Wed. nite was awesome and a few important reminders…

We had a fantastic time Wednesday night at AYF! Forty-five (count ‘em-45!) students turned out for some super worship and a Rob Bell video called “Rhythm.” We broke into discussion groups to talk about living our lives in tune with God. Props to our awesome seniors (14, I think) for leading the discussion groups. We’ve heard feedback of fruitful discussions- if you want to continue, you can post a comment (this is a blog, after all). Oh yeah, the calendar works now- really =)

Some Important Reminders:

1. If you are going to Williamsport on Friday night, please be at the church by 5:15 pm (earlier is better), and bring some money for entrance to the football game, snacks, and ice cream with the Fishers. ($10-$15, depending on how much you plan to ea)

2. The last day to sign up and pay for Switchfoot/Relient K is Sunday!!! Just signing up will not get you a ticket- you need to actually turn in the money ($20) by Sunday @ 6pm. The men’s ministry will be collecting $ on Sunday morning. The preferable payment is a check made out to the church (write concert ticket on the memo line), but you can also pay in cash as long as you put it in an envelope with your name on it!

3. Broomball- come on out and bring your friends. AYF is paying for friends who are new visitors, everyone else should bring $5. And real shoes, no flip flops.

A new Youth Pastor and a new calendar!

We have really had a few exciting weeks at AYF! Hopefully, we’ll get some photos posted soon! Some great news- we have a new Pastor of Youth Ministries! Paul Allen and his wife, Becca are moving to State College this week, and will officially start with us next Wednesday, October 17th! Please keep them in your prayers as they move, travel to a wedding, and prepare to take on the challenge of ~50 teens and a new baby!

Also, the AYF google calendar is back! Click the link to the right (at the top of the column) for a list of all our upcoming events! Please note that if you want to attend the Switchfoot/ Reliant K concert in November, you need to sign up and pay ($20) by this Sunday, October 14th so that tickets can be ordered!

Announcements- Week of 8/19

Please join us at 7pm tonight (Sunday) for a farewell reception for Karl and Bethany. They are traveling to Williamsport later tonight; please pray for safe travel and blessings as they begin their new ministry tomorrow!

There will be no AYF this Wednesday, August 22. Enjoy your week off and we’ll see you next week as we prepare to kick off the new school year!

LIFE 2007!

AYF at Disney

The new Alliance Youth Fellowship blog

Welcome to the new home of the AYF blog! The transition is begin made to this web address because this blog allows us to offer downloads such as camp registration forms, sign up sheets, calendar cards, etc! We’ll even have photos and video of AYF events as they happen.

Additionally, a Wednesday Night Wrap will be posted every Thursday for parents to see what happened at AYF mid-week, and use that as a place to engage your student at home. This is a resource for both parents and students, so we encourage you to use it!

Feel free to leave comments about questions you have or improvements we can make. Thank you for all that you do!