Thursday Night

hade a grate time but... can't wait to go home :) Holly today was are last day and we had a lot of sugger. we selabreted missy birthday she said that was the best part of the day :) :) :) :) :) :) steph earlier this week we bought missy pie. It was apple. Tonight we took her to dunkin doughtnuts. She got coffee. Dream come true compared to coffee here. She got cupcakes too. Instead of candles she got pretsel stixs. Marleigh got iceing on her face. They took a pic of her. Earl told me to just stick it on my face. I got it all over my mouth to my nose. Forgot to say we had tacos. Everyone thought tonight was the best night beacause of that. Their was another birthday girl turning 11 today. Miss you mom and boys see you soon, Caitlin No Comment Again - Matt Don't worry Nancy.....we didn't have that much sugar JUST today.....it was the whole week! WooHoo!!! Hope all the kids are not too hyper when they get back home. We had such a great week....I personally enjoyed getting to know all the kids even more than before.....you should be very proud of them, not just as their parents, but our church family would be very proud if they saw these kids in action. See some of you tomorrow! Miss Lori :-) SUCH A FUN LAST DAY!!! we did arts and crafts at the retirement home and celebrated an early birthday for missy. im excited for home but i also dont wanna leave!!! -marleigh c: Great Week & Great Kids - Earl Thank all the church families that made this possible. We are sure we touched many lives this week. Again, YOUR KIDS ARE AWESOME!!!!!!!!

Tuesday / Wednesday

We had a very busy day yesterday and did not get to report....The kids are GREAT. Parents, please be very, very pround of your kids. They ROCK! No comment (again) - Matt we did a lot of things today i learned how to make a fan ot of napkins of lunch tomorrow for the old people. we went to a nise ladie home and gave us a cookie and a coke and we talked for about an hower we took her dog out side and then we plaed uno that was relly fun.steph :) we hade a great day today wish I was at home :) Holly Hi Everyone! This is my first blog...been kind of busy :-) Other than lack of sleep the week is a lot of fun and the kids are really AWESOME! I continue to learn more and more about each child (is that good or bad?????) Of course its good! Lori I had a nice day. We went to two residents homes at the nursing home. The first resident was nice. She wanted us to clean her windows. She had a small dog named peaches or peach I'm not sure. The next resident loved us. She had a dog too. It was a lab named noah. She needed her windows cleaned but, was more interested in just hanging out with us. She hung up on her grandson for time with us. When we got back to the main house we got ready for a memorial. It was for all the people that died that month. Their was also a farmers market in the hall. We played uno w/ one of the resedents w/ altimers. She called it you know. She won mostly. Caitlin I had fun today. We went to two houses to wash windows and one of the ladies was REALLY nice and gave us candy and soda and cookies. She had a golden retriever named Noah that all of us loved. I think she was more happy about us just visiting for a while than she was about the windows getting cleaned. Then we came back and showered (FINALLY!!!)c: -marleigh

Monday Night Continued...

Some of the kids did not get to finish their posts due to our internet connection. No comments from Matthew at this time! Marleigh will be posting later tonight! She is playing a structured game with the staff! We are all having a great time serving at the Shrewsbury Luthurn Retirement Community. The staff there was very nice and welcomed us!! WE HAD SOOO MUCH FUN!!! today we went to a retirement home and did this thing called woga, yoga for people in wheelchairs. Then we had a fun time playing bingo (which I won). when we returned to the school we had dinner and went back to our room for a pillow fight with the other girls here! I CANT WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW!!! c: -Marleigh We Are having a GREAT TIME! We will try to post every night, but we might have some connection problems. Lori, Earl & Missy are doing fine...I think we all would of liked to have a litte more sleep>

