Apr11-VIBE recipient

YFC chosen as a McDonough

County VIBE Recipient!!

The VIBE organization met in late March to consider the 13

funding applications that were submitted. The list was then

narrowed to five, the representatives of which were asked to

make presentations to the committee. VIBE is a committee

made up of about 25 community members who were interested in raising money for local organizations who were seeing funding or program cuts.

Immediately after VIBE’s vote, Courson and other VIBE members visited two of the three charities to notify them

they’d been chosen.

“I’m floored and flabbergasted,” said YFC Ministry Director Lauren Surprenant. “We are so blessed and excited to

partner with VIBE.”

Apr11-Word from the Students

A word from our students.....What’s your favorite thing about YFC???

I love hanging out with my friends. Also having a fun time learning about God! - K.G.

• I like meeting new people and hanging out with you guys. :) - F.S.

• I like hanging out,learning about God and meeting new people - L.D.

• It gives me a good chance to see friends and express and talk about the feelings I have on subjects I normally don't get to discuss :) - S.K.

• I like the food and ice cream.- D.K.

• I love to get to know the students and watch them grow closer with each other and in their walk with God! I am blessed to be a part of it! - A.M.

• One thing is you always give the funniest teacher stories and of course the food has a little something to do with it. I really appreciate that the YFC "staff" stays after and waits for the wind symphony kids. I look forward to this every week. Please keep it up :) - S.K.

Apr11-Yard Sale

Macomb YFC Yard Sale

Friday, May 6th - 4 - 8 pm

Saturday, May 7th - 8 - noon

Your Spring Cleaning can help YFC Students: All throughout the first week of May, we will be collecting items for our yard sale, which will be held Friday, May 6 from 4-8pm and Saturday, May 7 from 8-noon.

Assisted drop off times are as follows: Sat April 30th 9-noon; Mon May 2nd 6-9pm; Tues May 3rd 3-5pm, Thurs 3-5pm, Fri 8-10am Otherwise, items may be left in the garage.

For those of you that are yard salers - some things on our wish list include: games for Play Station 2 (PS2); picnic tables, lawn furniture or lawn games, a portable basketball net and sheets of plywood (to paint onto).

Apr11-Golf Outing

9th Annual YFC Golf Outing

Saturday, June 4th, 2011

WIU Golf Course

Registration 7:00 a.m. ** Shotgun start 8:00 a.m. ** $50/person

What do you get: A light breakfast, 18 holes of golf with cart, a $15,000 Hole-In-One

50/50 Split Contest & a catered grilled lunch, and (of course!) prizes.

Brochures are available. Contact YFC at yfc@macomb.com or call 309-833-3026.

Thanks goes out to our Major Sponsor - Catch-A-Star Learning Center!!

Apr11-Macomb News

April Update from Macomb

Wow! This year has just flown by! Here are some fun facts to know about this year: Although our numbers for pizza lunch have decreased since the start of the school year (in part, due to weather & temperatures), the number of students we serve outside pizza lunch has more than tripled! We now offer daily student-initiated prayer in school, programs for Junior and Senior High students, as well as life coaching! We continue to meet immediate needs of students, tutoring to aid in the PSAE/ACT testing the end of the month.

YFC Macomb has an active student leadership team that serves to voice their hopes and desires for YFC - as well as serve and lead the students of YFC. This team met and formulated the programs and activities for summer and the upcoming school year. Congratulations to Justin Derry, the incoming YFC Student President (Becky Scott has graduated).

Your Spring Cleaning can help YFC Students: All throughout the first week of May, we will be collecting items for our yard sale, which will be held Friday, May 6 from 4-8pm and Saturday, May 7 from 8-noon. Assisted drop off times are as follows: Sat April 30^th 9-noon; Mon May 2^nd 6-9pm; Tues May 3^rd 3-5pm, Thurs 3-5pm, Fri 8-10am Otherwise, items may be left in the garage.

For those of you that are yard salers - some things on our wish list include: games for Play Station 2 (PS2); picnic tables, lawn furniture or lawn games, a portable basketball net and sheets of plywood (to paint onto).

Anyone interested in helping with YFC Project/Paint Day is invited to bring tools to paint and/or clean on Saturday, April 23^rd from 8-noon.

We are excited to invite the present 5^th graders to join Campus Life beginning Tuesday, May 17 from 6-8pm. We will celebrate the new addition with fun and games outside - enjoying a BBQ for dinner.

Fun Dates to Know:

April

21 Dance a Thon 7-midnight at Skateland to raise money for Japan

23 Project/Painting Day (for those bored on the day before Easter)

May

6, 7 Garage Sale Fri 4-8pm; Sat 8-noon

17 Fifth Graders join Campus Life - Upgrade!

27 (Last and) FREE Pizza Lunch for MHS

Finals Week - we will be offering $2.00 lunches again

PIZZA LUNCH

April

22 NO SCHOOL

29 University Baptist

May

6 Maple Avenue Christian

13 Macomb Assembly of God

20 Wesley UMC

27 Last one - FREE PIZZA LUNCH!!! (Soda/dessert contributions greatly welcomed)

June

3 last day of school - no pizza lunch

Apr11-Bushnell Beat

Seek ye first... the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, ….. and all these things …... shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:33

When we keep the main thing the main thing, we are able to handle the things that don't go so well with much better attitude and grace. I find that for myself, when I take consistent time with the Lord, no matter what life brings, things fall into place one way or another. It is when I don't take consistent time with Him, that I get frustrated and more on edge when things don't go my way. So, just take time with HIM! Amen.

One of the most effective ways to engage teens is through one-on-one conversations. So, a couple of months ago and this past month, we have had a time with the Jr. High students called “Cross Talk.” This time was coined in order to facilitate these one-on-one conversations. We give each student an opportunity to sign up for a ten minute conversation with an adult leader at CL M. Through Cross Talk, we are able to listen to them as they share some of their struggles or interests in life. Through coaching, we are then able to speak into their lives and give them advice, direction, or just a loving, listening ear. We do this as part of our regular Campus Life Middle school program on Monday nights.

Our Depth Charge group has been studying the book of Revelation the past couple of months. What a time for this study. Maybe it always seems as though Jesus is coming back soon. Of course, He is coming soon! We just don't know when, but are encouraged to be ready when He does. Though we don't have all the answers to the teens’ questions regarding the end-times, we have been concentrating on our eternal rewards and the need to tell others about Jesus in a loving and kind manner. God desires for us all to know the Son, and not wanting any to perish, but the book of Revelation is an eye opener to the fact that some will not place their trust in Jesus, the way that God provides for us to get back into a right relationship with HIM.

This leads us to our trip for the month of March. Six teens and I, along with Checkrow Community Church youth with new Associate Pastor Brett Fisher and his wife Dana, attended Dare 2 Share in St. Louis. This was the eighth year we have gone. Teens are always affected in a positive way. There are always struggles because the enemy does not want the teens to grow or share their faith with their friends. But we did anyway! Each teen called or texted at least one friend over the weekend and asked them what they believed about God. Pray for these teens and others that are actively looking for ways to share their faith in a very concerned and loving way.

It is finally spring time! We now have a group of young ladies that have been doing yard work for some people around Bushnell that are in need of it. If you are interested, please call Todd at 309-333-6186 and he will line them up for you. Donations are taken for the teens’ trips and events that they are planning on taking in the next year.

Upcoming Trips/Events

Faith Bible Camp JH retreat 4/29 – 5/1

JH Boys Camp out – 5/13

BPC Baccalaureate – 5/15

BPC Graduation – 5/22