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[04/06/20]   Gospel of John, chapter 12, verses 1-11

The Gospel for the Monday in Holy Week, read by beloved youth confirmation teacher, Angie Hodges Gott.
Collect of the Day:
Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may find it none other than the way of life and peace; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. #lent2020 #holyweek #gospelofjohn #youthministry @transfigdallas

Follow along each day this week as our Sunday school teachers read the Gospel and help us observe Holy Week.

Gospel of John 12:1-11

The Gospel for the Monday in Holy Week, read by beloved youth confirmation teacher, Angie Hodges Gott.

Collect of the Day:
Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may find it none other than the way of life and peace; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. #lent2020 #holyweek #gospelofjohn #youthministry @transfigdallas

Great youth council meeting today! Wish I’d remembered to take a couple pics!

Friends, our Lenten waiting table has been so fun to add to each week. I really wish we’d been able to do this together in the Youth Center. Watch this week as I add to it each day and then strip it down on Maundy Thursday. #holyweek #lentenwaitingtable #lent2020 #youthministry #theepiscopalchurchwelcomesyou @transfigdallas @dana_late_to_the_gram_jean

They are small and they are fake 😂 but they’re palms. How are you observing Palm Sunday? #palmsunday #youthministry #theepiscopalchurchwelcomesyou #affirmingchurchindallas @transfigdallas @dana_late_to_the_gram_jean

Palm Sunday: How to Greet Royalty

Starting today, Palm Sunday, and running through Holy Saturday, we have our Sunday school teachers sharing the Gospel each day, to be followed by a prayer, reflection, and/or suggested activity for the day. Our offering to you, both youth and families, to help you mark the days as we walk with Jesus through this most holy of weeks.

We start with Riley, who is co-teaching 6th & 7th grade this year, and is a wonderful teacher and servant leader! Riley reads to us from the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 21, verses 1-11.

Watch our Sunday school lesson today to go with the Gospel, found here: https://youtu.be/tCJzUQvTEeU and share your homemade palms and Holy Week calendars when you're finished (described in the lesson). Have a blessed week!

If you were going to meet royalty, how would you greet them? Join us live on Palm Sunday @ 10:15am and then watch the lesson on www.transfiguration.net/watch for ideas on how to mark the days this Holy Week. #lent2020 #socialdistancing #youthministry #theepiscopalchurchwelcomesyou #affirmingchurchindallas @transfigdallas @dana_late_to_the_gram_jean

Another great time with youth from around the diocese as we did Compline and “Goods & Get Betters” together ♥️ #socialdistancing #youthministry #compline #theepiscopalchurchwelcomesyou

Doesn’t matter where you are — youth, join us for Compline tonight! Link to meeting in bio! Join us tonight! #compline #youthministry #theepiscopalchurchwelcomesyou

Join Zoom Meeting
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Watch for movie link to be posted at 11:45. Click the link BEFORE clicking NP. After installing Netflix Party, of course. See you there! #youthgroupmovie #theepiscopalchurchwelcomesyou #affirmingchurchindallas @transfigdallas @dana_late_to_the_gram_jean

So much fun in Crossover tonight! We did evening prayer, had great music, talked about Judas betraying Jesus, how it feels to be betrayed and how easy it might be to be pressured into betraying someone. THEN, we played a crazy scavenger hunt. So much fun! We even spun the wheel and our little guest, Ruthie, won the drawing! #youthgroup #youthgroupgames #eveningprayer #theepiscopalchurchwelcomesyou #affirmingchurchindallas @transfigdallas @dana_late_to_the_gram_jean @ Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration @ Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration

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#questionoftheday #youthgroup #theepiscopalchurchwelcomesyou #affirmingchurchindallas

TONIGHT!! We’ll pray, we’ll chat, we’ll play a game, we’ll have great music. What better way to break the monotony of sheltering in place? #socialdistancing #youthgroup #theepiscopalchurchwelcomesyou #affirmingchurchindallas @transfigdallas @dana_late_to_the_gram_jean

Go watch the dry bones lesson on YouTube! It’s ready 😊 https://youtu.be/huwNCG_aKRo #drybones #youthsundayschool #theepiscopalchurchwelcomesyou #affirmingchurchindallas @transfigdallas @dana_late_to_the_gram_jean

Breathing Life Into Others 3-29-20

Here's the Sunday school lesson for today! There's an activity at the end that will require a handout, linked in the comments.

https://youtu.be/huwNCG_aKRo

Lent 5, Ezekiel and the Valley of Dry Bones Post examples of how you or others are breathing life into people who might be feeling hopeless!

