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22 Youth and friends gathered on New Year's Eve to enjoy an evening of games. The evening started with some tasty snacks which everyone brought to share. This was followed by MINUTE TO WIN IT games that the Olivers organized, and which were hilarious. Teams tried to:
· Get a cookie from their forehead to their mouth, using no hands, and not dropping the cookie
· Move a ball ornament, using only cardboard tubes, from one partner to another and from there onto a clothes line (without dropping the ornament)
· Place 10 ornaments on a balance without tipping it and losing the ornaments
· Stack 8 nuts using only a dowel and wooden plate
The winner and runners up were granted the two best positions in the Yankee swap.
The youth then enjoyed the annual Yankee swap where they unwrapped treasures, such as a 12 pack of Mountain Dew, some fake moustaches, a solar fan hat, a huge blow up Santa, some light-up trees, candy, a Make-Up Barbie head, candles, and the coveted gift of a 2012 survival kit.
The youth then had their annual sword fight using the empty wrapping paper tubes leftover from Christmas. This was followed by a few games of Sardines, and then we were off to the bowling alley where we ushered in the New Year while doing cosmic bowling (lots of music, disco lights, and plenty of laughs).
A handful of youth spent the night at the Hackemans for a somewhat sleepless night.
This was a great group who helped to clean up and was very polite. We had a lot of laughs and really enjoyed the games. Thanks to the Olivers for organizing the really fun games - and thanks to the youth for being great sports and making them so fun!!!
Youth are invited to join us for the puzzle party Sunday, Feb 19th, at 1 p.m. Come socialize while helping with a puzzle and enjoying some excellent food - it's lot of fun to visit with everyone. The youth have been first to finish their puzzle many times; can they do it again this year? Invite your friends - everyone is welcome at this annual event that is hosted by the Cronenwetts and Plumleys and open to the community and members alike.
In
a reprise of the immensely successful 2009 New Orleans Evangelical Lutheran
Church in America (ELCA) Youth Gathering, ELCA Youth will once again meet
in New Orleans July 18-22, 2012 for its triennial event. 37,000 Lutheran
teenagers and leaders met in 2009 to help New Orleans respond to the Hurricane
Katrina disaster by painting and making home repairs. So impressed was
the ELCA by the faith and hospitality of Louisianans’ as they worked with
our youth to rebuild their homes that it was decided to return to New Orleans
for the 2012 triennial. The ELCA Youth triennials are the largest
gatherings sponsored by the ELCA, eclipsing the Organization’s biennial
business meetings
CLC would
like to send some of our high school students and teachers to this event in
2012, but in order to do this we will need to do some fund raising. We
could also explore the possibility of yoking ourselves to another congregation
to help in reducing air fares and hotel costs. As it stands, here is the
ELCA’s timeline for the New Orleans, 2012 Conference:
2010
March-April-May – Biblical foundation identification and theme
development
August/September – Posters sent to every ELCA organization and other organizations
2011
March registration flyer, including financial assistance application
process mailed to every ELCA congregation, and available online.
September 18 – Registration opens online only
2012
January – Monthly Getting Ready
curriculum available online
March 18 – Congregation groups can send reservations to hotels
June 18 – Deadline to paid in full
July 18 – 22 2012 ELCA Youth Gathering
If
you are interested in going to this event, want to find out more, or have some
great fund raising ideas, see John Harris, Pete Kulbacki, Linda Jasinski, or
Karen Schifferdecker. And remember, with apologies to Hamlet. “To
flamingo or not to flamingo, that is the question.”