24 hr Sk8athon videos

Here are two videos from our 24 Hour Halloween Skateathon at the dropin. Enjoy...

Here are some videos you might enjoy. Both videos are of Guerilla Warfare. One is a music video of "Taco Man on the Moon", that we made here at the Drop-in and the other is a live performance of one of our songs called "The Robert Munsch Opus" that we played at the 3rd Annual Frozen Coffeehouse this last August.





Thanks for watching.

New Video

Hey folks,

Here is a new video to feast your eyes on:

This one is a video of our "Destruction Night" here at the drop-in where kids were actually allowed to destroy things this summer. It was a blast.



Hope you had a great summer.
God bless
Eric McMahon

Fall/Winter Collage-Style Update

Here's a collage update for you all...

These pictures are from our YFC Banquet '09, our volunteer Christmas party, our senior high feast, our Christmas staff pictures and Mel and I at the train tracks (where we got engaged) on our 1st anniversary.

Here's a little excerpt from the winter newsletter:

"Ever noticed that intelligence doesn't correlate with happiness. Knowing about things doesn't make you wiser. Knowing history doesn't prevent history from repeating itself. Knowing what the Bible says doesn't mean you believe in God. But being joyful when there is nothing to be joyful about...now that's a God-given gift. That's what I hope and pray for, for everyone at the drop-in. That teens feel safe and welcome in God's arms even when their lives suck, their families are useless, or their dads aren't even around."

Hope you had a great Christmas and are currently having a great January.

God bless
Eric McMahon

Christmas With The Drop-In...

Christmastime at the Niverville Drop-In is filled with good food and really tacky gifts. But it is much more than just that. We are called Youth for Christ for a reason. We try to do unto others as we would have them do unto us. So we gave it our best shot this Christmas and blessed the drop-in teens and the drop-in volunteers by giving them...good food and really tacky gifts.

Here are some pictures of this years volunteer Christmas party...

Chris hoping to find a gem.

Grace, trying out her new bird whistle.

Melodie inspecting the cheesecakes (made by yours truly).

Quelf, the ultra random board game

Volunteers with their gifts, which include: a marriage certificate holder, a Superman comic and a thigh master.

Kaeleb testing out his new pirate mug/pot/beerstein



Now for some pictures of our Senior High Christmas Feast...

The best picture we have of our Christmas tree.

Feast!

Josiah and Zac fixing our Canada flag Christmas light display.

Feasting!

Homemade perogies, lasagna, farmer sausage, chilli and tons of desserts.

Thank you so much to all the people who donated so many baked goods and other foods of all shapes and sizes. It's good to know the drop-in, which was built to serve the community, can count on the community. If that makes sense...

Merry Christmas and may you experience God in a whole new way!

Niverville YFC Banquet Pictures

Hello everyone that reads this sporadically updated blog,

Here's some pictures of the YFC Banquet at the Heritage Centre this last Wednesday. Our theme was "change". We have seen a ton of change in the community, the culture and the teenagers since the drop-in centre opened.

We watched a video with lots of old photos to show how much the drop-in has changed over the years. We heard what happened this year, particularly...Ecclectomania at the Niverville Fair with Island Breeze, and the 3rd annual townwide youth event, the Super Runningman 64.

Mark, Gord and Cheri (the board chair) gave inspired speeches. One of our volunteers gave his testimony of going from being a drop-in teen to being a burn survivor to being a volunteer for YFC Niverville. We also got a good dose of reality when two of our very own drop-in teens told us what it is like to be a teenager nowadays, in this society and culture.

This is Cheri Downey (the board chair).

Brent & Drew telling us what it's like being a teenager nowadays.

Me telling it like it is.

Gord telling it like it will be.

...and Mark telling it how it was.

Merrick Sandulak giving his testimony.

The awesome jazz band, The BMW's.

Thanks to all of you who came, who wanted to come and who thought about coming.
Come again next year, we will not disappoint. Well, we might disappoint, but God never does...


God bless,
Eric

Niverville YFC Banquet

Just in case you hadn't heard...

Niverville YFC is having their annual banquet on November 25th at the Niverville Heritage Centre. Doors open at 6. Meal is served at 6:30.

Live professional jazz, video presentations, an incredible testimony by one of our volunteers, and two teenagers talking about what it is like being a teenager in Niverville.

It will be an unforgettable evening.

We have a couple tables left for $175 (seats 8 people), individual plates for $25 or just call us and we will see if we can get you in for free at a table that's already paid for.

388-6827

Hope to see you all there.

ps. This is a fundraising banquet, but we see the fundraising as secondary. We want as many people as possible to come out to see and hear about how the Lord has blessed the YFC.