JYF Committee Role Description

Chairperson

  • in charge of the overall JYF program
  • monitor/update the duty roster

Vice-Chairperson

  • Assist the chairperson and support the chairperson

Secretary

  • meeting notes
  • email reminders and birthday reminders
  • shopping for JYF

Treasurer

  • manage JYF fund
  • keep receipts
  • control budget (any events, program..etc)
  • Manage offerings for the youth group’s fundraising events

Public Relations (PR)

  • JYF end of year report
  • Take photos of selected youth events
  • Photographer etc
  • Promote our youth event (eg. Ignite & Youth Sunday)

Public Relations (PR) – Web

  • contact list update
  • facebook update (JYF page)
  • JYF end of year representation slides
  • put pictures in the website following each major event
  • Decorate the room for special events

Worship/Performance

  • in charge of JYF music folder
  • introduce new songs to JYF
  • JYF performance in special church event (eg. Christmas, Youth Sunday)

Outreach

  • in charge of Birthday reminders
  • work with both CMYF and EMYF
  • welcome and look after new comers
  • get visitor cards and make sure all new people are invited to come again

Senior high Representative

  • overlook year 10-12 JYFers (speak for them)

Junior High Representative

  • overlook year 7-9 JYFers (speak for them)

Instead of a Nursing Home

There will be no nursing home in my future……..
When I get old and feeble, I am going to get on a Princess Cruise Ship. The average cost for a nursing home is $200 per day. I have checked on reservations at Princess and I can get a long term discount and senior discount price of $135 per day. That leaves $65 a day for:

  1. Gratuities which will only be $10 per day.
  2. I will have as many as 10 meals a day if I can waddle to the restaurant, or I can have room service ( which means I can have breakfast in bed every day of the week).
  3. Princess has as many as three swimming pools, a workout room, free washers and dryers, and shows every night.
  4. They have free toothpaste and razors, and free soap and shampoo.
  5. They will even treat you like a customer, not a patient. An extra $5 worth of tips will have the entire staff scrambling to help you.
  6. I will get to meet new people every 7or 14 days.
  7. T.V. broken? Light bulb need changing? Need to have the mattress replaced? No Problem! They will fix everything and apologize for your inconvenience.
  8. Clean sheets and towels every day, and you don’t even have to ask for them.
  9. If you fall in the nursing home and break a hip you are on Medicare. If you fall and break a hip on the Princess ship they will upgrade you to a suite for the rest of your life.

Now hold on for the best! Do you want to see South America, the Panama Canal, Tahiti, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, or name where you want to go? Princess will have a ship ready to go. So don’t look for me in a nursing home, just call shore to ship.

43 Simple Ways To Simplify Your Life

Simplicity. How can we make things simpler, more streamlined, or more efficient? Is this all just hype or is there actually something to this simplicity thing?

Reducing complexity in my life has reduced stress, increased free time, and top priorities are actually top priorities. When we simplify as much as we can we are better able to slow down and enjoy each moment as opposed to rushing through it. Here are a few ways you can simplify the various aspects of your life:

  1. Turn off your cell phone.
  2. Process email only twice a day.
  3. Go to bed early.
  4. Get rid of (or at least reduce) commitments that you do out of obligation.
  5. Create a weekly meal plan.
  6. Automate your finances.
  7. Purge as much unneeded clutter as possible.
  8. Keep your paper shredder on top of your recycling bin.
  9. Add items you want to a wish list as you think of them.
  10. Get a label maker or write labels out by hand.
  11. Set your clothes out for the next day the night before.
  12. Make your lunch for the next day the night before.
  13. Make time to catch up with an old friend.
  14. Just say no.
  15. Ask for experiences not things for your birthday and Christmas this year.
  16. Tell the truth.
  17. Keep your list of addresses and phone numbers up to date.
  18. Consolidate debt.
  19. Create an organizing system that works for you.
  20. Keep a bag for garbage in your car.
  21. Cary a notebook and pen with you where ever you go.
  22. Unsubscribe from emails, newsletters or RSS feeds that don’t provide value anymore.
  23. Apologize immediately when you realize you’ve done wrong.
  24. Enjoy the present moment as much as you can.
  25. Take time to really see the little things in life.
  26. Reduce the amount of TV you watch.
  27. Get outside.
  28. Create morning, daytime, and evening routines.
  29. Ask for help.
  30. Do things at home as much as possible (eat, date nights, entertain etc.).
  31. Don’t get caught up in other people’s drama.
  32. Let go of the self-imposed need to be perfect.
  33. Focus on a simple, but healthy, eating plan.
  34. Share responsibilities.
  35. Reduce your wardrobe to a few versatile items.
  36. Be positive.
  37. Start a gratitude journal.
  38. Finish old tasks before taking on new ones.
  39. For every new item that enters your home set two free.
  40. Want what you have not what you don’t.
  41. Revisit what you carry with you in your purse or wallet.
  42. Focus on one thing at a time.
  43. Store new garbage bags at the bottom of your garbage can.

There are countless ways to simplify your life, these are but a few. I’d love to know what you’ve done to move towards a simpler life for yourself. Please share your ideas in the comments.

From: 43 Simple Ways To Simplify Your Life