September 17-18
Begins at 7:00 pm at the church and we'll be going to Dublin Iceland to play broomball. Afterward we'll go back to church for an overnight that ends by 9:00 am on Saturday morning.
Cost is $18 and is due Wednesday, September 8.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Broomball Overnight - September 17-18
September 17-18
Begins at 7:00 pm at the church and we'll be going to Dublin Iceland to play broomball. Afterward we'll go back to church for an overnight that ends by 9:00 am on Saturday morning.
Cost is $18 and is due Wednesday, September 8.
Parents Information Dessert
Sunday, September 19 at 7:00 pm.
For the Middle & High School parents of Saint Matthew’s Teen Ministry.
Smit’s & Trae’s House
2024 Quiet Place Dr. in Walnut Creek.
Our Teens shouldn’t be the only ones having fun!
Please bring a dessert to share and get the opportunity to get to know each other better. Pastor David Dykes and Melinda Armstrong will share their plans for the Middle & High School Ministries in the coming school year.
Hope to see you on Sunday night!
Student Impact
Student Impact resumes Sunday, September 12 from 11:00 am-12:15 pm in the Teen Center. Registration forms are available in the church offices and at the Welcome Center at church.
Impact is our large group meeting for Middle Schoolers and High Schoolers that’s designed to be inviting, have a friendly, fun, challenging, and exciting atmosphere. This morning program shatters the “church is boring” stereotype and will help you celebrate life. It is filled with laughter, antics, videos, singing, dramas, a message and small groups that challenge teenagers towards spiritual maturity.
Wildside
Wildside resumes Wednesday, September 8 from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Teen Center. Registration forms are available in the church offices and at the Welcome Center at church.
Because of Middle Schoolers need for fellowship and relationships with other Christians, we meet midweek for fellowship, a devotion, small group time and prayer.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Fri Night
Friday was awesome and a great way to end our last full day. We started off with breakfast and chapel. We then divided out by churches around camp to spend some time with just our church here at camp. We (Saint Matthew) spent our time opening it up to anyone that wanted to share how Jesus impacted their life this week and/or a goal they have when they come home. It was awesome to hear how God has worked in so many of our students lives this week.
After that we went to rec. We all participated in the Meadow Ranch version of the “Amazing Race.” We had students in our team at all these different stations around camp where it basically became a relay race. We had everything from eating a “mystery food item” to diving in the pool for an object, to putting shaving cream on a teammates face and tossing Cheetos on it to get them to stick. Everyone seemed to have had a great time participating in it.
We then went to lunch and free time. Everyone tried to get the most out of their last day there. We had a lot go to the pond or lake for the last time. Others go to the stores to get clothing or snack purchases, others just hanging out with friends they had made there. We had a handful of students go on the rope course today since we couldn’t fit everyone that wanted to in on Wed.
After free time and dinner we had an evening recreation chapel where we found out the winners or this week’s recreation games. Éclair took 12th place, Beef Au Jus took 7th, Quiche took 4th, and Parfait took 3rd. It was a lot of fun filled with lots of energy and excitements as we got to know the team ranks and watch a video of recreation from each day.
Directly after that we had our normal chapel with worship and Ron speaking to us one last time. He challenged us a lot on how to take what we’ve learned here and actually have it stick with us when we head down the mountain. We then went outside to the outdoor chapel (victory circle) where we had a chance to hear from all the students there how Jesus has impacted their lives this week. It was a great and encouraging night and a great way to end the week at Hume.
~Melinda
After that we went to rec. We all participated in the Meadow Ranch version of the “Amazing Race.” We had students in our team at all these different stations around camp where it basically became a relay race. We had everything from eating a “mystery food item” to diving in the pool for an object, to putting shaving cream on a teammates face and tossing Cheetos on it to get them to stick. Everyone seemed to have had a great time participating in it.
We then went to lunch and free time. Everyone tried to get the most out of their last day there. We had a lot go to the pond or lake for the last time. Others go to the stores to get clothing or snack purchases, others just hanging out with friends they had made there. We had a handful of students go on the rope course today since we couldn’t fit everyone that wanted to in on Wed.
After free time and dinner we had an evening recreation chapel where we found out the winners or this week’s recreation games. Éclair took 12th place, Beef Au Jus took 7th, Quiche took 4th, and Parfait took 3rd. It was a lot of fun filled with lots of energy and excitements as we got to know the team ranks and watch a video of recreation from each day.
