Dive In Movie!

Are you ready to dive into a new year of EYC ? Our first official EYC event of the school year will be a Dive-In movie at Good Shepherd Episcopal church's pool THIS Sunday (August 21st) from 5-7:30 p.m.. We are meeting at Good Shepherd (e-mail me if you need directions), and pick-up from Good Shepherd will be at 7:30 p.m. Please let me know if you're coming!

Mission Trippers ! Our Mission Trip Wrap-Up (with Slide show and youth speakers) is THIS Sunday at 9:00 a.m. in Leatherbury Hall, during the final Summer Breakfast. Wear your St Mark's Tie-dyed T's! The Wrap-Up is for the whole congregation, so please come to support the EYC Mission Trip participants.

LOTS of pics from last week's 7th Grade Camp ! Thanks to all of you who volunteered your time last week to help. We start out with some fun moments in the Youth Center...




Random Holiday : Thursday (8/18) is Bad Poetry Day! Roses are red, Violets are blue...

EYC Kickoff is NEXT Sunday, August 28th (Rally Day), from 5:30-7:00 p.m. in the Youth Center ! Come to play games, eat dinner, and discover our EYC theme verse for the 2011-12 school year.

There will be a Parents' Meeting from 5:30-6:00 p.m. on August 28th in Grace House. At the meeting, we'll go over the Fall Calendar and answer questions about St Mark's EYC.

We still need more Rally Day Games volunteers ! The two shifts are 11 a.m.-Noon and Noon-1 p.m., and this year's games are: Bounce House, Dunk Booth, Water Slide, Cake/Cookie Walk, Face Painting, and Fishing Pond. Sign up for your shift today!

More Camp pics from the Bridge and our game of Balloon Pop:





Our annual trip to Universal Studios for Rock the Universe (RTU) is the weekend of September 9th-11th ! This year's RTU price is $175 per person (which includes tickets and hotel), and $75 will secure your spot today. The final $100 per person will be due by Sunday, August 28th (Rally Day)! Check out this year's RTU lineup here.

Save the Date : New Beginnings (a Junior High renewal weekend similar to Happening) will be held at Camp Weed the weekend of November 11-13! Look for more details soon...

Some fun Camp pictures from Sulzbacher...





Quote of the Week : "I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it." --Thomas Jefferson

The final pictures include underwater camera pics, picking up trash in Stockton Park, and a group shot of 7th Grade Camp and helpers. Don't forget that God loves you, and so do I !