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LOVE CUPCAKES? LOVE PARKES is the bold name of our very first outing as a united group of young individuals showing the LOVE of CHRIST to our town of Parkes! Also known as ONE!

Love Cupcakes? Love Parkes! came from one (perhaps joking!) suggestion by a young person at the launch of the ONE project in October 2011. It has expanded to become what will be the most exciting event to ever grace the streets of Parkes. Here’s how it’s going down:

Part 1:

Where? Parkes Baptist Church Hall

When? 7:00pm, Friday, 25th May 2012

Who? You, me, everyone.

How?

1. We get the cupcakes (made lovingly by some wonderful townsfolk!)

2. We ice the cupcakes (messy and fun!)

3. We pack the cupcakes in cool little individual sized boxes.

4. We write cool little individual messages on cards for each box. (Happy encouraging things like “You look GREAT today!” or “Don’t you just LOVE free stuff?”

Now for Part 2. You ready for it?

Where: Starting at Parkes Baptist Church

When: 10:00am, Saturday, 26th May 2012

What: Free Cupcakes FOR ALL!

How: Soooo glad you asked…

1. We set up stalls in three locations on Clarinda Street.

2. We give EVERYONE and ANYONE a cupcake. FOR FREE!

Why? Because who can say no to a cupcake?! Also, this is an opportunity for us to introduce ourselves to Parkes as a group and to show our town just how awesome our youth are.

Remember, this is YOUR movement! Get involved! Get your friends involved! Get your mum involved! Get your pet iguana involved! (probably don’t feed the iguana a cupcake, though.)

WE WANT YOU to own ParkesONE!

Bit of housekeeping:

If you haven’t put in your order for a ONE baseball tee, tell me why? Tell me your excuses. Then when you’re finished, make sure you put in your order! Guys only $12, Girls only $15. STOCKS ARE LIMITED SO BE QUICK! See your fabulous youth leaders or contact Emma via the “ParkesONE” Facebook page. (If you haven’t liked it, LIKE IT NOW!

Secondly, if you are under the age of 16, you will need your parent or caregiver to sign a Permisson Form for you to take part in the Free Cupcakes part of this event on Saturday, 26th May 2012.

You can download the form here

TOUKLEY SUMMER MADNESS 2011!

We were able to take 6 YUM Kids from Parkes to Toukley to take part in the Teen Summer Camp “Toukley Summer Madness”, hosted  by Lutanda Holiday Camps (www.lutanda.com.au)

The young people took part in fun and exciting activities throughout the week including a Video Challenge. Savannah, Steph and Georgia featured in the winning video with Georgia winning Best Actress at the “Toukley Oscars”! Great job, girls!

Here is the winning video:

Cabin I Video

YUM Movie Day! First for 2011!

For those of you coming along to our first YUM movie day for the new year “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader”, here is the Permission Form you’ll need to bring with you on Wednesday.
NARNIA PERMISSION FORM
See you all then!

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