Author: Thomas Edward Tweedle

September 2009

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
		1	2	3	4 / Switchfoot / Concert / @ Fair	5
6	7 / Labor Day	8	9	10	11 / RYM	12
13	14	15	16	17	18 / RYM	19 / Church cleanup day / 8am to 12
20	21	22 / 1st Day of Autumn	23 / SYATP	24	25 / RYM	26
27 / Youth / Sunday	28	29	30

Schedule of Events

September 14th—Switchfoot is playing at the New York State Fair, right here in Syracuse! (Cost: Admission to the Fair)
September 19th—Come on out to the church to help us do some late summer cleaning. We need help with painting, weeding, landscaping, etc… Breakfast will be served...
September 23th—See You At The Pole (SYATP) - Kids all around the world are gathering at their local school’s flag pole before school to pray for their country, their principal, teachers, fellow classmates, and overall safety of the school.
September 27th—Make sure you are in church this Sunday. The service is completely run by the youth! Greeting, ushering, offering, and announcements.
Things to look forward to…
October 10th—Fine Arts Workshop (Cost $3)

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Destiny Christian Center
514 Turtle Street
Syracuse, NY 13208

Phone: 315-530-5703
E-mail: Thomas.tweedle@alumni.vfcc.edu

RYM

A safe place...

October 2009

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
				1	2 / RYM	3
4 / Evening Prayer / Service	5	6	7	8	9 / NO / RYM / SERVICE!	10 / Fine Arts / Workshop / 9:30—1:30
11	12	13	14	15	16 / RYM / Special / Guest Speaker	17
18	19	20	21	22	23 / RYM / Special Guest Speaker	24
25 / PT & KT’s / Reception / After church	26	27	28	29	30 / Neewollah / Party	31

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Schedule of Events

October 9th— There is no youth service this Friday night. Pastor Tom is getting married the next day!
October 10th— Fine Arts Workshop is taking place at trinity Assembly of God from 9:30 to 1:30. Want to get some tips from coaches who took teams to Nationals? Want to hear advice from judges before you are even judged at the Sectional level? Maybe you are brainstorming or just looking for some ideas. Come on out to the FAF Workshop! Feel free to bring any ideas that you may be working on so you can get help from Fine Arts “experts.” Categories include short sermon, human video, art and more. (Cost $3. Lunch IS included)
October 25th—Pastor Tom and Katie are back from their honeymoon! After church there is gonna be an Italian dinner. Be there for food and fun!
October 30th—Neewollah Party! Come to youth group dressed up as whatever you want. Nothing demonic, immodest, or with a message of death, please.
Don’t forget to turn your clocks back on the night of the 31st!
Things to look forward to…
November 6th and 7th— 25 Hour Famine! We are raising money for Speed The Light. Work on this during October.

Destiny Christian Center
514 Turtle Street
Syracuse, NY 13208

Phone: 315-530-5703
E-mail: Thomas.tweedle@alumni.vfcc.edu

RYM

A safe place...

November 2009

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
1 / Daylight Savings Time Ends	2	3	4	5	6 / 25 Hour / Famine	7 / 25 Hour Famine
8 / Evening Prayer / Service	9	10	11	12	13 / RYM	14
15 / Youth / Sunday	16	17	18	19	20 / RYM	21
22	23	24	25	26 / Thanks-giving	27 / NO / RYM / SERVICE!	28
29	30

Schedule of Events

November 6th and 7th— 25 Hour Famine (also known as Planned Famine). For a little over a day, we will go without food. The purpose: to raise money for Speed The Light missionaries. Don’t worry, we won’t just be sitting around doing nothing for 25 hours. We will be out doing service projects in our local community, praying for our city, going on a scavenger hunt, and having a whole lot of fun in the process! (Cost: minimum of $5 fundraised. Fundraising starts in October. There is a prize for the top five fundraisers!)
November 8h— An evening prayer service will take place at the church building in Nedrow at 6:30pm. Come on out and join us for prayer and worship as we seek God’s will on the south-side of the city.
November 15th— Make sure you are in church this Sunday. The service is completely run by the youth! Greeting, ushering, offering, and announcements.
November 27th—There is no RYM service on the 27th. This is so people can spend time with their family over the Thanksgiving holiday.
Things to look forward to…
December 1st— STL Banquet—This event is to raise awareness for Speed the Light Missionaries. (Cost: Free)
December 6th—Evening Prayer Service
December 15th—Christmas Dinner
December 18th—RYM Christmas Party
December 19th—Christmas Toy Giveaway

Refuge Youth Ministries

Destiny Christian Center
514 Turtle Street
Syracuse, NY 13208

Phone: 315-530-5703
E-mail: Thomas.tweedle@alumni.vfcc.edu

RYM

A safe place...

