Revolution (Grace Vineyard Youth Group)

Did you know:

---That in the time has just taken you to read this sentence, one child has died somewhere in the world from hunger-related illness?
---That the biggest cause of death around the world is not cancer, or car accidents, but dehydration caused by no access to clean water? 
---That 25% of the children in the world are under-weight because they don't get enough food to eat, while over 50% of American children are considdered overweight? 
---That there is enough food and money in the world right now to make sure that no one ever starves to death, or dies from not having clean water again? 
---That God talks more in the Bible about helping the poor and needy than almost any other topic (including Heaven, Hell, and angels), and that one of the ways we can measure our commitment to God is by our willingness to help those people?
---That you can do something about all of this, right now, and have a lot of fun while doing it?

We are starting our ramp-up to this years 30 Hour Famine, which will be held on May 15th and 16th!

This is aways one of people's favorite events every year.  Each year we add new things and do more outrageous activities as part of this incredible program by World Vision.  For those of you who do not yet know what the 30 Hour Famine is, here is a brief summary:

---First check out the 30 Hour Famine website, but realize that we are doing a few things a little different (like doing it on a different date).

---We get people to sponsor us (like a walk-a-thon, or a charity run) to help world vision bring food and dig water wells in places in the world where people are literally dying of thirst and hunger.

---We start our fast (going without food) on Friday, May 15th, after lunch.

---At 6:00 PM on Friday, we come to the church, where we have a big lock-in with games, prizes, and all you can drink.

---On Saturday, we wake up, and go out to do service in the city of Arlington.

---That evening at around 6:00 PM, we have a big feast together, where we break our famine and party like crazy!

---There are all kinds of prizes from both World Vision and our church for raising money.

There is a game we play the whole weekend, called Tribe.  Tribe includes lots of competitions and strategy, while we are also learning about the people we are helping

This year, there are a few things that we are doing differently:

---Tribe

---Tribe this year is focused on 5 countries in South America (Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia).
---Each person doing the Famine will be separated into one of these tribes, but instead of being put in a tribe on the day of the Famine, you will be a part of your tribe from now until the Famine is over.
---Your tribes will be in competition with each other from now until the Famine is over.  There will be prizes given out after the Famine for things like, the most money raised per tribe, the biggest tribe, the tribe who wins the games during the famine weekend, the tribe with the most creative money raising ideas, and the Spirit Award (given to the tribe that shows the most spirit and solidarity).
---You can do just about anything you can imagine with your tribe between now and the Famine.  Make your own Tshirts, come up with fund-raisers, recruit more tribe members, get on the evening news.  Remember, you are just like a country.  Find ways to grow, ways to raise money, ways to make yourself stronger.  Remember, you are doing this to literally help the people of the country you represent.
---On the Famine night, you will even be building your own village.
---If you aren't already in a tribe, you will be recruited, I have no doubt.

---Famine weekend

---We will be having a lock-out this year instead of a lock-in.  We will be turning the area behind the church into South American villages.  You will be sleeping outside.
---There will be constant security, and guys and girls will not be sleeping anywhere near each other.

There will be more and more info as time progresses.  Stay tuned to this website for further info.  In fact, we will even have separate pages for tribe members as well.