Sunday, April 24, 2005
Nearly all our Fellowship members had a part in our Youth led Worship Service. The teens did all but give the sermon --- watch out for your job next time, Pastor Judy!

Sunday, April 17, 2005
St. Mark's and our Fellowship teens (Josh, Kelley, Robbie, and Russell) walked (and ran) in the Annual 5K Crop Walk.

Saturday, April 16, 2005
Fish Fest Concert at Irvine Center was attended by Josh, Russell, Vic and Allan. Great groups, good tunes, and praise for over 6 hours!

Saturday, April 2, 2005
We would like to extend a big THANK YOU to Raul Alarcon and Sgt. Tom Kang for joining us for a BBQ dinner and sharing their experiences of how their Christian faith related to their lives as they grew up, as they are on the job as police officers, and as law abiding citizens --- God's law, that is!

Sunday, March 20, 2005
No one ever grows out of hunting for Easter Eggs -- but the teens had it a lot harder -- they had to hunt in the dark using flashlights! Bible Study was accompanied by sounds of chomping on candy!

Sunday, March 6, 2005
Small group Bible Study and a group activity: string & blindfolds? No peeking!

Sunday, February 20, 2005
Well, we tried to go to midnight bowling, but everyone else in Torrance had the same idea. Instead it was back to our hang-out for popcorn, ice cream and late-night movie!

Saturday, February 12, 2005
Study, Song, and BBQ at Allan's. This time we even let our parents join in the fun!

Sunday, February 6, 2005
At the conclusion of the 10:00 service, our youth held the Souper Bowl of Caring soup pots to receive $1 contributions from congregants. $82.52 was collected and will be donated to the earthquake and tsunami victims in South and Southeast Asia, through the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance Program.

Sunday, January 23, 2005
The Fellowship participated in the Service Blitz for the Souper Bowl of Caring by cooking a complete dinner for 40 homeless men of Beacon Light Mission. The meal is cooked in the Durham Hall kitchen and delivered to the shelter the next day. The high schoolers made extra meals so that they could taste their "works of art" that night! Mmmm -- good food, good friends and service to others -- this is the Lord's work, rejoice! See the photos from this event.

Sunday, January 9, 2005
Back from the holidays and we shared God's word with Pastor Judy.

Sunday, December 19, 2004
St. Mark's members and the Fellowship teens visited our shut-ins with Christmas Caroling and good cheer. We came back to the church for some yummy treats.

Saturday, December 11, 2004
Seven Fellowship members joined others from St. Mark's and other churches to help at the monthly Walteria Church Hot Meal program. We also passed out grooming kits that other members from the Fellowship has helped to assemble the week before.


Saturday, December 4, 2004
Seven members, moms and friends went on the bus with the Torrance Float Association volunteers to help work with the "dry day" preparations for the Torrance Rose Parade float that will be decorated the week before New Year's. It took everyone all day to cut buckets of blue status flowers into a few pounds of blue petals!


Sat-Sun Nov. 20-21, 2004
Billy Graham & Concert // Passion movie // Sleepover // Breakfast Could we possibly pack in more in only 21 hours? We met at 3pm, carpooled to the concert (18 teens & 6 adults), finally found seats, met Judy back at the church, learned about the 14 stations of the cross, ate pizza, watched Mel Gibson's Passion of the Christ, stayed up way too late (accented with thunder, lightening & heavy rain!), ate pancake breakfast, got the Communicants off to their 9am meeting with the Session, and then we all stayed awake during service (helps to be in the 2nd row in front of Pastor Judy!) A BIG THANK YOU to all the parents who helped with driving, food prep & clean-up and staying up with the kids! Shari, Zinnia, Rafael & Lisa, Nancy & Russ, Suzana & Scott, & Nancy.


Sunday, November 7, 2004
Quiet time with Pastor Judy and our Bible studies.


Sunday, October 24, 2004
Bible Study and music with Alan.


Sunday, October 10, 2004
The Queen Mary Haunted Ship night event brought out 18 of our teens. That's enough to scare any youth advisor!! Allan & Rafael went onboard with the kids and thanks to Sean's mom (Michelle) and Steve for driving as well.




Sunday, September 26, 2004
Our first official meeting for the new year!


Saturday, September 18, 2004
14 parents and Fellowship members helped out at the California Coastal Commission Beach Clean Up in Redondo State Beach. There wasn't much trash, but we were able to greet some of our newer members!


June 2004 - Farewell to the Doorns




Saturday, June 26, 2004
Beach, BBQ & Byes
End of the Year Beach Bonfire Celebration & Incoming Senior High Initiation was held at Dockweiler Beach in El Segundo. We had great food, friends, games and said our good-byes to Jim & Kristen who will be leaving for Mission work in China!








