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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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Adrenaline Dinner and Bible Study
ADRENALINE normally meets 6-8pm on Tuesdays.


SENIOR HIGH/COLLEGE AGE YOUTH REFERRAL NETWORK
It’s simple: you have a need?....babysitting, yard work, odd jobs, etc. We have eager and trustworthy Sr. High and College age youth ready and willing to work! Contact the church office 636/938-6377 or eumc01@sbcglobal.net and we’ll match your needs with the gifts of a qualified youth. All proceeds will help support our youth in missions, ministry, outreach and faith development.

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!

 

Key Information

SUNDAY SCHOOL

There are two high school classes, one meets at 9:30am in the lower level of the new building near the library and the other one will meet in the lower level of the HB building at 10:45am.


SPRING BREAK 2012
HIGH SCHOOL SPRING BREAK 2012!
snow borderSpring Break in Colorado: this trip is 'sold out'…we are full! Please note that there will be a mandatory 'pre trip' meeting for students (and their parents) who are attending this trip on Sunday, March 11th at 7pm in the UTX zone.


High School Mission Trip #1 We are once again partnering with Studentlife Ministries for a great summer mission camp June 2nd through June 8th near Roach, MO. We'll be minister-ing to others through light construction, VBS programs, and/or nursing home ministries during the day. Our evenings will be filled with awesome worship led by "The Museum" and our speaker for the week will be Ed Newton. We'll be staying in dorms at a complex on the western shores of Lake of the Ozarks. Reserve your spot now with a $50.00 deposit. Cost for the trip is just $375.00. This trip is for students who are current ninth graders or older.

High School Mission Trip #2, we are going to Jop-lin, MO June 24th (afternoon) through June 28th. We'll be building and rebuilding homes in the area dev-astated by the May 22nd tornado. We'll be staying in area churches overnight and we'll be preparing most of our meals ourselves. The cost of this trip is just $200.00. We'll use part of this money to help cover material costs at the home(s) we'll be working on. Reserve your spot now with a $50.00 deposit. This trip is for students who are current ninth graders or older.





UTX

What is UTX?
UTX is the new name for the high school and middle school stu-dent 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! We are planning to offer t-shirts and hoodies with the new UTX logo, the first of these will be offered at the retreats!

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.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!

Small groups: We now have two opportunities for Bible studies! Adrenaline continues to meet on Tuesdays from 6-8pm in the UTX zone and a new student led group begins this week meeting on Thursday evenings. Please contact Tim for more info on these!

NEWLYWEDS
Well this new group isn’t for newlyweds it’s hosted by newlyweds!! We are still working on a name for this new small group Bible study which will begin later this month, led by Ryan and Amanda Lewis! This new group will meet on Monday evenings, for more information please contact Ryan or Amanda on Facebook!