Bethel Family Meal
Join us for a family meal together after worship this Sunday, August 21. We’ll be outdoors with hot dogs, chips, drinks, and watermelon. For this last meal, we would like to welcome people to bring outdoor bbq sides and dessert to share. If you’d like to bring something, please let us know beforehand by signing up below, or contacting Ryan (ryan@discoverbethel.com) our Summer intern who will help organize this Sunday. Looking forward to “breaking bread” with you on Sunday!
PLOT
Welcome to the PLOT, Bethel’s summer youth program. Short for “Parking Lot,” this program invites youth entering grades 7 to 12 to join us on Tuesday evenings from 7 pm to 9:30 pm at the Church Parking Lot. We’ll be enjoying a variety of activities, including tie-dying, water games, making some silly movies, and more! Each night will include a snack for all participants, and a devotional to end the evening. All events, unless otherwise stated, will run from 7 pm to 9:30pm, and be drop in events. In the event of poor weather, we’ll move into the church and either adapt our plans to work indoors or pull out one of our rainy day ideas, but you can count on meeting every week.
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July 5th
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July 12th
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July 19th
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July 26th
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August 2nd
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August 9th
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August 16th
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August 23rd
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July 5th: Games Night:
Every self-respecting Youth group needs a “Get to Know You” night. We’ll be playing a lot of fun and ridiculous games, everything from 9 Square to Noodle Whack. Bring your friends and a positive attitude, and be prepared to laugh and move around.
Every self-respecting Youth group needs a “Get to Know You” night. We’ll be playing a lot of fun and ridiculous games, everything from 9 Square to Noodle Whack. Bring your friends and a positive attitude, and be prepared to laugh and move around.
July 12th: Wet and Wacky Wednesday (but still on a Tuesday)
Tonight is all about water games! We have quite a few water activities planned, including Drip, Drip, Drop (Duck, Duck, Goose with a cup of water), Relay races, Water Dodgeball, and a full on water fight! Please make sure to bring towels and a change of clothes for yourself to dry off after the activities end.
Tonight is all about water games! We have quite a few water activities planned, including Drip, Drip, Drop (Duck, Duck, Goose with a cup of water), Relay races, Water Dodgeball, and a full on water fight! Please make sure to bring towels and a change of clothes for yourself to dry off after the activities end.
July 19th: Reverse Escape Room
Whoops, some inexperienced youth intern accidentally locked the snacks for tonight in the sports shed! And when he got to the church to prepare for this evening, a bizarre array of obstacles had been set up! How strange. Well, the only thing to do is solve the puzzles, find the code to the shed, and recover the missing snacks. Tonight is similar in concept to an escape room, but instead of getting out of a locked room, we’re trying to get into a locked building!
Whoops, some inexperienced youth intern accidentally locked the snacks for tonight in the sports shed! And when he got to the church to prepare for this evening, a bizarre array of obstacles had been set up! How strange. Well, the only thing to do is solve the puzzles, find the code to the shed, and recover the missing snacks. Tonight is similar in concept to an escape room, but instead of getting out of a locked room, we’re trying to get into a locked building!
July 26th: Tie Dyeing Night
What summer is complete without a tie-dyed shirt? Come by for an evening of arts and crafts, where everybody will get to design their own t-shirts! Instructions will be provided for taking home the shirts and caring for them properly. Once everybody has made their shirts, we’ll transition into a game to wrap up the evening. PLEASE NOTE: This event is an anomaly in the PLOT schedule, as it’s the only night to include registration. This will be used to ensure there are enough shirts available in your size the night of the event. You may also bring your own white t-shirts if you’d prefer, but we still ask that you complete registration prior to July 20th.
What summer is complete without a tie-dyed shirt? Come by for an evening of arts and crafts, where everybody will get to design their own t-shirts! Instructions will be provided for taking home the shirts and caring for them properly. Once everybody has made their shirts, we’ll transition into a game to wrap up the evening. PLEASE NOTE: This event is an anomaly in the PLOT schedule, as it’s the only night to include registration. This will be used to ensure there are enough shirts available in your size the night of the event. You may also bring your own white t-shirts if you’d prefer, but we still ask that you complete registration prior to July 20th.
August 2nd: Canadian Mini Golf:
Question: If you wanted to host a home-made mini golf course in your parking lot, and make it more Canadian, how do you do it? Well, the answer is simple. Replace the putters with hockey sticks, and use Tim Horton’s cups for the holes! A simple miniature golf course will be setup, and youth will get to travel around the church property playing the course.
Question: If you wanted to host a home-made mini golf course in your parking lot, and make it more Canadian, how do you do it? Well, the answer is simple. Replace the putters with hockey sticks, and use Tim Horton’s cups for the holes! A simple miniature golf course will be setup, and youth will get to travel around the church property playing the course.
