Snow!

Hey Everyone!
Just really excited cuz there's snow everywhere!
I just thought I would put up some pics that I took on Saturday night.. they might not be the best, but I thought I would share the love anyway,lol!
And just a gentle reminder that there will be worship practice on Friday, and try to make it for 6, but it's totally understandable if you're late cuz of the slow traffic.
Enjoy and God Bless!
Liisa

the pics...

The big one

Hey guys

So theres a few things that i'm gonna cover in this post! I'll put them all in questions, so that you guys can answer them. Firstly though, remember to start reading your Bibles and preparing for the challenge of reading your Bible from cover to cover in 2007 :) Its gonna take a solid commitment from everyone, but it will greatly enrich your Biblical knowledge and bring you closer to God. It will do nothing but bless you and enrich your life in all kinds of ways :)
Now as I talked about last night, we have some important events coming up for our group. Next week we have a planning night with Kim Rautava over programming for our Christmas fundraiser. Some of you youth already stepped up and offered to play, sing or something in the program. The rest of you, please pray and think about maybe volunteering to do something in the program. No pressures though. We will make things work :)
We will obviously have some time after the planning, so I need to get some movie suggestions. If I don't get any, then I will decide :)
Secondly, remember next week to bring some money if you are planning on contributing to our Youth Christmas gift to a family in need. So far we have 50$ in donations, every little bit helps and this time of year is all about giving.
Thirdly, i'm posting some old pics of you youth :) Its funny and cool to see how you've grown not only physically, but spiritually also. Its honestly a pleasure to spend our Friday nights with you guys. I see so many diverse people with incredible talents and gifts. I am so grateful to God and our Church for giving me the opportunity to begin my ministry with you guys. Remember to study your Bibles,spend time in Prayer and to live your life as an example. If you follow those steps, you WILL claim a blessed life :)
God bless and be strong

-Miika-

Worship News!

Hey guys!
This post is mainly for all you worship team members out there, but it's also a shout out to the ppl i haven't seen in a while! i miss you!!!
I have my school's choir concert this Friday night unfortunately so I won't be able to make it out to youth. So basically there won't be any worship practice this Friday, sad I know! But nevertheless, we will have worship practice earlier on Sunday morning before the service. If you can make it out, please let me know! I would GREATLY appreciate it!
God Bless you guys!
Liisa
ps. i thought you would appreciate this awesome pic i took :)

Hey guys

So we've been away from our "home" for a while, and starting this week. We'll be curin any "Church-home-sickness" that any of you guys have been experiencin. We will be meetin at 7:30 next week at the Church. Jesse will be preaching to us, and I for one am really looking forward to seeing what God has put on his heart. Let's all make an effort to come out and support Him and each other in a fun fellowship filled evening. We have some discussions to hold over "Christmas fundraising dinner" and then some other stuff regarding our "Christmas party" and whether we want to meet for New Years this year. Hopefully all of you can make it out. We have a great group here, and sticking together and growing as a group is very important.

Have a blessed week

-Miika-

Delta Church

Hey everyone, i'm not positive on the meeting starting time on Friday. I have contacted the Church and am waiting for the info. Anyways, a safe bet would be to show up for 7 o'clock and usually these types of meetings end about 2 hours after starting. So ending would be at 9/9:30 or so.

The address is posted below, i'm hoping that all of you guys make it out. Its gonna be a good night and its always great to meet new people and see different formats and stuff.
Delta Pentecostal Church7696 112 St.Delta, BCV4C 4V8
Hopefully you have all had a blessed week, ensure that your weekend starts well and come out on Friday :)

God bless
-Miika-

Friday, Nov 17th

Hey guys

So we've had a change of plans for the upcoming week again. As you most likely remember we decided to meet at the Church and have Jesse Sorila preach. But that has been pushed back a week. I got a call yesterday from Jenni and she informed me that the "No Boundaries" meeting that we attended last year is happening again at the North Delta Church. I really enjoyed the speaker last year, and since it also had great music, fun games and so on. I think that attending it again this year would be a great idea.
So thats what we will be doing this Friday. I'll post later in the week with the address and time, but remember that YOUTH WILL BE IN NORTH DELTA AGAIN THIS WEEK :)

I hope that you all have a fabulous week and really spend time with God and His Holy word....
God bless

-Miika-
ps. Remember to put your names on the Ski Camp post! Jarno and Liisa are putting a lot of their time into organizing it, and its hard for them to try to find discounts (lift tickets) when they are unsure of whos coming!!!!

Ski Camp in Whistler

I have to give thanks to the Lord cause I have finally gotten a computer!!!!.... so now I can finally post on the blog, use MSN Messenger, e-mail, and all the other goodies. So we are finally seeing snow on the Mountains..... yeah.... woo.... woot.... I'm stoked, anyone else? I have contacted Whistler/Blackcomb to see if we can get a package deal on lift tickets and rentals if needed. They will be contacting me in the next few days. Ssssooooo I really need to know who is planning on seriously coming so I can give them a head count on how many tickets and rentals we plan on needing. Hopefully God will provide us with some awesome deal on tickets just as he has provided us with free lodging at an awesome place (thank you Nick/Family)!! So lets continue to pray for this exciting weekend. So please either respond with a comment here or e-mail me at acura_dragon@hotmail.com. Let me know if you are coming, whether you will be skiing/snowboarding or not (# of days 1or2), and if you will need rentals. Hopefully we can get this rolling now so we can calculate a cost for everyone for food and everything else. Man I'm so excited for this ski camp!! We're gonna have awesome Bible teachings, prayer time, and fellowship/games. I really encourage everyone to make it out. So hope to hear from you guys soon and everyone God bless!!!

*Jarno*

PS: The pic above is actually taken in Whistler village on November 6/06. So they are getting snow!!!

Friday's coming....

Hey guys

So this Friday we will be meeting at the Koivumaki's home :) That's Jenni and Emma's for those of you who don't know. We'll have a fun night, and just hang out and either play games, watch a movie or then???????? But regardless, it will be fun :)

We werent asked to bring anything, but its always a good idea to bring something to munch on anyways. Hopefully all of you guys can make it out, try to be there between 6:45 and 6:48. If anyone needs directions, ask me or better yet call the Koivumaki's :)

God bless you all and see you soon

-Mononens-
ps. I was lookin through pics and found this one. I took it last year, its cool I think :)

Woo Hoo Snow!!

OOh it's ALmost here!!!!! time for snow and fun times on the mountains! I dunno about you guys, but I am SO excited.. and cold... lol. So we have a great time for all you youth out there. This is a great oppertunity for all of us to get even closer, and to have ALOT of fun. So January 5- the 7th we are going to be going to Whistler! Activities will include snowboarding, skiing, walking around the village, and great fellowship times. There's going to be way more to come, and we'll keep you updated. But for now I need to get an approximate number of people coming so we can figure how much we should fundraise, and also, then we can figure out if we can get any kind of group rates from Whistler itself. So, write a post back if you are in, and if you don't have a membership to the blogger community, then get someone to write down your name, OR tell Jarno or myself all right? Sweet! Sounds like a fun, fun time!
Keep Y'all updated!
God bless
-Liisa