Pilgrim Church Youth Group

Troop Drive!

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This Sunday October 17th the Senior High Youth Group will be meeting at the Southborough Senior Center on Route 85 to help with the Care Package Drive for the Troops from 9am-11am. This is a great opportunity for community service, anyone is welcome to come and help out!

Sarah

Schedule 2010-2011

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Senior High Youth Group Schedule 2010-2011

September 2010

19th Help with Rally Sunday games during and after church in fellowship hall
26th Mission Sunday: in church to talk about our mission trip experience last summer

October 2010

3rd Parlor
10th Parlor
17th 9am-11am Troop Drive at the Southboro Senior Center on Route 85
24th Parlor, dinner at a home in the evening 5:30-7pm (Nolan's)
31st Parlor, Happy Halloween!

November 2010

7th Parlor
14th Parlor, Counsel after church
21st Parlor, dinner at a home in evening (Ulfelder's), or fun activity out
28th In church, Holiday weekend

December 2010

5th Parlor
12th Parlor, Caroling 4pm-6pm
19th Parlor
26th In church, Holiday weekend

January 2011

2nd Parlor
9th Parlor, Parents Meeting after church
16th Parlor
23rd Parlor
30th Parlor, dinner at a home in the evening location Kushnir's 5:30pm-7pm

February 2011

6th Super Bowl Sub Sale, Mandatory for those attending the mission trip
13th Parlor (school vacation week)
20th Parlor, Counsel after church (school vacation week)
27th Parlor, dinner at a home or fun activity out

March 2011
6th Parlor
13th Parlor, parents meeting after
20th Parlor, Silent Auction 12pm auction set up, 3pm table set up, 5pm dinner set up, event 5:30pm, Mandatory to help with one shift if going on the mission trip
28th Parlor

April 2011

3rd Parlor
10th Parlor
17th Parlor (school vacation week) partner with Sunday schools to make Lenten Baskets
24th Parlor (school vacation week) Easter, help out with the kids need 4 volunteers at the 9am service and 4-6 volunteers at the 11am service (worth 10 point each)

May 2011
1st Parlor
8th Parlor, Mother’s Day
15th Parlor, Troop Drive?
22nd Parlor
29th Parlor, Parents meeting
Car Wash Date TBD, one shift mandatory for mission trip

June 2011
5th Parlor
12th Parlor

Car Wash Date TBD, one shift mandatory for mission trip

Off for the Summer until the mission trip!

Mission Trip July 31st – August 5th (or 6th )

Welcome to PCYG 2010-2011!

2010-09-18T12:09:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the Senior High Youth Group at Pilgrim Church (PCYG) for 2010-2011!

I am so excited to begin a new year with all of you. Welcome to our incoming freshman!

This Sunday we kick off the year with Rally Sunday. This is a day when we help out with the Rally Sunday games for the lower grades, and begin to get to know one another for those of you that are new.

Sunday the 26th we will be up in church for Mission Sunday to talk about this Summer mission trip to NYC. Starting in October we will be meeting in the Parlor at the beginning of church each week as well as doing other various activities.

I will be sending out a weekly email to keep you updated on what is coming up next. I am looking forward to a fantastic year with you all. Please let me know if you have any questions or need anything. I am here to help!

Sarah :o)

Reflection Number 1: Mission Trip DC Summer 2009

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This trip has been one of my best experiences. I have learned that we all are very similar. It doesn't matter if you are from Spain for the USA or if you speak English or Spanish. I have known a lot of people and they all have been so so nice to me. I am very grateful for that. You have helped me when I didn't know how to say a sentence and have made me feel like I am at home.

On this trip I have felt so good helping people. It has made me think about all that I have (a house, a family, a school, food when I want it) and how I don't realize how lucky I am. I have seen people who can't buy food because they didn't have the money and how they smiled at you when you gave them food. It is something that I'll never forget.

I want to thank everyone who made this trip possible. This trip gave me a beautiful opportunity to help people.

Mission Sunday November 8th

2009-11-03T10:33:00.000-08:00

This Sunday November 8th is Mission Sunday!

The youth group will be sitting up front together as many of the youth groupers participate in the service by talking about their experiences in DC. Over the next several weeks we will feature the stories from mission trips past and why these trips are so important to the teens who participate in them.