December 2009

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
		1 / Speed The Light / Banquet	2	3	4 / RYM	5
6 / Evening Prayer / Service	7	8	9	10	11 / RYM	12
13 / Christmas Dinner / After church	14	15	16	17	18 / RYM / Christmas / Party	19 / Toy / Giveaway
20	21 / 1st Day of / Winter	22	23	24 / Christmas / Eve	25 / Christmas! / (No RYM / Service)	26
27	28	29	30	31 / New Year’s / Eve

Schedule of Events

December 1st—Speed The Light Banquet— This banquet is for the top fundraisers for the 25 Hour Famine. It is to raise awareness for Speed The Light Missionaries, and also to eat good food! (Cost is being one of the top fundraisers.)
December 6th—An evening prayer service will take place at the church building in Nedrow at 6:30pm. Come on out and join us for prayer and worship as we seek God’s will on the south-side of the city.
December 13th—After church on Sunday, join the whole church for a delicious Italian dinner after church. There will be Christmas carols and food, what more could you want?
December 18th—During youth group, we will have a RYM Christmas party. Come on out for a relaxed atmosphere, sweet treats, and the last RYM service of 2009.
December 19th—Destiny is hosting a toy giveaway for inner city families on the North Side. Be prepared to come on out and help us bless those less fortunate than us.
December 25th— Celebrate Christmas with your family. Of course there isn’t youth group! Go hug your mom and be with your family.
Things to look forward to…
January 10th—Youth Sunday
January 17th—Guy’s Sleepover (Cost $3)

Refuge Youth Ministries

Destiny Christian Center
514 Turtle Street
Syracuse, NY 13208

Phone: 315-530-5703
E-mail: Thomas.tweedle@alumni.vfcc.edu

RYM

A safe place...

January 2010

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
					1 New / Year’s Day / (No RYM!!!)	2
3 / Evening Prayer Service	4	5	6	7	8 / RYM	9
10 / Youth / Sunday	11	12	13	14	15 / RYM	16
17 / Guys / Sleepover	18 / MLK Jr. Day	19	20	21	22 / RYM	23
24	25	26	27	28	29 / RYM	30
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Schedule of Events

January 1st—It’s New Year’s Day—Enjoy your time off of school. Sleep over at a friend’s house. But don’t come to church, because there is no RYM.
January 3rd—An evening prayer service will take place at the church building in Nedrow at 6:30pm. Come on out and join us for prayer and worship as we seek God’s will on the south-side of the city.
January 10th— Youth Sunday—Make sure you are in church this Sunday. The service is completely run by the youth! Greeting, ushering, offering, and announcements.
January 17th—Guy’s Sleepover— There is no school on the 18th, so the guy’s are having a sleepover at the church on Sunday night. Be ready to stay up late and have lots of fun. (Cost $3).
Things to look forward to…
February 6th—Sectional Fine Arts Festival
February 14th—Bake Sale
February 14th—Girl’s Sleepover (Cost $3)

Refuge Youth Ministries

Destiny Christian Center
514 Turtle Street
Syracuse, NY 13208

Phone: 315-530-5703
E-mail: Thomas.tweedle@alumni.vfcc.edu

RYM

A safe place...

February 2010

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
	1	2	3	4	5 / RYM	6 / Sectional Fine Arts / 9:00—3:00
7	8	9	10	11	12 / RYM	13
14 Bake / Sale / & / Girl’s Sleepover	15 / President’s / Day	16	17	18	19 / RYM / Special / Guest Speaker	20
21	22	23	24	25	26 / RYM	27
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Schedule of Events

February 6th—Sectional Fine Arts Festival. Takes place at Word of Life from 9:00am to 3:00pm. This is the first level of judging for Fine Arts. (Cost depends on how many events you are competing in).
February 14th—Bake Sale—The Youth is having a Bake Sale after church on Sunday. Invite your friends and make them buy our stuff. Because it helps knock down the cost of RYM events.
February 14th—Girl’s Sleepover—There is no school on the 15th, so the girl’s are having a sleepover at Pastor Tom & Katie’s on Sunday night. Be ready to stay up late and have lots of fun. Don’t worry, PT will be leaving early. (Cost $3).
Things to look forward to…
March 7th—Youth Sunday

Refuge Youth Ministries

Destiny Christian Center
514 Turtle Street
Syracuse, NY 13208

Phone: 315-530-5703
E-mail: Thomas.tweedle@alumni.vfcc.edu

RYM

A safe place...

