Up to your eye­balls with sum­mer camp brochures? Don’t for­get to mark your cal­en­dar for sum­mer fun at Hennepin.

Back by pop­u­lar demand, the youth will be sell­ing piz­zas to raise money for sum­mer mis­sion trips. Stu­dents will be trav­el­ing to Nashville, TN and Fort Hall, ID as well as sup­port­ing Twin Cities mis­sion projects dur­ing the sum­mer of 2012. Each stu­dent is encour­aged to raise funds for their trip. Trips range in cost from $200-$450.

The Dunkin’ Shep­herds are off to an excel­lent start in their sec­ond year of reg­u­lar sea­son league bas­ket­ball. 3–0 in their first two weeks of play gives these young men a rea­son to be proud. But beyond the game, this bas­ket­ball league offers some­thing deeper. These young men are prac­tic­ing beloved community.

Club 56 will be mak­ing 230 Valen­tine treat bags to give to every child stay­ing at the local shel­ter for chil­dren and fam­i­lies, Peo­ple Serv­ing Peo­ple. We will be col­lect­ing dona­tions of candy, bag dec­o­ra­tions and small cash gifts at our table in Carl­son Hall on Jan. 15 and Jan. 22.

Come and see “Love Notes,” sto­ries and songs about lov­ing and being loved. Make it a spe­cial Valentine’s date or a fun out­ing with fam­ily and friends. The show will have some­thing for every­one plus com­pli­men­tary appe­tiz­ers, desserts and childcare.

Feb­ru­ary 11th at 6:00 pm
Sun­day, Feb­ru­ary 12th at 11:00 am

Invit­ing chil­dren to “do this with me” dur­ing wor­ship intro­duces them to life-long faith prac­tices and affirms their place in the beloved wor­ship­ing community.

Youth in grades 7–12 are invited to join us for a week­end of ski­ing and board­ing in Michigan’s U.P. Big Pow­der Horn and White Cap Moun­tain awaits! Your fee cov­ers food, lodg­ing at a church, lifts, and pro­gram. Extras include ski rental (about $52) or snow­board rentals (about $70) and per­sonal extras. Non-skiing youth and adults pay $75/person.

A few weeks ago, 15 stu­dents embraced their bap­tism and con­firmed their faith through the wor­ship rit­ual of Con­fir­ma­tion. These stu­dents con­tinue on a jour­ney that the faith com­mu­nity of Hen­nepin Church should con­tinue to support.

Youth Fel­low­ship Vol­un­teers are needed for Sun­day evening youth min­istry at Hen­nepin Church. These vol­un­teers learn the names of stu­dents, greet them and par­tic­i­pate in their activ­i­ties. Noth­ing to lead or teach…just be a pos­i­tive role model to students.

All chil­dren ages 3 and up are invited to enter into the story of the birth of Jesus by par­tic­i­pat­ing in the annual Christ­mas Eve program.