We will be giving out bags of cookies as a thank you to the congregation after church.

Mission trips make a huge difference in the lives of the people we serve and in the lives of the teens and adults doing the serving. We are taking Gods love and delivering it directly to people in need. By traveling for our trips we allow the teens to bond in a new way, and we show the people we help that they are worth traveling for!

Twitter for PCYG

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Welcome Back!

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Summer is almost over, and we are gearing up for another great year for PCYG. We had a very successful trip to DC this summer, and did some amazing work. Check out our bulletin board across for the senior high room near fellowship hall. Also, we will be filling everyone in on the details of the trip on September 27th during Mission Sunday at church.

I look forward to seeing everyone for our first parlor meeting on September 20th!

Sarah Hile

Wrap Up 2008/2009 School Year

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This has been an amazing year! We have an wonderful group of 45 teens in our senior high youth group, and a talented group of teen leaders ready to create our next leadership team. We have enjoyed opportunities to bond as a group, learn, serve, and strengthen our faith. We are winding down the school year, and gearing up for our mission trip to Washington DC this summer. We have a lot of great work sites lined up for this trip. It will offer an opportunity for our teens to give back, and experience what it is like to help others in a meaningful way in a different environment.

Our theme for this year's trip is "give love". The teens would like to give from the abundance of love that they receive from family, friends, and community, to people who are not as fortunate so that they may also feel loved too.

We look forward to bringing back pictures and stories of how this trip changes our view of the world, and the positive impact we are able to have on it!

April 5th 2009

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This April started off with the topic of forgiveness. We looked at what it means to us to forgive, and when we feel we can and can't do it. Our church is blessed with a very insightful group of teens! May the magic of the Easter season bless each of us with new insight into what it means to truly forgive ourselves and others.

Looking Forward to Easter and an Awesome April!

2009-03-31T08:41:00.000-07:00

We are entering April, and there are only 3 more months left in the school year! This week we will be looking at forgiveness as it relates to our friends, family, and people in general. Come join us for food and friendship while you recharge from your hectic school schedule!

The past few weeks we have been looking at where our faith comes from and the experiences that have shaped what we believe in. We also looked at judgment, and how and why we judge other people and ourselves.

I look forward to seeing all the senior high youth group teens this Sunday as we gear up for Easter in just 2 weeks!

This week, April 5th, the senior high is in charge of Coffee Hour and Greeting so please arrive at 9:45am to help. We still need help with clean up so please let me know if you can stay for a few minutes to help. Thank you to everyone who has signed up to help so far!

HUGE Thanks! Silent Auction 2009 A HUGE Success

2009-03-24T12:03:00.000-07:00

Thank you so much to everyone at Pilgrim Church for making this years Silent Auction such a HUGE Success! We raised $9,163 for our senior high youth group mission trip to Washington DC. The teenagers feel very blessed to have such a supportive congregation. We are looking forward to "Giving Love" in the DC area, and making a huge difference in the lives of the people we work with and in ourselves! Thank you so much to the Eileen Mchenry, The Men's Club, the parent and teen volunteers, and all the business and church members that donated items for this event! We could not have done it without every single one of you.

Silent Auction March 22nd 2009

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This Sunday come out for Great spaghetti dinner and support the Senior High Youth Groups Silent Auction!

Where: Pilgrim Church, Fellowship Hall
When: 5:30pm Sunday March 22nd
How Much: $8 Adults, $6 senior and kids under 12 yrs, $25 family (no matter how many kids, as long as the kids are yours :o) ) Great Deal for a Great Meal!

Prepare to be amazed by the wonderful selection of items available for bidding! We have jewelry, restaurant gift cards, grocery store gift cards, art work, vacation homes, and Patriots and Red Sox tickets and much, much more! We also have a great selection of babysitting coupons for services provided by our teens themselves. You may just find the next great babysitter for your kids! Come for an evening of fun, food, and fellowship with the Pilgrim Church Senior High Youth Group!

Tickets will be on sale after church in fellowship hall this Sunday March 22nd. You can also email sarahjhile@yahoo.com for ticket reservations that you can pick up at the door when you come for the event.