Monday Night

had a great first day coming and the excitement just keeps coming :) Holly 

we went to a  old people home and did a lot of things with the people. we got to know a lot of them. we ate donuts.them we ate lunch. we plaed bingo it was so funny. half the time they did not here us that was fun. :)stephanie wenrich

i woke up at 5:23 this morning and my air mattress was deflated. It was so bad because I didn't want to wake anyone up with my inflator/deflator.I then rolled onto the ground so it didn't get anyone up. I pulled my blanket and my fitted sheet onto me and rolled around til it was about 5:30. When I finally decided that sleep was nearly impossible I got my clothing and went into the bathroom. Next I got my toothbrush and toothpaste to go brush. I did all this while documenting everthing including the other kids waking. First came Stephanie, then Holly, then Lori. The song to wake you up was just doo daa doo doo made into a tune. Breakfast was waffles w/ yougurt and fruit on the side. They also had hard boiled eggs, toast, and cerel, but I didn't have that. We went to a nursing home and played lots of fun games like yoga in chairs, and bingo. Other than the morning I had a great day (sorry for rushing) Caitlin

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All Packed

Hey gang.......Just got back from the church and we have all our gear loaded and ready to go.
                      Even the vehicles got painted up. See you all tomorrow morning.

Less than 2 weeks

Less than 2 weeks before we head to York, Pa.

KIDZ Mini Mission Weekend

We are enjoying the KIDZ mini mission weekend today

Getting ready to leave soon for the mission trip. We will be packing the vans at 6 pm on Saturday.

We had our mini mission weekend. It's sunday morning and we are wrapping things up, having breakfast, packing up our things to get ready to head to church.  We all had a good time, and got to learn more about all the kids and grow as a group.  We helped out at Mennonite Central Commitee, pulled weed at New Joy, had lunch and took a hike at the Project also we had our devotions while on the trail sitting by a stream and small waterfall.  So it's soon off to church, can't wait to spend a week with these kids in York it's going to be a fun adventure.


Mr. Fred 

on friday we had a birthday party for gloria. then on sat we ate breakfast plus we tear books and weeding. we ate lunch. the we ate dinner.  and then we did our skiits and make up stories.
victor santiago
we did a lot of stuff  we whent to mcc and it was fun. the minny mishion tirp we throuth a party for Gloria.stephanie wenrich

we did a lot of stuff on the mini missions trip but my favorite was seperating hangers from the lables. i hope that we do that stuff on the missions trip.caitlin lesher

What an awesome weekend!  Friday we went to the Denver nursing home and played some games with residents! Both the kids and the residence had a great time! The kids did an awesome job tearing books and taking tags off of hangers at the MCC! WOW, did they get a lot done!! Through out the whole weekend, it was fun to watch the kids grow closer together and work together! They are such a great group of kids and I can't wait to go to York next month!!  Miss Missy

At the mini missions trip I think we had a good weekend and had a lot of fun and I think everyone is looking forward to the missions trip even more.Matthew Gordner

Mini Mission Weekend

Hey its 2012 and time to get ready for a new Kidz mission trip. The Wednesday night Kidz training is complete and now we are at the Mini Mission Weekend. All the Kidz did great and have had opportunity to grow closer to God and build relationships with each other.

I know the 2012 Kidz mission trip will be a wonderful experience for everyone!

Terry

Tuesday 07/26/11

hey its kolby had a blast at the zoo and laser tag ate some good food at bob eveans. hung out in the gym eailer this week well see you on friday.

yestday we went to the zoo great amerias then we went to bob evens also we went to laser tag it was fun see ya hi miss.scarlett. victor santiago.

Tuesday - 1/2 day of service and then crew free day

Today was our scheduled "free day". We did a half day serving the community of Pittsburgh and then after mid-day devotions we were free to explore. First we enjoyed a day at the Pittsburgh Zoo, followed by supper at Bob Evan's, then off to blow off steam at laser tag. The day ended with evening devotions on the sidewalk in front of the school. The cool evening air was very refreshing.

Monday - first day of service

The KIDZ did their first day of service projects today. Our theme was the vine and the branches. After our evening devotions, some of us made video blobs. Internet access is very limited here but will try to post the videos in the morning.

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Day One

So tonight we received our crew assignment. We should have many opportunities to share God's love by serving the local area. Well lights out.

Oh yea, Kolby let his new shirt lay and Mr Terry found it; Kolby had to do a dance in the hallway to get it back. Good times ... good times.

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Made it

Made it to Pittsburgh, stopped at 911 flight 93 memorial on the way. The only event on the way was a trailer tire that needed changed but we saw that before it caused a problem.

