Reaching Out to Share Christ with All
There will be a meeting for Confirmation parents, and parents of youth attending the mission trip on Tuesday, Feb. 16, at 7 p.m. at church. We ask that only parents attend this meeting. The youth trip is still on for this summer. More details regarding youth activities will be announced soon by the Youth Team.
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Please join us on Fat Tuesday, February 9th from 4 to 10 pm at Texas Roadhouse (by the mall) for a night of fun, fellowship, and fundraising. You can contact us to pre-order scrip cards for the event. Those orders are due on January 31st. We will receive 10% from the gift card orders and the proceeds will go to Share Food With All.
In addition, we will earn 10% from all people who turn in a dine in flyer at the event. Those proceeds will be distributed between Share Food with All and the Youth Mission Trip. The youth will also have a donation table at the event to earn money for their mission trip this summer. Be sure to wear you Halfway Creek apparel to the event also to reach out to share Christ with all.
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The youth group is selling homemade pizzas to fund raise for their summer mission trip to Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Pizza orders and payments are due on January 24 and you can order via the contact us page or find order forms in the bulletins on Sundays and place the orders in the offering plates.
Prices are as follows:
Thank you for your continued support of our youth!
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November 29 – NO SUNDAY SCHOOL
December 6 – 9:15 am – Christmas program rehearsal
Saturday, December 12 9:00 am – Christmas program dress rehearsal
Also on Saturday the 12th during rehearsal the children will have a chance to shop for Christmas gifts for family and friends at our Santa’s Workshop. They will pick out gifts (ranging from 25 cents to no more than $2).
Sunday, December 13 – Christmas Program Day!!! Please have your children arrive to church at 9:15 as there will be a rehearsal before the program. The program itself will be at the 10:30 service.
Sunday, December 20th – Christmas Caroling at Prairie Home Nursing Home – 9:15 am
We will meet at Prairie Home Nursing Home at 9:15. Please stay with your children because caroling will only take about 15 minutes. After they are finished singing there will be a coffee hour in the dining room (where we will sing) and all are welcome to stay for awhile and visit! The address is 620 Malin Court, Holmen and it is north of Festival Foods and east of the High School. The residents are very excited for us to be there and so we would love to have a great turnout for this!
Sunday, December 27 – NO SUNDAY SCHOOL
Sunday, January 3 – NO SUNDAY SCHOOL
Sunday, January 10 – Prayer, Pajamas, Pancakes, and Pals Sunday
Wear your PJ’s, bring a friend, and join in the fellowship of breakfast and a movie with your Sunday School friends!
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Our Youth will host our 3rd Annual Santa shop on December 12, where our Sunday school students will have the opportunity to purchase gifts for friends and family. This will take place during the Christmas program rehearsal at 9:00 am.
If you would like to donate gently used items, please place them in the Santa shop drop off located by the downstairs elevator! Please no clothes unless costumes other examples; mittens, gloves, scarves, hats, socks, toys , jewelry, purses, backpacks, children & adult books, knickknacks, pet items, tools, coloring books, candles. Bring your friends, tell your neighbors, all are welcome to shop!
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All youth are invited to join us at 6:00pm for our annual Christmas party and gift exchange.
It will be a fun white elephant gift exchange! Bring a random gift that costs no more than a dollar or you can bring something from home. Wrap it as you would like but NO NAME on it. We will play a game to see who ends up with the gifts…who knows what you will end up with???
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Our Sunday school children have been invited to to raise funds towards an ELCA World Hunger Good Gift. Our goal is the raise enough for the cost of a family farm, $715. A family farm consists of a cow, a couple of goats, a dozen chicks, two pigs, and farming tools, plus agricultural training and marketing support.
On Oct. 18, our Sunday school children received an ELCA ‘God’s Good Gifts’ Barnyard bank box.
Join us for our 3rd annual Trunk or Treat in the Halfway Creek Church parking lot! Children will Trunk (Trick) or Treat to each vehicle! For a small cost a hot dog lunch, cake walk, face painting, music, photo opts and more will be available.
Trunk n’ Treat is ON!
Thank you to everyone who has signed up to help with this event.
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Our Sunday school children will be singing at the 10:30 service this Sunday. It is also our Halloween party during Sunday school. Children are invited to wear their costumes (church appropriate, please) to Sunday school as well as to church that morning. Also, when children arrive for Sunday school, please have them go directly to their classrooms as the party will begin in the classrooms.
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All youth who are in 8-12th grade are eligible to go attend next summer’s mission trip. We will be going to Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota and will travel with Journey and Holmen Lutheran churches! If you have questions please contact our youth coordinator.
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