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Feed The Homeless (3/7)

Saturday, March 7 @ 10am-
Feed the Homeless with Praise & Thunder and Dunkirk Baptist Church! Live Praise Music, Pizza lunch, prepare lunches for the homeless, and head to DC's McPherson Square, (15th & I Streets NW). Event is from 10am until 3:30 PM. You can call or email Pastor Charlie Brown at dbcyp@comcast.net or 410-610-7110. DON'T MISS IT! You will have a great time with other students and be moved to serve others!

payment deadline

The last date to send in your checks for YEC is Friday the 27th. Please, please, send in your checks, if not already, by that date.

Thanks to those of you who have already sent in your checks and has already given me a final count of students!

God bless!

Housing Options...

Embrace Baltimore Housing Options

Hotels
**Ask for the Embrace Baltimore rate**

Best Western Hotel and Conference Center LaQuinta
5625 O’Donnell Street 4 Philadelphia Court
Baltimore, MD 21224 Baltimore, MD 21237
410.633.9500 410.574.8100
Cost: $99/night Cost: $89/Night
www.bestwestern.com www.lq.com

Churches

Catonsville Baptist Church
Pastor Bob Lilly
1004 Frederick Road
Catonsville, MD 21228
Church: 410.744.0658
Email: buildersclass@yahoo.com

The Church on Warren Avenue
Pastor Lyn O’Berry
113 Warren Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21230
Church: 410.752.7833
Email: lyn.oberry@verizon.net

FBC Brooklyn
Pastor Lou Paradiso
3801 Fifth Street
Baltimore, MD 21225
Church: 410.355.8854
Email: rebound1@verizon.net

FBC Lansdowne
Pastor Bill Cochran
2320 Alma Road
Baltimore, MD 21227
Church: 410.242.7730
www.fbclmd.org
Email: billcochran@excite.com
(Church has partnership with the local YMCA for use of showers)

Middle River Baptist Church
Pastor Don Satterwhite
610 Middle River Road
Baltimore, MD 21220
Church: 410.686.8810
Email: pastor@middleriver.org

Valley Baptist Church
Pastor Rick Cash
1401 York Road
Lutherville, MD 21093
Church: 410.321.6257
www.valleybaptistchurch.org
Email: rickcash@verizon.net

Other

Maryland Institute College of Art
140 W. Lafayette Street
Baltimore, MD 21217
410.669.9200
www.mica.edu

Baltimore Hostel
17 West Mulberry Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
410.576.8880
www.baltimorehostel.org

A Word From Maina...

I am asking you to join in on the “Lost Student Challenge”. The Baptist Convention of MD/DE will give away 20 spots to Uncharted for lost students only! Please let us know by Tuesday if you will need any of these spots. One way in reaching lost students for this event is to remind them that they will get service hours for this event.

Two Helpful Tips:

1.There is a free conference going on in Orlando Fl, with Student Leadership University. Francis Chan and David Nasser are some of the speakers to check out. Go to studentleadership.net!

2. Free training/ materials to reach students. If you would like to talk about how you can receive either the training or the materials. Please give me a call or e-mail me (mmwaura@bcmd.org)

Thanks a lot folks!

If you need anything please don’t hesitate in letting me know.

Maina

How Are You Serving?

How are you serving? Where is God using you? Uncharted is a tremendous opportunity to share the love of Christ with Baltimore....but Uncharted is only one weekend. We want to see and hear about how God is using you in your community and beyond! If you have any videos, pictures, stories or testimonies related to you and your youth group send them here and share them with the other youth groups within the BCMD! email us your youtube/googlevideo links, pictures, testimonies and stories to:

unchartedblog@gmail.com

Tell His Story!

Lodging Info

If you are needing to work out lodging for the event please call or email our office. We need host church information as well as churches who needing to be hosted. If you are choosing to stay in the recommended hotel (information is on the original mail out) you just need to give them a call and book your rooms. We have put a hold on the rooms to reserve the price quoted to you under the Youth Evangelism Conference Event but your church will need to make those arrangements directly with the hotel. The hotel is asking for your reservation at least one month before the event and your payment one week before arrival. If you need to work out other arrangements please contact them directly.

Registration Info

As far as deadlines for your deposits concerning Uncharted… we need to have a $25 deposit per student and adult who are attending Uncharted by January 15^th to reserve the $50 rate for the conference. If the deposit is not in by January 15^th the rate goes up to $60 per student and adult. If you aren’t able to meet this deadline with that amount of money please give me a call our office so that we can work something out that will work in your situation. We don’t want churches to turn away because of financial burdens. Please give us the opportunity to see if we can work with you in making this event happen for your students.

*A special thank you to those who have either already paid their deposits or have paid their total balance! We appreciate the promptness and it makes our job that much easier!*

Uncharted Parties!

Uncharted 2009 Party Schedule
These events are designed for students in 6th – 12th grade.

January:
9th-11th:

Friday Night:
Burtonsville Baptist Church
Contact Kevin McGrath
7p – 9p

Sunday Night:
Northwest Baptist Church
6:30p – 8p

16th-18th:

Friday Night:
Baltimore Youth Night
Colonial Baptist Church
Contact Barry Brown (410.655.1080)
Activities & Food
Guests: Jeff Wallace/ Devon Turner
7-9 pm

Saturday Night:
Potomac Youth Event
Hughesville Baptist Church & Capital Club House
Contact Allen Acker (301.475.2131)
Guests: Devon Turner/ Maina Mwaura
5-7 pm (Rally)/ 7-10 pm (Recreation @ Clubhouse)
Cost: Recreation @ Clubhouse would be @ your own expense

Sunday Morning:
Oak Ridge Baptist Church
Contact Larry Davis (410.742.4424)
Guest: Jeff Wallace
Services 9:30am/11:30am

Sunday Evening:
Laser Tag Night
First Baptist Church of Laurel
Contact Misty Pearson (940.642.8955)
Cost: $12 - $21 (based on # of students & package)



February:
13th-15th:

Friday:
Guys and Girls Only
First Baptist Church of Laurel
Contact Misty Pearson (940.642.8955)
Guests: Sam Dula/ Colin Pugh/ Tasha Levert

Saturday:
Blue Ridge Youth Retreat
Skycroft

Sunday:
TBD


March:
6th-8th:

Friday:
Middle School Game Night
Faith Baptist Church

Saturday:
Get out and Serve Saturday in DC
First Baptist Church of Dunkirk
10a – 2p

Sunday:
Riva Trace Baptist Church