T Shirt designs - shall we go ahead

Hello everyone

Please find  below - one design for blue background   and one design for white background.  IMS Youth Chennai -2008  to be written on the sleeves.

Based on our initial talks on the concept of eagles....

Isaiah 40:31:But those who wait on the Lord will find new strength. They will fly high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.

Rhoda

P.S. We will be going to the Youth Retreat  between Oct 23rd and Oct 28th -  Tickets to be booked tommorrow by  Ruben...Please Pray.

September 3rd Planning Meeting

Members Present :- Debi, Micheal, Clifton, Rhoda, Dass (had to leave early as son was sick), Reuben (down with food poisoning)
Earnest request to all the members to be present for the next meeting as it will be crucial for the trip.
Date will be informed soon.

The schedule for the trip was discussed, plans for youth stall in IMS Sale were also discussed, responsibilities for members.
Proposed schedule for the trip
October 3rd : Departure from Chennai
October 4th: 11.30 am reach Anangapalli, Jeep to Paderu, Lunch at Paderu
(hope to stay in the dormitory or lodge - Rhoda to speak to Missionary David Raj and confirm)
Freshen Up
- 6.30pmIntroductory Session by Jebsaseelan ( Micheal/Debi to speak to him and confirm)
Dinner
8.30 pm onwards Interaction with Hostel Children
October 5th : Sunday
7.00am Breakfast
7.45am Trek to Church
Attend Service
Trek down for Lunch
2.00pm Painting the Church
6.00pm Feild visit......after which splitting for Prayer Walks - each group asked to maintain a
written report of what they see
10.00pm : Campfire...sharing of burdern , committment
October 6th: Sunrise Fellowship, Departure to Vizag after breakfast.

Request all members to confirm participation by payment of Rs.600/-. Also cofirm participation by others who would be interested in suppporting missionary work ...we can encourage those who came for the IMS youth camp and the get-to-gethers.

Confirm participation at earliest.....inform Debi... handover money... Debi/Michael to keep track of number of members confirmed and let others know how many more can join. Need to book tickets.... all confirmations to reach Debi by 10.9.2008 .. Debi - 9600117008

Clfton handed over first confirmation by giving Rs.600/- towards participation
Debi confirmed participation by giving Rs.1000/-

IMS Sale Plans
Clifton volunteered to take the responsibiltiy of designing t-shirts and printing them - cost Rs.130
He will give us options in the next meeting
colour - navy blue
message - IMS Youth Chennai - maybe concept of eagles.
We need to decide how to fund this.

IInd idea - Ads for individual stalls on the Sale Day, CD for remembrance
Needs to be planned more..... need people to co-ordinate this.

Meeting closed with Prayer .....the need for more prayer and more committment from all core group members was realised. Communication within members to be strenghthened. Debbi/Michael to take responsibility of keeping all members informed of proceedings.
Rhoda responsible for maintaining written records and updating blog.

Keep Praying for the Paderu Trip

August 31st - Quick Meeting-

A quick meeting to further the idea of Paderu trip happened at Bentinck School
Members Present :- Reuben, Dass,Michael, Dharini, Joshua, Rhoda
Few more details about the planned trip to Paderu was discussed.
Dates Finalised : October 3rd (night) Friday departure from Chennai
October 7th (early morning) Tuesday arrival at Chennai

Youth Trip Fee: Rs.1500/-
No of persons : from 25 to 30
Request for Youth Fund to be used for this first trip to be made by Debi and Michael at the earliest.

Youth Trip to Paderu - Proposal - August Meetings

Members present for 1st meeting :- Debi, Michael, Reuben,Eveson,Rhoda
A youth retreat at Chennai on September 3rd was proposed by the IMSchennai branch members. The youth group felt another meeting at Chennai will at short notice will not be effective. A proposal and plan was made to conduct the retreat at a mission feild instead.

Members present at the 2nd meeting :- Debi, Michael, Reuben, Clifton, Eveson, Rhoda
Objectives were laid down and a tentative schedule was made

Objectives of the Youth Trip to Paderu

Participants to be motivated spiritually by witnessing the work of missionaries.
Participants to take up ownership for the mission field they are visiting
Participants to contribute their time and effort in at least one ‘on the spot activity’ such as medical camp, painting, cleaning etc., which should be of help to those at Paderu.
After returning to Chennai participants to continue upholding IMS activities through IMS Youth.

The schedule was shared with IMS Chennai Branch seniors

Youth Get-togethers - 1st Attempt

The core group got together in 4 zones of chennai to conduct get-togethers for youth in the month of April 2008
After a break in May
The get-togethers continued only in two zones.
We hope to sustain it with better co-ordination in future.

IMS Youth Wing – Core Group Meeting -16.3.2008

IMS Youth Wing – Core Group Meeting
Date: 16/3/08
Place: Residence of Mr. JSA Rajendran (EC Member)


Members Present
Mr. Kumar Asirvadham ( Hon Secretary, Chennai Branch)
Mrs.Priscilla Kumar
Mr. D Michael
Mr. Dass
Mr. Ruben
Mr. Sudhan
Ms. Deborah
Mrs.Rhoda


Minutes
1. Youth members from all Chennai Zones to be included in this effort.
2. Efforts taken by the Core Group, decisions taken, plans made to be regularly represented at the EC meetings.
3. EC Meetings to have time allocated for the youth representations.
4. Core Group to meet every month or more initially to trigger the IMS Youth Wing activities.
5. Primary aim is to mobilize youth to be part of the IMS Youth Wing meetings at each zone. Youth from in and around areas where the meetings are held to be contacted and invited.
6. Youth from families who are already aware of IMS to be targeted first
7. Interested persons list to be taken from contact details collected during the Youth Camp and during the Mohan C Lazarus meeting.
8. At the meetings - focus also on inviting youth to take part in the Gospel Tour for Youth to be held in June 2008
9. IMS Youth Wing to have a identity that will be exciting for youth to be part of. To come up with a suitable name at the earliest.
10. The youth meetings will be held on Sunday evenings.
11. The format of the Youth Meetings will be as follows
Prayer
Worship Session
Presentation
Games
Quick Sermon
Invitation to join IMS Youth Gospel Tour in June
12. Worship Session to be handled by Mr.Dass and Mr.Sudhan
13. Presentation by Mrs. Rhoda
14. Games by Ms. Deborah
15. The first youth meeting to be held in the North Zone under the guidance of Mr. Michael in the 2nd week of April (April 13th). The second meeting will be in the Kodambakkam zone and the third at Besant Nagar in subsequent weeks.
16. Chain of Prayer via SMS to be initiated everyday by Mr.Ruben for the Youth Meetings.
17. E-groups/ Website to be created after getting to know the pulse of the Youth Meetings in the coming months.
18. Youth to be more aware of IMS Missionaries through Meetings and other activities.
19. IMS Youth Wing will take up a project once a youth base is created through the meetings and a Gospel visit is done.
20. IMS Youth to play significant role in upcoming Sale and Carol Rounds.

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