Coffee Hour, Greeting, and Parents Meeting March 8th

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March 8th: Coffee Hour/Greeting 9:40am, Parlor Meeting, Parents Meeting in the sanctuary 11:15am,
*No one has signed up to help with this coffee hour so please let me know if you could donate food, we also need help with set up, serving and clean up, since this is a parents meeting week hopefully the teens can stick around to help serve and clean up :o)

Thank you so much to those of you who have volunteered for past coffee hours! It is great for the youth group to be able to give back to the church in such a direct way for all the support they show us!

Silent Auction Mania!

2009-03-01T12:20:00.000-08:00

This years Silent Auction and Spaghetti Dinner will be held March 22nd.

This fund raiser is MANDATORY for ALL teens attending the mission trip this summer! (you must help with a shift for this event, if you are unable to for some reason let Sarah Hile know asap, we also need as many parents as possible to help as well) See below for the shifts (desired # of volunteers):

Auction Set Up(5): 2:30pm-3:30pm
Hall Set Up (5): 3:30pm-4:30pm
Event Help(15): 5:15pm-7pm
Servers for dinner(10): 5:15pm-7pm **(Wear white shirt and black pants)**
Kitchen Clean Up(5): 7pm-8pm
Hall Clean Up(10): 7pm-8pm
Selling Raffle Tickets: 5pm-6pm
Selling Raffle Tickets: 6pm-7pm
Silent Auction! 2:30pm Auction Set Up, 3:30pm Hall & Table Set Up, 5:15pm Event Begins, 5:15pm-6pm Silent Auction Bidding, 6pm Dinner Served, 6:30pm Silent Auction Bidding ends, 6:35pm Live Auction, 7pm-8pm Clean Up

***FOCUS OF THE WEEK***

Silent Auction Update:

We have only 2 Sundays left before the event and we need all the auction items ASAP! Please give any items/gift cards/certificates to Sarah Hile as soon as possible.

Please let me know if you have any questions or if you need help with anything!

Parents and Teens: We need help selling dinner and 50/50 raffle tickets after church the next 2 Sundays. Please let me know if you would be willing to help coordinate sales one of the next 2 Sundays. This is our most important fund raiser in terms of the amount of money we may be able to generate and with such a big group of teens we really need to make the best of it! Thanks so much in advance!

Upcoming: Lock In 2/28/09

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Hello everyone! This year's Lock In is coming up fast. It will be held February 28th starting at 6:30pm and lasting until 8am on Sunday. Please bring $10 for food and everything you might need to spend the night in the church (air mattress, sleeping bag, pillow, blankets, slippers, toiletries, etc.). Also feel free to bring movies and video games/systems to share with the group.

This will be a great opportunity to get to know your fellow youth group members even better. It will also be a great opportunity to build our team spirit as we prepare for the amazing work we will be doing on this summers mission trip to DC, (Aug 2nd-7th).

If you need to arrive late or leave early please feel free, just let Sarah Hile know in advance if possible. I know that everyone has crazy schedules, and I look forward to seeing you all at this fun and food filled event!

Fund Raisers

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The concert February 7th raised $600! Thank you so much to everyone involved, especially our organizer Natasha! This event and our recent Super Bowl Sub sale raised a combined $1450 for our mission trip to Washington DC this summer(Aug 2nd - 7th).

Looking Ahead:
We are looking ahead to our big Silent Auction March 22nd, 2009. Please continue to collect gift cards and other donations of items for the auction and give them to Sarah Hile or Eileen McHenry as you collect them. We will be creating a preview board on our senior high bulletin board near fellowship hall at church so that people can see what will be available at the auction. Please contact me if you have any questions.

Sarah Hile
sarahjhile@yahoo.com

Super Bowl Sub Sale: Thank You!

2009-02-01T12:56:00.001-08:00

Thank you so much to Pilgrim Church for all the support. We raised $836!!! with this years sub sale. Thank you to our parent organizers Susan Conti, Lynne Guilford, and Storm McGuire. Thank you to all the teens and parents who helped to make this event a success! Thank you to Roche Brothers for a huge donation of items used to make the subs. Thank you to Mauro's Market for donating the sub rolls. Thank you to Hanniford's, BJ's, Stop and Shop, and Price Chopper for the donation of gift cards used to purchase the other items needed for the subs. Due to the generocity of these companies we were able to make the subs free of charge to us. The whole $809 is going directly to our Senior High Youth Group's trip to Washington DC this summer, August 2nd-7th. Thank you again to everyone who helped to make this fund raiser such a success!

