Gathering Info for BYG

JULY 18-22, 2012

BETHEL YOUTH GROUP



REGISTRATION COST: $150 DUE: in mid-November

ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION: $165 DUE: July

HOUSING: $180 est. based on $45/person/night x 4 nights

MEALS: $125 est. based on $25/day x 5 days

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TOTAL BEFORE TRAVEL COSTS: $620



VAN RENTAL: $655 rental

dep. STL: 4:00 a.m. 7/18 $300 gas

arr. NOLA: 3-4:00 p.m. 7/18 $100 parking

dep. NOLA: 2:00 p.m. 7/22 ____________________________________

arr. STL: 1-2:00 a.m. 7/23? $1055 total van cost

1500 miles roundtrip



PROS: CONS:

Cost Leader fatigue, may require a motel night on the

way home

Freedom/control St. Louis departure time

Group bonding Comfort

Excessive group bonding

Space (and perhaps restriction on # attending)



AMTRAK: $220/person, based on half our tickets at adult cost (16 and over) and

half at child cost (15 and under)

dep. Centralia, Illinois: 12:25 a.m. 7/18

arr. NOLA: 3:32 p.m. 7/18

dep. NOLA: 1:45 p.m. 7/22 (missing the Sunday closing worship)

arr. Centralia, Illinois: 4:10 a.m. 7/23

OR:

Dep. NOLA: 1:45 p.m. 7/23 (requiring another hotel night and day’s costs, est. $70)

Arr. Centralia, Illinois: 4:10 a.m. 7/24



PROS: CONS:

Safety Missing closing worship or staying another night

Comfort (compared to Overnight travel

van or bus) Pick-up and drop-off in Centralia, about 1 ½ hours away

Group experience Cost (compared to van or bus)



BY AIR: $404/person, based on Orbitz estimates as of Oct. 8

Dep. STL: 6:00 a.m. 7/18 dep. NOLA: 6:45 p.m. 7/22

Layover in Atlanta, 3 ½ hours layover in Atlanta, 40 minutes

Arr. NOLA: 12:59 p.m. 7/18 arr. ATL: 10:47 p.m. 7/22



PROS: CONS:

Comfort Cost

Safety



BUS: $? (probably comparable to van cost)



PROS: CONS:

Less work for us Safety

Cost Comfort

Social networking with area youth Loss of control



PARTNERSHIP WITH UNITY/BEL-NOR:

They are attending the MYLE (Multicultural Youth Leadership Event) for the two days before the Gathering and taking a van. They have a total of 4 students attending, and we hope to share rooms to save money, as well as share fundraising, if we can work it out.



FUNDRAISING:

EASTER BREAKFAST PARTNER EVENTS WITH UNITY/BEL-NOR:

BETHEL FOLLIES Cajun Dinner at Unity?

Coordinator needed Something at Bethel?

OTHER IDEAS?



FIRST PRE-GATHERING AREA EVENT:

Sunday, Oct. 16, 6-8 p.m., $5/person

Trivia Night at Holy Cross, Creve Coeur

Let me know today if you are going, please.



ADULT LEADERS: Deb Bohlmann and Michael Kunz, with Claire Flesch (we hope)

QUESTIONS? Deborah.bohlmann@gmail.com or 314-583-3323 or check the Bethel Youth

Facebook page

Gathering 2012

Gathering link

Senior Breakfast, May 8, 2011, place TBD

We will gather to celebrate Karl Webster and Genevieve Schmoeker and Carson Pryor...hope you all can make it.

BYG May

It's that most stressful time of year for students everywhere. Take some time with Bethel Youth Group to share highs and lows, to laugh and pray together, to experience God's eternal love and peace among friends.

We are planning a birthday party event for the Bethel Sunday School children during the education hour, May 23. We need to create invitations, make a plan for what type of fund- or awareness-raising we want to do, and figure out party activities and refreshments.

Here is the info from the website for Free the Children:

http://www.freethechildren.com/getinvolved/youth/campaigns/campaigns.php?type=celebrate

Our senior breakfast for Robert Edwards is May 16 at Einstein Bagels on Clayton Road, 9:30. Meet me at church at 9:15 if you need a ride.

Love and peace,

Deb

May Operation Communication

A message from our friend at Enteam, Ted Wohlfarth:

The Operation Communication workshop on May 16 starts at 1:30pm at the Islamic Community Center at 4666 Lansdowne Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63116

High school students are invited to come. The workshop will be about 1.5 hours.

www.enteam.org

Dear BYG and friends:

Wow! It's been a long time since I posted anything on our blog!

This weekend we have another Operation Communication opportunity. www.enteam.org

Sunday, Feb. 21, at Al Salam Day School on Weidman Road in Ballwin from 2:30-4:00. Pastor Yancey has become a fan of our cross-faith project, and he will attend and give you a ride, if you need it. Meet him at Bethel before 2:00.

We made Valentines last week during youth group. If you missed it, I will mail it out next week. Feel the philos/agape/love, baby!

Peace,

Deb

Halloween for Hunger links

Free the Children website with Halloween for Hunger instructions:
http://we.freethechildren.com/get-involved?campaign=halloween-for-hunger

Operation Food Search website with food drive instructions:
www.ofsearch.org/how_help/food_drive.html?
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