Ocean City Youth Rally Weekend InformationThis is the exhaustive list of all the information you will need about the OCYR! The Ocean City Youth Rally takes place January 10-12th 2020. The Rally is held at the Ocean City Convention Center, and it is put on every year by the Young People's Ministries of the Peninsula-Delaware Conference of the United Methodist Church.
Timeline of the Weekend (may change) We'll start by meeting at KIUMC on Friday afternoon. Group 1 will meet at 12:00pm and Group 2 will meet at 3:00pm. We will get checked in at the hotel/condo upon arriving in Ocean City. Then we'll head to the Roland E. Powell Convention Center to get checked in, grab dinner, and go to the first General Session. There will be worship at all of the General Sessions! Around 10:00/11:00pm we'll head back to the hotel/condo for bed.
Group 1 Group 2 Meet at KIUMC: 12:00pm 3:00pm Lunch on the way: 1:30/2:00pm N/A Arrive/check in at Hotel: 3:30pm 6:00pm Check in at Convention Center: 4:00pm N/A Dinner Arrive back at Convention Center: 7:15pm General Sesh 1: 7:30pm (Doors Open) 8:00-10:00pm Head back to Hotel: 10:00/11:00pm Saturday starts with breakfast (either in rooms or in hotel restaurant), then at 8:30am we'll head to the Convention Center for a packed morning! Breakfast 7:30-8:20am Leave for Convention Center: 8:30am Breakout 1:* 9:00 - 10:00am General Sesh 2: 10:00am - 12:00pm Lunch Break! Elective Breakout 2:** 2:00 - 3:00pm Dinner Break! Citizen Way Concert! 6:30pm General Sesh 3: 8:20pm Head back to hotel: 10:00/11:00pm *Breakouts are sessions with a more focused topic with a smaller group **We may skip this breakout in favor of free time Sunday starts with breakfast and packing out bags, then the final General Session, which should end around noon. On the way back, we'll stop for lunch and should arrive by Sunday afternoon. Breakfast & Pack Bags 8:00-9:10am Leave for Convention Center: 9:15am General Sesh 4: 9:30am (Doors Open) 10:00-12:00pm Leave Ocean City: 12:15/12:30pm Lunch on the way home: 1:00/1:15pm Arrive back at KIUMC: Around 4pm |
Accommodations
To be determined! We may do hotel rooms, condos, or houses-- depending on cost and the number of interested youth. We are leaning towards hotel rooms this year!
Meals
Here is an outline of the meals for the weekend, and when you'll need money($):
Friday Lunch- Bring $, fast food en route to OC
Friday dinner- Bring $ for dinner in OC
Saturday breakfast - Provided
Saturday lunch - Provided
Saturday dinner - Provided
Sunday breakfast - Provided
Sunday lunch - Bring $, fast food en route home
If there are any dietary restrictions, please let us know.
Friday Lunch- Bring $, fast food en route to OC
Friday dinner- Bring $ for dinner in OC
Saturday breakfast - Provided
Saturday lunch - Provided
Saturday dinner - Provided
Sunday breakfast - Provided
Sunday lunch - Bring $, fast food en route home
If there are any dietary restrictions, please let us know.
Behavior Guidelines
We will go over the following during Dec. 8th's Mandatory Meeting and on the Friday before we leave KIUMC, but, parents, please discuss this with your child beforehand. If an individual student gets out of hand, we will call you and ask you to come pick them up in Ocean City. We do not expect this to happen, but we will be very clear about this from the start with the students.
1. Students are always to be with an adult. Students are not to go anywhere without an adult coming along.
2. Listen to and obey whatever an adult asks.
3. Be respectful to one another. Be inclusive.
4. Be respectful of the current activity. There will be time to goof off and time to be serious.
5. Cell phones are permitted, but subject to confiscation by an adult. If they become a distraction in any way, they will be removed. The weekend is about detaching from home and attaching to God.
6. No guys in girls' rooms or girls in guys' rooms. During free times, we will designate one room to be the "hang out" room, where we can co-mingle.
7. All sessions are mandatory.
8. No alcohol, drugs, tobacco products, or vaping.
9. No PDA. "P" stands for both public and private.
10. Keep a positive attitude!
1. Students are always to be with an adult. Students are not to go anywhere without an adult coming along.
2. Listen to and obey whatever an adult asks.
3. Be respectful to one another. Be inclusive.
4. Be respectful of the current activity. There will be time to goof off and time to be serious.
5. Cell phones are permitted, but subject to confiscation by an adult. If they become a distraction in any way, they will be removed. The weekend is about detaching from home and attaching to God.
6. No guys in girls' rooms or girls in guys' rooms. During free times, we will designate one room to be the "hang out" room, where we can co-mingle.
7. All sessions are mandatory.
8. No alcohol, drugs, tobacco products, or vaping.
9. No PDA. "P" stands for both public and private.
10. Keep a positive attitude!
Contact Information
I (Brittney Wood) will have my phone on the entire weekend. I will be available the whole OCYR weekend! Please save my cell number: 410-924-3169. If your child doesn't have a cell phone, you may call me to get in touch with them.
I will have every student save my number in their phones before we leave. Please don't text/call your child constantly! We want our students to be immersed in the weekend. If your child's phone is taken, I will let you know.
I will have every student save my number in their phones before we leave. Please don't text/call your child constantly! We want our students to be immersed in the weekend. If your child's phone is taken, I will let you know.
Packing List
Please do NOT overpack! We will only be gone two nights and space is very limited.
- Bible
- Pen
- Notebook
- Clothes and pajamas
- Toiletries (shampoo, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, etc.)
- Spending money (three meals, plus any merchandise if desired)
- Appropriate Swimsuit
- Small bag to bring to the Convention Center
- Bible
- Pen
- Notebook
- Clothes and pajamas
- Toiletries (shampoo, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, etc.)
- Spending money (three meals, plus any merchandise if desired)
- Appropriate Swimsuit
- Small bag to bring to the Convention Center