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Scholarship Time for You Graduates

by GavinJanuary 14, 2010

It is that time of the year that all of you graduating seniors are applying for universities across the country. Don’t forget to apply for some of the scholarship opportunities out there as a United Methodist and part of Hendersonville First United Methodist Church. University is can be really tough to pay for these days, [...]

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theCorner : 1/6 : eNewsletter

by GavinJanuary 6, 2010

Happy New Year!

What is your resolution for this coming year? I’m hoping its to read through our bi-weekly emails, haha! Our family is adhearing to some sabbath keeping, sabbath from the television. We shall see how that one goes.

News & Notes:

Parents Meeting This Sunday: Yup, its here already. Back at our last meeting we set [...]

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Saunders family Christmas

by GavinDecember 31, 2009

David wrote me an email highlighting some of the things that the Saunders clan does over Christmas to help live into meaning of the year a little differently than many of our traditions.
You can bring this up at youth, but something that my extended family has been doing lately is instead of getting a huge [...]

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theCorner : 12/15 : 5 Minutes of Subverting Christmas

by GavinDecember 15, 2009

Greetings All!
School is wrapping up and the family parties and plans are happening. In the midst of all this chaos remember to take time to Not treat Christmas as Your Birthday.
Here’s some things to help with that:

Advent Conspiracy: What if Christmas became a world-changing event again? Worship Fully, Spend Less, Give More, Love All
Last Minute [...]

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Subverting Christmas

by GavinDecember 15, 2009

Get Involved into something that celebrates Christ this Advent, not something that replicates your or my birthdays. Things to do this Advent to subvert Christmas:

61st Avenue UMC & the Last Minute Toy Store: little ole’ 61st Ave UMC is putting together its annual “Last Minute” toy store to help families in hardship provide some toys, [...]

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the GoConcert

by GavinDecember 10, 2009

HFUMC is hosting The Go Concert with Lucas Parry on Thursday, December 10 at 7:00pm in the 3rd floor Youth Lounge. The Go Concert is a FREE worship concert with the purpose of creating awareness and support for Nothing But Nets. It will feature the music of Australian worship leader Lucas Parry and video messages [...]

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Big Grace

by GavinDecember 9, 2009

This article used with permission from Youth Specialties Real World Parent Series
One of the challenges of parenting for Christians is that we want our kids to be as excited about God’s unbelievable grace and forgiveness as we are—but we still want them to perform. We pray they’ll be absolutely convinced that their place in God’s [...]

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theCorner : 12/1 : 5 Minutes of December Rush

by GavinDecember 1, 2009

Hey All!

I’d like to say it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, but that really started some months back. So, its beginning to feel a lot like Advent. Sunday we celebrated our first Sunday of Advent & I’m asking you, how are you spending your time preparing your heart for Christ’s coming?

Quite a bit [...]

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Drive Group Training Tip

by GavinDecember 1, 2009

new segment for Drive Group leaders, tips and ideas for leading your groups successfully.
Drive Group meetings are value-driven, not curriculum driven. The significance of getting youth to connect is always great than the goal of finishing a lesson. Therefore, a successful Drive Group experience is defined by whether or not youth participated in a meaningful [...]

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Youth Leader Spotlight

by GavinDecember 1, 2009

This month was a pretty easy choice for picking out a youth leader highlight. I’d like to introduce you to Donna Daly. Many of you may already know Donna who is a member of the Genesis Sunday School class or her Husband Ben & son Sean. Donna also is a part of the finance committee [...]

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