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Mini Mission Week-end

Well...the time has finally arrived and is now over for the final preparation for our trip to Pittsburgh.  This week-end was all and bout learning to work as a team work, and communication and probably most important how to do live together.  This was an exciting week-end to say the least. We had lots of fun working and playing together.  Our team building activity was fun..thanks Mr. Terry.

Now starting the final packing stages and getting the final things together for our mission trip to Pittsburgh.  Just think..this time next week we will already be on the road.

Please keep us in your prayers as we take 11 of our preteens on an exciting adventure and a week of growth.

Sunday Morning Mini Mission

What a great weekend!!!  On Saturday we went to the MCC and assembled health kits and tore books apart for recycling! Some of the boys wanted to work some electric drills so Mr. Brian from MCC found something for the boys to do!! They loved it!

Then we headed to Miss Deb's house!!! When we got there, we were welcomed with a wonderful lunch ready for us!! ~After our tummies were full, we went to work! Some of us painted a wooden basket and a little end table! Others sanded and painted her porch while other weeded and mulched her floor beds!! It was a hot day with some water breaks but the kids kept going! These kids kept focused and kept on task!! They did awesome!!! These kids did an awesome job and we even had time to paint the picnic table!!!

After so down time, we had an awesome team building game!!! It was quite refreshing since it was played with water balloons!! When the activity was over, we discovered we have a little bit of communication work and team work to work on!!!

After dinner, we relaxed with a movie and some pop corn!! The kids worked so hard this weekend! Can't wait for our trip next week!!!      Miss Missy

Mini Mission Weekend

today i made breakfast. it was pancakes. then we went to the mcc. i got a lot of books also we paint . the paint was red. then we play a game called with water ballons.  so  see you at chruch tommm. enjoy the best day ever. see ya. victor santiago.

HEY its kolby so today i messed with power tools and got missy and gloria wet with water balloons on the head cookin diner so seya at church.

Hi, I'm Clay and this is my part of the blog.  So after following Kolby and Dustin to get a lost football, I get punctured in the arm by the femce.  I had to get 4 stiches and it didn't hurt at all.  Well when the stiches were being stiched into me.  The numb stuff hurt when they put the needle in and i got a tetnise shot.  Then it was all over.  I had an awsome tim on sat. getting use electric screwdrinver.  I got to pull weeds, paint, and put down mulch.  I hated the water balloon game because i was supost to block Missy and Gloria.  It was fun at first but then i got nailed three times and no one else would be the blocker and i was going to quit but then bowdie was the blocker and i kept playing and then we lost.  The next time we play i'm not going to be the blocker at all.  We are going to wacht a movie tonight and i am goning to blow my head off if i don't guess what it is.  I'm so crasy.  I'm going to tell you if i guest it or not.  Bye.   :)

Hi its Rachel! Yesturday we went over all the rules of Week of Hope and the mini mission weekend. We also had a camp fire and made smores.Yum! Then we went to bed. In the morning i got up at 6:15 to get ready to make breakfest with Victor and Bowdie. We made pancakes and sausage! Then we got in the vans and headed to MCC (Menninite Central Commitee). There, we tore up books and checked health kits to see if they were paked right. Then we packed up to go to Deb Mussers house. When we got there we ate hot dogs and hamburgers. Then after that we got right to work. i weeded a really big flower bed and then we mulched it. It looked really good after we were done! Then we came back to my house and wrote in our journals. After everyone was done we had our dovotional time. It was about teamwork, to practice team we played a game. It was wet!! We played with water balloons! I filled up the water balloons while Alisha tied them up. Now we are going to watch a movie. Dont know what it is yet though!
Please pray for cool wheather during the mission trip because there is no ac in the school that we are staying in. Also pray for all of our safety while doing work!
Thanks!



