February Luncheon Speaker

YAMs Luncheon Speaker

Friends,

On Sunday, February 21st, after the 10:30 service, the YAMs will meet on the St. Paul’s stage for luncheon and a speaker. We will welcome as our speaker the director of Partnership for Families, Children and Adults, Inc. (the former Family and Children's Services.) It is probably the oldest and largest social service organizations in Chattanooga. Please join us for what promises to be a most engaging presentation. Child care will be provided, and the cost is $5. (Please do not let the cost be a limiting factor.) Please RSVP to me by February 19th.

Yours in Christ,
Bob

P.S. Please check out the pictures here.

YAMs Christmas Party Pictures

YAMs Christmas Party, originally uploaded by rkleopold.

Friends,

Here is a picture from the YAMs Christmas Party. Click on the picture to be sent to the whole set. This is the new way that picture will be added to the YAMs website. This will help with space issues on the blogspot server. Also, you will be able to search by tags so that any YAMs pictures you would want to see, just click on the YAMs tag. I hope that you enjoy this batch. Watch for more in the coming weeks and months.

Yours in Christ,
Bob

Flickr Upload to Blog Test

Hello, originally uploaded by rkleopold.

Friends,

I appreciate your patience in these little tests (as on facebook, twitter, the blog, and now from flickr). I hope that they will be over sooner rather than later. In the meantime, this is a picture that I have uploaded to my flickr account for the purposes of "pushing" it to the YAMs website (and by extension being pushed to the st. paul's facebook page). Who knew ministry would take on these dimensions? I sure as heck didn't.

Thanks again,
Bob

Mardi Gras Party with the 102 Class

Mardi Gras Party for YAMs and Episcopal 102

Friends,

On the evening of Tuesday, February 16, at 6:00 PM, the YAMs and the Episcopal 102 class will join forces for a brief explanation of “Fat Tuesday” and to party! The party will be held in Key-Andrews Hall. Food will be fed, drink will be drunk, danced will be danced . . . Sorry, but I love cognate accusatives. Come and celebrate the feast that makes the fast all the more meaningful, Mardi Gras. There may even be a pancake or two.

Yours in Christ,
Bob

January Habitat Build Day

YAMs Habitat Build

Friends,

On Saturday, January 30, at 8:30, the YAMs will gather in the St. Paul’s parking lot to carpool to a Habitat Build. Habitat for Humanity builds homes in partnership with those who would otherwise be unable to purchase a home. There is no cost (outside sweat equity) associated with this event. After we all arrive at St. Paul’s, we will carpool to the build site to work for the morning shift. We should wrap up around lunch time.

As many of you may also know, there is a required form to be filled out in order to work. I am making that form available here. Just print out the form and bring it with you on Saturday. If you forget, I will try to have some forms with me at 8:15 AM, which is when I will be getting there. Our official work time is the morning shift of 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM.

Yours of Christ,

Bob

YAMs Host Dinner for Wider Church

YAMs Host a Dinner for Wider St. Paul’s Community

Friends,
On Sunday, January 17th, at 6 P.M., the YAMs will host a dinner for the wider St. Paul’s Community in Key-Andrews Hall. During the dinner, a quest speaker will talk about the current State of the Church as it relates to Young Adults. If you are interested in meeting some YAMs and finding out whom they are, why they are here, or anything else, please consider coming to this most enlightening evening. The YAMs want a relationship with you; do you want a relationship with them? Prove that the YAMs are important to you by coming to this dinner that they are hosting. Many of you have asked me if you could share a meal with the YAMs at Greenlife Grocery, well now here is your chance. Child care will be provided, and the cost is $6. (Please do not let the cost be a limiting factor.) Please RSVP to me or by calling the Church office by January 13th.

Yours in Christ,
Bob

YAMs Christmas Party at the Leopolds’ Home

YAMs Christmas Party at the Leopolds’ Home

Friends,

At 6:00 PM on the evening of Sunday, January 3rd, the Leopolds will open their home to host a Christmas party for the St. Paul’s Young Adults (please note that this is a change from Saturday, December 26th). The festivities celebrating the natal feast of our Lord will continue until about 9:00 PM. All that participants should bring are positive attitudes, unless there are special dietary restrictions to be considered. Please email me to RSVP and for directions. This will be a chance for us to celebrate the birth of our Lord and the end of the year together. I do hope that you all will be able to make it out for some fun and gluten-free treats.

Yours in Christ,

Bob

P.S. Check out the evite here.

P.P.S. I have added a picture set that is linked to here.