Hair Today. Gone Tomorrow.

This week we discussed the two main rules: Love God with all our heart, and love each other as we love ourselves, as Jesus said in Matthew 22:34-40.  What does it mean to love God?  We love the people in our lives by hugging, getting to know, spending time with, and being with them.   Jesus goes on to say in Matthew 25:24-40 that if we feed, visit, take care of, spend time with,or be kind to the least of people, we have done the same to Him.  
We talked about ways we can take care of others and show God love, such as the Christmas clothing drive that All Saints is starting.  The kids are encouraged to bring in and help collect used or new winter items such as hats, gloves, and socks for the kids at New Horizons.

Each student also helped to cut Wes's hair, which was then donated to Locks Of Love, a non-profit that makes wigs for cancer stricken kids who can no longer grow their own hair.  The kids left with a homework assignment for the week: find a way to serve someone new in their lives.


- Wes


Before... getting hair braided and tied!                                        After... hair is bagged up, ready to be donated

TTTTF&FA (things to talk to friends and family about)
- Scarf, Hat, and Glove drive for New Horizon's. Bring new or gently used gear to All Saints by Dec. 4.
- No MSM on Sunday 11/27.
- No MSM on Sunday 12/25

- Inner Tubing at Snoqualmie!! Dec. 17th. We'll arrange carpools and head up to the hill to spend the day playing in the snow (tubing from 9a-11a). Then we'll warm up with hot chocolate and lunch in the lodge. Liability Waiver.  Cost: Age 6-12 $17, 13+ $19, plus food money or a sack lunch. Invite your friends!! This is one of the most popular events with All Saints Youth each year!

- Youth Winter Retreat. Feb 3-5. All middle and high schoolers are welcome to attend this event (whether they regularly attend All Saints or not)! We'll leave Friday evening and head to Miracle Ranch. There we'll spend the weekend with other youth groups from around the Northwest listening to speakers, playing games, running around the Ranch, and rocking out to live worship music! Cost: $99 (includes meals). If you are able to sponsor a middle or high schooler so that they can attend this retreat please donate through All Saints and write MSM on the envelope or online. We would love to be able to provide scholarships so that all of our students can attend. Attending? RSVP w/ Hannah.

Why Jesus?

It was an awesome week at AllSaints. We worshipped together with the congregation (sneak a peek up in the balcony and you might catch us rocking out with everyone). For our talk, we continued to discuss who Jesus is. We framed our thoughts by watching a video that took a look at the actual places Jesus visited in Israel. The video showed some cool locations, including the Church of the Nativity – the designated birthplace of Jesus –since it’s not known exactly where he was born. Another spot that was explored in the video were the Southern Steps, leading up the Temple.

The video led into the segue that talked about Simeon, the prophet. He was a dude that was waiting for the Messiah to arrive, in fact he had been told by God that he would not die until he had seen the Messiah. This story reminded everyone that the Jesus fulfilled many prophecies and we looked up a few of these, including one in Isaiah (Isaiah 7:14 to be exact!). It’s pretty cool to see how God orchestrated his Son to be the fulfillment of so many prophecies.  We challenged everyone to find another prophecy in the Old Testament that was fulfilled by Jesus in the New Testament. All the middle schoolers groaned that they have more homework piled on, but I think they’ll be up to the task.

A few good games were enjoyed as well. We got to play Ninja Warrior. Lots of fun and lots of laughs!

Upcoming Events…

-       - Inner tubing event in December. Enjoy the snow in Snoqualmie! Date and time TBA
-       - February Youth Retreat! We are going to Miracle Ranch from February 3^rd to the 5^th! More details on the way!

I hope you're having a great week!

- Loren

The Two Bratty Sons

This week at MSM we talked about the story of the two bratty sons (aka the prodigal son). We probably should have called them the Two Greedy Sons, but they were brats too, so it fits. We'd all heard the story before but it was interesting to explore the significant impact the younger sons request for his inheritance would have had on his family. He was basically saying that he wished his Dad was already dead and wanted "his" money now. Ouch! What a thing to say!

We also talked about the bratty older brother who couldn't understand why his Dad would take the younger brother back. He thought he was doing everything right by working hard for his Dad, but he was selfish too, just in a different way.

The Lock-In was a huge success! We had a great time. We played hard and then afterward slept hard. A live band came and led a time of worship for us which was loud and fun. Then we used mousetraps (scary!) to talk about what voices influences and how we know who to listen to. After that we played video games, hiding games, and run around games all night/morning long. Everyone was respectful of each other and our church which was awesome. They even requested that we have another Lock-In next month, but us adults are going to need several months of rest before we do it again.

Stay Tuned...
-  for information about an upcoming New Horizon's Scarf, Hat, and Glove drive. Details coming soon.
- Youth Snow Inner tubing Event in December. Date and Time to be determined.
- February Youth Retreat! Mark your calendars for the Youth Winter Retreat to Miracle Ranch Feb. 3-5 details coming soon.

Grayson, Louis, and Alex!

Noel, Allayna, Da'Zor, and Heiwon!