Lenten waiting table #lent2020 #youthministry #theepiscopalchurchwelcomesyou #affirmingchurchindallas @transfigdallas @dana_late_to_the_gram_jean

[03/29/20]   Sorry - can't get it going on FB! Join us on Instagram! Apparently I have a problem with my camera.... Will get it resolved for next time. So sorry!

See ya'll at 10:15! In the meantime, in the comments, check out some things to go with our discussion:

- Emma, Maggie & their dad reading from Ezekiel about the valley of dry bones
- Sophie's answer to the question of the day, which is "When was there a time in your life that something was bad but then got better?"
- a song from Lauren Daigle called "Dry Bones" (not specifically for the lesson, just because I like it and it ties in)

Youth - Catch us live-streaming on FB & IG tomorrow morning at 10:15!

Call on Me: A Prayer Book for Young People by Jenifer Gamber and Sharon Ely Pearson

Parents & youth -
A free resource I commend to you, a lovely prayer book for youth: https://issuu.com/churchpublishing/docs/call_on_me/6

issuu.com A prayer book designed for teens that draws on the Book of Common Prayer, the Bible, and events that occur in their daily lives. This creative compilation of over 100 original prayers offers simple and insightful instruction about prayer. It offers a wealth of diverse prayers on all manner of topics...

Don't forget - Unite Youth Compline tonight @ 7pm!
Zoom meeting info:
https://zoom.us/j/352099483?pwd=Q1FVRkxyMkxibjJTZ1ZFOGR4OWZtdz09
Meeting ID: 352 099 483
Password: UniteY

ORDER OF SERVICE:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19l80ZqW_6N1dqudEpcvCtGu9pAEuXURkDf8VGvFinVM/edit?usp=sharing #affirmingchurchindallas #theepiscopalchurchwelcomesyou #youthministry #compline

Don't forget - Unite Youth Compline tonight @ 7pm!
Zoom meeting info:
https://zoom.us/j/352099483?pwd=Q1FVRkxyMkxibjJTZ1ZFOGR4OWZtdz09
Meeting ID: 352 099 483
Password: UniteY

ORDER OF SERVICE:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19l80ZqW_6N1dqudEpcvCtGu9pAEuXURkDf8VGvFinVM/edit?usp=sharing

[03/26/20]   Small group for the Netflix Party but full of golden nuggets like this: we’re watching Spy Kids and I just said in the chat “the Bible tells stories about people like Floop who mess up, confess what they’ve done, and are transformed by love” and one of the 6th graders said “like Zacheus. Or Joseph’s brothers” ♥️♥️♥️

Small group, had some technical difficulties but not bad for a first try! We’re even talking about the Bible! #spykids #youthgroup #theepiscopalchurchwelcomesyou @transfigdallas @dana_late_to_the_gram_jean

Small group, had some technical difficulties but not bad for a first try! We’re even talking about the Bible! #spykids #youthgroup #theepiscopalchurchwelcomesyou @transfigdallas @dana_late_to_the_gram_jean

Spy Kids | Netflix

If you're having a hard time getting into the Netflix party, let me know. Sorry! I had a link problem. I think this should fix it, but if not, let me know (I think you might want to copy/paste, not click): https://www.netflix.com/watch/60020916?npSessionId=fb276917fd2d955e&npServerId=s118

netflix.com The tables are turned when pint-sized kids Carmen and Juni must rescue their secret-agent parents from the diabolical clutches of Alexander Minion.

EDITED WITH NEW LINK. (LET ME KNOW IF IT DOESN'T WORK!)
Click link https://www.netflix.com/watch/60020916?npSessionId=fb276917fd2d955e&npServerId=s118 THEN click NP

Spy Kids | Netflix

Link to the movie: https://www.netflix.com/watch/60020916?npSessionId=244e47f0a7305893&npServerId=s118

netflix.com The tables are turned when pint-sized kids Carmen and Juni must rescue their secret-agent parents from the diabolical clutches of Alexander Minion.

