Lock-In 2008 Pictures

Lock-In 2008: Whaddayawannado?

Our Lock-In is fast approaching... Saturday, December 13th from 6pm to Sunday morning December 14th will be filled with good food, good friends and good fun... but only if you help!

We need to decide what to play and what to eat. Cast your votes below (hint: 5 stars means you really like it, 1 star means you hate it):

What to eat:
Mac N Cheese:

Randy's home-made Lasanga:

Make-your-own pizza:

Chili (with hot dogs or potatoes):

What about dessert?:
Make-your-own Sundae:

Ice Cream Sandwiches:

Apple Pie:

Bertie Botts' Every-Flavor Beans:

Activities and Games:
Amazon Warriors:

Bigger and Better:

Alien:

Jukebox:

Wii Sports:

Four-Square:

Singing Songs:

Duck-Duck-Goose:

White-Elephant Gift game:

Bear:

Making Santa from parts (race):

Marshmallow-and-Toothpick Nativity Scenes:

Christmas Movie Marathon (Fred Claus, Elf, etc.):

Have another idea? Add it to the comments or e-mail Randy or Lindsay to get it added to the rating list above!

Ghana Delegation Visit

 
Our sister church, Osu North of Ghana, sent a delegation of members to visit us. On Sunday night we shared our cultures with each other. Thanks to those who asked great questions, shared experiences and sang!

Not Sleeping in Boxes

Since it was a bit wet outside and sleeping in boxes would have been more than soggy, everyone canvassed the neighborhood to collect canned food for the food pantry and play "Bigger and Better." Here are the results:
 
 
 
Randy believes that the boys obviously won because they came back with two "better" items. Lindsay knows that is obvious that the girls brought back an item that was BIGGER and clearly better, or at least practical. You can weigh in on the right side-bar.

Freshmen Candidates?

We will be voting October 12th for the freshmen representatives to serve on youth council. If you are interested in serving or want to nominate someone (with their permission), then please inform Sarah Dennis or a youth advisor.

Summer Rafting Pictures

Here are the pictures from white water rafting on the New River this summer. Enjoy!

Pool Party

Thanks to the Hamiltons for hosting a great pool party and to the families that helped. It was a great way to celebrate!

Montreat Plastic Bag Video

Here is the presentation that many of you saw at Montreat this summer:

Want to change your plastic bag habit? Watch for your opportunity at church. Re-usable cloth bags coming soon!

Welcome back!

Hello, to all you new youth groupies. Welcome back to all of you who have done this before. We can't wait to start the new year! Tell us (any of the youth advisors) what you're up to and we can add it to the calendar. Going to perform in a school play? We'd love to see it. Playing baseball this year, Bohmke? Tell us when your games are. Your fellow youth group members might even attend, too!

Enjoy the start of yet another school year and we'll see you soon!

Graduating? Let the church know!

High school graduates are asked to let the church office know by Sunday, May 18 your graduating information – high school and plans after graduation i.e. college, job, or military. We would also like to have a picture of our high school seniors that will be returned to you. We also ask those graduating from college or getting a post-graduate degree to provide us with your information by May 18.

Clifton Gibbons to perform in Richmond on June 5th

Our very own Clifton Gibbons will be performing with The Tectonic Plates at the Alley Katz Club in Richmond on June 5th (a Thursday) starting at 6:00pm. If you want to go, see Clifton to get your tickets.

If any other youth group members have upcoming performances, games or whatever that you want to let all your youth group friends (and advisors) know about so that we can come out and support you, I'll be happy to post it here too!

Massanetta Retreat 2008

Here are the pictures from our latest retreat, with cool music by Clifton Gibbons.

Snowball fight music video

These pictures are from our 2008 Senior High Ski Trip at Timberline in West Virginia

Lock-In Video Clips

Never Have I Ever...


Shopping at Wal-Mart for cold weather relief items:


How 2 Play Alien:

Lock-In 2007 Photo Music Video

Here are some photos from the lock-in, set to music by Clifton Gibbons.

2006 Lock-In Remix!

In case you were one of the unfortunate few who missed last year's awesome lock-in experience, you can play the video above and kinda feel like you were almost there...

This year, our intrepid youth council members have accepted the challenge to find new and better games for us to play. Each of your youth council leaders will be leading at least a couple of new games, or perhaps some old favorites. Of course, Alien is a given, complete with night-vision camera work and instant replay action.

I've heard rumors of a Nintendo Wii game challenge up on the big screen with the projector, so any of you with Wiimotes might want to load up your Mii on your 'mote and bring it with you.

Look at the post below to vote for your favorite pizza toppings and come prepared with some creativity to spare. If you've got suggestions for games that you'd like to see, submit them as comments to this blog.

Rate your favorite pizza toppings

Hey everybody! We are going to repeat our grand pizza-making experiment that we did at last year's lock-in once more this year... I will make a bunch of dough and sauce ahead of time and bring them to the church kitchen. Then you will all pitch in to help shape crusts and top the pizzas with cheese and your favorite toppings.

If you own a pizza stone and don't mind sharing, please call Randy. We can cook more pizzas faster if we have several pizza stones to cook on!

I asked the youth council for topping ideas and got a wide variety of suggestions. I'd like to know what everybody likes so I can be sure to buy enough of the most popular and not buy anything that nobody will eat.

Please rate the following toppings (more stars is better). Only rate them if you are actually going to be at the lock-in!


Pepperoni:

Ham:

Pineapple:

Black Olives:

Bell Peppers:

Mushrooms:

Sweet Italian Sausage:

Hot Italian Sausage:

Sweet Potatoes + marshmallows:

White Onions:

Red Onions:

Fresh Basil:

Sun-dried tomatoes:

Bertie-Botts Everyflavor Beans:

Salami:

Broccoli:

Mac 'n Cheese:

Real bacon:

If you have any other burning suggestions, submit them as comments to this post!

Baby Shower for BP

Chugging Apple Juice:

Charlie is now officially the fastest sucker in the Youth Group.

Photo slideshow:

link to photo album

Maize Maze in Mechanicsville

Progressive Dinner

Thanks very much to the Johns and the Duffys for hosting and making such a delicious dinner for us. It was a blast!

Slide show of photos:


Maggie shows off her ultimate fake-out skillz: