YRUU Conferences: I hope everyone has attended the CONS this year. They are a great way to get involved and share fun and worship with peers. Scholarships are available.

MDD YAC Business & Bridging Conference
When: Apr 9-11, 2010
Where: Jefferson Unitarian Church, Golden, CO

My husband has taken a job in California. The boys and I will be joining him in June. Unfortunately, I will not be your youth coordinator next year. I have enjoyed getting to know everyone! You have found a place in my heart forever.

Please contact me at youthcoord@uulosalamos.org. I’m always here for you!

Sara Rose Dickens

YRUU Conferences: I hope everyone is planning on attending the CONS this year. They are a great way to get involved and share fun and worship with peers. Scholarships are available.

• MDD YAC Business Conference
  When: Feb 5-7, 2010
  Where: First Unitarian Church of Albuquerque

• MDD YAC Business & Bridging Conference
  When: Apr 9-11, 2010
  Where: Jefferson Unitarian Church, Golden CO

Bake Sale: 1^st Sunday of the Month. Our Proceeds go to help our youth travel to CONS, have planned activities, and much more! Anyone can contribute. We appreciate all who help us! All contributions are reimbursable; please bring your wonderful TREATS in on the first Sunday of the month by 10:00 a.m.

Pagosa Springs Weekend: Youth and families in both Uniteens and YRUU are invited to join together for fun activities over the Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend in January. We are providing scholarships for those who request them (included: lift and rental). Please come; it is a wonderful experience! Special thanks goes to Cheri Host for supplying the wonderful timeshares; we love you!

Visioning: Youth Invited: Please join us in the visioning of our church! You are invited to the workshop on January 30^th, from 8:45 a.m.-3 p.m. We need your input. You are our future (thank goodness) so please come and give your two cents!

Albuquerque Overnight: On Friday, January 1^st, Albuquerque will be offering an overnight party and our Uniteens and YRUU are invited. Please contact me if you are interested. This will replace our movie night this month.

Please contact me with any questions or concerns at youthcoord@uulosalamos.org. I’m always here for you!

Sara Rose Dickens
Youth Coordinator

Pathways to Membership

John is offering our youth to join him in two sessions to become members of our church and sign our membership book.  These sessions will be held in the evening (Time TBA) on October 25^th and November 1^st.  Please encourage your youth (over 14 years of age) to attend.

CONS: I hope the youth are planning on attending the CONS this year.  They are a great way to get involved and share fun and worship with peers.  Scholarships are available.

NM/TX Social Action CON
October 2-4, 2009
Unitarian Church of Santa Fe

MDD Youth Assembly
October 16-18, 2009
Foothills Unitarian Church, Fort Collins, CO

MDD YAC Business Conference
February 5-7, 2010
First Unitarian Church of Albuquerque

MDD YAC Business & Bridging Conference
April 9-11, 2010
Jefferson Unitarian Church, Golden, CO

Altar: We will create altars in both the Uniteens and YRUU rooms.  This is a group representation.  All youth are encouraged to bring in one item they would like to share in this spiritual representation.  Ideas include, but are not limited to: stuffed animals, photos, pictures, paintings, statues, or sculptures.  Please do not bring in an item that is valuable.  These items should be appropriate for a place of worship to display.

New!  Movie and Game Night: We will be holding our movie/game nights on the 1^st Friday of every month.  The movies are rated PG and are fun for everyone!  Bring a game to share; we will be playing them upstairs!  Enjoy and bring your dinner, snacks, board games, friends, and family.  Everyone is always welcome.

Message Boards: Please check the bulletin boards outside our rooms for information and requests.  I will communicate on the boards as I learn more.  We are currently in need of couch covers, plants, armchairs, and pillows.  Please do not donate anything without asking me first.  We are taking pride in our rooms and want them to be both clean and inviting.

Bake Sale: Anyone can contribute.  We appreciate all who help us!  All contributions are reimbursable; please bring your wonderful TREATS on Sundays by 10:00 a.m.

Please contact me with any questions or concerns.  I am always here for you!

Sara Rose Dickens – Youth Coordinator
youthcoord@uulosalamos.org

Welcome back!

I am looking forward to a new year.  Uniteens and YRUU will be meeting at 11:15 on Sundays.  There will be no meetings on three-day weekends.  Please attend the service during those dates.  All Uniteens and YRUU are invited to join the 11:00 service and will be dismissed with the rest of RE.  The balcony will be available for our youth during this time.

I am excited to announce our new Uniteens advisor Amber Ripoll!  Amber, Angel, and their two beautiful girls joined our church in April.  Before this they were members at the UU church in Albuquerque.  Amber is a great contribution to our youth team!

Altar: We will create an altar in both the Uniteens and YRUU rooms.  This is a group representation.  All youth are encouraged to bring in one item they would like to share in this spiritual representation.  Ideas include, but are not limited to: stuffed animals, photos, pictures, paintings, statues, or sculptures.  Please do not bring in an item that is valuable.  These items should be appropriate for a place of worship to display.

Movie Night: We will be holding our movie nights again on the 1^st Friday of every month.  These movies are rated PG and are fun for everyone!  Bring your popcorn, friends, and family!  Everyone is always welcome.

Message Boards: Please check the bulletin boards outside our rooms for information and requests.  I do not know what CONS will occur this year.  I will communicate on the boards as I learn more.  We are currently in need of couch covers, plants, armchairs, and pillows.  Please do not donate anything without asking me first. We are taking pride in our rooms and want them to be both clean and inviting.

Bake Sale: Anyone can contribute.  We appreciate all who help us!  All contributions are reimbursable; please bring your wonderful TREATS on Sundays by 10:00 a.m.

We need more contributions for our human scavenger hunt!  We really need more participants to make this a reality, please share your stories!

REQUEST TO OUR CONGRATION:  I am planning a human scavenger hunt for the kids. This will provide our youth an opportunity to converse with the adults during coffee hour.  If you have a fun story about yourself please share it with us; the kids would love to find you! Expect to have numerous kids approaching you and asking questions.

FOR EXAMPLE- “They were 18 and dated for one week before running off to Las Vegas and getting married. WHO WHERE THEY?” or “This person won a contest for eating their weight in ice cream. WHO WAS IT?”

Please submit all of your contributions to me ASAP.

Please contact me with any questions or concerns. I am always here for you!

Sara Rose Dickens – Youth Coordinator
youthcoord@uulosalamos.org