sunday is the long awaited day. the day that stonecrest community church tries to make right what went so wrong last year when they challenged us in dodgeball. i’m not sure they knew what was coming…both with the amazing uniforms and amazing skills and head shots.
they’ve challenged us again…and this time they seem like they want revenge and want it bad! of course, we’ll end unifying our groups and letting the students attempt to take out the leaders…we’ll see if the kids get schooled again like they did last year~
here’s the details:
when: sunday @ 6pm
where: LHCgym
how much: $5 (covers pizza and drinks)
why: fun & fellowship
bonus jonas: come in costume for your chance at starbucks gift cards! best costume, most original, best group costume prizes!
i hope everyones ready for a fun filled night of LASER TAG!! we’re planning on meeting at LHC at 6pm to head down to Bridgewater Sports Arena and we’ll return around 10pm. we’ve reserved the laser tag all night!! so be prepared to get OWNED!!! i’m happy to say i’ve been on a winning team the last 4 years, and i’m going for a 5 year sweep this year!!
there will the added bonus of a prize for the best costume for the night. remember to stay classy and make sure you can play in it!!
please remember though…as cool as this early 90′s commercial really is…no skateboads or quads…ROOKIE!!!
i’m sure there are so many blogs out there about how to start out the new year right…and i’ll make sure this isn’t one of those:) i’m actually quiet excited about this new year and what it’s bringing already. we kicked off iT/24:7 last night and boy was it awesome to be surrounded by everyone again…3 weeks w/o youth group was def killer!
we started our new series last night called “What Matters Most”. It’s a 7 week series journeying through certain areas of our life that seem to always be in the forefront; friends, family, money, spirituality, etc. last night we hit on the topic of friends and how who we surround ourselves with makes a HUGE difference in our life. really good night. can’t wait for next week~
what an awesome sunday together doing ministry. we all (31 of us) drove 2 hrs down to crossbridge community church in swedesboro, nj to help out with their trunk or treat event.
we all met in the cafe @ LHC, had some pizza, then hit the road. when we arrived at kingsway regional highschool (where CCC does church) we pulled into our spots and our crew, fully decked out in costumes that were amazing, unloaded and started decorating our trunks for the kids. both the students and trunks were AWESOME!!
we had four vehicles, so we made 5 trunks and a face painting station! (someone we parked next to didn’t do a trunk, so we made on on the bed of their truck…only to realize they weren’t with the event!!) there must’ve been a couple hundred kids and parents there to participate in this event.
as a youth pastor, i can’t tell you how proud i was of our group. they went above and beyond the call of service to help these kids have a good day. two of our students (trent & sean) even dressed up like a cow and chicken (FULL COSTUME!) and sat in the back of the van willingly being targets for dodgeballs. if they got hit, kids received praise and candy! great for kids, not so much for the chicken cow:)
when all was said and done, we helped the church reach out a ton to their community and let people know that this was a church that cared about them like Jesus did.
then on the way home, we all painted (for those who can’t grow them yet;)) mustaches on our faces and raided BK in style. great ending to wonderful day of ministry.
our group will be heading down to Crossbridge Community Church in Swedesboro, NJ. this is a fantastic outreach that we get to help out with. there will be over 30 of us going total…so look for pics soon on flickr!
