Written by Doug Mast

“Hey, Mom! Which tie should I wear?” “Does this look okay?” “Vest or no vest?”

These are only a few things that you would have heard in my house if you would have been

there on Friday 13th as Brian and I got prepared for the banquet. Once we finally got

dressed, we rushed out the door to prevent us from being late. We got there with only a

few minutes to spare before the banquet began. As we waited for the ladies to put the fin-

ishing touches on the banquet we played some corn toss and a few other games that were

set up for us. At last, the moment arrived and we were told that we could go in and find a

seat. At our seats we each had a couple pick up lines on some slips of paper. I thought that

this must have been a suggestion that the girls don’t think that we use enough pick up lines.

One of my favorites was an Amish pick-up line: “Your hair must look wonderful-gut under

that there bonnet. What I can see of it, I mean.” Then, once everyone was seated, we were

told that we were welcome to help ourselves to drinks, which was old fashion soda. Soon

after that, the food came out, which included some really good chicken, mashed potatoes,

and rolls, among other delicious foods. Then, while we ate ice cream with numerous top-

ping choices, we were entertained by Tybie as she showed us a few video clips. The girls

made a special video that was a parody to a song that talked about the many mood swings a

girl has. The last bit of entertainment included everyone getting an envelope that had slips of

paper that had some memories that the girls had of us guys, some advice that they wanted

to give us, or anything else they wanted to tell us anonymously. When reading these I had to

laugh as I reminisced some of my Youth Group memories. As we where wrapping up our

readings they handed out some paper bags decorated with 1 Corinthians 13:4-13, and differ-

ent types of candy inside. As we were cleaning up Miranda took photos of us at her vintage

photo booth where there were props that we could use. There were some silly photos and

some serious ones to give us something to remember the occasion by. Once everything was

cleaned up, we played some volleyball and then, with smiles on our faces and laughter still

ringing in our ears, we wrapped up the evening saying good bye to all, thanking the girls for

all they did, and thinking about everything we were going to talk about on the way home.

Valentine’s Day Extravaganza

Bring It On

Written by Brian Mast

On February 20th the Youth Group got together for a volleyball tournament at

Mountain View Gym. We had a score sheet to rank the teams and to see which teams

would play each other. That night there were six teams. Those on my team were: Logan

Bender, Ian Brenneman, Charity Moser, Sierra Maust, and me. Continued Page 3

March, 2015 Volume 10, Issue 3

Inside this issue:

Valentines Banquet by Doug Mast

1

Bring It On by Brian Mast

1

Valentines Banquet Pictures

2

Upcoming Events, Birth-

days, etc.

3

Youth Leaders Update by Clin-

ton and Kara

3

Youth Quotes 4

Editors Note 4

Advice for New Sponsors

4

Youth Sponsor Profile: Sam and Carrie

Fratz

4

Valentines Banquet Pictures

Did You Know. .

Today the Youth

Group is having a

Fettuccini

Alfredo and

Chicken

fundraiser meal.

This will benefit

the Youth

Groups summer

trips. All are

welcome!

Page 2 Youth Coop

Well, we made it. Spring has officially come. This season is perhaps one of the most exciting times of the year. Saying good bye to the wintery mess and hello to the new life helps to accent perhaps the most important holiday of our Christ-centered faith. It is also exciting to be a part of the Bible Quizzing season. Kara and I enjoy the time spent with the youth who dedicate countless hours to memorizing chapters of the book of Acts. What a blessing it is to have the Word in our language and so accessible. The book of Acts is

an account of the events that surround and involve the Early Church. The power of Christ’s resurrection and the indwelling Spirit fill the pages of Acts. Stephen becomes the first man to die for Christ. He was killed in a manor common for capital crimes/sins in the Old Testament, stoning. A devote Jewish man by the name of Saul stood by and supportively observed the gruesome execution. Saul became known and feared by the

early believers for his hatred and desire to eliminate them. Like Saul, we all have been enemies of Christ. The Word of God has been faithfully preserved from the time of Job to the last book of prophecy, Malachi. The New Testament begins with the promised one coming. The Jews anticipate an earthly king who will set up an earthly kingdom and fulfill the covenants made to their forefathers. Instead, this “Messiah” eats with sinners and tax collectors and does nothing to overthrow the Roman occupation of their lands. Jesus calls out the religious leaders for their hypocrisy and is ultimately killed for His ministry of truth. But just as He had told His slow to understand followers, God validated Christ as the Son of God by resurrecting Him to life. Saul also has an encounter with the resurrected Lord; he dropped his “S” took up a “P” and wrote a third of the New Testament as Paul, the faithful bondservant of Christ Jesus. The resurrection is the most

important event in our faith. Jesus is who He said.