August 9th: Make a Movie Night:
Have you ever wanted to be a movie star? Well, tonight you will be! Participants will be split into groups and given a prompt and theme. From this information, their task will be to create a short 5-10 minute video that fulfills the requirements given to them. Oh, and you’ll also have some whacky props you must include somehow. Spoiler alert; these may include a Carnivale mask, a kid’s electric guitar toy, and a rubber chicken. Our video creations will be shown in two weeks’ time, as part of our end of summer party.
Have you ever wanted to be a movie star? Well, tonight you will be! Participants will be split into groups and given a prompt and theme. From this information, their task will be to create a short 5-10 minute video that fulfills the requirements given to them. Oh, and you’ll also have some whacky props you must include somehow. Spoiler alert; these may include a Carnivale mask, a kid’s electric guitar toy, and a rubber chicken. Our video creations will be shown in two weeks’ time, as part of our end of summer party.
August 16th: Absurd Records:
If you’re familiar with the series "Overtime" from the YouTube channel "Dude Perfect," then the term “Absurd Recurds” should sound familiar. We’ll be trying to accomplish some of our own absurd records as well, both inspired by the show, and some homebrewed record ideas! Including ridiculous records such as doughnut stacking, most ping pong balls caught on the head with shaving cream, and the pea blow. We’ll even be creating some awards for the best performers to take home next week!
If you’re familiar with the series "Overtime" from the YouTube channel "Dude Perfect," then the term “Absurd Recurds” should sound familiar. We’ll be trying to accomplish some of our own absurd records as well, both inspired by the show, and some homebrewed record ideas! Including ridiculous records such as doughnut stacking, most ping pong balls caught on the head with shaving cream, and the pea blow. We’ll even be creating some awards for the best performers to take home next week!
Year End Celebration – 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
And so the summer ends! Thanks to everyone who came out to volunteer or participated in the activities this summer. Tonight is an evening to celebrate! We’ll be ordering pizzas, handing out awards from our Absurd Record night, watching an actual proper movie, one that used a budget greater than $20. Popcorn may be included. ;) Youth are encouraged to bring their tie dyed shirts from July 26th if possible. Please bring a lawn chair if you have one.
And so the summer ends! Thanks to everyone who came out to volunteer or participated in the activities this summer. Tonight is an evening to celebrate! We’ll be ordering pizzas, handing out awards from our Absurd Record night, watching an actual proper movie, one that used a budget greater than $20. Popcorn may be included. ;) Youth are encouraged to bring their tie dyed shirts from July 26th if possible. Please bring a lawn chair if you have one.
Hello! We’ve wrapped up our Youth Camps for the summer. Thanks so much to everybody who came out, either to participate, or to volunteer. However you participated, you helped to make our camps more fun and engaging for everyone else.
Our Active Camp was a huge success! We had over 20 people come out to participate during the week, and thankfully, absolutely no injuries! We got to watch youth step outside their comfort zones to try new sports, push on through the hard times in the hot summer weather, face their fears, learn new sports, and find ways to work together with a team. Some of our highlights included Kickball, Orienteering, 9 Square, Soccer, and Basketball, with the most popular activity by far being Dodgeball. However the Active camps look next year, I hope that everyone who participated this year is excited, willing, and able to return in the summer of 2023.
Arts Camp had a bit of a rough start; with lower registration numbers, a few of our activities had to be called off at the last moment. For that, once again, I do apologize. But for the activities that did run, everybody had a blast. Our Paint Pouring activity stands out to most participants; the youths created absolutely stunning works of art, letting various colors of paint simply spread out on the canvas, and only tilting the canvas to guide where the paint went. Our Simple Scripts activity helped youths come out of their shell, and discover their talents in acting.) Our drawing activities were calm and relaxing, and Pizza Making was delicious, and a lot of fun.
We thank God for the wonderful weather we had this summer, the fact that nobody was injured, the ability to share daily devotionals with everyone, and the joy that our participants had at the end of each activity. Every year the Youth Intern gets to choose what the youth camps look like, but there will be youth camps again next year. Keep an eye out next summer for more information.
Our Active Camp was a huge success! We had over 20 people come out to participate during the week, and thankfully, absolutely no injuries! We got to watch youth step outside their comfort zones to try new sports, push on through the hard times in the hot summer weather, face their fears, learn new sports, and find ways to work together with a team. Some of our highlights included Kickball, Orienteering, 9 Square, Soccer, and Basketball, with the most popular activity by far being Dodgeball. However the Active camps look next year, I hope that everyone who participated this year is excited, willing, and able to return in the summer of 2023.
Arts Camp had a bit of a rough start; with lower registration numbers, a few of our activities had to be called off at the last moment. For that, once again, I do apologize. But for the activities that did run, everybody had a blast. Our Paint Pouring activity stands out to most participants; the youths created absolutely stunning works of art, letting various colors of paint simply spread out on the canvas, and only tilting the canvas to guide where the paint went. Our Simple Scripts activity helped youths come out of their shell, and discover their talents in acting.) Our drawing activities were calm and relaxing, and Pizza Making was delicious, and a lot of fun.