   Hey this is Meredith blogging =] On Friday it turned out that it was time for our mini missions trip I was very excited. When we got there at 7:00 a.m it was already time to get all our stuff set up and ready for bed. Mrs.Moyer was really nice and lent me a air mattress to use until Sunday. Then everyone was called up to a snack of chips and grapes the grapes were all crisp and yummy as they went on the long trip through my stomach. After snack  we had a meeting all the grownups told us about how we had to work together as a team then a important e-mail was read to everybody and it told us how there wouldn't be any air conditioning at the school we're staying at for the mission trip also it told us what  jobs we would be doing at the missions trip. Later Mr. Terry was very nice and made a fire at the fire we roasted nice crispy gooey marshmellows and drank water or flavor packets in the water. We all went inside then and went to bed but sleep didn't come easily I couldn't fall asleep until about 1:00 in the morning
   I woke up and it was Saturday morning I got up and got ready for the day by brushing my teeth and hair. Then it was time for breakfast we had pancakes,fruit,and sausages. MCC was the place we went first while there we tore books apart for recycle and could keep any we wanted. Then we packed health kits for the needy. Missy's moms house was were we were for lunch of hot dogs and hamburgers. The projects we did were painting the porch,a basket, and a table. While others mulched a garden. Then we had a dinner of tacos watched a moive and went to bed =]

Mini Mission Weekend

Remember the mini misssion weekend starts tonight! Five Boys, Five Girls, and Five Adults-Get ready for a lot of fun and working hard for God! Tune in throughout the weekend for updates and what the Kidz have to say.

KIDZ Mission Family Lunch

If you missed the family lunch this past Sunday, please see Gloria for handouts containing important information about the trip.

Lunch was great, thank you to everyone for sharing the wonderful food items.

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KIDZ Mission Trip Important Dates

Don't forget to mark your calendar with the "Important Dates" listed on the right side bar of the blog page.

2011 Sample Support Letter

Here is a sample support letter that you can use or modify when sharing the upcoming KIDZ mission trip with friends and family. Feel free to copy and paste this into your document editing software.

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Dear ,



I am writing to tell you about a ministry opportunity that I will be involved with this summer. These are unique opportunities for me to serve and to grow in my faith.


This outreach will be a week long service project that I will be participating in this summer with New Joy Church KIDZ. I will be spending a week doing service projects and sharing God's love in the communities around Pittsburgh, PA.

This outreach project, known as “Week of Hope” through the Group Workcamp organization. Service projects on this youth mission trip might include running a VBS, preparing meals for the poor, or cleaning the home of an elderly person. We'll be working in the Pittsburgh community from July 24th to July 29th. We will also stretch our faith as we learn more about Jesus, and find practical ways to share Him in the community. I am looking forward to this exciting and challenging week! You can learn more about Group’s Week of Hope” at this web site Short term youth mission trips - Week of Hope.


I am looking for people to partner with me in this opportunity through financial and prayer support. I must raise $248 for the Week of Hope registration, so if you would be interested in helping me financially with this week of service, you may write a check to New Joy BIC Church.


For tax purposes do not fill out the memo line on the check; instead indicate on another piece of paper that you are supporting me for these specific events. A tax-deductible record receipt will be issued to you. Any funds received that go beyond my needed $248 will go into the youth fund to help with the youth outreach ministry.


Thank you for considering partnering with me in this great ministry opportunity. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me, my parents, or my church.


Thank you for your prayers and support,

Parents Meeting 2011 KIDZ Mission Trip

Sunday Feb 6th, 2011  is the first Parents meeting for the 2011 KIDZ mission trip.
Time:      11:45am (directly after second service)
Where:   New Joy Church rm 16
Bring:     Questions

You will receive information about the trip, important calendar dates for the next 6 months, fundraiser information.

See you there.

2011 KIDZ Mission

Have you heard; next year's KIDZ mission trip is already in the planning stages.

We will be travleing to Pittsburgh, PA July 24-29, 2011. Planning has already started and people are already signing up. We have reserved 15 spots for the trip so don't delay; if you will be 10-12 years old on the date we leave for the mission trip - you are qualified. Adults are welcome as well.

During the 2010 trip we saw great value in the time that we spent working with our team prior to the trip. Since we have more time to plan this trip, we will be getting the potential mission workers together one time each month to develop that same team spirit.

Please let us know if you are interested so we can put your anme on the contact list.

KIDZ Mission Celebration & Sharing Tonight

Just a reminder that the KIDZ will be sharing about their mission trip experiences tonight (07/11/10).
Slide show of every picture we have starts at 5:40pm and the service starts at 6:00pm.

