Journey/Trek Quizzing Practice...

Quizzers, we are getting closer and closer to March 3 - the quizzing competition. We have 3 practices left until the competition and one of them is this Saturday, January 13th from 9-10:30 a.m. at CBC.

Don't forget to bring your book and Bible, and come with brains in gear, energized and ready to go. Hope to see you there.

Youth Christmas Caroling and Party...

After we got done with our BP4J @ CBC, we had a couple of hours to rest and prepare for our Youth Christmas Caroling and Christmas Party.

First we grouped up and went out to sing Christmas carols to a few of our older folks at CBC who can't always get out and join us at church on Sunday.
We had a great time showing the love of Christ through singing carols. And although we are not pros at singing, I thought we sounded pretty good.

After the caroling we came back to CBC for some snacks and some fun. Once again this year, we had karaoke set up for those who wanted to try their hand at it. As you see in this picture we even had some of the adults get into it.

Then we ended the night with a ornament/white elephant gift exchange. There was much laughing and gift stealing taking place and of course some pretty weird gifts - thanks in large part to the Arnold clan - where do they get these things?

All in all, a fun night. Thanks to all who caroled and added to the fun.

More BP4J's...

I apologize for not posting in such a long time. With Christmas stuff going on and taking some vacation time for Christmas, I have not had much time to "catch up" with my blogging.

I wanted to post about the Birthday Party for Jesus that we had at CBC on December 16th. If you read below, you saw that we already had one at LifeSpring.

Our one at CBC went well. We had lunch together, played games, made a Christmas ornament, sang songs, learned a verse, listened to a Bible lesson, and then went home. It was a very busy 3 hours. We had a great group of kids - I think about 24. And as always, we had a great group of teens helping with everything. Thanks guys (generic guys) for all your help.

And although I missed the BP4J @ Elssy Febela on December 20th, Jodi said that you guys did a great job. So thanks to all who were involved in that as well.

Trek games...

We played some fun games at Trek the other night (thanks to Mr. DeVries) that got everyone moving and shaking.

One was "tails". Each person is given a tail and the person still standing with their tail at the end of the game is the winner. So basically you have to run around and try to pull everyone else's tail off.

The other game was "steal the bacon". The bacon (not real bacon, just a piece of cloth) is set in the middle of the floor. Each person on each team is given a number. When their number is called they run out towards the bacon with the people from the other teams that had their same number. So like if 2 is called, a 2 from each team comes out. The point is to get the bacon and get out of the circle before you get tagged by your opponent. This game takes quickness and smarts and maybe a little craftiness as well.

All to say, we had a good time playing games and since I got a few good pictures of the action, I thought I would share it with you. Notice the quick moves by Jenn and Bryan.

Birthday Parties for Jesus...

Thanks to all who helped with the Birthday Party for Jesus at LifeSpring on December 2nd. We had a fun time with the kids and adults there whether it was singing songs, playing games, learning our memory verse, listening to the lesson or eating pizza.

I hope everyone had a great time sharing about Jesus Christ.

Be in prayer for the next two parties. December 16th at CBC and December 20th at Elssy Febela. Thanks also to Mrs. Ward for training us and being there at LifeSpring to help us out. We appreciate her!