YAMs 2nd Annual Fun Hunt

St. Paul’s Second Annual YAMs Fun Hunt Friends, On the afternoon of Sunday, March 21st, the St. Paul’s YAMs (folks in their 20s-30s) will gather immediately after the 10:30 service on the church stage (right next to the coffee hour Key-Andrews Hall) for the 2nd annual St. Paul’s YAMs Fun Hunt. We have devised a devilishly clever scavenger hunt to take place throughout the buildings of St. Paul’s. This promises to be a fun way for the St. Paul’s YAMs to learn about the various ministries that take place here and to learn some of the history and geography of the church’s building. We learned a lot from the 1st annual Fun Hunt last year and this year’s Fun Hunt promises to be even better. Lunch will be provided before the hunt begins and snacks will be provided throughout the scavenger hunt. Little ones are welcome too. Please consider coming out for this fun event, even if you feel you know a lot about what goes on here, we will have a few great surprises along the way. Who knows, your team might even win. Yours in Christ, Bob

March Habitat Build Day

YAMs Habitat Build

Friends,

On Saturday, March 13, 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 in Christ,
Bob

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