See you there!

KIDZ Mission Celebration & Sharing

Don't miss the KIDZ Mission time of sharing on Sunday evening (07/11/10) at 6:00pm. We will be sharing just a little during each of the Sunday morning services as well, but the real stories will come out on Sunday evening.

Please come out to help us celebrate all that God has done over the past several months. This is the only time you will get the whole story so don't miss this opportunity.

See you Sunday at New Joy Church!

Kayleen Martin News

I don't know if all of you know, but Kayleen Martin was signed up to go with us on the KIDZ mission trip but has been sick for some time and was unable to go along. She is now in the hospital getting treatment. You can go onto the website her parent’s setup for all of us to keep informed of her progress (instructions below are from Karen Dunlevy).

 Go to the website at http://www.caringbridge.org/ . When you go to the website, to get to Kayleen's website, you need to enter - KayleenMartin (no spaces) on the right hand side where it reads "Visit a Website". You can post a comment on the journal. Kayleen will get these messages on her TV.


I'm sure Kayleen would enjoy getting encouraging eCards or journal entries from each of you.

New photos found

We found more photos from the mission trip.

Thursday

More new friends,
  Work in the food bank,
     Painting; some even got on the fence,
       Boys had meal prep in the evening/girls had breakfast prep
         Group devotion time
           PACKING to head home in the morning
See you all Friday afternoon!

Great Day!

We had a full day of service today with renewed energy after having some time to relax yesterday (Tuesday).

After a very moving evening lesson about the father's love in the Prodigal Son and some prayer time, two of our KIDZ ask Jesus into their heart tonight. Only moments before I had asked God for this mission trip to have a lasting impact on the lives of our KIDZ. I am sure they will be excited to share their experience when they return.

CLEARLY, God is at work in the lives of everyone in Manassas, VA this week!

Wednesday Photos

Wednesday

We had an asome time today we were doing so much stuff . We had a big mess and i mean a big mess.   It was that hard we had to pray and that praer helped a lot it  stared to go a lot faster but we stopped and went to something elss . Then we went to put food in bags we put so much bags in this cart we had 150 bags of food. My name is Bowdie harlan.


We wer haveing so much fun that we lost caunt of bags and we had 56 bags it tok along time.
I have coco on my sholder. My name is Dustin Burkholder.........

today we went to the boys and girls club we put paint in the self last night we went to the pool they had 2 pools and a hot tub we went to eat at old country buffewt Victor

Tuesday - some time to unwind

Tuesday was our short service day and the entire afternoon and evening was FREE time.

In the morning Crew 3 did trash cleanup in Georgetown South and Crew 9 worked at the food shelter bagging cereal and jelly beans.

Every day we have morning program, at lunch time we have crew devotions and in the evening the entire camp worships together. We also made some new friends from other churches.



For free time today the New Joy KIDZ found a near by pool for some play and relax time. Later, after a great meal and time of fellowship at “Old Country Buffet” we were off to Laser Tag.

It was a very good day for all!

Tuesday Schudule

Tuesday is our short day for mission work.
Breakfast at 7:00am
Group devotions at 8:00am
Service work until 12:30pm
Free time the rest of the day with each of our church groups. The  New Joy KIDZ are really looking forward to this - weather permitting, we will go swimming, maybe some laser tag or mall scavenger hunt, and we will eat out tonight.

Mission Girls - Monday

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We Finally Made It

Well, we finally made to Manassas, Va. for the Mission trip. It seems like a long time ago since we started planning on those cold days back in January. Those cool days are just a distant memory now - HOT and sticky here.

After a great blessing service at New Joy on Sunday the travel to Manassas was uneventful (good when traveling!). Excitement was rising as we began to see signs for our destination (and the girls saw some malls close by).

Our facility exceeds our expectations, as Miss Missy put it, and the staff is wonderful and brings life to the entire group. We received our team assignments last night and will be going out this morning to see what God has planned for us.

Got to go now but hope to post some video late tonight.

