January Newsletter
MID AMERICA TEC
01/2000, Volume 22 No. 3, 1206 E.
McCarty St., Jefferson City, MO 65101, 573-635-5717
All TECites
are invited to pray with the Team beginning at 7:30 PM sharp, January 14, Immaculate Conception, Jefferson City, MO
Weekend
Director: Greg
Clarkston
Spiritual Director:
Fr. Mark Smith
Assistant Director:
Galen & Rosie Bethel
Asst. Spiritual Director: Fr. Dan Merz
WHEAT LETTERS:
Mail Your Letters To
Immaculate
Conception Parish
Attn: Wheat Letter
1206 E. McCarty St.
Jefferson City, MO 65101
REUNION
January 16, 2000
3:00 PM
Mini Workshop for TECites NEW!!
3:15 PM
Candidate’s Parents’ Meeting
4:00 PM
Gathering Time
4:30 PM
Liturgy
6:00 PM
Hoot, Shared Prayer
| January | Jeff City | $591.00 |
| March | Wardsville | $759.39 |
| April | Moberly | $280.23 |
| July | Hannibal | $386.95 |
REQUESTS TO SERVE ON TEC Linday Benson, Piper Calasanti, Kellie Melies, Samantha Fowler, Colleen Dowd, Arnold Brucks Thank you for serving Jesus! |
TEC COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
TEC #171 reported a powerful weekend. There were some bugs to be worked out with the format of the new manual and the location of music CD’s.The Discussion went very well. The parent talk & hoot mass was well attended and it was requested that TEC announcements be made at sometime other than during the hoot.…. Greg Clarkston reported TEC 172 had most of it’s core team together…. 25-30 people attended the November TEC dance and another is being considered….Participation of MA TEC members in February’s “Renewing the Vision of TEC” workshop in St Louis was encouraged…. Arnold Brucks presented his ideas for the TEC Recruitment program…. New Core Council members are Kristan Buechter, Ted & Mary Lou Hoyt, and Paula Sanning …. Spirit of TEC nominees are Fr. Pat Quinn, Fr. Greg Higley, & Theresa Armentrout and to be awarded at the 2000 TEC/Koinonia Convention in May ….Next Council meeting is January 21, St. Stanislaus, Wardsville at 7:15 PM.EVERY TECITE MAY ATTEND!
March Wheat Letters St. Stanislaus Parish
ATTN:Wheat Letter
6410 Route B
Jeff City, MO 65101
BE
REMINDED…….. Only one
person is assigned to gift giving at the hoot with the exception of parents and siblings. If you are not assigned a candidate or team
member, please remain seated. Thank you! |
Remember to write a general letter to the whole weekend before the
personal ones!
Over 30 candidates on tap for the I.C.
weekend – Write those letters!!
CHANGE OF ADDRESS:Colleen Dowd, PO Box 155, Columbia, MO 65205-0155 |
NATIONAL
TEC/KOINONIACONVENTION 2000
Quincy,
Illinois, will be the place to be on Memorial Day weekend next year! If you think TEC is neat, you should think about
attending a National Convention! Information
will be forthcoming as our center receives it, BUT a sneak peek can be found onthe Quincy
TEC website at:
www.shopquincy.com/tec/national/index.shtml
MARK YOUR CALENDAR AND BEGIN SAVING TODAY!
Announced costs:
$150/person (double)
$200/person (single)
Keynote
Speakers:
Steve Angrisono
(recently of NCYC ’99)
Patricia Lehr
Entertainment:
Al Denson
We should have
a strong Mid America contingency there and make our presence known from across the river! This isn’t an adults only event – meet
youth literally from around the world who have made TEC!
As soon as registration forms become available we will forward one to you!
DON’T
MISS THIS WORKSHOP! IF YOU WILL BE A WHEATIE OR SUPERWHEAT, YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS! At 3:00 PM before the
January Hoot Mass, we will be hosting a workshop for all TECites. This is information on the new direction for our
wheat team under the guidelines of the new TEC manual. Location will be announced by signs posted in the rear of IC church PLAN TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS
EVENT Remember in planning entertainment
at the hoots, we are all one family come together to celebrate! While we support one another from all over the
diocese, let us keep focused on our unity in Christ and celebrate our school spirit at
other more appropriate events. |
My Dearest
Family of #171, How wonderful was our time together! Christ was truly with and in each of you, I could
literally see Him. So many things on our
weekend were His doing and no other’s. He
changed a musician to a Superwheat and sent us outstanding musicians. He changed a wheatie from a resource and a
resource to a wheatie. He fabricated a
joy-filled magic bus ride which could only have happened because of the freedom we
experienced by “letting go” of what chained us on Die Day. He rearranged the schedule just enough to meet
everyone’s needs and yet swept through that conference room/chapel with a gentleness
that I can feel in my heart this very minute. Jesus is truly in and with us. He was that weekend and He wants to walk with us
every minute of every day if we but let Him and become conscious of Him. He will carry our burdens and comfort and delight
us. He is the most wonderful, awesome
companion we could ever encounter but we must give Him our time, energy and our hearts. We must listen and speak and read His message in
Schripture and holy writings. Whenever we
need a physical hand to hold or a voice to hear, He sends us one another. Our call is to be there for one another, to be
“strength for the journey” for each other.
That’s what church and the TEC family is all about. I am so very thankful you all came to
encounter Christ. We have all benefited from
the openness and honest giving of self which was experienced. We can only strive to live each day with that same
trust and intensity. Please know that you are part of a much
larger family. One that constantly reaches
out to you and calls you to serve one another as Christ serves. Come spend the time, spend the effort and baste in
the joy Jesus has for us. What a mighty,
awesome, kickin’ God we serve! May we
continue our walk to heaven in the presence of one another and our loving Lord, Jesus. I love you and look forward to may good times
together. Peace in our
loving God, Pam Whitney, Director #171 |
TEC
RECRUITMENT PROGRAM
Are you
interested in sharing the message of TEC with new people?
Are you game to share the Gospel of Jesus?
The Youth
Ministry office of the diocese has asked the TEC community to provide a youth experience
for parish youth groups. Arnold Brucks has
put together a program lasting about 2 hours in which TECites may facilitate this program
and also talk about their TEC experience.
BUT WE NEED
YOU! Our goal is to have enough youth and
adults volunteer so you might be called only a couple times a year to facilitate this
program. Parishes would schedule through the
Youth Ministry office and we would provide an evening or Sunday afternoon experience.
CURIOUS TO KNOW MORE? Great! Please contact Arnold Brucks, 132 Co Rd 334B, New Franklin, MO 65274 or call him at (660)848-2943
The need is
great and it is a wonderful opportunity to promote TEC!
Contact Arnold today!