Shoal Creek Student Family Connection - 11/24 Edition

Hi Families, here's your "need-to-know" info for your Buya and Crash Students:

1. Updated Rest of the Semester Student Calendar - There are several special events and services coming up over the next several weeks. So very important for you to visit our updated schedule here at this blog post. Of special notice:  No Buya on THIS Sunday the 29th, so that your student and family can experience our Baptism service on the 29th.

2. Final Decision Has Been Made - Only ONE Buya Service from now on at 11am. For a full explanation of why we had to make this decision, please read my blog post here.

3. Looking for a Family Holiday Serving Experience? Then check out our Shoal Creek "Kidzmall" happening Friday Dec 4th and Saturday the 5th. Details here.

Here's what's available to students and how we communicate to student families weekly.

1. "Buya" program every Sunday at 11am in the Underground for all 6th-8th grade students.
2. "Crash" (9th-12th grade) students can meet in The Attic every Sunday from 10:35am-11am for free breakfast, then attend the 11am service in the Auditorium as a group by sitting in the balcony.
3. Join the "Buya Parents" or the "Crash Parents" City groups if you want weekly info on upcoming events.

Wanting more information about what Shoal Creek offers for students that you don't see here? Contact Justin Talley, or start following our Shoal Creek Students Twitter account--@SC3Students--to be connected with the latest happenings. 

Shoal Creek Student Family Connection, 11/17 Edition: Updated Student Calendar, Movie Night This Friday, More...

Hi Families, here's your "need-to-know" info for your Buya and Crash Students:

1. All-Student Event - Going to See "Mockingjay Part 2" THIS Friday night, 6:15-9:15pm at B&B KC Northland - Please RSVP here so we know how many seats to save. You are responsible for buying your own ticket. Bring a friend!

2. Updated Rest of the Semester Student Calendar - There are several special events and services coming up over the next several weeks. So very important for you to visit our updated schedule here at this blog post. Of special notice:  No Buya on Nov 22nd or 29th, so that your student family can experience our Communion service together on the 22nd, and our Baptism service on the 29th.

3. Final Decision Has Been Made - Only ONE Buya Service from now on at 11am. For a full explanation of why we had to make this decision, please read my blog post here.

4. Interested, or have a student interested, in Baptism? Our next Baptism is schedule for Sunday November 29th, so if you or you student or whole family is interested at all, head immediately over to this link where you can get more information on signing up for the Baptism on the 29th.

5. Looking for a Family Holiday Serving Experience? Then check out our Shoal Creek "Kidzmall" happening Friday Dec 4th and Saturday the 5th. Details here.

Here's what's available to students and how we communicate to student families weekly.

1. "Buya" program every Sunday at 11am in the Underground for all 6th-8th grade students.
2. "Crash" (9th-12th grade) students can meet in The Attic every Sunday from 10:35am-11am for free breakfast, then attend the 11am service in the Auditorium as a group by sitting in the balcony.
3. Join the "Buya Parents" or the "Crash Parents" City groups if you want weekly info on upcoming events.

Wanting more information about what Shoal Creek offers for students that you don't see here? Contact Justin Talley, or start following our Shoal Creek Students Twitter account--@SC3Students--to be connected with the latest happenings. 

Shoal Creek Student Ministry Schedule for the Rest of this Semester

Hi Shoal Creek families! (UPDATED 12/15)

Just wanted to get you an updated list of upcoming students activities, events, and services, in addition to some special Shoal Creek-wide services that will be happening on Sundays, and a Christmas Eve Services/Christmas Break schedule. Please let me know if you have any questions, thanks!

Justin Talley
Student Director - SCCC

Sunday Dec 20th—Buya as normal at 11am. Attic open as normal 10:35am.

Sunday NIGHT "Star Wars" - If you want to go see the new Star Wars movie this weekend (or "re-see" it!), contact Justin ASAP and he'll pre-order some tickets for the 8pm showing at B&B KC Northland.

Shoal Creek Christmas Eve Services:

Wed Dec 23rd - 7pm

Thursday Dec 24th - 4pm, 6pm, 8pm

Christmas Break - No Buya, or Attic (Crash) on Sunday Dec 27th. Donut Hangout for everyone on Sunday Jan 3rd at 11am. While school is out, we give our awesome volunteers a couple of weeks to travel and be with their families over Christmas break. So on Dec 27th there will not be student services of any kind, but on Jan 3rd The Underground (Buya) and The Attic (Crash) will be open for a low key, just-have-fun Donut Hangout for any student wanting to come on down to the UG, but there won't be an actual Buya program that day.

Shoal Creek Student Ministries - Final Decision on Number of Buya Services, Request for More Volunteers

Hi Shoal Creek Student Families, and Buya (6th-8th grade) Families in particular,

I wanted to let you know that after several weeks of hoping things might change, and having a team meeting to discuss all of the factors affecting the effectiveness of our program for Buya on Sunday mornings, we have decided that we can only be the most effective we can be by operating one Buya service per Sunday, not two.

Being able to have a good Student-to-Adult ratio on Sunday mornings is absolutely critical to maintaining an impactful Sunday morning experience. Over the past year, several of our volunteers have felt God leading them elsewhere, and unfortunately we've not been able to re-fill their positions with new volunteers.

In addition, we could actually still really use some more volunteers to make even our once a Sunday Buya service more impactful. To be fully staffed for one service on Sundays, we need 5 female and 5 male volunteers. Currently, we have 3 female and 3 male volunteers in our leader pool. That is honestly the bare minimum to operate Buya, because on any given Sunday any one, two, three or four of those leaders may have obligations that keep them from being available to serve on Sunday morning. Or, for example, we're now getting into the cold-and-flu season, so I know there will be Sunday mornings when volunteers have to stay at home sick.

Would you consider contacting me if you have any interest at all in making Buya as impactful as it can be? I would love to setup a tour and observation for you, and walk you through what we do each Sunday to try to make church as spiritually engaging as possible for 6th-8th graders. We have an extremely wonderful team that loves working together to make a difference in these students' lives, and we need a few more people who might feel like God has given them the desire to partner with us.

I know that God has big things in store for our Buya students and families! Would love to discover them with you!

Justin Talley
Student Director at Shoal Creek Community Church