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Valley Youth

PREVIOUS COMMUNICATIONS:

9/12/2023

Happy September, Valley Youth!
We are so eager to get back to weekly Youth Group. We love seeing our group grow in Faith and Fellowship, and we’re gearing up for another great school year of pointing each other toward Jesus.

September Fellowship Dinner
Sunday, Sept 17 from 5-7 PM, join us at the church for our September fellowship event. We’ll have dinner, play some games, re-connect as a group, and welcome new friends. You don’t need to bring anything, but please sign up if you plan on coming so we know how much food to buy! RSVP – sign up in the atrium or by replying to this email. See you there!

Wednesday Nights Start This Week
  • Youth Group begins at 6:30 each week in SouthSide A.
  • We start with a game
  • Next we’ll share a few announcements about upcoming events
  • Then we’ll read the Bible and talk about what it says about our great God.
  • Each youth group meeting will end with small groups
Our church has been emphasizing small group formation this fall, with families signing up right now for groups that will meet throughout the week. (Side note: Families! This is awesome! Sign up for your small group via QR code with handouts in the atrium!) We want our youth to feel like their youth group small group is growing deeper in faith and fellowship right alongside the family small groups that are forming this year. So, our teaching emphasis this fall is going to be around Forming Great Groups. We’ll talk about topics like listening and sharing and grace and prayer, and we’ll give our small groups lots of time to share, support, learn, and grow together. Let’s keep pointing each other to Jesus, friends!

A note about Wednesday Night Dinners
Our office staff and their small army of volunteers are working hard to be able to provide dinner for all of us at the church before each Wednesday gathering. To do this, they need to know how many of us are planning on eating at the church.
We’d love to have you join us for dinner before Youth Group!
Please sign up if you plan to come!
In order to give our friends plenty of time to prepare food, we must sign up for each week we plan to eat, and we need to sign up a week ahead of time. Plans for the 9/13 meal are already finalized. If you’d like to join us for future Wednesday meals, please sign up either in the atrium or by emailing office@valleycc.org BIG THANKS TO JACKIE AND AMY AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE MAKING THIS HAPPEN!

We love you and we’re praying for you! Can’t wait to start another great year of Valley Youth Group!
God bless you,
Christina and Becky


8/23/2023
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Hello, Valley Youth!

Happy last week of August! We’re excited to start another year growing in faith and fellowship with you all.

We know that everyone is trying to squeeze out the last drops of summer before September hits, so we’ll keep this short.

This is a SAVE THE DATES email for our plans for Valley Youth this fall. Mark your calendars! More details to follow!

Fall Valley Youth Events
  • Wednesday, September 13 – Wednesday night programming begins. 5:45 dinner at church, 6:30 Youth Group in SouthSide A
  • Sunday, September 17 – Welcome Back fall fellowship event. We’ll share an evening meal and play some of our favorite games to enjoy returning friends and welcome new ones! Whether you are new to youth group or have been around for years, you’ll want to be there!
  • Sunday, October 1 – Valley Church’s anniversary party at Applewood Orchard
  • Saturday, October 28 – Costume Party!
  • Saturday, November 18 – Fall Service Event. We’ll be making “Samaritan Enchiladas”!
  • Sunday, December 10 – Valley’s Church-wide Christmas party
  • Saturday, December 16 – Valley Youth Christmas Party
 (Note: If you’re looking closely, you may notice a lack of overnight fun in the fall quarter. Don’t worry, we have PLANS for the winter! Stay tuned!)
 
Enjoy the rest of your summer, friends! See you soon!
God bless you,
Becky and Christina

8/15/2023
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Hello, Valley Youth and Families!

Can you believe August is half over?

We have one more fun youth gathering before fall. At 6:00 on Wednesday August 23rd, meet at Crystal Lake Beach for a cookout, devotion and swimming. Bring your appetite and a beach towel. :)

(yes, this is a change from the original plan that we published back in May. We can remind each other of what's true about God during a cookout at the beach, too, right? :) )

Please let us know if you're planning on joining us if you haven't already so we have enough food. You can sign up in the atrium or reply to this email.

God bless you; we hope to see you there!
Jason, Christina, and Becky

8/9/2023
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Good Afternoon! 

I'm sure I don't have to remind anyone that summer is almost over *sob*. So let's get down to our last few events before we start fall programming. 

Tonight! The Dakota County Fair -- meet at church at 6pm, and then parents please plan on picking your kids up at 9:30. If you did NOT sign up but would like to go, please reach out to Christina directly for ride information. 

Sunday, August 13 - Annual Meeting
No, the youth are not expected to sit through this meeting. BUT! If they are stuck at church while their parents sit through the meeting, we would love to have those youth help with the set up and serving of the pizza.

Wednesday, August 23 - this is our final event of the summer! Instead of meeting at church, drop your youth off at Crystal Lake Beach for a cookout, devotion, and swimming. Bring an appetite,  and towel! Please sign up at church so that we can plan for food. 

And after that we will have a short break before we begin meeting regularly on Wednesday nights for the fall. As always, let us know if you have any questions. 

Love in Christ - 
Becky, Christina and Jason

Youth Directors:
Becky Watczak and Christina Anderson

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Services: Sunday at 9:45am

Office Hours: Tuesday-Thursday 9am to 2pm

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Contact us Here!

Address

20270 Iberia Avenue, Lakeville 55044

Telephone

952-431-5858

Email

office@valleycc.org
  • Home
  • ABOUT
    • ABOUT US
    • Leadership
    • CHURCH CALENDAR
    • Contact
  • PROGRAMS
    • SUNDAY MORNINGS
    • PRAYER TIMES
    • KIDS MINISTRY
    • Youth Ministry
    • Adult Ministry
    • SMALL GROUPS
    • UPCOMING EVENTS
  • VOLUNTEER
    • Serve Kids
  • OUTREACH
    • Missions Blog
    • Global Missions
    • Regional Missions
  • GIVE
    • ABOUT GIVING
    • ONLINE GIVING
    • OTHER WAYS TO GIVE
    • GROWING THROUGH GIVING
  • INFO
    • COVID-19 UPDATE
    • EMAIL NEWS
    • SUNDAY BULLETIN
    • Disability Needs
    • Weather Cancellations
  • RESOURCES
    • Grief Care
    • RightNow Media
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    • Valley Directory
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    • MEMBER RESOURCES