“the scoop”
May-Aug 2013
Downlow Update
It’s been a great year of ministry at Ardent and this summer will mark my fifth complete year. It’s incredible to watch students I knew in Gr.7 prepare to graduate, this year we have had a theme of reaching the community and we have seen growth with those who don’t know Jesus yet. This summer we have all the usual favorite events with a few new ones, be sure not to miss any of the great upcoming opportunities. If you ever have any questions, concerns or comments, we’d love to hear them, simply connect with Pastor Tim through email (tsesink
calvarycommunity
ca) or phone (780.462.8444).
Upcoming Events
Gr.12 Graduation @ The Melting Pot, June 9th
An evening of celebration! All Grads and their friends and families are invited to join us in celebration of this momentous occasion, Grads must register by June 1st and tickets are $20 each for the event. Tickets are limited and are first come, first serve.
Jr. High Basketball Camp, July 22nd -26th
Preparing for High School or just wanting to learn about basketball? The Millwoods Jr.High Basketball Camp is for you! With daily intensive skill sessions taught by passionate coaches that will focus on specific skills such as shooting, defense, attack moves and post moves to the all afternoon team development scrimmages you’ll get the chance to grow by leaps and bounds! Every participant will get a t-shirt, fresh lunch, snacks every day as well as tons of fun! To register checkout www.calvarycommunity.ca/bball2013
Summer Ignite, Aug 16th -19th
We’re off to Kootenay Plains located halfway between Banff and Jasper for an amazing long weekend of roughing it and enjoying the beautiful scenery. On this annual trip we’ll be going climbing, hiking, caving, rappelling, and maybe even some cliff jumping if it gets warm enough! We’ll be cooking over the open fire together and we’ll stay in tents. All activities will be led by a qualified leader who knows the area well. We’ll have times of worship, teaching and also times of just being quiet before God’s awesome creation. Parents are more than welcome to join us on this trip as we do need chaperones. For more info see our website or grab a brochure.
Parents Corner
Come on out!
I strongly believe that the child-parent relationship has the most impact on a student, far above any youth pastor or volunteer. Because of that, we would like to invite you to any event you want to come to (Just ask your teenager J). We also often need chaperones, especially for our overnight events.
We have a website?
Did you know we have a website with all the current forms, schedules, Meal group locations, etc? Go to www.calvarycommunity.ca/youth
Pick-up Time
At Ardent we run from (usually) 7-10pm. Three hours seems to be the ideal amount of time to connect with students. We make every effort to be done on time and we would ask that you pick up your student as close to 10pm as possible. This allows the leaders who’ve been working all day to get home at a decent time. Thank you so much for your co-operation with us in ministry.
