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Friday, February 10, 2012 Issue 5, Volume 4, February 2006   VOLUME 4 ISSUE 5  
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National and International Teams
Regional and National Events
Global Work Crews and Team Katrina
Ministry Partners and Spotlight Artists
Online Store
CONTENTS
Be a Part of the Action at EDGE!
Join YouthWorks on Your Way to EDGE!
It's Time to Turn in That Team Application!
Sign Up Today for a Life-Changing Experience
Faith Like a Child
We Walk in the Power of God
We Rocked the House with God's Message
Storm-Weathered Faith
Youth Encounter Qualifies for Thrivent GivingPlus
Crazy CD Sale!
Are You A Youth Encounter Junkie?
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Be a Part of the Action at EDGE!
Volunteer or Register to Attend This Summer
Steph Gunderson

It’s already February! Only five months until EDGE! starts in Nashville! We are so excited about this Event. Everything is coming together well as we strive to finish putting the final pieces of the program together.
 
Putting on an Event like this requires a few extra pairs of hands. If you would like to come down to Nashville and volunteer at EDGE! anytime between July 5-11, 2006, we would love to have you join us! All you need to do at this time is fill out EDGE! Volunteer Form. Once you’ve completed the form, we will follow up with you to discuss the status of your volunteer position. If you’re interested, please sign up soon before the spaces are filled! If you have any questions about volunteering, please email Stephanie@youthencounter.org.
 
There is still time to register your high school youth group for EDGE! Please check out the website www.edge-event.com for registration details and more information! Register by February 28 to save $15 per student!
 
We’d love to have you and your church join us in Nashville!

 
Join YouthWorks on Your Way to EDGE!
Take Advantage of a Great Package Deal
Steph Gunderson

Debating between a mission trip and a youth conference? Now you don’t have to choose!
 
YouthWorks and EDGE! are partnering together to offer a special price of only $349/person for both a life-changing mission trip and a faith-inspiring conference in Nashville, TN. This package deal is offered during the week of July 2, 2006 at a variety of YouthWorks sites.
 
For more information, check out the EDGE! website at www.edge-event.com  or call 1.800.65.YOUTH x8485.

 
It's Time to Turn in That Team Application!
Get Yours In Before March 31
Jeff Rowdon

Do you know someone who is right for Team Ministry?
Did you know that Youth Encounter sends out 12 teams of young adults each year that travel to churches, schools, nursing homes, youth events, and camps to share about the amazing grace that is found in Jesus?! Did you know they do it by performing music, skits and puppet shows, but most importantly by the way they love people?! I know it sounds too good to be true, but we do.
 
Each August about 80 people gather in Minneapolis to begin a month of training to equip them for this transforming ministry. Seven of those teams are called Captive Free, and they serve in different regions of the U.S. for the year. We also have five International Teams that spend time both in the U.S. and in different parts of the world sharing God’s amazing story of love and life in Jesus. This coming year they will go to places like West Africa, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Denmark, and South America.
 
So why am I telling you about these teams? Great question! I want everyone to know about our Team Ministry because we are recruiting right now for our 2006-07 Teams.
[CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY]
 
Sign Up Today for a Life-Changing Experience
Serve Side By Side on a Global Work Crew
Lisa Rykken Kastler

Join a group on a short term mission! Experience living, working and worshiping side by side with old friends and new in five different countries around the world. Trips are planned to India, Tanzania, Kenya, Belize and Poland, leaving in July and returning in August. All the trips are open to anyone 15 years of age and up! Great experiences await, from helping in a orphanage (India), to serving at a medical clinic with the Maasai (Tanzania), to working with a Christian language school (Poland), to doing construction at a Deaf Institute (Belize), to building desks (Kenya). Please click here to read more about the 2006 Crews.
Applications for this summer’s Crews are now being accepted!
ALSO, save up to $75 by applying in March! Click here for a coupon to print and mail in with your application!
For more information, please contact Lisa at lisa@youthencounter.org or 800-659-6884 x8490.

 
Faith Like a Child
Watching God Work at Events
Jennifer Miller

Youth learn to put faith in action at Events
 “At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” He called a child, whom he put among them, and said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”–Matthew 18:1-4
 
Senior high youth at a recent Zone asked their adult leaders if they could skip dinner in order to continue working at the on-site service project with Feed My Starving Children so that more starving kids throughout the world would be able to eat.
 