-Clinton and Kara

Youth Leaders Update

. . . Everyone was scrambling around with their teammates making sure not to miss a game;

but our spare time we had snack time (thank you Clinton and Kara for bringing drinks and hot

dogs). After playing game after game, my team had four wins and one loss, and made it to the

championship round. After two games we won. Since the tournament was over we all took a

small break and talked until we decided to play a game of hockey. Then, once we played hock-

ey for a while, we decided that the next point wins, so we could get the game over with. After

that we played soccer until most were exhausted. Then someone set the volleyball net on half

of the court and on the other half those who did not want to play volleyball decided to play

lightning. Still, there were those who didn’t feel like playing anymore and sat on the bleachers

to talk with friends. This was a memorable night with laughter and pain (Anthony got hurt

playing volleyball) but as all nights do, it came to an end and it was time to go home. I had fun

playing with my friends and against my friends so, all in all, it was a very good night.

Bring It On, Continued

Upcoming Events April Birthdays

March 25th– Committee Meeting @ Bubbi and

Kara’s

April 3rd– Behold the King

April 10th-11th– Quiz Camp

April 10th– Game Night @ Tim and Jencene’s

9th- Danae Mast

9th- Brianna Maust

24th- Ian Brenneman

26th- Carrie Frantz (YS)

Eric Beitzel:

Never leave your

car unlocked, and

secondly, always

lock your car.

Advice for Newbie Sponsors!

“Don’t you know it’s a nuclear

canyon?”

-Matt, playing Risk and talking

about a cannon

Editors Note

Youth Quotes

Mikaila Tice: Learn to love to motto,

"Sleep is for the weak."

Trevor Schrock:

Don't bet that Lo-

gan won't eat

something.

Marlena Griffith:

Good Luck!

Lydia Bender: Thank you for putting

your time and effort

into us, keep being

awesome, and have

fun.

Doug Mast:

Be yourself.

and you will fit

right in!

Brianna Maust: Good luck and

enjoy the ride!

Miranda Bender: Never get in an

eating competition

with Logan. Justin

Maust: All of us kids

are crazy,

and our cra-

zy nature is

going to rub

off on both

of you.

Morgan Maust: If Anthony needs a vol-

unteer to do something

that you don’t want to

do, don’t look him in

the eye.

“I’m a man, so

that makes me

batman”

-Matt

“You are skinny, but

I’m pretty sure you’re

fat at heart”

- Kendell

“I want my first son to be a boy”

-Logan

“Is that cheese-

cake?”

-Kendell, point-

ing to the

mashed potatoes

Morgan Maust: At progressive suppers,

always lock your car and

keep your shoes on.

Morgan Maust: If you sit by Anthony

while playing any card

game, guard your

cards at all times.

Anita Lehman: In case you gain any gray hair in the next three

years, know that the Bible says it's a crown of

glory :). As Abby might say, we predict you will

have a glorious time, but hopefully not because

you get gray hair.

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A shout out to Bubbi, Kara, Brian, Doug, Sam, and Carrie for their help in this issue! You can also thank Mi-

randa Bender for all the new Tim’s you will be seeing! Unfortunately, I didn't get our scanner up and running

in time to finish her amazing Tim’s last month.

Until next time,

Morgan

“I can’t walk with these

things crossed” - Logan,

while holding scissors

“Who was that heifer?”

-Matt, after Clint got of

his back

YC: How did you two

meet?

SF: I met Carrie through a

college Algebra class that we

had together at Garrett Col-

lege. However; I did not talk

to her until later in the school

year. Darren Schrock and I

spent a lot of time in the li-

brary doing non-academic

things such as playing online

games and talking about any-

thing but school. Darren in-

troduced me to Carrie during

one of our “study sessions” in

the library.

CF: We meet at Garrett Col-

lege, where we had Algebra

class together. One day I was

hanging out in the library with

Darren Schrock and Tara

(Brenneman) Wenger, Sam

came in and sat down with us.

Soon after that, Sam went

with the Youth Group to

Cooper’s Rock. Darren was

speaking that year, so he

brought all of his friends. The

next day we talked for a long

time after class, and that

quickly became a habit. Sam

even confessed to purposeful-

ly turning in a test before he

was finished so he could walk

out of class when I did.

YC: Where do you work?

SF: I am working at Tri-State

Trench as Bore as the VP of

Operations. We are an un-

derground utility company

that specializes in directional

drilling. My duties include,

mapping out jobs, finance, and

managing employees on job

sites. Nick Pickrel is my boss

as the Owner of the compa-

ny. Love that guy!

CF: I work at Friendsville

Elementary School as a

fourth grade teacher.

YC: What did you want

to be as a child?

CF: Either a social worker

or a teacher.

