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2010  

                      Youth Events Calendar

May 2 Spaghetti Dinner.
                 -and-
Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  16 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Last Meeting Until September 2010
  21 Family Fun Night.
  23 Hoagie Sale.  Pick-up after 10:45 AM service.
Last hoagie sale until the fall
     
April 3 Breakfast with the Easter Bunny and Easter Egg Hunt.
  18 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  30 Family Fun Night
     
March 7 Hoagie Sale.  Pick up after the 10:45 AM service.
                 -and- 
Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  20 Tricky Tray Basket Social.
  21 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
     
February 6 Snow tubing at Blue Mountain. CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER 
7 Souper Bowl Sunday.  Please bring an extra $2, $3, $5, $10,
or $20 to drop in the special soup pots our young people
will be holding at the rear of the Nave after the 10:45 AM
worship service.  The money collected will be given to the
Souper Bowl for Caring National Program.

                      -and-
Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  20 Snow tubing at Blue Mountain.
Rescheduled from 02/06/10
  21 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM -- CANCELLED
     
January
10 Hoagie Sale.  Pick up after 10:45 AM service.
                 -and-
Kick-off of "Souper Bowl Sunday", St. John's vs Hunger
                 -and-
Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  24 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  31 Scavenger hunt at the Allentown Art Museum. 
Will be held in the afternoon. 
Contact Sherry Koch for more information.
     
2009    
December 6 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  20 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
(Annual Christmas Party / Gift Exchange)
     
November 1 Last day to order hoagies.  See November 8.
  8 Hoagie Sale.  Pick up after 10:45 AM Service.
                 -and-
Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  22 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
     
October 11 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  25 Corn Maze in New Tripoli.
Meet at St. John's at 4:00 PM.
(This takes the place of the regular Youth Group Meeting.)
Contact Sherry Koch for more information.
     
September 13 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  27 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
     
July 22 ELCA Youth Gathering in New Orleans, LA.  July 22-26.
We are set to help in many areas of New Orleans to help in the Katrina
recovery efforts.  Our youth from St. John's will be helping in housing. 
We will be helping to build new homes and repair homes that made it
through the hurricane.  We thank you, our family at St. John's, for
supporting us with our fundraisers as we prepare for this trip.
     
June 16 Annual Retreat to Wildwood, NJ.  June 26-28.
     
May 3 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  17 Hoagie Sale.  American and Tuna Hoagies are $3.50 each.
Last day to order is May 10.  Order forms are on bulletin boards in the
hallway to the Nave and in the chapel.
                   -AND-
Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
NOTE: 
Last Meeting until September
  29 Comedy/Mystery Dinner Theater, "Lucy & Ethel's Outrageous
Adventure", a fabulous show.
     
April 5 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  11 Breakfast with the Easter Bunny and Easter Egg Hunt
  18 6th Annual Tricky Tray Basket Social
  19 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
     
March 8 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  15 Hoagie Sale.  American and Tuna Hoagies are $3.50 each.
Last day to order is March 8.  Order forms are on bulletin boards in the
hallway to the Nave and in the chapel.
  22 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
     
January
4 ST. JOHN'S VERSUS HUNGER ...
Souper Bowl Canned Food Drive kick-off.  Our football field
will be on stage for the month of January.  For every 10 cans
we receive, our team will advance 10 yards. 
How many TOUCHDOWNS can we make? 
All canned goods will be delivered in February to the
South Bethlehem Neighborhood Center Food Bank.
(Canned goods or non-perishable items only.)
                           -AND-
Last day to place order for Ham and Cheese Sandwich Sale.
See order form on the bulletin board in the hallway to the Nave. 
Sandwiches are $3.00.
  11  Ham and Cheese Sandwich Pick-up.
                          -AND-
Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  25 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
     
2008    
December 14  Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  28 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
     
November Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  16 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  30 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
     
October 5 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  19 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
     
September 19 Comedy/Mystery Dinner Theater, "My Big, Fat Redneck Funeral"
  21 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
     
June 27 Annual Retreat to Wildwood, New Jersey, June 27-29.
     