March 2010

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
	1	2	3	4	5 / RYM	6
7 / Youth / Sunday	8	9	10	11	12 / RYM	13
14	15	16	17	18	19 / RYM	20 / 1st Day of Spring
21	22	23	24	25	26 / RYM	27
28 / Palm / Sunday	29	30	31

Schedule of Events

March 7th— Make sure you are in church this Sunday. The service is completely run by the youth! Greeting, ushering, offering, and announcements. There aren’t any other special events going on this month, so make sure you don’t miss the only special youth event of the month!
Things to look forward to…
April 1st thru 3rd—New York District Youth Convention (Cost $60)
April 11th—Youth Sunday
It’s getting warmer out!

Refuge Youth Ministries

Destiny Christian Center
514 Turtle Street
Syracuse, NY 13208

Phone: 315-530-5703
E-mail: Thomas.tweedle@alumni.vfcc.edu

RYM

A safe place...

April 2010

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
				1 / Youth / Convention	2 / Youth Convention & Fine Arts	3 / Youth / Convention
4 / Easter	5	6	7	8	9 / RYM	10
11 / Youth / Sunday	12	13	14	15	16 / RYM	17
18	19	20	21	22	23 / RYM	24
25	26	27	28	29	30 / RYM

Schedule of Events

April 1st thru 3rd— Youth Convention! This is the biggest District event of the year! You definitely don’t want to miss it. There will be an evening service Thursday night, a morning and evening service on Friday, with workshops and Fine Arts taking place all day, and a closing service on Saturday morning. There will be great music, dramas, and engaging speakers. RYM will be sleeping over at the church on Thursday and Friday night, with pizza and a movie Friday night. (Cost $60)
April 4th—Easter—This is an excellent opportunity to invite family and friends who usually don’t come to church, so don’t be shy.
April 11th—Youth Sunday—Make sure you are in church this Sunday. The service is completely run by the youth! Greeting, ushering, offering, and announcements. We may even have testimonies from Youth Convention.
Things to look forward to…
May 9th—Mother’s Day
May 14th—Syracuse Tour (Cost $35)

Refuge Youth Ministries

Destiny Christian Center
514 Turtle Street
Syracuse, NY 13208

Phone: 315-530-5703
E-mail: Thomas.tweedle@alumni.vfcc.edu

RYM

A safe place...

May 2010

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
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2	3	4	5	6	7 / RYM	8
9 / Mother’s / Day	10	11	12	13	RYM / or / Syracuse Tour	15
16	17	18	19	20	21 / RYM	22
23	24	25	26	27	28 / RYM	29
30	31 / Memorial / Day

Schedule of Events

May 9th—Mother’s Day—You better do something nice for your momma!
May 14th— Syracuse Tour is a Syracuse Area Youth Workers sponsored event. You and your friends will play mini-golf, bowl, go ice skating, play a variety of sports/games in a large indoor sportscenter, have a private screening of a movie, get an event t-shirt, eat pizza at night, be eligible for some great giveaways AND be a part of an outreach service geared specifically toward youth!!! Over 650 youth participated last year. Youth group will happen based on how many people will want to go to Syracuse Tour. (Cost $35)
Things to look forward to…
2 possible Carwashes
June 13th—Youth Sunday
June 20th—Father’s Day

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Destiny Christian Center
514 Turtle Street
Syracuse, NY 13208

Phone: 315-530-5703
E-mail: Thomas.tweedle@alumni.vfcc.edu

RYM

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June 2010

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
		1 / Hurricane / Season / Begins	2	3	4 / RYM	5
6	7	8	9	10	11 / RYM	12 / Car Wash
13 / Youth / Sunday	14	15	16	17	18 / RYM	19
20 / Father’s / Day	21 / 1st Day of Summer	22	23	24	25 / RYM	26 / Car Wash
27	28	29	30