February Schedule 2009

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Concert Fundraiser February 7th: Concert in Fellowship Hall arrive 6pm and end 10:15pm (actual concert 7pm-9:30pm) Please see previous post for more details.

February 8th – Parlor, Coffee Hour/ Greet, please arrive at 9:45am to help with coffee hour set up, or please plan to stay a little late to help with clean up, we still need more volunteers for food as well as help with clean up, please let me know if you are available!

February 15th Parlor

February 22nd - Parlor

Lock In: this years lock in will be held February 28th starting at 6:30pm until 8am Sunday morning, please bring $10 for food, an air mattress, sleeping bag, blankets, pillows, toiletries and anything else you may need to sleep at the church, also please bring music, movies, and video games/game systems if you wish,

Concert Fund Raiser February 7th

2009-01-29T08:09:00.000-08:00

The Senior High Youth Group will be hosting a concert on February 7th in fellowship hall. We will be meeting at 6pm to set up with the concert starting at 7pm and running until 9:30pm. We will be cleaning up until 10:15pm. We will be selling baked goods and water bottles. Tickets have been pre-sold to high school students by the youth group with a few tickets still available at the door. This concert if for high school students only.

We are still looking for baked goods, ex. cookies and brownies in individual bags. We are also still looking for a few more parent chaperons and teen volunteers. Thank you to all of you who have agreed to help, we just need a few more people. If you have any questions please contact Sarah Hile.

Super Bowl Sub Sale!

2009-01-27T11:59:00.000-08:00

February 1st Super Bowl Sub Sale!
We will be meeting at 8:30am this Sunday to assemble subs for the annual sub sale. Thank you to all the parents and teens who have rsvp'd by email. I look forward to seeing all the teens for this fundraiser! We will assemble the subs before and during church and distribute them after. Please plan to stay after to help with distribution and clean up. :o)

Sarah Hile

Looking Forward

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Happy holidays to you all! This past year was wonderful with the senior high youth group growing to 41! I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful holiday with family. Here is a look at the beginning of 2009.

Looking Ahead:

January 2009

We will be meeting in the Parlor weekly, January 11th we will be hosting Coffee Hour again for the church and Greeting, January 25th we will be having dinner at the McHenry's home in the evening.

I look forward to seeing you all in the New Year!

Caroling December 14, 2008

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The senior high and junior high youth groups will be meeting at the church for our annual caroling and Chinese food event this Sunday December 14, 2008. We are meeting at the church from 5pm-7pm. Please bring a $5 wrapped gift for the Yankee Swap and we look forward to seeing you all there!

Care Package Drive for the Troops: Huge Success!

2008-10-24T02:32:00.000-07:00

Message from Deb:
I am truly grateful to all of you who participated in our Care Package Drive to support our Troops. The items you purchased, the hours you worked at the Drive, and your generous checks for postage and product made shipping almost 400 boxes possible. In spite of these tough times together we touched about 30,000 troops, making their holidays away from home a bit brighter. Your generosity is absolutely overwhelming and means so much to me! The stories from our Drive that I share with Courtney amaze and humble her.

For those of you who coordinated your children, their friends and your students to make cards and bring items, please pass this on to them with my thanks. They truly made a difference.

Malcolm Muggeridge once said, "Every happening, great or small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message." You all got the message! Thank you for touching the lives of our troops.

Proud Army Mom!
Deb

Pictures Wanted!

2008-10-16T05:54:00.000-07:00

If you have any good pictures from past mission trips or other youth group activities please print a few out and bring them to church on October 25th. We are going to be creating our senior high youth group bulletin board that day.

Mission Trip Deposits Due!

2008-10-16T05:46:00.000-07:00

Mission Trip Deposits are due October 25th! Please bring a check made out to Pilgrim Church for $100 with mission trip in the memo section.

This years trip will be to Washington DC and will take place August 2nd - 7th. If you have any questions please feel free to contact Sarah Hile.

Sunday October 19th

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This Sunday we will be meeting at the Senior Center in Southborough at 9:45am - 11:20am for the Care Package Drive for the Troops. I look forward to seeing you all there as we work together to "love our neighbors"! This is a great opportunity for community service.