Directly after that we had our normal chapel with worship and Ron speaking to us one last time. He challenged us a lot on how to take what we’ve learned here and actually have it stick with us when we head down the mountain. We then went outside to the outdoor chapel (victory circle) where we had a chance to hear from all the students there how Jesus has impacted their lives this week. It was a great and encouraging night and a great way to end the week at Hume.
~Melinda
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Thurs Night
Today was another wonderful day at camp. The day was filled with lots of game and a much deserved sleep in period that gave everyone a little more energy. The day started with waking up at 0800, instead 0700, and then proceeded onto breakfast and cabin clean up time. (Maybe by the time the kids get home they’ll be so used to cleaning up their room after breakfast that they will continue to do it during the school year!!!) For the counselors today was considered our “day off” and we were gifted with a 2 hour break from the kids and got to go get coffee or just take a nap, which we gladly accepted. The kids went off to their morning chapel as usual and then out for recreation. This recreation was different then the rest and we just played a huge game of dye-wars with the whole meadow ranch camp. The kids got red dye all over them, and so did the counselors for that matter. Afterwards there was a giant slip and slide competition, in which Melinda participated; however she landed on her face instead of the raft. She looked like Santa at the end due to all the soap on her face. For lunch today we had a picnic on the meadow and then we went off to free time. For free time today most of the kids came with Melinda, Michelle, and me (drew) down to the cove and went for a hike up the river. It was a gorgeous sight to behold. The remainder of the day was spent eating dinner and then attending a concert by The Hank Murphy band, followed by chapel and then a little bit of ranch time and a skateboard competition that was entertaining to watch. By the end of the day most of the kids were worn out, but definitely all of the counselors were ready for bed.
~Drew
~Drew
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Wed Night
This has been a fun day in Meadow Ranch! Recreation today was Super Spirit Relay day. Everyone wore tabards and moustaches, participating in 5 different relays and had a great time. During free time we had a big group go to the high ropes course. Those of us going to high ropes on Friday walked around the lake to the cove where the kids went down a waterfall rock slide. Tonight’s belly flop contest in the pool was super funny. We are looking forward to a fun night game tonight after chapel and night swim. The speakers have been insightful, challenging us to deepen our faith and strengthen our relationship with Jesus. Tonight the speaker will talk to us about living a life of gratitude, thanksgiving and praise. Hume is awesome, truly heaven on earth.
~Michele
~Michele
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Tuesday Night
The day started off again with the kids up and ready for another full day of adventures. After breakfast we went to chapel to see more of the continuing story of Remi and Philippe. Remi, in his focus to serve only himself, ends up killing a man in the marketplace. He was sent to the prison to await the guillotine. When reality sunk in of what he had done he starts to plead and with he could do things differently by serving the Dauphin. The Dauphin hears about this and visits Remi, setting him free and giving him a second chance at life. Blown away by this gift of grace Remi doesn’t know what to do. But the Dauphin instructs him that he will be trained by a fellow follower as he learns to start serving the dauphin.
After that the staff broke us up into smaller groups and took us on a short hike and where they shared their own story of how God reached their lives and what they have learned in following him. It was great to connect and get to know the faces around camp a little more.
Then came recreation. Today each team played the two games they didn’t play the day before. The enthusiasm was high as each team tried to earn more points to become the champions of the week. After rec came lunch and free time. Today we had paintball and majority of our group went to participate. For some this was their first time trying paintball, for others of our group, they seemed quiet experienced. I had a lot of boys threatening to shoot me (Melinda) regardless of what team I was on. We played one game where the goal was to get a teammate into one of the barricades without getting hit by the other team. We also played capture the flag. Any kids that have paintballs leftover in their guns are taken to a target range to empty their gun. Counselors can go in there and dodge the paintballs as the kids shoot. Drew and I were crazy enough to do it, which gave the kids the pleasure of being able to have an opportunity to shoot at their leaders.
After paintball the kids split up to enjoy free time. Some went to the pond and went off the blob or Noah’s nightmare. Others went the stores or snack shop. Others just hung out and played cards. After free time we then went to dinner and then to evening competitions. Tonight’s competitions were the blob and Noah’s nightmare belly flop contest. Each rec team had a student and counselor participate in both. The blob competition was to send each student off the blob. Judging was based on height, charisma, and flips. Noah’s nightmare belly flop contest is pretty self-explanatory. It was fun hearing the audience groan or awe as participants smacked the water.
