BBQ and S'mores at the Pricketts

This coming Monday (July 19th), we will be meeting at Rachel & Keith's house as usual.  If we get our normal wonderful July weather, we'll be spending most of our time outside.  We plan to fire up the grill, so bring side dishes or anything you want to throw on the BBQ.  Keith & Rachel will provide BBQ chicken.

After watching the Love Talk DVD, we'll have s'mores on the fire pit in the backyard.  Bring a jacket...the coastal breezes can blow through Philomath pretty strong in the evenings.

The address is: 1233 SW West Hills Road, Philomath, OR

See you there!

Stay in the Loop!

In an effort to keep our mailing list up to date and to allow people to join/leave our mailing list as desired, we are going to use a Yahoo Group for all future group communications.   The group is located here:  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/corvallisyoungmarrieds/  Follow that link to sign up!

We will be keeping current contact information at that site also so it is the place to go to find someone's mailing address or phone number.  Please check out the Mailing Addresses document located under Files on the left, to add your contact information or update it if you've moved. 

If we're missing anybody, feel free to invite them to the group.

So, as a recap:  please use this Yahoo Group mailing list from now on, anytime you want to contact Young Marrieds as a group.  Thank you!

House Church

Our Young Married's group is joining Calvary Chapel's House Church ministry and we look forward to welcoming new couples to our homes. 

If you are considering joining us, we will be meeting at Josh & Cara Miller's house next Monday (4/5/10) at 7 p.m. for a game night. Their address is 3330 Canterbury St., Corvallis, 97330.  It will be a fun way to get to know one another with a potluck and a variety of board games.  So, feel free to bring a dish and your favorite games and come get to know other young couples!

Young Marrieds Cancelled This Week

Calvary Chapel is requesting that all house groups attend the fasting week worship & prayer times in lieu of regular meetings.  Beginning this Saturday, there will be a worship & prayer event at Calvary Chapel every evening through Febuary 6th. 
Young Marrieds Group will not be meeting for game night this week, so we hope you all can make it to the prayer events.
More details can be found on the Calvary Corvallis website.

What's So Amazing About Grace?

We are currently watching and discussing the DVD, 'What's So Amazing About Grace: A Ten Session Investigation of Grace', by Phillip Yancey.

Based on the book by the same title, this 10-week DVD explores the subject of grace, the freely given and unmerited favor and love of God.

Description from Zondervan Publishers: In this ten-session small group DVD, award-winning author Philip Yancey offers intimate glimpses of God’s life-changing grace. Using candid interviews with real people, he illustrates the power of God to forgive the most horrible deeds, love the unloving, and redeem the seemingly irredeemable.

New Pictures

Financial Peace

Over the next few months, our small group is watching the DVD series by Dave Ramsey and learning how to be good stewards of all that God gives. We're sharing how we have struggled and grown in the area of finances, and we're being challenged to be wise investors of "talents."

Here are some links to his site:
Home page
Course Content
Couples' Resource Center
Scripture related to finances (should be read in context)
7 baby Steps

We're currently studying budgeting:
The truth about budgeting
60-second budget calculator

December 2008

Finally an update to the blog!
Our group has been growing so much over the last few months, so welcome to all the new couples!

In November we began a new study- a video series on the Song of Solomon, presented by Tommy Nelson. So far we've covered the first 2 sessions - attraction and dating. On the 8th of December we will be looking at the art of courtship, and even though we've passed this point in our relationships, it's still great to learn what God has to say about building a strong marriage even before you get to the vows.

On the 13th we will enjoy a progressive dinner - we still need hosts for the different courses!

We hope this Thanksgiving holiday was a blessing for you and your families.

Game Night Tonight!

We'll be having this month's game night at the Castle's at 6pm. Bring your own meat plus a side dish or dessert to share as we'll be starting earlier, grilling, and celebrating Labor Day together.

Bring any outdoor or board games you would like to play

We can also pick blackberries, so bring containers if you would like to take some home!

Call for directions - Scott or Melody at 929.4870

Love and Respect Series

Our Home Fellowship is reading Love & Respect by Emerson Eggerichs and discussing the chapters on Monday evenings. Also, Calvary Corvallis is showing the DVDs that go along with this book - Wednesday nights at 6:15 for 7 weeks. Most couples in our group have been able to attend, and we look forward to seeing how this series can be used by God to bless our marriages.

4th of July!

