Aug 25, 2011 5-8pm
1218 Maple Ave.
Come see the changes to the house.
Hear from staff & students.
We’ll even have some food on the grill!
Also, come & vote for your favorite
student-made cookie!
Monday, August 15, 2011
Aug 2011-Awesome August
August, the time when the Staples commercial states: “It’s the most wonderful time
of the year!” At YFC, it truly is!
CIY Move was AMAZING! Five students had God move in a significant way for their lives. We learned a lot – and are
now passionate - about Christian persecution. Our catch phrase from the conference “Everybody wants to shine; very
few want to burn”. In addition, these students have a global perspective on ministering to others. One call-to-action the
students have committed to is raising money to provide water for Zambia, a nation wrecked primarily due to a lack of
clean water. Students are working on Macomb’s Got Talent as a fun fundraiser to help. Watch for details.
Be sure to come to the Open House. We have had some amazing renovations –
we have started calling the garage “The Cottage” because it looks so nice… and
come check out our new human game boards! PLUS, we will be hosting the
People’s Choice Cookie Tasteoff! Be sure to come taste the yummies and vote for
the best!
Our big news is the launching of Campus Life Senior High – launching September
12th , running Monday nights 7-9pm! All the fun the Junior High kids have been
having – now expands to high schoolers. If you are interested in joining this
team, please contact me.
Pizza lunch returns too! Our annual Back to School FREE Pizza lunch is August
26th. Come join the fun!
Fifth Quarter returns September 2nd. All students grades 6 and up are invited to
YFC immediately following each Bomber varsity football home game. Bonfire,
s’mores, games and fun – run from the end of the game until 11pm.
Save the date – See You at the Pole is Wednesday, Sept 28th. YFC Student President, Justin Derry, is organizing the
event – more details to follow next month.
Missions trip opportunity: Post Hurricane Katrina (yes, they still need help). Nov 3-6th (Macomb does not have
school those days). Cost is $200, $75 due Aug 15th. We need 20 people (grades 6+) – families and adults encouraged
to attend. If you are interested, please contact me.
Sadly, we say “goodbye and goodluck” to three graduated seniors heading off to school. Former YFC Student President,
Becky Scott, will be attending Trinity International, in Deerfield IL; Luke Buren will be attending Ecclesia College in
Arkansas; Chelsea Townsend will be attending WIU. We wish them well and will miss them.
Aug 2011-Bushnell Beat
We have had a busy summer as a family, but a good one. I would like to update you on our family a bit and give you a preview of things to come for this school year. Thank you for your faithful and generous support over the years. If you ever have a heart to work directly with teens in the Bushnell area, please just give me a call at 309-333-6186. God bless you!
It’s amazing how many things you can get done over the summer. As a family we have attended VBS, gone on a mission trip to Arkansas, gone to Cornerstone Festival, gone to Fun City, and gone to many, many ball games. If you didn’t already know, we are a very competitive family. This summer happened to be one of the best as far as records go. My dad shot a hole-in-one at the YFC Golf Outing in June. He then pitched a perfect game in slow pitch softball in July, and in August we took 3rd place in the Illinois State Softball Tournament. It has been a summer to remember.
Michelle likes to read, can food, take care of the pool, and go to all of the ball games. Andrew loves playing baseball, being batboy for the softball games, and playing on his ipod touch. He also recently got his Christmas present put up next to the driveway (a basketball hoop). Abby has gone to most of the games, where she mostly hangs out with her cousins. She went to Lamoine Christian Camp with a very good friend in July. She loves animals and takes care of her horse, three dogs, and umpteen cats, as well as feeding the calves. Katy is a little firecracker. She loves the pool, playing games, playing with her cousins, and doing anything her brother and sister will let her do with them. She really needs to be in charge, but is the youngest child. I think God has big plans for her. Pray that she will let Him direct her paths. Pray that for all of our kids if you will. They are all growing physically and spiritually. Praise the Lord.
Lately I have had opportunities to work with teens around the farm and home, taken them to Ball Fore in Macomb, IL, and had a “Day at the Lake” with the Schraeder’s. Thank you, Ken and Marianna, for a wonderful day. I will never forget flipping the sail boat that got turned upside down in the middle of the lake, nor the fast corners on the tube. The spiritual moments come when you least expect it. One day we were baling some hay and the baler kept braking. It is in those moments when everything seems like it’s not going well that other things pop up. I realize now, that my reactions to the things going wrong make a big difference. Later, one of the teens said to me, “I like to learn how to do things and work hard, but when they didn’t go right or I broke something, my dad would beat me.” I couldn’t believe it. I simply told him that is not the way God treats you and that I was sorry for his father’s behavior.
Some things to pray about for the upcoming school year are:
• Staff Conference in Aug. 16-18 - that we would surrender ourselves for the Lord’s use
• Volunteer meetings to prepare for Campus Life – to add a couple of volunteers
• Open House at YFC house – August 25 – time to see some changes in our facility and Macomb staff
• Campus Life Kickoff’s in early September – for lots of teens to attend
Aug 2011-Facebook Options
Check out our blog @ www.yfcwi.blogspot.com.
Not only can you check out the newsletter, but you can donate online!
Also, find us on Facebook. We have several groups/pages.
Western IL YFC - come see some pictures from the past 20 years at YFC.
YFC Macomb Campus Life (Gr 9-12) & YFC Macomb Campus Life M (Gr 6-8)
are great ways to keep us with what’s going on at the Macomb YFC house.
20th Annual Western IL YFC Annual Fundraising Banquet - Luncheon option and Dinner option
events are great ways to RSVP for our fall banquet!
Aug 2011 - Thank you Streaming Waters!!
Last, but not least, we’d like to give an extra-BIG shout-out to
Wesley United Methodist’s Streaming Waters group.
THANK YOU so much for all the work you did at the YFC house!!
Friday, August 12, 2011
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