October 2010 / Newsletter

Name: Glencross Youth Group

Location: In the sticks
Bio: The Glencross Youth is a group
of junior and senior high students
who are excited about learning about
God and what it means to be His
hands and feet in our world.
Contact: Check us out on Facebook
@ Glencross Youth OR
Visit our blog @ www.glencross
youth.blogspot.com for an electronic
version of the youth newsletter.

Any Questions??
Contact Mike Penner
822-3864 or 822-8070
Town-Wide Events mtpenner@mts.net
Food Drive
The annual Food Drive takes place Oct. 7 for both groups. Calendar
We will meet at Mike’s at 7:00 to start and will end up at the Mor-
den Friendship Center for pick-up. The food we collect will be Sr. Youth
distributed to poor families throughout Morden. 07 (Thurs.) - Town-wide Food Drive.
Healthy Sexuality Talk Meet at Mike’s at 7:00 PM.
We will be meeting together as youth groups for a healthy 13 - Bible Study @ church @ 7:30.
sexuality talk with Dallas Kornelsen of the Crisis Pregnancy Cen- “Purity”
ter in Winnipeg. This presentation is an age-appropriate presenta- 20 - Service Project: Church Clea-
tion seeking to help youth make God-honoring decisions regarding ing
sexuality. Some topics addressed will be purity, abstinence and 29 - Penny Carnival @ church @
sexual brokenness. Nov. 1 will be for Jr. High, while Nov. 3 for 6:30 PM. Come and enjoy
Sr. High. games, prizes and candy.
Permission Forms
Most families should have received the annual permission Jr. Youth
form in their mailbox for the youth year (if you haven’t let me 07 (Thurs.) - Town-wide Food Drive.
know). These forms help me gather emergency information and Meet at Mike’s at 7:00 PM.
allow me to streamline the administrative process in acquiring per- 25 - Bible Study @ church @ 7:30.
mission for events. Please fill them out and hand them in as soon
as possible.

Youth Praise & Worship Band

Snack People
If you love God, love music and have a heart to lead people into
Sr. Jr.
worship you are welcome to come to the youth Praise & Worship
13 - Jolanthe 25 - Russ
Practice which will be held before youth Bible studies at 7:00.
Together we will learn songs, we will learn how to lead up front, but
most importantly we will learn to be worshippers of God.

Youth Culture Alert
Love Bites
Thanks to the success of books and movies like
The Twilight Saga, and TV shows like True Blood, the
allure of vampires has hit our culture in full force in re-
cent years. Normally relegated to a small subculture, the
vampire craze has gone mainstream, especially among
teenagers and tweens. It should come as no surprise,
then, that “biting” is one of the latest trends to surface in
adolescent youth culture. Videos posted on YouTube
show that the bites range anywhere from a gentle “love
bite,” to teeth marks being left, all the way to more ag-
gressive bites where they actually draw blood. The neck
seems to be a favourite target, but arms and other body
parts are also bitten. Some students are even going to
their dentist to receive vampire veneers to make it look
like they have fangs. Obviously, teens face physical
health risks when engaging in this behaviour, but experts
also warn that there are also psychological and social
factors in play as well. Biting in this fashion tends to be
a form of possessive behaviour and may imply a form of
ownership of one person over another.
Sleepless Teens
Paediatricians recommend that teenagers get an
average of 9 hours of sleep each night. However, studies
estimate that teens are only averaging 6.5 to 7.5 hours of
sleep. Technology is a driving factor keeping students
awake long after they should have gone to bed. Teens
have a hard time turning off their cell phones, televi-
sions, computers and other media gadgets that are far too
often right in their bedrooms. Studies show that sleep
deprivation among teenagers correlates to higher rates of
depression and obesity, and can also lead to lower
grades in school. Par-
ents would be wise to
set-up media bounda-
ries, especially regard-
ing night-time use, so
that teens can get the
sleep that they need.
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Your son or daughter may have
brought home a registration form for Treas-
ured Foundation 2010. This is the confer-
ence youth event which happens every 3
years. The cost of the event is $270.00 per
person plus transportation. I have not yet
heard how much transportation will cost. We
will be traveling via charter bus. Since this
event is in the USA passports will be re-
quired of everyone going. Most of the youth
have fundraising money they could use to-
ward this event and we will be doing a cou-
ple more fundraisers to help offset the cost.
Even though the cost is high, this
event is life-changing for many who attend.
Prayerfully consider allowing your child to
attend and if you have any questions please
contact me.
Co-op Money Fundraiser
To help the youth who want to go to
Treasured Foundation we will be selling Co-
op money. The youth will receive 10% of all
the sales. Each dollar you buy can be re-
deemed at Co-op dollar for dollar on gas and
groceries, clothing, appliances, etc. The only
restriction is bulk gas and farm supplies. We
have two weeks to sell as much as we can, so
if you are interested you can contact me or
one of the youth. Thank you for your sup-
port.