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College Care Packages: we're packing December 4 at 11:30 a.m.

 
Arborlawn's 18/24 College Ministry is getting ready to send out Finals Care Packages to our college students. Finals and the end of the semester can be a very stressful and anxiety-ridden period, so we would like to send something special to our students to let them know they are loved and prayed for during this time!
 

We are collecting prepackaged snacks, baked goods, and school supplies (such as #2 pencils, pens, erasers, etc.)
 
We will be packing the care packs on Wednesday, December 4 around 11:30 a.m. after the WoW Bible Studies. If you would like to donate to the care packages, there's a bin in the church office. Questions or updated addresses can be sent to Dave Brower.
 
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College Care Packages for Finals Week

 
Arborlawn's 18/24 College Ministry is getting ready to send out Finals Care Packages to our college students. Finals and the end of the semester can be a very stressful and anxiety-ridden period, so we would like to send something special to our students to let them know they are loved and prayed for during this time!
 

We are collecting prepackaged snacks, baked goods, and school supplies (such as #2 pencils, pens, erasers, etc.) If you would like to donate to the care packages or help create care packages to send, please contact Dave Brower.
 
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18/24 ministry: college care-packages

 
Arborlawn’s College Ministry (18/24) is revitalizing the care-package ministry this spring. We are looking for donations to send to our students to remind them that they have a church family at Arborlawn – remembering them, praying for them, and supporting them during the most stressful part of the semester.
 

We typically look for individually packaged candy, baked goods, instant coffee/tea/hot chocolate, trail mix, highlighters and #2 pencils. If you wish to donate baked goods, we kindly ask for them to be delivered on April 15 or 16 to ensure their freshness.
    
Please bring care-package donations to the church office. Michelle Pettit is heading up volunteers to pack the care-packages on Wednesday, April 17 at 11:30 a.m. in Room 220. They will be shipped out shortly thereafter. If you are interested in helping to pack care-packages, we would love for you to join!
     
If you are the parent, grandparent, or guardian of one of these students, it would be most helpful if you could email Dave Brower with an updated mailing address to make sure the care-package reaches your student.
 
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18/24: ministry update and spring 2013 care-package plans

 
[Editor's Note: The College Ministry (18/24) is collecting items and addresses for college-care packages. We need pencils, highlighters, baked goods, individually packaged snacks, etc. See the collection bin in the church office. The care-packages will be assembled and mailed on April 17. Send current student school mailing addresses to Dave Brower. Read more below.]
 
From Dave Brower: 18/24 is a ministry at Arborlawn for college-aged people. This time in the life of a person is one of great discovery and transition. Our hope is to provide people with a sense of belonging and to help them discern where God is leading in their lives through these years. 18/24 is a group for those who have graduated high school through the Arborlawn Student Ministry program as well as for those who have found their way to Fort Worth during this time in their lives. 
 
During the school year 18/24 hosts a Bible study on Tuesdays at 9:15 p.m. This is a peer-led Bible study that looks to scripture to inspire and inform lives to be transformed for God. In the summer we hold a Sunday School class as well as a May mission trip. In the past we have run a care-package ministry for those students off at college (whether near or far). 
 

We are revitalizing the care-package ministry this spring. Starting this Sunday (April 7) there will be a collection bin located in the main church office to collect items to go into our care packages. We are looking for donations to send to our students to remind them that they have a church family at Arborlawn - remembering them, praying for them, and supporting them during the most stressful part of the semester.
 
We typically look for individually packaged candy, baked goods, instant coffee/tea/hot chocolate, trail mix, highlighters and #2 pencils. If you wish to donate baked goods, we kindly ask for them to be delivered on April 15 or 16 to ensure their freshness. Michelle Pettit is heading up volunteers to pack the care packages on Wednesday, April 17 at 11:30 a.m. in Room 220. They will be shipped out shortly thereafter. If you are interested in helping to pack care-packages, we would love for you to join!
 
One of the greatest hurdles in the sending of care-packages is making sure all of our addresses are up-to-date. If you are the parent/grandparent/guardian of one of these students, it would be most helpful if you could email Dave Brower with an updated mailing address to make sure the care-package reaches your student.
 
We are excited about being a church with so many young people who love God and continue to love their church family while they are away at college. I am also proud to serve a church that continually supports these young people in so many different ways – including the care-package ministry. I hope you will help us to continue to pour out love and support for these students as they continue to grow and develop into the people the Holy Spirit is shaping them to be.
 
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Arborlawn 18/24: First Tuesdays

Did you know Arborlawn has a group specifically for those just out of high school through just out of college? The group meets the first Tuesday of every month in Room 222 from 7-8:30 p.m.
   
Arborlawn 18/24 is a ministry of our church that helps to connect college-aged students (not just those attending college) and those who have just graduated college and are looking for places to plug in to the larger Arborlawn community. The first Tuesday of every month we gather together for a meal and discussion. This is a laid back time to hopefully take your mind off of school and work pressure and to connect with other people who are dealing with life.
   
The first gathering of this semester is this Tuesday, Sept. 6. We will begin a video series by Donald Miller called “Let the Story Guide You." Here's a clip from that series:

 
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College ministry: Galveston mission trip leaves May 15

By Dave Brower
 
This year is a year of many firsts for Arborlawn UMC. To add to the list of firsts is our first Arborlawn 18/24 Mission Trip. 
 
If you don’t know what Arborlawn 18/24 is, it is our college-aged ministry. Over the past year this ministry has gotten off the ground and has started new projects in the community such as working in cooperation with TCU campus ministries, sending care-packages to students away at college, as well as providing a place for students to reconnect over summer and holiday breaks.
 
This year will be the first Arborlawn 18/24 Mission Experience. We will be teaming up with students from FUMC Cleburne, FUMC Mansfield, and the Weatherford College Wesley Foundation to spend a week in Galveston in helping with the continuing clean-up efforts after Hurricane Ike in 2008. Much of the work being done will be in the line of home repair. Our team of students will leave Sunday morning, May 15 and return Friday, May 20. 
 
During that time we ask for your continued prayers for our students as well as the people in Galveston who continue to recover all these years later.
 
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