Schedule of Events

June 12th and/or 26th—Car Wash—The Youth will either be having one or two car washes this month. It’s important for you to be there, and to tell all of your rich friends with dirty cars to come, because all money raised will go towards knocking down the cost of RYM events!
June 13th—Youth Sunday—Make sure you are in church this Sunday. The service is completely run by the youth! Greeting, ushering, offering, and announcements.
June 20th—Father’s Day—Don’t forget to give your old man some recognition on this day.
Things to look forward to…
Joint Sectional Services!
Fun in the Sun!
July 30th—RYM Water games!

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Destiny Christian Center
514 Turtle Street
Syracuse, NY 13208

Phone: 315-530-5703
E-mail: Thomas.tweedle@alumni.vfcc.edu

RYM

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July 2010

July 4th—Independence Day—Don’t forget to remember how you gained all the rights and freedoms that you have. Just don’t blow off your fingers with a firework!
July 7th, 14th, 21st—The Central Section Youth Groups are coming together for 3 weeks! RYM joins with RSM, Inside-Out, The Remnant and other Syracuse youth groups for a time of fun, worship, and teaching.
Fun in The Sun—This is Destiny Christian Center’s biggest outreach of the year. We take over Washington Square park and serve the people of our community. And we want you to be a part of it. Be prepared to set a whole week aside to work on human videos, puppets, and package food to be handed out at the park. We also hand out fliers and do mini festivals throughout the week as well. Take off work, don’t go on vacation, and come prepared to go on a missions trip… to our very own community.
July 30th— This is the last RYM Friday night service of the year. So we make it special and will celebrate with our 2nd Annual RYM Water game night! Be prepared to get soaked as we throw buckets of water and water balloons at each other.
Things to look forward to…
Kingdom Bound (Cost $75)
Guy’s & Girl’s Sleepovers
Church Picnic
Leaders’ Retreat & Campout
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Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
				1	2	3
4 / July 4th	5 / July 5th	6	7 / Sectional / Joint Service	8	9 / NO / RYM!!	10
11	12	13	14 / Sectional / Joint Service	15	16 / NO / RYM!!	17 / Fun In The / Sun?
18	19	20	21 / Sectional / Joint Service	22	23 / NO / RYM!!	24
25	26	27	28	29	30 RYM / Water / Games	31

Schedule of Events

Refuge Youth Ministries

Destiny Christian Center
514 Turtle Street
Syracuse, NY 13208

Phone: 315-530-5703
E-mail: Thomas.tweedle@alumni.vfcc.edu

RYM

A safe place...

August 2010

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
1	2	3 / Kingdom / Bound	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15 / Church / Picnic & Baptisms	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

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Schedule of Events

No Friday Night Youth services during August. This is for a few reasons. One is because July was a very busy month! We want to give the Adult Leaders a break. There will also be fellowship events taking place throughout the month. Pastor Tom also uses some of his planning time to put together the schedule for the following year. Services start back up in the beginning of September. Event dates are to be determined at the end of July.
Kingdom Bound—During the first week of August, the youth will be taking a trip to Darien Lake Theme Park. While there, we will go on rides, hear great speakers, and see entertaining Christian bands. You don’t want to miss it! (Cost $75)
Guy’s Sleepover (TBD)
Girl’s Sleepover (TBD)
Church Picnic + Baptisms
State Fair begins
Leaders’ retreat and campout—Adult & Youth Leaders from the past year and the upcoming year are invited to an overnight retreat to help gain proper perspective and prepare for the upcoming year. (TBD)

Destiny Christian Center
514 Turtle Street
Syracuse, NY 13208

Phone: 315-530-5703
E-mail: Thomas.tweedle@alumni.vfcc.edu

RYM

A safe place...

A safe place...

Phone: 315-530-5703
E-mail: Thomas.tweedle@alumni.vfcc.edu

Destiny Christian Center
514 Turtle Street
Syracuse, NY 13208

Refuge Youth Ministries

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Destiny Christian Center
514 Turtle Street
Syracuse, NY 13208

A safe place...

Phone: 315-530-5703
E-mail: Thomas.tweedle@alumni.vfcc.edu

Refuge Youth Ministries

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