We will be hosting a camping trip to Afton State Park. We will meet at the church at 4:00 pm on Friday August 16th and return to he church Saturday August 17th at 4:00 pm. The cost is $15 per person or $25 per family.

The next youth convention is in the summer of 2024. As you consider it ---- talk to any of the 12 students who went in 2024 and they will tell you how great of a time that it was. And as you consider it, we have a great trip planned as we did in 2022 with 8 other churches while we travel via coach bus. We will be traveling from June 30th through July 7th.

Be encouraged to visit the promo video, to look at our schedule in detail, and to be aware that the cost is a flat $530 for hotels and registration costs plus the cost of the bus. (The bus costs depends on the passenger load).

The next steps are to:

1. Complete an EYC registration form and submit it with a $100 nonrefundable deposit.

2. The fundraiser

3. To attend a student/parent meeting in support of the trip on January 7th

Winter Blast

Registration for Winter Blast will begin on 11/12. This retreat is for students in Jr and Sr High and it will be outstanding. If you complete a registration form by January 6th the cost will be $60. After that, the cost is $90. We will explore Twin Oaks camp, have some great food, attend four worship sessions, have plenty of time to explore God’s creation and compete against other youth groups in some team events. We will depart at 1:30 PM on Friday, February 9th, and return home at 6 PM on February 11th. If you attend the REALITY APOLOGETCS conference, this retreat is free. To take advantage of the BOGO offer, please return your registration form by January 6th.

Last year we had a great group of students attend the Reality Apologetics Conference as they tackled some tough issues that our students face. As you look at this year’s schedule and speaking themes you can see that once again that they are trying to reach our students with the issues that they are confronted with. To learn more about the speakers and schedule of the conference, go to https://www.realityapologetics.com/mn/

Students will have multiple opportunities to worship, to be challenged in their faith and to attend seminars of their choosing.

Our cost is $60 for any student paid in full by 9/13 and $90 for any student registered thereafter. This year we will be partnering with Calvary Evangelical Free Church in Rochester. We will be sharing a school bus and using the same hotel.

This school year we will be offering a BOGO offer on this retreat and the Winter Blast Retreat. If you register, we will cover the cost for Winter Blast.

Students attending must have a 2023-2024 school year release form on file.

We depart at 2:30 on 11/10 and we return on 11/11 at 8 pm. We will be meeting at and departing from Calvary Evangelical Free Church in Rochester.

All True Life Church Jr. High Students are invited to go to Middle School Mania at IPOINT this fall, October 13-15.

This is open to all students in grades 6-8

We will depart at 1:30 from the church (yep, you get to get out of school early) and we will return on the 9th by 7 pm.

IPOINT has a $25 discount for those registered early and we as a church will match that price which means the cost is only $55 if you are paid and registered by 9/14

To register, please complete a registration form located on the youth group bulletin board.

Reach Out Rochester is happening July 16-22. ROR23 is a great opportunity for students currently in grades 6-12 to serve together with others from within our youth group and from several other churches. The cost is $175 if registered by June 1st and $200 through July 1st. For more info and to register, go to www.trueliferochester.org/ror23

Trip Schedule

Please register by 7/1 so we can finalize our hotel reservation and transportation.

Winter Blast

At our fall orientation meeting, we took a quick poll to decide which winter retreat at IPOINT that we would attend. The result of that survey was to choose “Winter Blast” which is open to all students in grades 6-12. We are asking that everyone sign up by 12/1. As long as we have Jr High students signed up and registered, we will attend this camp. In the event no Jr High age students register, we will pivot and move the retreat to Sr High Winter Weekend.

Here are the important details to keep in mind

• Cost: Free to season pass users or $75 for any other student

• We will depart from True Life on Friday 2/10 at 1:30 and return Sunday at 5 pm

• Students should pack with them warm clothes, snow boots, bible, sleeping bags, toiletries, towels, sleeping bags

• Please bring money with for dinner Friday and ice cream on Sunday

• Please register by 12/1

  Registration forms are available at here and on the youth group bulletin board.

• If you wish to pay by credit card, please click below (Please note a 5% surcharge will be applied)

Last year we had a great group of students attend the Reality Apologetics Conference as they tackled some tough issues that our students face. As you look at this year’s schedule and speaking themes you can see that once again that they are trying to reach our students with the issues that they are confronted with. To learn more about the speakers and the schedule of the conference, go to www.realityapologetics.com/mn/

Students will have multiple opportunities to worship, be challenged in their faith, and attend seminars of their choosing.

Our cost is $50 for any student paid in full by 9/8 and $70 for any student registered thereafter.

Students attending must have a 2022-2023 school year release form on file.

We depart at 2:30 on 11/11 and we return on 11/12 at 7 pm.

Lodging and transportation details are currently being worked out.

Registration for “Fall Nightery” is now open.

This year, the event is happening exclusively at the Mall of America with expanded options for rides, mini golf, FLYOVERAMERICA and more. For those not participating in the season pass, the cost is $35

We will meet at True Life Church at 5 PM on November 4th and be back to True Life at 6:30 AM on November 5th.