Youth Assembly 2011 Program Book Mennonite Church Canada ASSEMBLY 2011 • Waterloo, Ontario July 4-July 8 • Revelation 21:1-4, 22-26 and 22:1-5
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Mennonite Church Canada youth assembly 2011 PROGRAM BOOK Mennonite Church Canada ASSEMBLY 2011 • Waterloo, Ontario July 4-July 8 • Revelation 21:1-4, 22-26 and 22:1-5 Planning Committee Name Area Church Trang Tran Mennonite Church Alberta Luke Derksen Mennonite Church Saskatchewan Kathy Giesbrecht Mennonite Church Manitoba Emma Bartel Mennonite Church Eastern Canada Jean Lehn Epp Mennonite Church Eastern Canada Scott Eyre Mennonite Church Eastern Canada Aaron Neufeld Mennonite Church Eastern Canada Anna Rehan Youth Ministries Facilitator, Mennonite Church Canada Worship Planning Committee (from MCEC) Name Home Church Emma Bartel Hawkesville Mennonite Scott Eyre Rouge Valley Mennonite Sarah Johnson Ottawa Mennonite Brandon Leis Stirling Mennonite Fiona Mo Hagerman Mennonite Mike Turman First Mennonite (Kitchener) John Wideman Danforth Mennonite Worship Leaders Name Role Home Church Clement Mo youth Hagerman Mennonite Church, Markham Fiona Mo youth Hagerman Mennonite Church, Markham Mike Turman youth pastor First Mennonite Church, Kitchener Worship Band Leader Name Home Church Brandon Leis Sterling Mennonite Church, Kitchner 2 waterloo 2011 July 4-8 whats inside Welcome ............................................................................................... 4 Community Life at Assembly .................................................................. 5 Emergency Numbers ............................................................................. 7 Important Information ........................................................................ 10 Daily Schedules .................................................................................. 15 Schedule (in centre of booklet) ........................................................... 24 Wednesday Night Joint youth/adult worship at Waterloo Park ...............29 Speakers ............................................................................................ 36 Drama Presentations .......................................................................... 39 University of Waterloo map ................................................................. 40 Ron Eydt Village map .......................................................................... 42 Notes ................................................................................................. 43 Youth Sponsor Covenant .................................................................... 47 waterloo 2011 July 4-8 welcome to youth assembly 2011 It’s Epic: Remembering God’s Future Hi Everyone! You all made it and we’re glad! On behalf of the Mennonite Church Canada Youth Assembly Planning Committee, we welcome you to Waterloo, Ont. More than 200 of us are gathering from across Canada – from as far west as Abbotsford, BC to as far east as Ottawa, Ont. to worship, fellowship, learn and hang out together. Planning for this event started a year and a half ago. We have worked hard to prepare for your arrival. Volunteers have helped to plan the worship sessions, seminars, displays, concert, service projects, late night stuff, and more. This program book contains much of the information you will need for the week. Keep it close at hand for schedule information, maps of the facilities, and other general information. In the midst of a very active and exciting week, we hope that you take some personal and group time to reflect on all that God has done in your life and continues to do. We also challenge you to consider how God might be inviting you to witness to Jesus’ love and peace to the world around you. May God’s presence and love overwhelm your life! And may you remember God’s future. Anna Rehan Youth Ministries Facilitator Mennonite Church Canada 4 waterloo 2011 July 4-8 creating community life at assembly What’s it all about? Dylan Campion and Alina Balzer Peters will be available to youth and leaders at all times while you are in Waterloo to assist you. If we cannot answer a question for you, we will connect you with the person who can best assist you. We will be available to help with discipline challenges, find lost or misplaced youth, be a reminder of assembly curfew, and help you with any other problems that may arise. It is our job to help make your assembly experience a healthy and life changing one. We anticipate that we will work together with the youth who gather for assembly to honour and respect the guidelines of Waterloo at all times. We will hold a sponsors meeting on Monday evening during snack in the Great Hall at Conrad Grebel where we look forward to meeting you in person, clarifying any questions you might have, and informing you of any other sponsor meetings that might take place over our time together. At