May 2 Camping for the weekend in Jim Thorpe, May 2 -4. 
Meet at 5:30 PM on May 2 at St. John's. 
Pick-up May 4 at St. John's; time TBA. 
Contact Sherry Koch for more information.
  4 Order hoagies for pick-up May 18 after the 10:45 AM service. 
This is the last hoagie sale until the Fall.  American or tuna,
$3.00 each.  Order sheets are on bulletin boards in the hallway
to the Nave and in the chapel.
                     -and-
Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  11 Last day to order hoagies for May 18 pick-up.
  18 Hoagie pick-up after 10:45 AM service.
                    -and-
Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
(Last meeting until September 2008)
     
April 12 5th Annual Tricky Tray Basket Social, Noon - 2:00 PM.
  13 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  27 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
     
March 1 Joe Corbi Pizza Sale Delivery Date
  2 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  9 Easter Candy Sale ... Order deadline.
  16 Easter Candy Sale ... Pick-up after 10:45 AM Worship Service
                            and

Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  22 Easter Egg Hunt
  30 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
     
February

 
3 "Souper Bowl Sunday" and last day for canned goods
collection.  Our football field will be on the stage and ready to
make as many goals as we can.  Please bring in your canned
goods, which will be donated to the South Bethlehem Neighborhood
Center.  For every 20 cans, we can move 10 yards.  How many
touchdowns will we make in 2008?
                              and
                    Joe Corbi Pizza Sale
                              and                         
Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  9 Snow tubing at Blue Mountain.
  10 Easter Candy Sale ... Start taking orders.
  17 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
     
January
6 Kick off to "Souper Bowl Sunday", the start of our second annual
canned goods collection. Our football field will be on the stage
and ready to make as many goals as we can. 
Please bring in your canned goods, which will be donated to
the South Bethlehem Neighborhood Center on "Souper Bowl
Sunday".  For every 20 cans, we can move 10 yards.  How many
touchdowns will we make in 2008?
                               and
Last day to order hoagies for January 13 pick-up.  Order forms
are on the bulletin boards in the hallway to the Nave and
downstairs in the Chapel.
                               and

Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  13 Hoagie Sale:  American or Tuna, $3.00 each.
Order by January 6th.
Pick-up after 10:45 AM Worship Service.
NOTE:  204 hoagies sold!!!  Thank you for your support!
  20 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
     
2007    
December 2 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  16 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  14 Survivor Food Fest, 6:00 PM - 11:00 PM
We will be challenged to games that are played with FOOD. 
If you are 6th - 12th grade, now is a good time to come check
out Youth Group.
     
November 4 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  18 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
     
October 12 Halloween-themed dinner / Movie Night, 6:00 PM - 11:00 PM
For youth in grades 6 - 12.  Bring a friend! 
Contact Sherry Koch for more information about event.
  27 Corn Maze at Bear Rock Junction.  Leave from Youth Group
member's home at 6:00 PM.  For youth in grades 6 - 12.
Contact Sherry Koch for more information about event and
directions to meeting place.
  28 Spaghetti Dinner sponsored by Youth Group and Evangelism. 
Tickets are $8.00 for ages 12 & over; $5.00 for ages 6-11; free for
ages 5 and under.  Profits from this dinner will go to "Habitat for
Humanity".  The dinner will take place after the 10:45 AM service
which will be "The Trial of Dr. Martin Luther" play done by
St. John's Chancel players.
Contact Sherry Koch for more information.
     
September 9 Sunday School "Rally Day" with an "Old Fashioned Game Day" theme. 
Youth group and teen challenge class will be helping with this event. 
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

                           - AND -
First Youth Group Meeting of School Year,
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  16 First Teen Challenge Class, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  23 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
     
June 2 Youth Group will be selling cabbage noodles and drinks at the
4-block International Festival being held in the 500-800 blocks of
East Fourth Street.
  22 Annual Retreat to Wildwood, New Jersey, June 22-24
  26 Trip to Knoebels Amusement Park
     
May 6

Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

  13 Deadline for ordering hoagies.  See April 22 note.
  20 Hoagie pick-up after the 10:45 AM Worship Service.
                       -AND-
Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
NOTE: THIS IS THE LAST MEETING UNTIL SEPTEMBER
     
April 1 Easter Candy pick-up after the 10:45 AM Worship Service
  7 3rd Annual Easter Egg Hunt from 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM.  The hunt will
be at the Steel City Park.  This event is open to all Pre-K - 5th
graders.  Contact Sherry Koch, Youth Director, for more information.
  14 4th Annual Tricky Tray Basket Social, Noon - 2:00 PM. 
  22 Hoagie Sale sponsored by Youth Group.
Orders can be placed by signing up on the bulletin board leading
up to the sanctuary.  There will be very little extras made for this
sale, so if you want hoagies, please sign on the order sheet.  The
last day to order is May 13.  Hoagies are $3.00 each.  Regular
and tuna.  Pick-up after the 10:45AM Worship Service on May 20. 
                        -AND-
Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  29 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
     
March 11 Hoagie Sale sponsored by Youth Group to raise funds for trip to
Slovenia.  Orders can be placed by signing up on the bulletin
board or by placing orders in the Kaiser Auditorium on this date. 
Tuna or Italian Hoagies are $3.00 each.
                            - AND -
Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  16 Youth Game Night and Sleepover, March 16-17
  25 Easter Candy order deadline
                            - AND -
Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
     
February
 
4
 "Souper Bowl Sunday"

Is St. John's ready for some football?
As a service project, the Youth Group collected canned and boxed
goods in the gym.  A football field was set up on the stage.  For
every 20 items, we moved 10 yards.  This is in conjunction with
Souper Bowl Sunday when we collect monetary donations for the
Southside's Neighborhood Center. 
How many touchdowns can St. John's make?   Click to see!

