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Things to bring:

• Clothing for Friday and Saturday.  

• Clothes/pajamas to sleep in on Friday and Saturday

• Toiletries including soap and shampoo

• Towel and washcloth

• Sleeping bag and pillow.  We will be sleeping in classrooms at a church, (Champions Church of Christ, if anyone is curious - same place as last year...and the year before, and the year before...)  so it’s best to bring more than a sheet and a pillow.  You’re welcome to bring a small foam mattress or cot or blow up mattress if you want.  You'd probably enjoy life better if you brought something to sleep on which would keep you off the hard floor.

• Cards, games, etc. For the bus ride to/from Soul Link.  Only if you want.

• A coat or jacket if you want - it looks like it will not be too cold. 

• A camera, if you want (we will not have access to phones on this trip)

• Kindness

• Joy

• An open heart (not literally, just figuratively.  Please.) 

• A good attitude  (this one is literal, ha.)

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Do not bring the following:

• Earbuds/earphones, tablets, portable gaming system or any
  other kind of electronics except for a camera.

• Anything intended to play a joke on anyone or anything illegal.

• Anything illegal

• A bad attitude

• Turtle shells

• Porcupine quills

• Alligator teeth or feet

 

 

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Cell phone information:

When students arrive to la church building on Friday, we will have envelopes for them to put their phones in.  If students need their phone at any time to call parents, they are welcome to use it.  Otherwise, we’ll keep the phones put away for the weekend.  As always, your parents can get in touch with you by calling Monty or Heather's  phone…and students are welcome to use Monty or Heather’s phone at any time to call them.  We are not trying to keep students from talking to parents, but we are trying to help all of us to be “present” with the people around us and not texting all the time or on social media or other apps throughout the weekend.  It's crazy.  Sometimes there can be a great time of worship or maybe the speaker is saying something totally amazing, but we miss it because we're playing candy crush.  Or a friend sends a text and we take a moment to text them back, and we miss a reallly impactful moment of worship.  So, yep, for our middle school students who do have phones (and we know that's not everyone), the phones will be unattached to our hands this weekend. 

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A few things worthy of noting:

• All of your food and expenses are covered for Soul Link.  No need to bring any money...unless you want to buy a t-shirt or maybe a CD (sometimes they actually have these kinds of old fashioned things) at Soul Link.  The CD's would be from United Voice Worship.  They came to our church about 4 years ago and they lead worship each year at Soul Link and Winterfest.  You can look them up online or on YouTube or Spotify if you're interested in who they are. 

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• This is a "be friends with everyone" kind of weekend.  You will likely sit by someone new in each class and each time we're on the bus.  (We'll have 5-6 times we're on the bus.)  Just want to make sure everyone knows that ahead of time in case you're only wanting to sit by one friend the whole weekend.
   

• You’re welcome to bring snacks (but no snacks on the bus unless you ask)
   

• You are welcome to bring homework to do on the bus or during a break at Soul Link, if you would like to.
   

• There are a lot of different youth groups who come to Soul Link, and our group will stay together throughout the weekend. At all times during Soul Link, we will sit together as a group.  If you have friends from other churches, or cousins, or long lost buddies, they are more than welcome to sit with our group. 

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• We have some parent sponsors for this trip, some interns, and some of our HS students who are going as HS leaders. 
   

• If you have not yet paid the registration fee for Soul Link, you can do that anytime.  Checks and cash go into the in-wall youth box in the Youth Cafe area near the HS room doors.  If you want to pay by card, let us know and we'll send you a link.

 

 

Okay, that’s a lot of info.  If you read all of this and have a question, let us know.  Again, we are so glad you are going to Soul Link.  We’re excited about what God is going to do in each of us throughout the weekend.  We ask for your prayers before, during, and after this trip.

 

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