Merry Christmas!

I have a STACK of Youth Group Christmas cards and I will be handing them out at the 5:00pm Christmas Eve service this Sunday! This is the perfect service to come to this Christmas, whether you bring the whole family or just some friends! So come on out, enjoy the band as they play some great music, eat some cake (that's right! Free cake!) and celebrate Jesus' Birthday! Good times are guaranteed, or your money back!*

Do you know what I realized today? I've been having trouble getting into the whole Christmas Spirit, but I just realized that I haven't been saying Merry Christmas to anybody! So I started doing so today, and already I feel a ton better!

So Merry Christmas everyone! Have a great time with family and friends, eat lots of sugar, watch cheesy TV specials, and most of all remember the reason we celebrate, the Light that came into the world, Jesus Christ. All honour and Glory to him!

Merry Christmas everyone.

*Money back guarantee subject to restrictions. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited.

Christmas Event

This Saturday, Dec 16th is our Christmas Party!

7:00pm at the Church, 256 Smith Street

Games, Prizes, Food and Faith.

This event is open to all students grades 9-12. Newcomers always welcome.

Update: Check out the Upcoming Event sections!

The Global Christmas Challenge

At youth group a few weeks ago we talked about wanting to make a difference and doing something meaningful this Christmas. The initial idea was to take the World Vision Gift Catalogue and try to get people to sponsor as many things (especially Chickens!) as possible in our schools and such. This is a great idea, but it’s already December and it’s a little late to start a big campaign like this. Plus the church is already doing a ton of fundraising on it’s own. This is still a great idea but may the timing isn’t right.

So I had an idea.

I’m calling it the Global Christmas Challenge, and it is my challenge to you. This Christmas, instead of one more present under the tree for you, why not send a gift to someone that could change their world and maybe save their life.

So here’s how it works. You go up to someone who’s getting you a Christmas present (like your parents, grandparents, etc). And when they ask you what you’d like for Christmas, show them a World Vision Gift Catalogue and ask that just one present for you this year would go to someone else.

Just imagine this: instead of a $32 DVD, you could send life-saving mosquito nets to a family of children and protect them from malaria. Or you could send 3 kids to school by buying them the uniforms the need.

Now I’m not saying that you have to give up all your presents this Christmas, but can you afford to give up one? You may not even remember what you got for Christmas last year, but if you could give someone a gift this year that they’d never forget. Ever. We’re talking life-changing events here. How cool is that?

Please go to the website to check out all the amazing things World Vision is doing. Or, if you’d rather have a old-fashioned paper Catalogue, I’ll have them at church on Sunday. Please leave a comment and let me know what you think!

What do you say? Feel like changing the world today?

New Website

This is the BRAND NEW Holy Trinity Youth Website!

I'll be posting event details, links to articles and other sites, and other thoughts and ideas as they occur to me! The you'll be able to comment on what's on here, post your own links, etc etc! Doesn't that sound great?

I am very excited about this, aren't you? Please let me know what you think by hitting the COMMENTS button at the bottom of this post.
-DAve C, Youth Pastor at Holy TrinityAnglican, Winnipeg