Netflix party @ noon! Watch social media for the link, click it THEN click NP (to the right of the search bar). You MUST install Netflixparty.com using Chrome first! Be sure to follow all the steps in the right order: install Netflix party using chrome, go to Netflix.com and login, click link to movie, click NP. In that order. See you there! #youthgroup #spykids #throwbackthursday #affirmingchurchindallas #theepiscopalchurchwelcomesyou @transfigdallas @dana_late_to_the_gram_jean

[03/26/20]   Parents, I did ask them to put everything back where they got it for the Zoom scavenger hunt. Just in case you wondered. 😂😂😂 (not trying to get on anyone's bad side... 😉

Scavenger hunt via zoom tonight in Crossover 😂 after evening prayer, the question of the day, and Goods & Get Betters. Comment with your answer to the question of the day: when have you been asked to do something difficult and said yes? (We read about the Annunciation tonight when Mary was called by God to do something hard, raise the Messiah. #goodsandgetbetters #eveningprayer #questionoftheday #youthgroup #affirmingchurchindallas #theepiscopalchurchwelcomesyou @transfigdallas @dana_late_to_the_gram_jean

Nathaniel Answers the Question of the Day

For Crossover tonight, we're talking about what it's like when God calls us to something difficult, and our question of the day is "When have you been asked to do something hard and said yes?" Check out Nathaniel telling us about a time when his mom asked him to do something hard.

Hope you're planning to join us for Crossover Zoom tonight @ 7pm on Zoom. https://zoom.us/j/667364091?pwd=a3FPelBYRnJCemRWYlpuL3o0MENqdz09

(Way to go, Nathaniel!!)

Join us tonight for Crossover Zoom @ 7pm. See comments for login info. #youthgroup #theepiscopalchurchwelcomesyou @transfigdallas @dana_late_to_the_gram_jean

Preparing for the long haul, I ran to the youth center today to get stuff from our Lenten waiting table and the spinner and prizes for people who show up in the Crossover zoom tomorrow 😂 (this is in my office/art studio space. That’s Crosby on the pillow. He isn’t sure he likes the spinner.) #socialdistancing #youthministry #lent2020 @transfigdallas @dana_late_to_the_gram_jean

Use Chrome, to to www.netflixparty.com and follow instructions, then watch email for the link to the Netflix party on Thursday. (Link will be emailed at about 11:55am on Thursday, to people who sign up via realm. Go to realm!). #throwbackthursdaymovie #youthministry @transfigdallas @dana_late_to_the_gram_jean

Question of the day to do with the Sunday school lesson, answered by our friend Naomi ♥️ @trini_in_texas @dana_late_to_the_gram_jean @transfigdallas #youthministry #sundayschool #theepiscopalchurchwelcomesyou

Check out me and my twin doing announcements and introducing the Sunday school lesson for today, the 4th Sunday in Lent. Watch the intro here: https://www.facebook.com/FigYouth/videos/1837095463104818/ Within the next day or two, go to www.transfiguration.net/watch and watch the Sunday school lesson. #youthsundayschool #youthministry #theepiscopalchurchwelcomesyou @transfigdallas @dana_late_to_the_gram_jean

Youth Sunday school - 4th Sunday in Lent
(go to www.transfiguration.net/watch for the full lesson, to be posted Tuesday 3/24)

Ways to Engage in Youth this Week

Monday
⁃Youth weekly email (If you’re not receiving this, let me know!)

Wednesday
⁃Crossover Zoom meeting @ 7pm. Watch for login information via email.

Thursday
⁃Throwback Thursday Netflix Party: Finding the Gospel in Movies
Spy Kids 3/26, Popeye 4/2 & What’s Eating Gilbert Grape 4/9 (plus discussion questions)
NOTE: To join the party, you must use a computer and Chrome. From Chrome, go to http://Netflix.com and watch email/social media for an invitation link.

⁃Unite Youth Compline @ 7pm. Watch for login information via email and to be posted on social media.

[03/22/20]   Having technical difficulties with the live video. If you’re joining us, be patient! Sorry 😐

Youth - gather some recycled cardboard and paints. I’ve got a project for you!! Watch for details tomorrow. #youthministry #youthinpews @transfigdallas @dana_late_to_the_gram_jean @ Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration

Fig youth - join me on FB live tomorrow at 10:15am (4th Sunday in lent). See you there! #youthsundayschool #youthgroup #theepiscopalchurchwelcomesyou @transfigdallas @dana_late_to_the_gram_jean

Explore Free Bible Videos | BibleProject

Youth, while you're stuck at home, consider watching some of the Bible Project's videos. They're so cool!! https://bibleproject.com/explore/

bibleproject.com Learn how to read the Bible with our Bible resources & dive deeper through Bible videos on each book of the Bible & major biblical themes. BibleProject

Couldn’t live stream compline tonight for some reason (user error on my end probably lol) but look at these pics!! We had 5 churches and 33 participants!! 6 of us from the Fig!!

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HELPFUL DOCUMENTS:
Music: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1stHm6foMHFNJ8L2xMvlUsQZkeqosOK5cTguTpUGFwb8/edit?usp=sharing
Compline: https://prayer.forwardmovement.org/daily_prayer.php?d=19&m=3&y=2020&office=CP