MID AMERICA TEC
June 2001

TEENS ENCOUNTER CHRIST

06/01 Volume 23 No. 4 1206 E. McCarty St., Jefferson City, MO 65101 573-635-5717
Newsletter email:www.midamericatec.com

FRIDAY NIGHT SHARED PRAYER FOR TEC #179

All TECites are invited to pray with the Team beginning at 7:30 PM sharp, June 8, Sacred Heart Parish, Sedalia, MO

WHEAT LETTERS: Mail Your Letters to:
Sacred Heart Parish
ATTN: Wheat Letter
421 West Third St.
Sedalia, MO 65301

REUNION June 10, 2001
3:30 PM Candidate's Parent's Meeting, church
4:00 PM Gathering Time
4:15 PM Liturgy NEW TIME!!!
6:00 PM Hoot, Shared Prayer

TEC WEEKENDS FOR 2001 & 2002
#180 - Jul 28-30, 2001 Hannibal, seminary
#181 - Nov 10-12, 2001 Boonville
#182 - Jan 12-14, 2002 IC, Jeff City
#183 - Mar 16-18, 2002 Vandalia
#184 - Jun 8-10, 2002 Moberly
#185 - Jul 27-29, 2002 Marshall
#186 - Nov 9-11, 2002 Taos

HOOT MASS CONTRIBUTIONS FOR 2001
January Jeff City $368.55
March Wardsville $548.00

REQUESTS TO SERVE ON TEC

If your email is on our website's bulk mailing, you received a desperate plea for Requests to Serve last month.
For all you stepped up to the plate .. THANKS! The July TEC is currently being formed. PLEASE LOOK AHEAD to the November TEC and sign up now.

MAIL OR EMAIL YOUR WHEAT LETTERS
FOR TEC #179 TODAY!
Remember to write a general letter to the entire TEC before any personal ones. :)
Highlights of the last TEC council meeting will be included in the next newsletter.

WHY CHANGE THE REUNION SCHEDULE ON SUNDAY....

* To accommodate those growling tummies between the Liturgy and the hoot.
* Bring "sack lunch" .. don't leave the grounds. Sometime the schedule can be bumped up at the last minute and we don't want to start the hoot without you!
* See Anticipate And Participate (below) for another reason!
* JUST REMEMBER, it's not cool to bring food into the church (I knew you knew that!)

ANTICIPATE AND PARTICIPATE

Remember the hoot at your first TEC? All those special people came to see little ol' YOU! Well, guys, now it's your turn to be a special person for someone else!

The Hoot is for the candidates! Participate! Sing and dance and make a joyful noise! BUT DON'T LET that "noise" become distracting visiting! Come early before liturgy to visit with your friends....hey, now you can plan a little picnic with all your TEC buddies between the liturgy and the hoot! WAY COOL!

Anticipate making this the best hoot ever by participating!

SPOOKY!! SPOOKY!!

Did you by chance get a bulk email from the TEC Webmaster asking for wheat letters for a TEC in Oklahoma? It was held at Ft. Sill. Remember? This is so spooky weird! But guess what?! There was a good old Mid America TEC boy participating on that TEC weekend! None other than our very own RYAN LODDER of Marceline! Can you imagine his surprise to hear WHEAT LETTERS FROM BACK HOME? Ryan, how is it you got to be a candidate all over again? Once wasn't enough? That bored in Oklahoma you had nothing better to do? See, folks, it just goes to show, WE ARE ONE BODY!

Where are they now...

Carolyn Mullins . . . she's got a new home!
1417 Route E
Jefferson City, MO 65101
573/496-9906

Lisa Sander . . . she's on her own (new party house)!
413B Christopher Place
Jefferson City, MO 65101
573/638-3898

Denise Bextermiller . . . she says she moved (but didn't leave number)!
1004 Shelby Drive
Moberly, MO 65270

TEC WEBSITE UPDATE

When was the last time you checked out our website? You gotta go check out the new link!

The TEC Conference now has a website of its own and our site provides a link to take you right to it!

The Conference website has a cool map that shows the different regions and addresses to all the TEC centers AROUND THE GLOBE!
So check out the link or go directly to
www.TECconference.org

Hey, and if you're interested in cruisin' the cool waters of ALASKA, you can find info on the TEC Cruise of 2002 by visiting "Upcoming Events" on the MA TEC website. Activities are planned, lively liturgies, great fun! Take a peek!

FYI .... Ever curious about other TEC centers? Just so you know we aren't the only ones, the following TEC centers will be holding TEC weekends at the same time we are at Sedalia ...
Peoria TEC #260 (Illinois) Western Kentucky TEC #138

During June, there are 21 TEC's throughout the country!

Greetings TEC #178,

We came together Saturday morning, three months ago already, not knowing one another. Yet, we formed a community of love and support by the end of the weekend. We shared tears and laughter. We gave one another encouragement, affirmation, and support. We discovered the common thread that brought us all together that weekend, JESUS CHRIST!

Since sharing our weekend, I have thought of each one of you and I smile. What a joy and delight it was to be together! I can see each of your faces filled with the love of Christ.

I pray your 4th day journey is going well. Your experience of the weekend will always be there for you to draw strength from.

I look forward to seeing you all in Sedalia in June. I ask that you begin now to do wheat for that weekend. May you continue to open your eyes, your ears and your hearts to love one another as He loves us.

In His presence,
Lee Menz
Director #178
All TECites are invited to attend the TEC Council meetings .. we need youth and the young at heart! The next meeting will be Friday, June 15th at 7:15 pm in the meeting room at the I.C. rectory in Jeff City. Enter through the back door and take a right down the stairs. Hope to see many of you there!

MAIL YOUR TEC #179 WHEAT LETTER TODAY!!
Remember to write a general letter to the whole weekend before the personal ones!
Begin your wheat now!