Sign up

The easiest way to keep up to date on the mission trip photos and blog comments during the trip is to "subscribe" on the blog site. Subscribers will receive one notification email per day if the blog has been updated (it will be). If your friends and family would like to follow the action during the trip have them signup now so they do not miss anything.

We expect to be posting photos and the KIDZ will be commenting each day!!!!
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Mission Trip

I am so excited to go on the mission trip! I’m excited to see what different things we will be doing in Manassas, Virginia. I want to experience serving God by helping other people. I think it will be very fun! The mini mission trip went very well, and I think the real mission will be perfect. I’d like to thank Ruth Keenan for praying for me.



Rachel Moyer

Only 10 more days until we leave

Time to start packing. If you lost your list of items to pack; here is another list. You can start pulling things together now so you do not forget anything. Please DO check things off the list as you pack them.

GroupWeekofHope
WHAT TO BRING PERSONAL ITEMS:

□ Air mattress, cot, or foam pad (twin-size)
□ Sleeping bag or sheets
□ Blanket and pillow
□ Towels and washcloths
□ Swimsuit and shower shoes
□ Toothpaste and toothbrush
□ Soap and shampoo
□ Any prescription medications
□ Laundry/plastic bags (for dirty clothing)
□ Long jeans/pants and shorts
□ Socks and pajamas
□ Work shirts
□ Work gloves
□ Work boots or sturdy shoes
□ Water bottle
□ Personal health insurance card or legible copy
□ Bible
□ Jacket
□ Sunglasses
□ Sunscreen and insect repellent
□ Bandannas, a hat, or visor
□ As a group: Large first-aid kit
□ Each adult: 1 5–gallon water jug
□ Each adult: Family-size cooler (on wheels)
□ Mirror*
□ Camera*
□ Rain gear*
□ Fans* (most facilites are not air-conditioned)
□ Flashlight*
□ Alarm clock* (battery-powered)
□ Spending money*
*optional

WHAT NOT TO BRING:
□ Alcohol, tobacco products, or illegal drugs
□ Expensive clothes or jewelry
□ Computers, electronic games, or anything really
valuable
□ Fireworks, weapons or toy guns
□ Skimpy or revealing clothes
□ MP3 Players/cell phones/iPods. We prefer you
leave these items at home, for security purposes
and because they can interfere with meeting new
friends. But if you do bring any of these items
with you, they may only be used in your sleeping
room–not on project sites, during programs, or in
public areas.


DONATION FOOD ITEMS TO BRING:

This was such a success last summer that we are again
asking each group to bring canned or boxed food to
camp with them. Working together, we all can make a
huge difference to literally thousands of families.
Here’s the details:
All food and donations will be given to a local
food agency.
If transporting food is a challenge, bring money
to purchase food while at your camp location.
Please donate only canned or boxed food (no
glass jars).

The sky is the limit! Last year, we raised over
156,000 items, can we beat that? Involve your
group, your congregation, friends, and your local
businesses in the effort. You can even add more
food to the pile throughout the camp week.

More Mini Mission Photos

Photos of the Information Lunch

Mini Mission Campfire

NJ KIDZ Mini Mission Weekend 05.22.10

I had a lot of fun today while exploring the park trails, picking up trash. It is nice to see the craetures in nature that God has given us. Plus, Gloria discovered silly bandz, and she is going nutz. CHOW! '-).-Rochelle

I had a fun day because we had to picked up trash a the park and we had to do something at someone at their house picking weeds and we were there for 2 hours and we were at the park but first we sow bunnys at the park sweo this is what I had to say this is the END by BOWDIE

I had went to the Denver Park to poll wedes and if you go to the Denver Park you will see a diferenes by the
tree we haved polled wedes and we wet to molched arawnd the tree it was so fun you wud have to go to the uper feld it lookes so cool that is the END byDustin

Wow, what a Saturday we had!!! These kids are the best! They worked so hard mulching around the trees at the Denver Park while the other group went to pick up trash along a trail in Ephrata. They worked so hard!! After eating our packed lunches, we went to Eva's house and helped her out with some yard work! They made such a difference!!! They really have a heart to serve others!! We are looking forward to going to Virginia in a couple of weeks!!!  Missy


all of kids work this morning and we help pick up trash on the trail and the other group molched trees and we had a fun time and we picked weeds for someone how can not do it so we helped her and I hope that we will chage when we come back from our trip by Alisha Scali

