. We'll be making fleece blankets for displaced and foster care children. We’ll make them and send them to our friends at My Stuff Bags in Westlake Village. Bring your choice of fleece (1 ¼ or 1 ½ yards per blanket) and $3 for pizza. All are welcome…6-7:30pm at the church building. Also, if you have any shoeboxes for our Operation Christmas through Samaritan's Purse, bring them and we can also wrap them as we make blankets.

Gone this weekend

We'll be out of town this weekend visiting relatives in Sedona, Arizona. Pray that we have a safe trip there and back. No activities this weekend - enjoy Veterans Day on Tuesday. Unfortunately, I didn't bring our camera last Sunday to Fiesta Village, so I don't have pictures to post - but there would have been some great ones! Thanks to everyone who came out. Our next activity will be on Saturday, November 15th. It's a service project coming at a very important time with our economy suffering. Come on out from 6:00 - 8:00. More info will be forthcoming.

Verse of the Day

I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone- for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.

- 1 Timothy 2:1-2