(You gotta sign up EACH WEEK but permission sheet is good all summer!)
Age Group: 13 and up (or have finished the 6th grade. Sorry, no exceptions.)
Schedule: Each THURSDAY, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM (unless otherwise specified)
What to bring:
A GOOD ATTITUDE! hat, light jacket, pants or long (modest) shorts, no baggy "gang banger" stuff water canteen (non-spillable), fanny pack or small backpack for your stuff Sun screen small (pocket-sized) notebook and pencil to EVERY trip! $10.00 (for lunch, tickets to area visited, etc.) You may pack a lunch if desired, but you will still need money for tickets, etc. Camera with adequate Film and batteries (Optional)
What NOT to bring: Boom boxes, CD players, etc.
What we plan to do (possibles not promises):
Museums: (Local trips may be paired with service projects) Denver Art Museum Museum of Natural History, IMAX Theater Aurora History Museum Colorado History Museum, Molly Brown House Denver Zoo Denver Botanical Gardens, Capitol building Miniature Golf
Nature Hikes: Barr Lake, etc. Delany Farm Prairie Conservation Center in Aurora (etc.)
Picnics: Cherry Creek, Aurora Reservoir Dillon Reservoir Rocky Mountain National Park (would be a much longer day)
Service Projects: (Local trips may be paired with service projects) Yard work at church or for senior citizen members -Visit senior members
Possibles: Bicycle trip on Platte River bike path Movies Kite day (possibly in conjunction with a picnic day) Colorado Springs: Zoo, Garden of the Gods, Indian Dwelling, Manitou Springs
Things we are not planning to do: Amusement parks Video game parlors Shopping Centers Roller blades, skateboarding
Proposed schedule of places and dated (The day of the week will stay the same, each Thursday except the week of July 4.)
Date Place
6-6-02 Museum of Natural History - Lunch - IMAX Theater
Theme verses: Prov. 10:24; Matt. 7:12; I John 4:19; Rom. 8:28 And Learn "Think Link" diagram (cause & effect)
6-13-02 Colorado History Museum - Lunch - Molly Brown House
Theme verses: Prov. 10:24; Matt. 7:12; Jer. 6:16
6-20-02 Bike trip on the Platte River Bike Path - Lunch - then return to starting point (Miss. Ave. & Platte R. Drive then bike to downtown Littleton for lunch, then back) (9:00 to 5:00) We will leave from the church building with bikes on a trailer and return to the church building by 5:00 PM
Theme verses: Prov. 10:24; Matt. 7:12; Rev. 22:1-5
(be prepared to share how a river can be compared to God's blessings to us.)
6-27-02 Denver Botanical Gardens - Lunch - State Capitol Bldg.
Theme verses: Prov. 10:24; Matt. 7:12; Jer. 29:4-7 Prov. 24:30-34 (diligence); Learn Gen. 4:4-8 w/chart
7-04-02 Holiday week - no trip
7-11-02 Barr Lake Nature Trail (BRING PICNIC LUNCH & DRINK!!!)
Theme verses: Prov. 10:24; Matt. 7:12; Nature teaches us: Proverbs 6:6-11; I Cor. 11:14 Proverbs 20:24-31
7-18-02 Delany Farm Museum - Lunch - Aurora Parry Consev. Center
Theme verses: Prov. 10:24; Matt. 7:12;
7-25-02 Denver Zoo - Lunch - Miniature Golf
Theme verses: Prov. 10:24; Matt. 7:12; Gen. Chs. 1 & 2
8-01-02 Denver Art Museum - Lunch & Hike at Confluence Park
Theme verses: Prov. 10:24; Matt. 7:12; Jer. 6:13-16 (shameful art)
8-08-02 Colorado Springs - Cheyenne Mt. Zoo; NORAD (if open)
(9:00 AM to 6:00 PM)
Theme verses: Prov. 10:24: Matt. 7:12; Job 37:1-39:6
8-15-02 Dillon Reservoir - OUR LAST SUMMER TRIP!
Pack a picnic lunch!
Theme verses: Prov. 10:24; Matt. 7:12; I Kg. 20:26-28
(9:00 AM to 6:00 PM)
We will endeavor to follow this schedule, but if other plans meet our needs we can be flexible to some degree.