We made lunch because we had ham and cheese and pbj and also we had cheesi plus small cookies and a twinkie i was good at diging and also i pick the weeds bowie made breakfast i made sandwich and dustin made good food we pick up trash plus we saw some ducks we drink water to keep us healthly plus we work together. We had a busy day we pick we dig they saw a bunny. we have pancakes for breakfast and orange juice that it is good thanks to bowie my good friend we did a good job we went to the dump terry chop the tree we was sleep last night i saw a ant on dustin sleeping bag and the girls saw a spider monkey
we did a good job at terry's house. from victor ps. goodjob Victor

     Today I was on breakfast dudy we had sausages and pancakes YUM! Later in the day we split up into two groups my group picked up trash. We saw nine rabbits! Then we joined back up and ate lunch. Then we did another job we weeded the person who owned the yard had a beautiful garden and a whole lot of weeds. Eva [the person we weeded for ] had a cute little weiner dog. Goodbye by Meredith


    Last night we asined roles. We whent to bed and we were trowing monkeys .I was the orginizer. We spilt in to 2 groups. My group whent to the Denver Park to malch and pull weeds. After we malched we dumped.  the trimmings at the dump.We whent to the Eprita park for lunch and then played. Then we whent to Evas house to pull weeds till 3. Rebecca Gordner


 

First Photos from Mini Mission

Watch the slide show of fist photos from the mini mission trip 05.22.10
We will publish more later.

Mission Theme - The Prodigal Son

See the Prodigal Son story:

Prodigal God from redeemer.tv on Vimeo.

Team Building

KIDZ Mission team building lessons continued last night. We found three truths in the Genesis chapter 11 passage that we can apply to our mission team.

* The Tower of Babel story has a clear message that reminds us to check our motives
* Verse 6 – working together we can accomplish great things
* Verse 3 – We can improve our process

Some insights that were gained through the team building activity last night:
First try – Failure
* We failed without a plan and without communication
Second try – Some success after the teams developed a plan
* The team communicated and had a to work together in unison
* We were successful after everyone understood the language (instructions) that were being given during the activity
* Only one individual was giving instructions during the activity
Third try – Success! Improved progress
* Improved our communications plan and everyone worked together even better.

Reminder that Sunday (05.16.10) is our “pot luck” lunch after church. We will have more trip details, packing lists, contact information for parents, review code of conduct, fellowship, etc. See you there.

Final Paperwork Due

Camper Envelopes were distributed last night. You will find more details about the trip in your packet. Please return your SIGNED "Camper Information" forms to me by Sunday (05.09.10) because they will need to be mailed into the GROUP office next week.

So Now it Begins

I am really looking forward to the mission trip with these kids. Last night (05.05.10) we had our first in a series of four meeting to prepare the kids for service. Our focus last night was on team work and all the different roles required in accomplishing a large task. Our devotion was from Nehemiah and we talked about how they all worked together to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem. We also had a team activity that required the kids to work together and communicate in order to accomplish a task. When we did the debrief exercise, I was amazed at the “takeaways” these kids had on teamwork; their insights even exceeded my expectations of many adult teams I’ve worked with in the past. We were also successful in our secondary purpose of building trust between the leaders and the kids. God is at work in these young people’s lives and it is my hope and prayer that the mission experience will further solidify their faith.

Bake Sale Coming

The New Joy Kidz will be having a bake sale at the Ephrata WalMart on April 24th.  There will be opportunities for you to share your baking talents as well as support the mission trip on the day of the bake sale. Please watch for details as this fundraiser developes.

Hi-5 Prayer Partners

We will be kicking off the "Hi-5" prayer partner program on Sunday 03.07.10

Hi 5r’s (are our seniors who)
   Faithfully pray for,
   Inspire, and encourage our kids in the
   Victory of Christ; that they may receive
   Every blessing the Lord has planned for them.

The program will link New Joy seniors to each of the Kids going on the mission trip this year. The "Hi-5'r" (our seniors) will be praying for our kids prior to and during the mission trip while also building strong cross generational relationships at New Joy.