  11 "Ham and Cheese" and "Roast Beef and Cheese" Sandwich Sale.  
Sandwiches are $2.50 each.  There is an order form on the bulletin
board (hallway to the Nave) or order from Kevin Remaly,
Tiff Amato, Chris Lintner, or Nathaniel Campia.  Profits from this
sale will go to these 4 St. John's members who will travel to
Slovenia in July. Pick-up sandwiches after the 10:45 AM Worship
service. Deadline for orders is Thursday, February 8.  Thank you for
your support!
                            - AND -
Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  16 Movie Night and Sleepover
  25 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
     
January
 
7

Is St. John's ready for some football?

As a service project, the Youth Group will be collecting canned and
boxed goods in the gym.  There will be a football field set up on the
stage.  For every 20 items, we can move 10 yards.    This is in
conjunction with Souper Bowl Sunday, February 4, when we collect
monetary donations for the Southside's Neighborhood Center. 
How many touchdowns can St. John's make?   Click to see!

  14 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  26 Winter Camping at Mountain House, Salisbury Township. 
Jan. 26th-28th.  All Sunday School children are invited to attend. 
The weekend is free, with many exciting activities.  Information will
be sent home the 1st week of January.
Contact Sherry Koch for more information.
     
2006    
December 3 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  10 Dinner Theatre at 12:30 PM, Kaiser Auditorium. 
The Youth Group will join with St. John's Chancel Players to offer
an afternoon dinner theatre presentation.  The Youth Group will
cater a spaghetti dinner, and the Chancel Players will perform "In
Bethlehem Inn" by John Carter as part of the afternoon's festivities. 
Tickets are on sale in the CE Lobby before and after the 10:45 AM
Worship Service through December 3.  
Ticket prices are $10 (Adults and Children 12 and over);
$5 (Children 6 - 12); Free for Children under age 6.
  17 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
     
November 5 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  12 Hoagie Sale sponsored by Youth Group.
Orders can be placed by signing up on the bulletin board or by
placing orders in the Kaiser Auditorium on this date. 
Hoagies are $3.00 each.
  17 Game night / lock in from 7:00 PM November 17-Noon November 18.
No charge to participate.
Contact Sherry Koch for additional information.
  19 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
     
October 8 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  14 Dinner & Shocktoberfest (for Youth Group members)
Contact Sherry Koch for additional information.
  22 Blanket Sunday
The Youth Group is asking for donations of blankets, new or used
(clean and in good shape), handmade, baby, etc.  You can place
your donated blanket(s) over the rail in the front of the Church.  All
blankets will be donated to Turning Point, a shelter for abused
mothers and children.  Thank you for your help!
  22 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
The youth group has invited all pre-K through 5th grades to their
Youth Group Night for a "Pumpkin Carving" event.
No charge to participate.
Contact Sherry Koch for additional information.
     
September 10 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  24 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
     
July

12

ELCA Youth Gathering, San Antonio, Texas, 7/12-16
     
June 3 Dinner party at St. John's with St. Peter's Lutheran Church Youth
Group.  Contact Sherry Koch for more information.
  9 Movie at a local drive-in theater, to be determined. 
Contact Sherry Koch for more information.
  20 Trip to Knoebels Amusement Park
 

23

Annual Youth Retreat to Wildwood, NJ
     
May 7 Youth Group Spaghetti Dinner
  21 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
     
April 9 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  15 Easter Egg Hunt
  22 Tricky Tray Basket Social
  23 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
     
March 12 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  26 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
     
February

12

Youth Group Ice Skating  
(NO YOUTH GROUP MEETING AT 6 PM)
 

18

Family Movie Night
 

26

Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
     
January

6

Youth Group at First Friday.  Time TBA.
Contact Sherry Koch for details.
 

14

Snow Tubing at Blue Mountain
  15 Youth Group Meeting, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  27 Winter Camping at Mountain House, Salisbury Township. 
All ages.  Jan. 27th-29th.  Letters have been sent home to parents. 
Contact Sherry Koch for more information.
  29 NO YOUTH GROUP MEETING DUE TO WINTER CAMPING