After the pond competitions we had evening chapel where Ron went into detail of what all went on during the crucifixion. As he shared about the pain and suffering that Jesus went though, he showed how much God loved us to send His son Jesus to go through that for us. Students were given the opportunity for those who have never accepted Christ to make that decision for the first time tonight. We had a few of our students decide to make that commitment. Praise Jesus!
Because it was more of an emotional night some students hung back to talk to leaders, others went to night free time. Dodge ball was offered that night which made a lot of students days to be able to participate. After that we headed to our cabins for small groups and to head to bed. It was definitely a packed day but everyone had a great time.
~Melinda
After that the staff broke us up into smaller groups and took us on a short hike and where they shared their own story of how God reached their lives and what they have learned in following him. It was great to connect and get to know the faces around camp a little more.
Then came recreation. Today each team played the two games they didn’t play the day before. The enthusiasm was high as each team tried to earn more points to become the champions of the week. After rec came lunch and free time. Today we had paintball and majority of our group went to participate. For some this was their first time trying paintball, for others of our group, they seemed quiet experienced. I had a lot of boys threatening to shoot me (Melinda) regardless of what team I was on. We played one game where the goal was to get a teammate into one of the barricades without getting hit by the other team. We also played capture the flag. Any kids that have paintballs leftover in their guns are taken to a target range to empty their gun. Counselors can go in there and dodge the paintballs as the kids shoot. Drew and I were crazy enough to do it, which gave the kids the pleasure of being able to have an opportunity to shoot at their leaders.
After paintball the kids split up to enjoy free time. Some went to the pond and went off the blob or Noah’s nightmare. Others went the stores or snack shop. Others just hung out and played cards. After free time we then went to dinner and then to evening competitions. Tonight’s competitions were the blob and Noah’s nightmare belly flop contest. Each rec team had a student and counselor participate in both. The blob competition was to send each student off the blob. Judging was based on height, charisma, and flips. Noah’s nightmare belly flop contest is pretty self-explanatory. It was fun hearing the audience groan or awe as participants smacked the water.
After the pond competitions we had evening chapel where Ron went into detail of what all went on during the crucifixion. As he shared about the pain and suffering that Jesus went though, he showed how much God loved us to send His son Jesus to go through that for us. Students were given the opportunity for those who have never accepted Christ to make that decision for the first time tonight. We had a few of our students decide to make that commitment. Praise Jesus!
Because it was more of an emotional night some students hung back to talk to leaders, others went to night free time. Dodge ball was offered that night which made a lot of students days to be able to participate. After that we headed to our cabins for small groups and to head to bed. It was definitely a packed day but everyone had a great time.
~Melinda
Monday, August 9, 2010
Monday Night
After a long day on the bus and lots of goofing around in our cabins last night, one would think that sleeping in would be desirable… This was certainly not the case. The kids were up seemingly before the wake-up bell even rang at 7, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and very ready for their first full day at Hume! After breakfast came morning chapel, a time when we all got to enjoy the drama of the humorous antics of Remy and Philippe, two self-centered visitors to Paris who learn what life is really all about (serving the “Dauphin” with their lives instead of just serving themselves)! After the hilarity came a talk from Meadow Ranch camp director Derek Geer, challenging us all to consider centering our lives around Christ instead of ourselves.
After chapel came the excitement of recreation and “The Fab Four” games, consisting of World of Watercraft (relays in the pool), the Snake Pit: Snow Leopard Edition (trying to steal your team’s flag without being hit by flying tennis balls), Great Bambino Slug Fest (knocking blocks off the shoulders of your opponents with a noodle), and Horse De-Tailing (5 people in a chain of inner tubes attempting to steal the tail off of opponents’ “horses,” all the while gaining extreme entertainment value from watching counselors lead each team’s “horse” while wearing huge horse masks). Our teams of Beef Au Jus, Parfait, Éclair, and Quiche all had so much fun, as I’m sure you can imagine!
After rec came lunch, at which time both of our two girls cabins were announced as the second and third place winners for cabin cleanliness (parents, be proud!): go Alpine 103 and 104! Free time was filled with activity, campers and counselors alike provided with limitless ways to spend the afternoon! Some jumped off the big rock into the lake, others rode the zip line over the pond, and yet others enjoyed the wonders of Noah’s Nightmare (a big trapeze from which to swing and drop into the pond) and the infamous Blob (a MONDO inflated vinyl floating pillow-ish sort of thing from which we launch your children into the water)! Many counselors and campers had one-on-ones, a time when we can get to know each other better and encourage the students to dig deeper into their relationships with God, and lots of card games were played as dinner time approached.