Sunday, June 6th 2004
We acknowledged our adult leaders and our graduating seniors with a bible presentation at the 10 am service. Then we met that evening for a brief introduction about Labyrinths followed by an awesome experience walking St. Mark's Labyrinth lit by luminarias and set to meditative music. THANK YOU LABYRINTH COMMITTEE!


Saturday, May 22nd 2004
Holy Grounds Coffee House & Karaoke Night
Didn't see any of our teens singing, but they did make great ice cream floats!


Sunday, May 16th 2004
Crop Walk and Nursery Walls Washing
Five of the teens participated in the 5K Crop Walk (two of them ran it the entire way and then some!) Later that night, eight of us washed down walls in the nursery to prepare it for painting.


Saturday, May 1st 2004
Pastor Judy's wedding! All decked out and ready to party! Everyone helped out and served hors d'oeurves and sparkling catawba juice.


Sunday, April 25th 2004
Wedding Preparations and balloon fun time had by all!


Wednesday, April 14th 2004 Spring Break Bowling
Several Fellowship members met and bowled -- two of them got extra free games!!


Sunday, April 4th 2004
Regular Meeting
We finally got a chance to just sit down and talk about "stuff."


Weekend, March 19th-21st 2004
Ponderosa Pines Winter Camp
11 Teens and 4 adults attended the "Sharpen the Saw" camp at Ponderosa Pines. The weekend consisted of worship, praise music, good food and an afternoon of snowboarding!





Sunday, March 7th 2004
Organ Dedication
St. Mark's presented a wonderful concert to dedicate our new Schantz organ.


Sunday, February 22nd 2004
Preparing for the Passion of the Christ
We read a Passion Play to provide background for anyone going to see Mel Gibson's "Passion of the Christ" movie. (St. Mark's congregation went on a Lenten Retreat to see the movie on March 13th).


Sunday, February 8th 2004
Car Wash & Bake Sale Fundraiser between services and again after the 10 am service raised over $300!!





Sunday, January 25 2004
The Fellowship visited the "Risk Exhibit" at the California Science Center, downtown Los Angeles. Ouch! Those bed of nails are sharp!






Sunday, January 11th 2004
Souper Bowl of Caring Blitz / Cooking Night
The Fellowship Teens cooked food for 60 to be delivered to the Beacon Light Mission in Wilmington.




Sunday, December 14th 2003
Youth Advent Sunday - 10 am service
Dressed in their Sunday best, The Fellowship members lead the congregation in worship and praise during this special season celebrating the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ.




Sunday, December 7th 2003
The Fellowship members met for a planning meeting & rehearsed their readings for the Youth Advent Sunday and learned about the significance of the different parts of a worship service.


Sunday, November 9th 2003
The Fellowship members met & discussed the philosophical questions and religious symbolism in the Matrix Revolutions movie.


Friday, November 7th 2003
Matrix Revolutions
Jim & Kristen waited in line from 7:30 p.m. to save places for the 10:15 show. THANK YOU!!!! We had a huge turnout & nearly all the Fellowship members showed up! Altogether we were 15 youth and 6 adults!!


Sunday, October 26th 2003
Bible Study and snacks - no, that's not a pie in Kristen's face!


Saturday, October 25th 2003
Several of the Senior Highers showed up to help set up the Haunted House. Great work everyone! BIG THANKS to: Danny, Hugo, Kelley & cousin Robert, Robbie and Tim.


Saturday October 11th 2003
Our "Fear Exhibit" field trip to the Science Museum was postponed.


Friday, October 3-4 2003
Girls Only Nite at Pastor Judy's. Pizza, donuts, ice cream & popsicles! Junk food heaven!! Lots of talk and a good chick flick: "Bend it like Beckham."


Sunday, September 28th 2003
Regular Meeting in our hang out and where we welcomed our two new sponsors, Jim & Kristen!


Sunday, September 14th 2003
A handful of High Schoolers helped to clean up after the Aloha Sunday event (Danny, Kelley, Russell, Tim, & Warren) and then it was off to the Beach to say good-bye to summer and hello to the upcoming year of friends, fun & fellowship! Robbie and a few friends of TIm met up with us and the guys got in a good game of extreme football since the waves weren't cooperating.


AUGUST 2003
Well deserved time off & vacation for all!!!


Sunday, July 20th 2003
Leo Carrillo State Beach Hike & Beach Dinner
Are we there yet? Actually, no one asked that until the end of the 2 hr. drive (with traffic)... the hike was a gorgeous experience through the canyon and the beach was cold & the food was sandy, but all had a great time!




