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DCF
Youth Club |
DCF Youth Club
Every Friday (during term time) from 7:30pm until 10:00pm
DCF Youth club
is designed for the young people at DCF, and also their
friends, and is geared for the secondary school age (11-18
year olds). Our
Little Livewires
club is for those aged 5-7, and
Livewires is for those aged 7-11.
Our Friday
evening meetings (7:30pm-10:00pm) are an opportunity for the
young people to meet together and relax after the school
week. Each week there is an organised activity that ranges
from active games such as newspaper hockey, football,
dodge-ball, rounders and mini-Olympics to slower paced games
such as quizzes, rapid-dough (a modelling game),
table-football tournaments, air-hockey & table tennis
competitions.
During the rest of the evening the young people have
opportunity to catch up with their friends from other
schools, play on the wide variety of games available and
also take part in discussions about all sorts of topics. As
is part of all DCF Youth Club events the young people have
opportunity to ask the Leaders Bible related questions too.
A tuck shop is available throughout the evening, at low
prices.
We encourage the young people to look after each other as
friends, and to live a moral life.
Please also
visit our
Fire Exit page which
gives further information on our Sunday evening meetings.
For further information, please email
youthclub@dcf-online.co.uk
or speak to a Youth club leader at any DCF event.
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Full information on DCF Youth Club can be seen in
our Membership Information Pack available for
download to the right of this paragraph (right-click
and choose save target
as... to download. The information
below is taken from this pack. To become a
member, membership/renewal forms must be completed
and returned to the Youth Leaders (these forms are
only available at DCF events). |
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The Aims of
DCF Youth Club
DCF Youth
Club is designed for the young people at DCF, and also their
friends, and is geared for the secondary school age (11-18
year olds). (Our Little Livewires club is for those aged
5-7, and Livewires is for those aged 7-11). Our main aim is
to teach them about the Bible and to encourage them to think
for themselves. As part of this, we work hard to provide a
safe environment where the young people can make lasting
friendships, and where they can have an enormous amount of
fun too. Our Aims include...
- To show
the relevance of the Christian faith in today’s society,
showing that it is built upon facts that can be proven.
- To
encourage the young people to check out everything that
we teach, and make their own decisions regarding what to
believe. (Acts 17:11)
- To
discuss the moral choices facing young people in
society, encouraging them to consider the basis and
reasons for the decisions that they make.
- To
discourage bullying and thus, wherever possible, the
problems caused by peer pressure.
- To
inform the young people about the dangers of drug and
alcohol abuse and to encourage a moral lifestyle.
- To
encourage an attitude of responsibility for one’s own
actions, considering the consequences and repercussions.
- To
encourage respect for all in our community and to
discourage anti-social behaviour.
- To warn
of the physical & spiritual dangers of cults and the
occult.
Youth
Club Rules
To
maximise the enjoyment and safety of all DCF Youth Club
Members, we have 10 rules that all Youth Club Members
are required to abide by. Members that persist in
breaking these rules can ultimately have their
Membership cancelled. Please also see the Terms and
Conditions of Membership (on page 7) which explain some
of these rules in more detail.
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Membership is open to those who attend a
DCF Sunday
morning service, or that of another local church, at
least once per month.
- No
Smoking, Drugs or Alcohol.
- No
Foul Language.
- No
Fighting.
- No
Kissing.
-
Respect each other and the youth club equipment.
-
Modest clothing to be worn (no short skirts etc).
- No
food / drink or chewing gum to be brought to club.
- No
items of value to be brought to club, mobile’s to be
handed to leaders if requested.
- All
members (& guests) to stay on our premises until the
end of the youth club event, unless consent received
from parent/guardian.
Youth Club Leaders
Bob
Forder -
Pastor (Bob is married to Maureen - one of
our Livewires leaders)
Simeon Forder - Youth Leader (Simeon also plays
drums in the
DCF band)
Pete Smith - Youth Leader (Pete also plays bass
guitar in the
DCF band, is an
Elder at DCF, and is
married to Shirley - one of our
Livewires leaders)
Maureen Forder - Youth Leader (Maureen is married to
Bob, and is also one of our
Livewires leaders)
Bringing Friends/Guests (potential members) to Youth
Club
DCF
Youth Club Members can bring 1 guest per week whom
they are prepared to vouch for (are aware that any
bad behaviour of their guest will reflect on them).
Please, wherever possible, inform a Youth Club
leader prior to bringing a guest. A guest must
complete membership forms if they wish to attend
Youth Club again during that term.
