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February UTX Pulse

I was blessed to spend the first week of 2012 serving alongside some great adult leaders and college stu-dents in Joplin. It was my first trip back since August. Our group did some amazing work during the week, working at numerous homes and meeting some wonderful people. There is still so much that needs to be done…it's truly overwhelming.
Over the past five trips to Joplin I have seen several of our volunteers, including myself, overcome with emotion--tears streaming down our faces as we see the utter destruction of lives and property. People have shed tears as they picked up someone's wedding photo, found a stuffed animal under some debris, heard the stories of survival and loss from the people of Joplin...you get the idea. This past trip was no ex-ception.
I left the church we were staying at one evening around 10pm to head to the store. It was about a 4 mile trip along 20th Street which runs east to west through Joplin. The tornado seemed to follow this street as it went through the city. I drove a few miles and pulled over into a lot that used to contain a 64 unit apart-ment complex. It was the last site we served at in August. I stepped out of the truck and was overcome by what WASN'T there. It was as if a huge eraser had been pressed against this area and erased everything. There was virtually NOTHING in any direction. No houses, no stores, no trees, no people. I was struck by the utter darkness in what was previously a bustling residential area. 9000 homes…gone. It is a barren landscaped crisscrossed with streets, that's it.

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Financial Opportunity
paneraAre you a youth interested in earning money for your youth account? Sign up to pick up bread from St. Louis Bread Company. Sign up sheet are in the commons at the “Connections Table” We ask that you sign up for two dates (spring & fall) per household child. Pick up on Saturday night and all proceeds go into your youth account for youth activities! Contact Sally Lippmann with any questions you may have: stvlp@aol.com or 636/938-4621. THANKS!


Passion Painter on 'Passion' Sunday: Join us on Sunday, April 1st from 6-8pm for an amazing evening of worship with 'midnight prayer' and Andy Raines, the Passion Painter. Andy will be 'throwing the paint' on canvas and on the walls in the renovated UTX youth zone. Andy was here about two years ago, if you missed it then you'll want to be sure to be there this time!

 

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Mid High Mission Trip to Joplin, MO July 21st through 27th. This is a conference trip, we'll be staying at local churches, and the CCYM youth will be leading some wonderful worship in the eve-nings. We'll be building and/or rebuild-ing homes destroyed by the May 22nd tornado. This trip is for those who are currently in the 6th through 8th grade.

Key Information

UTX 'afterschool', we're making some big changes in this ministry starting this month! Due to the large amount of students we have found it necessary to split the group. Our new 8th Grade Only sessions will be on Tuesday's. We'll pick the students up from school and bring them back to church for a light snack, some activities, and a great study based on the movie 'To Save a Life'. 6th and 7th grade only will continue to meet on Wednesdays after school.

The new mid high music group! Practice on Sundays at 10:45


UTXWhat is UTX?
UTX is the new name for the high school and middle school student ministries at EUMC! UTX stand for “under the cross”. Why ‘under the cross’? It’s at the cross that God restored our relationship to Him through Jesus! Thanks to Kylee Stone and Olivia Grayson for coming up with this new name! We are planning to offer t-shirts and hoodies with the new UTX logo. This new name replaces MUCK (high school) and SMUCK (middle school).

Join us for a fun evening of fun and enter-tainment featuring…YOU! That's right, this is a talent show where YOU and your friends can share your talents…singing, playing a musical instrument, juggling poo-dles, comedy, etc.! This event will be on Sunday, February 26th from 6-8pm in our main worship center and EVERYONE is in-vited to attend. We'll have some emcee's, some 'color commentary' from our panel of judges, and people will vote for their favorite acts with cans. Yes, we're asking everyone to cast their votes with a can (or cans) to be donated to the Eureka Food Pantry. This will be a combined high school and mid high event. The two youth bands Laminin and Midnight Prayer will anchor the evening's performances. We'll be holding au-ditions for this event during Adren-aline and the mid high UTX 'afterschool' times beginning on February 7th.












8th Grade Only Retreat at Camp MoVal will be April 20th-22nd. This re-treat will be led by both adults and high school students. It will be a great weekend of worship, reflection, quiet times with God, and other activities including the high ropes course. The cost for the retreat is $95.00 and the registration deadline is March 11th. Register before March 11th at the reduced cost of $85.00

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8th Grade Dance Limo Service, well the 8th grade dance at LaSalle Springs Middle School is on Friday, May 18th. We will be offering the use of the church bus for you and up to 21 of your friends for the evening. We'll take your group to a place of your choosing for pictures, then off to the dance, and then out for a snack or late dinner afterwards. This offer is available to the first group who re-quests and provides a 'donation' of $200.00 to the UTX youth ministry. Interested, please contact Tim no lat-er than March 11th to reserve the LIMO, CDL driver, and two adult vol-unteers