our sponsor meeting we will invite you as leaders to sign a covenant with us as intent of our desire to walk in relationship with each other throughout assembly. (A copy of this covenant is at the back of this book). We trust that you have all worked on group covenants with your youth. We ask that you also uphold the Standards of Conduct listed below. Youth Assembly can be a life changing experience for all involved and our hope is to live peacefully together as a community of believers. Standards of Conduct All participants are required to: • Follow the guidelines set by Ron Edyt Village Residence, the University of Waterloo and Conrad Grebel University College • Care for the residence and all University of Waterloo campus • No participants shall use or have in their possession alcohol, or any other controlled substances. If found with the above, you will need to call home and make immediate arrangements to return home at parent’s expense • Observe Assembly curfew of 12 am in residence building, and 12:30 am lights out • Observe Assembly dress code waterloo 2011 July 4-8 Dress Code We come together at this time to facilitate fellowship between our churches. We’re joining to develop a relationship with Christ and grow in his likeness. Our aim at this assembly, and in our lives, is to bring honour to God through worship, play, attitude, talk, or dress. We ask that you dress at Assembly in a modest fashion. And although our senses of modesty differ we ask that the following clothing not be worn: short shorts, muscle shirts, tube, halter and spaghetti-strap tank tops, t-shirts with inappropriate slogans or alcohol advertising. Important additional notes All residence buildings will be locked from 12 am to 7 am. Should a youth leader not be in their respective residence by 12 am they will need to call me using their own cell phone. See numbers listed below. Each youth will have an individual key to their room, which will be signed out by the Group Leader at registration. All keys must be returned at check out by the Group Leader. There will be a $50 charge for any lost keys, no exceptions. Hopes and Expectations It is our hope that all participants would: • Experience the love of Jesus in new and exciting ways • Respect each other’s space (no girls in guys’ rooms, no guys in girl’s rooms. This will only be allowed when a responsible adult is present). There are common lounge areas in the residence where people will be able to mingle. • Care for each other; take into consideration how your actions, attitudes and words affect those around you • Take advantage of your sleeping time! The days are full and you’ll want to be able to take in everything! We understand that there are circumstances where an individual or group may not be able to abide by all the expectations. It is our belief that grace and reconciliation should be practiced more than punitive actions. We look forward to the Assembly and meeting you all very soon! Alina Balzer-Peters, Community Life Facilitator Cell # 519-781-5589 Dylan Campion, Community Life Facilitator Cell # 519-504-0146 6 waterloo 2011 July 4-8 off campus emergency numbers Emergency Services - On Campus Police 4911 or dial 888-4911 off campus. Walk-In Clinics: The Doctor’s Office University Shops Plaza, #13-170 University Ave. West, Waterloo (519)725-1514 Urgent Care Clinics 751 Victoria St. Kitchener (519) 745-2273 Hospitals Grand River Hospital 835 King Street West, Kitchener (519) 742-3611 or (519) 749-4242 St. Mary’s General Hospital 911 Queens Boulevard, Kitchener (519) 744-3311 or Please Note: Both hospitals have 24-hour-a-day emergency rooms. Crisis Clinic For mental health emergencies including risk of suicide, attend the emergency department of Grand River Hospital, Kitchener-Waterloo Site, 835 King St. W. Kitchener or call 742-3611. Sexual Assault Treatment Centre As soon as possible after an assault call 749-6994 or attend the emergency department of St. Mary’s General Hospital, 911 Queens Blvd., Kitchener. Pharmacies The following pharmacies are close by, and fill prescriptions, and sell many health-related products. Student Health Pharmacy Student Life Centre, 519-746-4500 Sobey’s Pharmacy 450 Columbia St. West, 519-880-9145 Shopper’s Drug Mart, 50 Weber St. N (24hr), 519-880-8083 waterloo 2011 July 4-8 ADVENTURERS WANTED ad•ven•ture: {ăd-vĕnʹ-ch r}e tr. v. takes chances, goes against the odds, and grows your soul Adventure is when God does a miracle through you, and especially when he does one in you From 3 to 12 months. Places like Israel and Palestine, Korea, China, South Africa, Bolivia, United Kingdom and Thailand. We work with ministry partners to provide some of these opportunities. Application Deadlines range from Feb - Aug. Contact us as soon as possible www.mennonitechurch.ca/serve 8 waterloo 2011 July 4-8 SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES WITH e MENNONITE