Terms &
Conditions of Membership
To
maximise the enjoyment and safety of all DCF Youth
Club Members, we have 10 rules that all Youth Club
Members are required to abide by which are shown on
page 4. Members that persist in breaking these rules
can ultimately have their Membership cancelled.
These Terms & Conditions of membership are also
designed to maximise the enjoyment and safety of all
DCF Youth Club Members. If you have any questions
regarding the Youth Club rules, or these Terms &
Conditions, please see a Youth Leader at any DCF
event.
Members refers to DCF Youth Club Members, however
the same behaviour is expected of guests /
prospective members. Leaders refers to DCF Youth
Club Leaders. Parents refers to Parent(s)/Guardian(s).
(1) DCF Youth
Club is designed for the young people at DCF, and
also their friends, and is geared for the secondary
school age (11-18 year olds). Membership is only
open to children who fall in school years 7-13. (Our
Little Livewires club is for those aged 5-7, and
Livewires is for those aged 7-11).
(2) Membership is only open to those
who attend a DCF Sunday morning service (DCF:AM), or
that of another local church, at least once per
month. If another church is attended, please inform
a Youth Leader.
(3) We ask that Youth Club members do
not arrive earlier than 10 minutes before a Youth
Club event starts, so as to prevent disturbance to
local neighbours and for members own safety. (The
exception to this is where a parent drops their
child at DCF, at the same time as collecting their
younger child(ren) from
Livewires).
(4) For safety of Members and peace of
mind of their Parents, members attending DCF Youth
Club events are required to stay for the duration of
the event. If a member needs to leave before
10:00pm on a Friday, 8:30pm on a Sunday or before
the scheduled finish time of another organised
event, the DCF Youth Club Team must be be informed
by a Parent.
(5) Youth
Members can bring 1 guest per week whom they are
prepared to vouch for (are aware that bad behaviour
of their guest will reflect on them). Please,
wherever possible, inform a Youth Club leader prior
to bringing a guest. A guest must complete
membership forms if they wish to attend Youth Club
again during that term.
(6) Membership numbers are limited,
and if no places are available we will put your
child's name on a waiting list and contact you when
space becomes available. Membership is limited to 30
at present. When places for other special events are
organised (such as ice skating, bowling or similar
trips) priority is given to Members who attend the
most events.
(7) Members are expected to keep to
all of the DCF Youth Club rules.
(8) Members in possession of, or under
the influence of alcohol, tobacco or illegal drugs
will not be admitted. If such an occasion arises,
Parents will be notified immediately.
(9) All valuables (mobile phones,
money for the tuck shop, handbags etc) are the
responsibility of individual Members. Whilst
endeavouring to maintain a safe and secure
environment at all times, DCF Youth Club cannot be
held responsible for any loss or damage that occurs.
(10) We request that no iPods, MP3
Players or any music players be brought to Youth
Club events. We also ask that no Game Boys, PSP’s
or any personal gaming device be brought to Youth
Club events. We ask both these things to protect
such items from potential damage, and to encourage
the young people to mix together and build
friendships based on talking rather than electronic
devices.
(11) If mobile
phones are being misused, detracting from an
activity or limiting normal conversation, Leaders
will ask that the phone be handed in to the Youth
Team, where it will be kept safe until it is
returned to the Member at the end of the Youth Club
event. Your child can ALWAYS be contacted using the
phone numbers provided on page 3 of this information
pack.
(12) Camera’s on
mobile phones are NOT to be used at DCF Youth Club,
nor are normal camera’s (digital or analogue)
belonging to Youth Club Members to be used.
(13) There is a weekly charge of £1.50
per person for Friday evening Youth Club.
Fire
Exit
on Sunday evenings is free, as is
DCF:AM. For all
other events incurring a cost such as special
events, details will be supplied by letter as and
when the events are announced.
(14) For all DCF Youth Club events,
except in difficult circumstances or in the event of
emergencies, lifts home for members cannot be given
due to the numbers of young people attending. We
would request that, wherever possible, members are
collected at the conclusion of the event/meeting. We
cannot be held responsible for the safety of members
once they leave the premises. If your child
requires a lift on a regular basis please speak to a
Leader, and we will endeavour to be as accommodating
as practically possible.
(15) Please note: Youth Club Leaders
cannot administer any legal drugs / medication. No
such items are to be brought to a DCF Youth Club
event, except where authorised by a Parent in
writing, following discussion with a DCF Youth Club
Leader.
For
further information, please email
youthclub@dcf-online.co.uk
or speak to a Youth club leader at any DCF event.
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