We thank God for the wonderful weather we had this summer, the fact that nobody was injured, the ability to share daily devotionals with everyone, and the joy that our participants had at the end of each activity. Every year the Youth Intern gets to choose what the youth camps look like, but there will be youth camps again next year. Keep an eye out next summer for more information.
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August 20 - Sylvan Lake
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Information from the Sylvan Lake Aqua Splash Website:
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Come join us for a trip to Sylvan Lake! We'll head out at 9 in the morning. When we arrive in Sylvan Lake, youth who've chosen to do so will head to the Sylvan Lake Aqua Splash Centre. As per the park’s recommendation, we will spend 1 hour at the centre itself, and then gather on the beach for lunch, followed by two and a half hours of free time on the beach and in the lake. We'll start wrapping up around 2:30, and head to the Big Moo, a nearby ice cream shop. At 3:00 we'll start heading home, and aim to return to the church at about 5 p.m. There will be some snacks and water bottles provided, but it's recommended that you bring your own water bottle for the trip. This event is available to youth entering grades 7 to 12. There will be a small fee associated with the trip. Please wear modest swimsuits.
Date: Saturday, August 20th - 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Cost: Optional $15 if visiting Sylvan Lake Aqua Splash Centre - Free if just coming for a day at the beach
Registration will close August 17th at 4:30 p.m. to allow Bethel to plan with a fixed number of participants.
There will be no registrations accepted after that date. Please ensure that you have completed your registration on time.
We want everyone to be able to join us on this trip. If there are any troubles covering the cost of the trip, please contact Melanie at melanie@discoverbethel.com to discuss the Pay What You Can Plan
Date: Saturday, August 20th - 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Cost: Optional $15 if visiting Sylvan Lake Aqua Splash Centre - Free if just coming for a day at the beach
Registration will close August 17th at 4:30 p.m. to allow Bethel to plan with a fixed number of participants.
There will be no registrations accepted after that date. Please ensure that you have completed your registration on time.
We want everyone to be able to join us on this trip. If there are any troubles covering the cost of the trip, please contact Melanie at melanie@discoverbethel.com to discuss the Pay What You Can Plan
Information from the Sylvan Lake Aqua Splash Website:
All patrons must have a waiver signed by a parent or legal guardian.
All patrons must be competent swimmers.
All patrons must be a minimum of 3 feet 6 inches in height.
Operations are weather dependent. In the event of unfavourable weather, the park may close.
Sylvan Lake Aqua Splash Website:
All patrons must have a waiver signed by a parent or legal guardian.
All patrons must be competent swimmers.
All patrons must be a minimum of 3 feet 6 inches in height.
Operations are weather dependent. In the event of unfavourable weather, the park may close.
Sylvan Lake Aqua Splash Website:
August 8th – 12th - Ages 4-10
Bethel’s Kids Camp is a summer program that is designed to connect with children and teach them about the awesome and powerful love of Jesus! The theme this summer is Monumental, Celebrating God’s Greatness! Kids will get to explore God’s great, vast, and unending love and power. This week will be filled with daily Bible Adventures, Sing and Play Celebrations, Red Rocks Rec games and much more. Come for an adventure with us and see God’s greatness! Program runs from 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM with lunch and a snack included!
TO REGISTER:
Please fill out a registration form below and submit it, or grab a paper copy from the church and leave it with the front desk
Bethel Kids Camp Registration Form (cognitoforms.com)
LOCATION:
Bethel Community Church
14204-25 Street
CONTACT: grace@discoverbethel.com (780) 476-3762
COST:
$30 per child
(maximum $90 per family)
You can pay via Cash, Cheque, Debit, E-Transfer (send to sara@discoverbethel.com) and Push Pay (link below)
Give to Bethel Community Church (pushpay.com)
TO VOLUNTEER:
Please fill out a volunteer registration form here
TO DONATE:
Visit the link here to donate items for the camp
Bethel’s Kids Camp is a summer program that is designed to connect with children and teach them about the awesome and powerful love of Jesus! The theme this summer is Monumental, Celebrating God’s Greatness! Kids will get to explore God’s great, vast, and unending love and power. This week will be filled with daily Bible Adventures, Sing and Play Celebrations, Red Rocks Rec games and much more. Come for an adventure with us and see God’s greatness! Program runs from 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM with lunch and a snack included!
TO REGISTER:
Please fill out a registration form below and submit it, or grab a paper copy from the church and leave it with the front desk
Bethel Kids Camp Registration Form (cognitoforms.com)
LOCATION:
Bethel Community Church
14204-25 Street
CONTACT: grace@discoverbethel.com (780) 476-3762
COST:
$30 per child
(maximum $90 per family)
You can pay via Cash, Cheque, Debit, E-Transfer (send to sara@discoverbethel.com) and Push Pay (link below)
Give to Bethel Community Church (pushpay.com)
TO VOLUNTEER:
Please fill out a volunteer registration form here
TO DONATE:
Visit the link here to donate items for the camp