Workcamp

Workcamp leaves on Sunday immediately after the 10:30 service. We will eat lunch somewhere on the way out of town - this will be the only meal not provided by Workcamp.

The information sheet handed out a long time ago says that we will be back on Friday. This plan has changed, we will actually be back late Thursday night. During the week, we will be staying at the Holland Park's building.

Here is a packing list for the week:

Pillow and either a sleeping bag or sheets and an air mattress (if you have one)

Work Clothes (make sure you bring tennis shoes)

Casual Clothes (for evening activities)

Soap, Shampoo, etc.

Towels

Sunscreen

Extra Spending Money (for snacks and things at some of the evening activities)

This is not Workcamp related, but if you need something to make you smile today, watch this.

Experimenting with Tweeting

Today is the first day of the Murphy Mission Trip. We arrived safely in Murphy this afternoon and are now all settled in at our host houses. I have opened a twitter account and will be tweeting (I don't make these terms up) updates about the trip.

If you sign up for an account, you can have Twitter text the updates straight to your phone. Give it a try and let me know what you think.

If it's successful, I'll start doing it for all our trips - and use it as another way to keep you up to date on what's coming up on the horizon.

Here's the instructions to get the updates sent to your phone (it's free except for whatever your cell phone service provider charges for standard texting).

1. - You'll need to sign up for an account. It's free and all you'll need is an e-mail address. I've only had my account for a couple weeks, but they haven't sent me any annoying messages.

2 - It will then ask you if you want to look for friends who are on Twitter. If you are interested in finding out if any old friends are tweeting, then you can do this. If not, you can skip it.

3 - Then it will ask you if you want to follow some famous people. If you're like me and don't care what Ashton Kutcher is having for lunch, you can skip this step too.

4 - Next go to the settings link near the top right corner. And click on the tab that says devices and put in your cell phone number. You'll need to send a text to the number it gives you confirm that it is your number. I haven't gotten unsolicited texts so far from Twitter.

5 - Then go to https://twitter.com/scocyouth, and hit the button that says "follow" and beside it there should appear a message that says "device updates off". Click on that and select "on". It seems to take a day or two for this to kick in. You can also choose hours for it not to send you texts so that your phone won't buzz at 3 in the morning if I just have to post a hilarious picture from a lock-in:)

Give it a try and let me know what you think!

July Stuff

Sunday, July 12th - Dockside Devo 6 pm - 9 pm, for everyone
We will have our Sunday Evening Worship out at the Watt's pond.
Guys need to bring a dessert and girls need to bring a side dish.

Monday, July 13th - M&M Monday, 6th-8th grade
Frankie's Fun Park! Meet at the building at 10 am, we'll be back by 3:30.

Tuesday, July 14th, 21st, and 28th - Beach Day 10 am - 4 pm, 9th-12th grade

July 18th-23rd - Murphy Mission Trip
Packing list:
Work clothes (t-shirts, modest shorts, close-toed shoes, work gloves)
Casual clothes for the evenings
Clothes for Sunday morning (please don't wear shorts or flip-flops)
Money for 2 meals, plus some extra spending money for little activities throughout the week (we will likely eat a fair amount of ice cream over the course of the week:)
Paintbrush, Hammer (if you have them, don't go buy them)
Some people may need sleeping bags, I will let you know as soon as I know.

Monday, July 20th and 27th- M&M Monday
contact Beth or Chase for more details

July 26th-30th - VBS
Talk to Alan or Cyndi Albach if you are willing to help out with VBS in the evenings