Please continue to pray for or kids!!  :)

Whats for Lunch?

Hard work and good food go well together.
Check out the KIDZ Mission trip sample menu.
Click on this link: Whats for Lunch?

Questions and Answers:Add your question using the "comments" link below.

Q -Will you be handing out a list of items that the children will need to pack?
A - Yes, we will have a parents meeting as time gets closer. Some time in mid to late March we will receive the "Leader's Manual" that will provide the group with more of these types of details.

Don't Miss a Thing - This is Getting Exciting!

Parents and supporter should sign up for the email updates (on the right) so you will be notified when new information is available on this site. This is the first place we post new information so it is available to everyone day or night.

For Parents; if there is information that you need to know we will contact you as well as posting here. But you will want to sign up here to stay up to date on non critical (but interesting stuff).

We are registered!

Great News
We had 13 people register for our first KIDZ mission trip:
9 youth and 4 leaders.

Registration Forms

Find and print your registration forms from the links on the right side of the page.

GROUP Workcamp Preview

View the GROUP Workcamp preview. I expect this to be a very meaningful experience for the kids from New Joy Church as well as the individuals we serve in the Manassas, VA area.

Dealing with homesickness

Okay, nearly every child is going to deal with homesickness (to some degree) when it is new for them to be away from home for an extended period of time. The Boy Scouts deal with this very real concern with parents and many thousands of first time campers each year.

See some of their recommendations by following the link below:
Not a Happy Camper

Keep the kids involved

Parents, when you visit this site, please encourage your mission bound kids to read about the trip with you. We want to keep them involved and excited as the mission draws nearer.


Talk to them about what concerns they have about going on the mission trip. Encourage the kids to share their concerns by adding a comment to this post. We will post the comments, without names, so they know they are not alone. This will also help the leaders to know what issues need to be addressed so that our kids feel comfortable going on the mission trip.
You can also encourage them to add comments about the things that excite them about the mission trip.

Sample Fundraising Letter

You may copy and paste this sample fundraising letter into MS Word (or other software) to edit and then mail to your friends and family. Please edit as you feel necessary.

Dear

I'd like to share with you a trip that I am going to take that will hopefully be a life changing experience for the people I come in contact with, as well as me.

This is my first mission trip and I am very excited. Along with about 15 others from New Joy Church, our team will be traveling to the Manassas, VA from June 13th thru the 18th. While we are there we will be completing a number of service projects that will touch the lives of many in the community. Through this we hope to make an impact on those we serve by sharing God’s love.

Now, all I need is the money to get there. We will be involved in fundraisers to earn money; however, I will need sponsors. Any amount that you might be able to give would be greatly appreciated. If you are sending a check, please make it out to:
New Joy Church
35 New Joy Drive
Ephrata, Pa 17522
In the memo line write "KIDZ Mission" and add a note with the check indicating that it is to support me on the mission trip. I believe that with prayer and God's help my financial need will be met.

Please pray for me as I prepare for this mission and while we are there. Pray that people will see the love of Jesus through us and will be touched in some way. My prayer is that this trip proves to be life changing for the people of Manassas even more than for myself.

Thank you for letting me share with you what will be one of the most meaningful experiences of my life. If you cannot help in a financial way, please help support me with your prayers.
You can always visit our NJ KIDZ Mission blog to get more information at    http://njkidz2010.blogspot.com/

In His service,

Helpful?

I hope everyone finds the information posted on the blog useful. Please let me know what else you would like to know by posting a comment to this post.

FQA's about the Mission trip

Click this link for the FAQ's.

So why are we taking the New Joy KIDZ on a mission trip?

I can not explain it any better than this.
Why GROUP Workcamps?

Mission Details

The New Joy KIDZ mission is scheduled for June 13th thru the 18th in Manassas, VA.
Click on the link to see details at the Group Workcamp web site.
Group Work Camp June 13 - 18

Welcome

Welcome to New Joy KIDZ Mission blog. This mission trip will be a first for our 10 -12 year old kids. We are using this site to post information for parents and later post photos during the mission trip. WOW; the trip is just over 4 months away.