Happy Monday! Can you believe it is the last week of September?!?! That means Fall Festival is around the corner!!

This month is our mission month. We will be signing up to work at least ONE 30 minute session at the Fall Festival. Please make sure to sign up! I have seen a few of your names on the list already. Thank you!!

This month is our mission month. We will be doing something a little different than just visiting, since we go with the Outreach each month. This month we will be creating cards for our policemen, firemen, and any others you may choose to make cards for. We also will be adopting a soldier to send items to. Also, this month, I am asking you to bring two non-perishable food items each Wednesday that we can put in the food pantry. If we have certain needs, I will send that out.

This Wednesday is going to be a little different than our past Wednesdays. We will be having an ice cream social. We had a donation by a church member for this. We will do a thank you card for her during our social. We will have a devotion and then we will be working on cleaning up and rearranging our room. If you have old Christmas lights, any big stand up lamps, or bean bags chairs that you no longer need, please bring them. I am excited to do some rearranging and planning for our room.

We had a great time at Carowinds and I am so proud of each of you and how your represented our church. Thank you to our chaperones who were a HUGE help to me!! We are really blessed to be a part of such a loving church family.

LOOKING AHEAD:

October 8th: Fall Festival- sign up to work at least one session of time.

Mission Month- Bring non-perishable food items and toiletries on Wednesday nights.

Pray for our community and for our country in the days leading up to our election for our new president.

I love ya and I mean it.
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Time for the weekly updates!
This week we will have special guest during our youth bible study. Hannah Cook's aunt and part of their family will be here to share their experiences from their mission work in Brazil. Mrs. Rayfield will be sharing her testimony as well. I hope you all can come to hear this! I am so excited to have them with us!
Our Carowinds trip is fast approaching and I am so excited to spend a day at the park and then finishing up our night in worship with some awesome bands. Come energized and ready! Prices are as follows: 
Ticket to the Park and Concert: $42.50
If you have a season pass and need just a concert ticket: $27.87
Youth, your ticket will be purchased by the church! I will need a final count on Sunday so that we can get our payment ready by that Saturday. Please make you checks out Second Baptist Church and give them to me so that I can turn them in.
I HAVE TO KNOW BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT YOUTH GROUP IF YOU PLAN TO GO TO CAROWINDS OR NOT!
Also, we will be eating in the park throughout the day. We will go into the concert around approximately 6:00 pm. There is food in the concert area, but dining passes do not work in there. Please have plenty of money to spend on your food and any souvenirs.
We can either stop on the way home for food or we can pack some sandwich type meats and bread for you to munch on, on the way home. We can discuss this in more detail on Wednesday.
Dates to Remember:
September 24th- Carowinds: We will leave at 9:00 a.m. sharp! Bring your own breakfast! 
October 8th- Fall Festival @ Chris and Tammy's- Please sign up to work at least ONE session!
October is our Mission Month. I will have a concrete date next Monday.
I love ya and I mean it! Remember, each one of us is an important part of our youth group. We need to pray for one another and support one another.