4^th of July at the Castles!
You’re welcome to arrive anytime after 12 noon. What to bring is highlighted below...

During the day we plan on:

Swimming/wading/floating in the river (bring swim gear/shoes for wading and a towel)

Playing yard games (please bring if you have them!)

Hiking/walking around the wilderness

In the evening we will have

BBQ- we’ll start the grill around 6pm.

Bring your own meat (or non-meat grilling substitute) AND a side dish or dessert to share.

We have some buns (hamburger/hotdog) and we’ll have lemonade/limeade and water available.

Drive-in style movie in our backyard (we don’t have a specific film choice, so please bring your dvds and we’ll take a vote! If no one brings any we might get stuck with one of my chick flicks…)

Bring-

Warm Clothes. Even if it’s 90 on Friday, the coast breeze kicks in around 8pm and it gets downright chilly.

Movie snacks

Chair, blanket and/or sleeping bag to cozy up under.

If you are interesting in spending the night, you are more than welcome! It makes the drive more worthwhile.

PLEASE RSVP to tell me you are planning on staying so we can prep mattresses and have enough for breakfast.

If you are spending the night, please bring:

Pillows/sleeping bags. We have enough mattresses for 5 couples, plus 3 couches, and a pretty comfy floor.

You are welcome to bring a tent and camp out here too, if you like.

Please don’t bring fireworks – we have very tall, drying grass all around our home. Sorry!

Call Melody for directions or if you have questions! 929-4870

Friday and Monday Parties!

This Friday the Neahrings will be hosting an ultimate frisbee/Becoming Jane (the movie) party!
I don't think there will be dinner, but bring snacks and games. The fun starts at 5:30!

Monday the 17th will be a movie night at YM at the Miller's. Even though it's an "off" week, we will be getting together to watch "The Pineapple Story." The movie will start at 7pm.

Hope to see you there!

Some Get-Togethers...

The Castle's will open up their home for a very informal game night tomorrow - the 29th, to celebrate the extra day in 2008! Bring your favorite games and a dessert/drink to share. 7pm, call them for directions, and it would be great if you could let Melody know you're coming. 929.4870


Also, we have a rented copy of "Becoming Jane" for those ladies and gents interested in seeing it. We'd like to schedule an afternoon/evening to enjoy it in the next month. Gotta love no late fees!

Update

It's been a while since we've posted!

2008 is off to a great start in young marrieds. We were blessed to have so many couples at our Feb. 11 home fellowship. In the "off" weeks we have been building closer relationships with each other though hanging out and prayer.

It was also a blessing to have Andrew Enders come and share about marriage, ministry, and having 4 kids!

We're looking forward to nicer weather and having more outdoor adventures! If you're just checking us out, we invite you to join us. Kids are welcome!

The Enders Family
Andrew, Patrice, Isabel, Reese, Anaelle, and baby on the way!

Christmas Dinner

We will have YM on the 17th at Rachael and Andy's in Albany. We are blessed to have Gene and Trish joining us! Contact Josh and Cara to sign up for food and get directions.

Caroling

We're planning an evening of caroling and a movie for December 10th, starting at 6:30pm. Please eat dinner beforehand, and plan on bringing desserts/movie food. Josh and Cara will provide hot beverages, and Scott will try accompanying on guitar. The movie will be "The Nativity Story."

Change for Monday Oct. 22

Young Marrieds will be at David and Priscilla's house this Monday, Oct. 22 at 7pm. Call them if you need directions or more information: 231-6763

Happy Birth Day Iris!

Congratulations to Josh and Cara! Iris was born last night (the 17th).

Ultimately humbled

We held our ground for most of the 2-hr. game, final score (i think??) was YM 7, YA 15.

I think we knew we were in for trouble when they arrived with team shirts and a chant:
maher-shalal-hash-baz
which is, apparently, the longest word in the Bible, meaning "quick to the booty, swift to plunder." Indeed.

Though we were lacking some key YM folk, we appreciate the amazing catches by Opie, Ryan (who took one for the team) Grant and Ron.

Bring it on!

Tomorrow will be a home fellowship ultimate frisbee battle! It's the young marrieds vs the young adults in the ultimate showdown: 2 pm is the time, MLK Jr. Park is the place...

Maybe this could turn into a home fellowship championship series?

Pictures will follow in the coming days.

ps, Micah and Rhonda, Matt and Heather, we wish you were here!!