SF: The first thing that

comes to my mind, is that I

really wanted to be a fire-

fighter. Not like every kid

imagines… I really wanted to

be a firefighter. I also wanted

to pursue a career as an

EMT/Paramedic because my

father was the Director of

Emergency Management for

so many years, and I wanted

to be just like him.

YC: What were your first

thoughts when Anthony

asked you to be sponsors?

CF: Here we go. We had

been asked last year and al-

most said yes, but around

that time I got really sick and

was on treatments and going

through a lot of tests to fig-

ure out what was wrong with

me. At the time we decided

we should see what was go-

ing on with me before taking

on more responsibilities. This

year it took us about five

minutes of discussion before

we texted Anthony and said

yes.

SF: Excitement! Pure excite-

ment. I love working with

and along side of the youth at

Cherry Glade. My passion is

to get more and more in-

volved with some kind of

youth ministry as I pursue my

ministry and my mission for

Christ.

YC: What is your favorite

verse or quote?

SF: Mahatma Gandhi said, “I

like your Christ, I do not like

your Christians. Your Chris-

tians are so unlike your

Christ.” This is a constant

reminder to me to exemplify

who Christ is, striving to be

like-minded with Christ and

putting on the fruits of the

Spirit daily.

CF: Psalms 91:4, He will cov-

er you with His feathers, and

under His wings you will find

refuge.

Continued Page 4. . .

Riddle:

“I have hands

that wave at

you, Though I

never say

goodbye. It's

cool for you to

be with me,

Especially

when I say, ‘HI.’

What am I?”

If you think you

know the

answer, see the

editor. The

answer to last

months riddle

is: “The boys

were hitting a

piñata.”

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Youth Sponsor Profile: Sam and

Carrie Frantz

Cherry Glade

Mennonite Church

4051 Accident-Bittinger

Road,

Accident, MD 21520

For more information

concerning Cherry

Glade Youth Group

contact: Anthony and

Anita Lehman (301)

895-4012

a vessel for Him. One of best qualities would be my

ability to get along with people and fellowship in multiple ways. I could get along with a shoe! Haha.

CF: I tend to have a hard time saying no and end up spreading myself farther

than I should. One of my better quali-ties is that I enjoy

helping people, but that is what makes it hard for me to

say no.

YC: What is one thing people don't know about you?

SF: There is a lot in this category. My first name is Jon. I am ambidextrous. I have 2

sisters and 2 brothers.

CF: I used to get really sick from eating bananas, but

within the last year it stopped happening.

YC: If you could learn to do anything, what would it be?

SF: Probably sing. I love to sing… but I can’t,

at least not well. But I can

still praise God with this shaky, tone-deaf voice.

CF: Act in a way that al-ways showed patience and

love.

YC: Describe yourself in

YC: What are some of your hobbies?

SF: Sports. Any sport I can get my hands on:

baseball, softball, basket-ball, volleyball, tennis, Ping-Pong, golf. I also

love to draw when I have time, creating logos, and designing graphics on a

computer.

CF: Does writing lessons count as a hobby? Being a first year teacher does not

give me much free time. When I am not working on lesson plans or doing my homework for my online class, I enjoy being with my husband or our fami-

lies.

YC: Describe the perfect evening.

SF: Playing a couple of games of softball, social-

izing, fellowshipping at the park, and then having

enough time to go home and relax with my beauti-

ful wife and watch a movie.

CF: Staying at home, eat-ing ice cream, and

not doing anything.

YC: What are some of your worst/best

qualities?

SF: This is a tough one. One of my

worst qualities is that I don’t always trust God in every situa-tion. I sometimes try to rely on myself to get me

through a tough time or a situation, rather than giv-ing my fears and my wor-ries to God, and living as

one sentence.

SF: I like to be around people and have fun.

CF: I try to live my life in such a way that it brings

worship to my Maker.

YC: What do you expect your youth sponsor

journey to be like?

SF: I ex-pect it to be full of

surprises. It will be full of in-

teractions, and get-ting to

know the youth bet-

ter. Learning from the youth and helping them

to see God’s glory through our love for them. Being there for

them at all times, opening our doors and our lives for them, being willing to sacrifice time to be en-couraging brothers and sisters, and to be a light

in the church, in the com-munity, and fulfilling The

Great Commission of spreading the Word of

God.

CF: I am excited to watch God move in the lives of the youth and my own life. I am sure it will be

rewarding and challeng-ing. I expect that it will bring me closer to God

and closer to Sam.

Youth Sponsor Profile Continued

Editor: Morgan Maust

Email:

morganmaust@verizon.

net

Phone: (301) 245-4556

Did You Know. . .

The group going

Weagamow, Canada

this year is selling 17”

hoagies and 14” piz-

zas. They are $7.00. If

you are interested in

getting some, contact

one of the youth or

Darren Schrock.