Adopt a Soldier Community Service

2008-10-04T03:19:00.000-07:00

Hello Parent and Teens:
The senior high has been asked to help out with the soldier donation project again this year. I have a list of all the items the soldiers need/want. If you would like to help, I was hoping we could each get one item from the list. I have pasted the requests below. On Oct 12th we will be filling boxes in the Parlor and making cards to send with them, and on the 19th we will be meeting at the Southborough Senior Center with the 5th and 6th grade youth group to help package boxes during church. On the 19th please drop off your teens there and pick them up there after church.

This is a change to our original schedule which said Parlor meeting on the 19th. This is a great opportunity for community service hours!

If you have any questions please let me know!
Here is the list of needed items, there are duplicates on the lists as they are from 3 different people. Once again if you would like to help out just get one of the items off the list and bring it to church on the 5th or the 12th of Oct.

Baby Wipes
Air Fresheners – hanging kind
Toothbrush/toothpaste
Deodorant
White socks

NO MICROWAVE ITEMS!
Granola Bars
Pop tarts
Tuna packets
Cookies
Crackers
Slim Jim/Beef Jerky
Nuts –all kinds
Candy – all kinds

Coffee
Cocoa
Handwarmers
Books
Magazines
Wet Wipes
Toothpaste/toothbrush
Deodorant
Shaving gel
Bodywash

Granola Bars
Tuna in packets
Beef Jerky/slim jims
Nuts – all kinds
Candy – all kinds
Lollipops
Microwave foods

Puzzle books
Games
DVD’s new or used
Hand warmers

Cocoa
Coffee
Wet Wipes
Midol/Tylenol
Small makeup mirrors
Deodorant
Shaving gel
Bodywash
Baggies – sandwich size

Granola Bars
Tuna in packets
Beef Jerky/slim jims
Nuts – all kinds
Candy – all kinds
Lollipops
Microwave foods

Puzzle books
Games
DVD’s new or used

Cocoa
Coffee

Thanks in advance for all your help!

Sarah

Mission Sunday September 28th 2008

2008-09-26T11:55:00.000-07:00

I look forward to seeing you all on Sunday in your mission trip tee shirts. We will be sitting together at the front of the church as a group, including freshman.

Please bring any good mission trip photos from WV with you on Sunday, especially those from the work sites. We are going to be creating a scrap book on our bulletin board downstairs.

We will be having our first dinner at home this Sunday from 5:30pm-7pm. Please bring your assigned food item with you.

I look forward to seeing you all on Sunday to share our amazing experience with the church congregation!

Sarah Hile
Director of Senior High Youth Programs

Help Wanted

2008-09-13T12:20:00.000-07:00

Coffee Hour/Greeting: I am looking for parent and teen volunteers for Sunday Sept 21st. We are going to be helping out with coffee hour and greeting that day. I could use parent and teen help with coffee hour and teen help with greeting. We will be meeting at 9:45am to set up for coffee hour and we will need food/baked goods (aprox. 150 munchkins or equivalent). We will be serving after church and cleaning up. Teens please arrive at 9:45am to help out with greeting. Please let me know asap if you can help. Thank you all in advance for helping out with our church experience!

Parents Meeting: September 21st Mandatory Parents Meeting for those with teens going on this years mission trip. Please let me know if you are unable to attend, but are still interested.

Mission Sunday Sept 28th: I am looking for 5-6 teens to talk about their experience in West Virginia this summer during church on the 28th so please let me know asap if you are interested. Thank you in advance!

Welcome to the Senior High Youth Group 2008-2009

2008-09-09T06:31:00.000-07:00

Welcome to another wonderful year with the Pilgrim Church Senior High Youth Group!

This year we have tons of great events and church community service projects planned. Please check this blog frequently to see what is coming up next.

This week September 14th is Rally Sunday. I look forward to seeing you all in Parlor at the start of church. We will be meeting the incoming freshman, and then helping out with the Rally Sunday events for the younger children.

Looking ahead: we have a MANDATORY (for those wising to go in the mission trip) Parents Meeting on September 21st after church in the sanctuary. (Please let me know if you will be unable to attend but are still interested in the trip)

Sarah