Come hear the word of God and fellowship with your
friends, only at the Fig Tree Cafe!! Don't know about The Fig
Tree Cafe? Shy about coming? Don't be, it's open to all
kids 10-18. Check out the video below for a sample of
what goes on...
The
Youth Hall at the Good
Shepherd UMC is the Fig Tree Cafe and is located at 207
Northfield Avenue (on the Bike Path, behind the Tilton
Market). The Cafe is open every Sunday Evening
with more hours being planned once the safe sanctuary policy is
finalized.
Back
in Jesus' time the Fig Tree was a place where young Rabbi's would go
to escape the heat and study in private, so is the Fig Tree Cafe the
same here. Come in under the branches of the Fig Tree, enjoy
our coffee house setting and the activities that are
available.
411 just 4U!! Just email your cell phone number
to The Fig Treeand get weekly updates and
reminders about what's happening!
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Save Ur Can
Tabs
One of the
ministries of the Cafe is to save the pull tabs from the tops of
soda, soup and other cans. These tabs are turned over to
Shriner's Hospital to help provide prosthetics for children.
We recently filled up 2 large containers that equated to a $100
donation to the hospital; a representative from Shriners will visit
the cafe in fall 2008 with a commendation certificate for the
accomplishment.
So
please remember to give us all your can tabs!
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2008 Ocean City
Youth Weekend
Those who came had a great time
and heard a great message from our Bishop!
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Lots of Fun
at 2007 Turkey Bowl
Eric and
Ellis topped the list of winners scoring an amazing 125 and 123
respectively. Eric received a Tilton 9 movie pass and gift
card while Ellis took home a gift card. In all 15 participated
in groups of five and another four cheered them all on!
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Kyle Rules
at Guitar Hero III
Our Guitar
Hero III contest was great as we had participants in the Easy,
Medium and Hard catagories. Participants were paired up and
played off in Battle Mode until a winner was decided. Kyle
Wilson (left) won the Hard; Ellis Kirk won the Medium and Alaina
Serno won the Easy. Prizes included gift cards and movie
tickets.
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Reverend
Floyd Visits the Cafe
A friend to
many and inspiration to all, Reverend Reginald Floyd visited the
Cafe on Sunday, November 4 along with Elder Archie Spence and Sister
Terri Spence. The cafe was able to raise $100 to present to
Reverend Floyd for his church's mission work in Haiti. In the
picture below, the cafe's Kyle Wilson presents the check to Reverend
Floyd (Rear Center). The worship center is located on Albany
Avenue in Atlantic City.
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Not
a Second to Spare Rocks the Cafe
Check out this
video of Not a Second to Spare as they rock the stage of the
cafe. Jeremy and the guys did a great job!
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SUMMER 2007 GREAT SKATE DECK GIVE A
WAY!
Alex was the first lucky winner of his choice of Decks
compliments of the Fig Tree. Here's Alex with Mark Walden
showing off his new deck, Mark choose Alex's name at random on June
3. June 10's winner was Heather, her name was chosen by Pastor
Jim after the Pet Blessing. July 1 produced two winners on a
DOUBLE SKATE DECK DAY!! Dezi and Korey both walked (or skated)
away with decks; they are pictured below with Amy. July 8 had
our other Alex winning a new board, just in time as his other one
had just broke.
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UPCOMING CALENDAR
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FEAR FACTOR
HALLOWEEN October 26 Starts at
5pm
District event and one of our
favorites where we cook up some weird stuff for the youth to
do. Done in teams of 6; the winner gets a trophy and a barf
bag.
Afterwards it's down to
the cafe for some live music and more fun!
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NEW DRIVERS
BLESSING Novermber 2 6 -
8pm
A first for the cafe as we have
a special nightime cafe service for all kids who have just received
or will receive their driver licenses in the near future. The
cafe opens at 6, the blessing starts at 7pm. Live music and
give a ways! Free Coffee, Tea and more, plus full menu
available.
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NOVEMBER
16 FLYERS
GAME
The cafe is closed this
day as we head to Philly and the Wachovia Center to see the Flyboys
take on the Thrashers. Game starts at 7pm so we'll meet at the
cafe at 5pm for the ride. Tickets are $25 each and everyone
must provide their own trnasportation to and from. Tickets are
in section 217.
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Thursday, November
20 6pm until done (90 minutes or so)
PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY CLUB.
PBJ bag lunches made
with love for the poor and homeless at Sister Jeans Kitchen in
Atlantic City. We do this on a Thursday night and they are
given out on Fridays since Sister Jean's is closed on the
weekends. ACUP (Atlantic City Urban Partnership), in which we
are a member does it on Saturdays.
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TURKEY
BOWLING November 29
This is always a laugher!
Last year we had 15 bowlers, 10 pins, 2 small turkeys and
lots of prizes!
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ROCKIN' DINNER
WITH SANTA December 7
5-8pm
The big guy himself pays
a visit to the cafe with presents in mind. We'll provide the
hot dogs, chips and sodas...all we ask is that everyone brings Santa
a present that will be given to the toy ministry at the Christ
Worship Center in Atlantic City. See the picture above of
Reverend Floyd at the cafe this Summer. Target Arts Society gonna be
ROCKIN' the place with Santa!