Sunday, July 6th 2003
Youth Visioning Meeting & Pool & Pizza Party
Talk about "packing it in" all in one night! The fun began with food & fun and then we settled down to participate in a visioning & values conversation which all church members have been doing for the past few months. Then it was on to dessert & decorating Pastor Judy's car --- after all, she just celebrated her XX birthday!


Friday, June 20th 2003
New Senior High Member Initiation
Rise & Shine! We kidnapped the incoming freshmen at 6:00 a.m., played a few "trust" games, went on a short road rally & had breakfast at Denny's. We even had time to TP & balloon Pastor Judy's house! Yes, we stayed & cleaned it up too...






Sunday, June 8th 2003
Movie outing
A group of the members had a "study break" and went to see the movie, "BRUCE ALMIGHTY." It wasn't a "religious movie," but it does make one think about being "all powerful!"


Saturday, May 10th 2003
Walteria Hot Meal Program
Six senior high and over a dozen other church members helped out at the Walteria Hot Meal program which occurs on the 2nd Sunday of each month. St. Mark's also prepares and donates food to this event every month.


Sunday, April 27th 2003
Earth Stewardship.
A small, but loyal group of the Fellowship met for bible study and a planning meeting for the next 2 months. Since Earth Day was on April 22nd, the study addressed: the "Old Testament" vs. "New Testament" teachings of the "goodness" of that which is not of the spirit and our role as "rulers over all the earth."


Tuesday, April 15th 2003
Knott's Berry Farm
Everyone there had a very good time. At first a few people had a hard time going on some of the extreme rides, but in the end everyone went on most of the rides in the park. The lines in the park were very short that day so we got to go on rides multiple times, even ones that usually might have a few hours of waiting time (waiting in the lines). But over all, I would have to say that everyone had a good time.
Reported by: Paul.




Saturday, April 5th 2003
Car wash
The Fellowship members held a car wash at the Chevron Gas Station on the corner of Carson & Crenshaw. Scheduled time was 11 am - 2 pm. However, the teens & adults worked an extra half hour due to public demand!



Over $185 was earned -- the youth split additional earnings made during the last 1/2 of overtime. There was no set fee for their services, only a donation request after the customer's vehicle was washed. Over 25 cars, vans and trucks passed through, averaging nearly $10 per vehicle. Many church members participated and many brought their friends as well.

The Fellowship members agreed to donate $100 of the earnings in the memory of Lance Corporal Jose Antonio Gutierrez who died serving his country in Iraq. He was from Lomita, and North High School in Torrance has set up a Jose Gutierrez Memorial Scholarship Fund to which the funds will be sent.

A BIG THANKS to Patricia, manager of the Crenshaw Carson Chevron station, church members who supported our efforts, and teens, their parents and Judy who all worked hard to make this happen!


Sunday, March 23rd 2003
Crop Walk
Several Fellowship member & parents joined other St. Mark's members in the Annual Crop Walk for Hunger.




Sunday, March 16th 2003
St. Patrick's Day
Danny presented a St. Patrick's Day quiz and we learned many Irish Blessings. Here's one of our favorites:

Here's to you and here's to me
I pray that friends we'll always be,
But if by chance we disagree,
The heck with you and here's to me!


Tuesday, March 4th 2003
Mardi Gras
Ashley & Kevin worked steadily in the kitchen with clean-up and then Kevin got kidnapped to do heavier stuff in Durham Hall. The total clean-up was finished in one hour. Their hard work earned $50.00 from Outreach to The Fellowship fund. In addition, Kevin was in the set-up/decoration crew the night before for 2 hours. Two of Kevin's friends, (Joey & Travis) stayed till the very end and worked alongside Ashley & Kevin in the kitchen. A BIG thank-you for helping out and earning us BIG BUCKS!!


Sunday, February 23rd 2003
About a dozen Fellowship members and friends learned about our Church's definition of a "just war" and how it relates to the events in the world today.


Sunday, February 9th 2003
Seven teens from our The Fellowship group got together to go see the movie "Shanghai Knights," which proved to be a blast!


Sunday, Jan. 26th 2003 - 10 am Service
Souper Bowl Sunday Service Announcement
We performed our skit, "The Iron Chef" and took up a collection of dollar bills from the congregation. We collected over $ 238.62 versus $69 which was collected last year. The international Souper Bowl of Caring event collected $3,249,831. For more information, check out www.SouperBowl.org.


Sunday, Jan. 19th 2003
Souper Bowl Service Blitz
Seven teens from Seaside Church joined us as we prepared a meal for the Beacon Light Mission in Wilmington that was delivered on Jan. 20th. We cooked turkey chili, cornbread, brownies and made salad.