At one of this year’s Quakes, a junior high youth, when asked by a friend why she didn’t buy any ice cream from the cash concession, replied that she wanted to make sure she had money for the offering on Sunday.
[CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY]
 
We Walk in the Power of God
Read Excerpts From Watermark Germany's Online Journal
Watermark Germany

Watermark Germany and some German fans
It has been a very busy and exhausting day. The most interesting and very new thing for us as a team was to experience being split up in two main teams going to two different schools. Team No. 1 was Ben, Melissa and me. Team No.2 was Bryan, Meghan, Cristina and Jim. I can only tell for our time in the school in Zeulenroda that it was pretty good and fun. We enjoyed our time together and our time with the kids in class. Tough questions like "Do you like Pres. Bush?" and things were asked. But also team things and God came up in their questions. I think what I liked a lot, too, was that not just the students but also the teacher enjoyed having us there and listening to our songs and what we had to say to the questions that had been asked.
[CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY]
 
We Rocked the House with God's Message
Read Excerpts From Captive Free North Central's Online Journal
Captive Free North Central

North Central and friends doing...something
Staying in a host home with all seven of us is always a trip. God blesses us with these amazing host homes every once in a while, and it is always an experience. On Friday, we arrived in Minot, North Dakota and, after a brief trip to Goodwill, we found ourselves at a home with enough beds and food for us all. Wilma, our host mother, was truly a giving person. She prepared a marvelous dinner and allowed us to have a little space of our own. We even created our own "home theater." In these home stays, we as a team are forced to grow. Amazingly enough, it can feel as though we don't spend enough time with other teammates; these host homes help us to remember, one, we really do like each other, and two, why it is a good idea to have time apart. I really love my team, but as with any relationship, time apart is essential. I thank God for these reminders.
[CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY]
 
Storm-Weathered Faith
Unanswered Questions vs. Unquestioned Answers
Tiger McLuen

Jim was home after his freshman year at college when he stopped by the church to drop a bomb on his former youth leader. “I don’t go to church anymore because I’m not sure I really believe all that stuff.” Jim’s tone was defiant, nonchalant, self-consciously independent. “I mean, I loved youth group, but it was just something I did in high school, kinda like prom and the homecoming dance.” He shuffled his feet and paused. The youth leader cleared his throat, searched for a response, tried to get past those four words: “Just something I did…”
 
Jim’s words indicted his youth group experience--something his youth leader, my friend, thought had changed his life forever. Those four words sucked the life out of my friend. They talked a little more, but the conversation went nowhere. Jim found an excuse to leave. In the aftermath, my friend tried to stop the accusing thoughts swimming in his head. But he couldn’t avoid the questions: This kid was an active, positive leader in the group--what happened? What did I miss? Why was it so easy for Jim to topple what took years to build in him?
[CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY]
 
Youth Encounter Qualifies for Thrivent GivingPlus
More Than $55,000 in Matching Gifts Received in 2005!
Brett Koopman

We at Youth Encounter continue to be grateful to qualify as a Thrivent GivingPlus® recipient. That means that gifts to Youth Encounter up to $600 are eligible for a 50% match by Thrivent if you are a Thrivent member. We are so thankful to be included in this fantastic program.
 
The GivingPlus® Member Gift Form must be completed and sent to Youth Encounter with your gift for us to receive those matching dollars. Please click here to download that form. Also, if you are not a member of Thrivent, you may apply to be an Associate member for $10, which will allow you to participate in the GivingPlus program. You may click here to learn more about the requirements for becoming an Associate Member of Thrivent.
 
The following is valuable information regarding this program:
[CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY]
 
Crazy CD Sale!
Get Your Favorites Today!
Ryan Veil

That’s right—now through the end of March, save 25% off of all CDs and Songbooks! Go to store.youthencounter.org today to save! Don’t forget to check out the brand new live team CDs that are now available online. Pick up the CD of the team in your region right away!
 
Are you attending a Quake or Construction Zone with your youth group? Buy 10 or more of this year’s Quake or Zone shirts and save over 20%. Just use coupon code EV2dd when prompted and save! The t-shirts will be sent to the church or your house before the Event, so please order early and allow for shipping.

 
Are You A Youth Encounter Junkie?
Take Our Quiz!
Lauren Fladland

You know you are a Youth Encounter Junkie when....
 
1) You know people who work in the office.
2) You go and visit the office even if you don’t know anybody who works there.
3) You have seven or more Team or Event shirts, so you can wear a different one every day of the week.
4) You have multiple Youth Encounter CDs and listen to them frequently. 
5) You have been on Team.
6) You know people who are on Team.
7) You have hosted a Team.
8) You have Team posters up on your wall.
9) You have Team e-mails in your address book.
10) You read Team journals, even if you don't know anyone on the Team.
11) You have the Youth Encounter website in your favorites and visit it at least three times a week.
12) You can recite the Youth Encounter mission statement and introduction spiel.
13) When you talk with people who don't know what Youth Encounter is, you recite the introduction spiel to them.
14) You have been to a Congress or Construction Zone.
15) You have been to a Quake.
16) You keep a countdown to the next Quake or Zone. 
17) You are going to EDGE! this summer.
18) You call a Zone a “Congress” because you just refuse to acknowledge that they changed the name.
19) You decide to join a church because of the number of Youth Encounter alumni in it.
20) You actually read this entire list.
 
* If you can say yes to 10 or more of these, you are definitely a Youth Encounter Junkie! Check out our discussion forums to connect with each other!

 
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