Alright folks, so tonight is the one of the mostl anticipated and awaited for nights of the year...

The Hayride

Now a couple things you need to know (and tell others)...

1. Bring $5 to help cover the cost of things

2. Go to the washroom before we leave and strech your bladder as there are no washrooms

3. Tell all your friends to come as it will be awesome! Also, our group is in charge of leading the worship for the evening, so that's cool!

Now then, the evening will have a time of worship and then after that the 'worship' will continue as we mount the wagons and engage in HAYFEST 2007 (because all great things have the word Fest in them)...take note, you will have 2 options for the hayride!

1. You could go on the un-anabaptist inspired wagon of mayhem where the participants will convince themselves like little children that what they are doing is extreme (see above photo).

OR

2. You could go on a truely extreme wagon...let the nay-sayers and their name calling of this wagon (i.e. "wussy-wagon") fool you...this wagon is trully extreme! The name calling is all part of it (this is nothing new for our people...we've been called bad names before). Tonight some very brave young men and women will gather on a wagon for The Flight from Russia Simulator. Join as we remember what so many Mennonites went through...were it not for their braveness there would be no Mennonite church in Canada!


So tonight, choose...will you embrace the worlds notion of what is "extreme" or will you do something trully extreme and experience the fear and drama of The Flight From Russia Simulator? The choice is yours...as for me an my household we will remember our past so that we won't be doomed to repeat it!






Also, don't forget to be getting in your Fast pledges!

Friday and the 30hr. Fast

Hey everyone,

Alright, so I want to encourage you all to get out there and be asking people to support you for our 30hr. Fast in November...we have just under 2 months which should be a good amount of time to be getting donations.

Think big...ask people on your facebook group, your family, at church, teachers...I'm going to have something put in our bulletin at Scott St. so the members will know we're doing this, all you need to do is start asking people...trust me a lot of people will actually be excited to give to such a great cause!

I put the word out to the members on the Scott St. facebook group and youth alumni and I heard back from someone saying to tell you guys to be asking them and they'll for sure support you...so, that's what I'm doing.

Currently we are at $260 which is around 11.5% of our goal, so we got some way to go, but if we all pull together I know we can smash that goal!

Now then, as to what we're doing This Friday for youth, it's our anual News Paper Fashion Show...so bring your creativity and see if you can out-create the legendary Sharktapus!

I don't have any pictures of the Sharktapus on hand, but here are some vintage youth shots from way back...and why yes that is Becky Lowen (nee Bartley) & Brenda Krumrei (nee Klassen) as Homer & Marge Simpson; Tim Durksen as a beautiful bride and Jordan Plett as I don't know exacly quite what...

Oh, and don't forget to vote on what your favorite September event was...

For those who are keeping track, Charity's Craft Night was the big winner for August with Make a Movie night as a distant second.