Dinner and a kick ball game (in which we counselors got totally creamed by the Meadow Ranch staff) created momentary quiet (or, um, quiet-er… ), and the Hank Murphy Band leading worship as well as speaker Ron Merrell challenging and encouraging us in our walks with Christ made for an awesome evening chapel! We were all inspired by Ron’s speaking on God the Father’s love for us as displayed through the story of the prodigal son in Luke 15, and we were moved by his description of God giving up his son so that we would be saved from our own sin.
Cabin time tonight will undoubtedly be filled with all kinds of wonderful in-depth discussions as we continue to dialogue with the kids about the Savior that we can so blessedly call our own! More to come…!
~Lindsay Pattison
After chapel came the excitement of recreation and “The Fab Four” games, consisting of World of Watercraft (relays in the pool), the Snake Pit: Snow Leopard Edition (trying to steal your team’s flag without being hit by flying tennis balls), Great Bambino Slug Fest (knocking blocks off the shoulders of your opponents with a noodle), and Horse De-Tailing (5 people in a chain of inner tubes attempting to steal the tail off of opponents’ “horses,” all the while gaining extreme entertainment value from watching counselors lead each team’s “horse” while wearing huge horse masks). Our teams of Beef Au Jus, Parfait, Éclair, and Quiche all had so much fun, as I’m sure you can imagine!
After rec came lunch, at which time both of our two girls cabins were announced as the second and third place winners for cabin cleanliness (parents, be proud!): go Alpine 103 and 104! Free time was filled with activity, campers and counselors alike provided with limitless ways to spend the afternoon! Some jumped off the big rock into the lake, others rode the zip line over the pond, and yet others enjoyed the wonders of Noah’s Nightmare (a big trapeze from which to swing and drop into the pond) and the infamous Blob (a MONDO inflated vinyl floating pillow-ish sort of thing from which we launch your children into the water)! Many counselors and campers had one-on-ones, a time when we can get to know each other better and encourage the students to dig deeper into their relationships with God, and lots of card games were played as dinner time approached.
Dinner and a kick ball game (in which we counselors got totally creamed by the Meadow Ranch staff) created momentary quiet (or, um, quiet-er… ), and the Hank Murphy Band leading worship as well as speaker Ron Merrell challenging and encouraging us in our walks with Christ made for an awesome evening chapel! We were all inspired by Ron’s speaking on God the Father’s love for us as displayed through the story of the prodigal son in Luke 15, and we were moved by his description of God giving up his son so that we would be saved from our own sin.
Cabin time tonight will undoubtedly be filled with all kinds of wonderful in-depth discussions as we continue to dialogue with the kids about the Savior that we can so blessedly call our own! More to come…!
~Lindsay Pattison
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Sunday Night
Well I’m late posing this because we had a busy, but great day getting settled into camp yesterday. We had a fun drive down watching movies and talking with each other (and having group sing-a-longs as well, which included a few Taylor Swift songs, to the dismay of some of the boys). We made good time and got to camp and into our cabins. We had plenty of time to unpack, spend some time getting to know each other in our cabins, as well as just start exploring around camp. We then went to dinner and then to our first chapel. Chapel was a lot of fun as we got introduced to our band leading worship as well as our speaker Ron. The kids are already talking about his message so I’m excited to see the impact he has this week as we talk about a “me focused culture.” We also had a great time watching a skit in chapel that follows the lives of Remi and Phillipe as they travel to Paris and see what they can gain since “the world is all about us.” It had fun surprises and explosions that kept us on our toes as well as lots of laughter. We then had a bit of free time before we headed back to our cabins for small groups and then sleep. Overall a great start to the week. I’m excited to see the fun memories we create as well as what God does this week
~Melinda
~Melinda
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Hume Lake - Meadow Ranch Camp
Hume Lake begins on Sunday, August 8. Check in starts in the Teen Center at church at 8 am. You must be on campus by 8:30 am to check-in. The bus departs from church at 9 am (with or without you). Our return is by 3:30 pm on Saturday, August 14. All your forms and fees need to be turned in before you can go.
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