Kids and Teens Activities

Arts Camp

June 22–26

Art Camp with palette

Redeemer will hold its 8^th Annual Arts Camp the week of June 22–26. The theme will be The Four Seasons. Once again this year we will have our regular line-up of artists in residence including Michele Hall, Wendy Libby, and Barbie Yurick. Jen Batron will be our director, and Conway Stone will take a leadership role in helping the campers design their own crazy and wonderful cars!

We need all sorts of help, so please let Pastor Elaine or Jen know if you would like to participate in any way. Please also save all small boxes, bottle caps, meat trays, buttons, broken junk, whatever! There is a big box in the Fellowship Hall for your contributions. We will also pin the snack items needed on the bulletin board so folks can help in this way. (The cost for the week is still only $50 per child, so all contributions are greatly appreciated.)

Art Cars materials needed
Corrugated cardboard (at least 2′ square)	Plastic product caps (all sizes)
Plastic milk containers (quart or gallon)	Empty cereal boxes
Dowels (no size too big or too small)	Buttons
Cabinet knobs	Small figurines (1″–3″ high)
Odd game pieces (Scrabble tiles, chess pieces, player discs, etc.)	Old sunglasses (or just the frames)
Any smallish items of a size proportionate to the above.

There is a bright green box in the Fellowship Room/Morning Glory Diner where you can leave any of these needed materials.

Materials for this summer’s Arts Camp Art Cars project have already begun to pour in; thank you!

2009 ELCA Youth Gathering

July 22–26, New Orleans

The youth group at Redeemer has been busy this fall and winter, and as spring nears, we’re working hard to plan fun events for all and fund-raising events to send a group to New Orleans in July for the ELCA National Youth Gathering. We have a group of young people at Redeemer with many gifts and talents, and we are so grateful for the youth and parents who are able to participate!

Seven youths and three adults will go to New Orleans for a week late in July this summer. The ELCA’s tri-annual youth convention brings together high-school-aged teens from the 50 U.S. states in one location for praise and worship, education, eye-opening stories, and service. The last two trips were San Antonio (three years ago) and Atlanta (six years ago).

We’re excited to send a group this year for a more focused service week in New Orleans where our young people will learn more about what it means to be stewards and to use our hands to help others in rebuilding in the aftermath of hurricanes which destroyed structures and changed people’s lives in the Gulf coast in August 2004.

The fund-raising efforts include an on-going bottle drive (anyone may contribute cans/bottles toward our fund by delivering directly to Broadway Redemption Center or simply leave cans/bottles in bags in the entry-way at church).

We prepare with glad hearts for a trip to serve others in need and to learn more about the factors with which people live in poverty and disaster-torn areas. Several Bible study sessions are planned as we read and reflect on what it means to be Christian examples and to struggle with difficult topics.