Rafting Top 10

I am not including the top ten pictures from rafting (I'm holding those over people's heads to help supplement my income). I am not even explaining the top ten most fun activities of Saturday, August 11th, 2012.

 I am recording the top ten reasons why the people who went rafting were not insane.

1. Experiencing Jeopardy with Michael Schaedel and Vanna Tompkins is worth getting up at an ungodly hour.

2. We got to see a whole new side of people.

Rush raft  

3. We got a whole new opinion of life jackets. They may not be the height of fashion, but they keep you warm. We aught to pass them out to the ladies at church.

                                 

Naselli raft

4. We learned multiple uses for paddles - like avoiding pictures. 

                                       

Maybe I should just say we learned multiple ways to avoid pictures. Notice the distinct absence of Mrs. Tompkins:

Tompkins Raft

She was on the other side of the camera. And, for the life of me, I could not find a picture of the Schaedel raft.

5. No matter whose raft we were assigned to, we could usually fellowship with other people by jumping to their rafts. For example, take a good look at the Jump King:

Dahlhausen raft

6. We got plenty of delicious food. (Breakfast on the bus, and Snacks With Steve not pictured - but you can tell his raft was a happy one.)

Kidd raft

7. We made unforgettable memories. Just ask.

Talbert raft

Or, follow this link. We start going over the edge on page 2 near the bottom.

8. John Chism gave a heart-warming testimony of God's work in his life - which he would probably never tell in Sunday school.

9. We got a lot of bonding time in on the bus driving home - we were too busy fellowshipping to record it.

10. We got to spend nearly ten hours with some of the most enjoyable people in the world.

Rachel Potter

Bowling Fellowship

The genius of bowling activities is that if everyone is having a good time, they all face more or less the same direction. Consequently, natural shots end up showing peoples' uninteresting side. Case in point, the pictures below. 

When people do not get into their best bowling groove, we end up with pictures like the one below.

(No, Mr. Tompkins, leaning to one side will not help your ball curve at the end of the lane. )


Another way to tell if someone is having a good time is when they confidently model high bowling fashion:

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or, when they are so secure in their score, they can wander to other parts of the alley and chat between turns.

I won't say what Mr. Wiginton's score was, but the term "Strike King" comes to mind.

All that to say, the people who went to the bowling activity really enjoyed themselves.


Rachel Potter

A Not-so-ordinary Coffee Sunday

Last Sunday, members of the college and career class were introduced to a colorful and unique selection of cereals with alliterated names such as Fruity Freshman , Collegiate Cornflakes, and etc. Although I am a graduate student, I decided to ignore the Graduate Granola bowl and go right for my favorite cereal labeled Shredded Sophomores (shredded wheat cereal). Another graduate student, whose name shall remain nameless, also went for the shredded wheat cereal. I felt better that I was not the only rebel not going by the labels!!!

Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Arnold were the kind host and hostess for this breakfast. They went all out with providing a variety of cereals in addition to the delicious fruit toppings, yogurt and cereal bars. Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Arnold and any other folks who helped us weary college students get our Sunday morning off to a good start with a nutritious breakfast and a fun time of fellowship!


Mr. Arnold, our gracious host, cheerfully refilling a bowl of fruit toppings.

A colorful bowl of Freshman Fruit Loops. Hey,  next time we have cereal for Coffee Sunday, maybe we could have a contest to see how much cereal the college guys can eat!

C&C girls enjoying a cup of cereal during fellowship time.

Fellowship Pictures

This last Sunday, we had a fellowship hosted by the Fox family with help from the Lowrys.

Mr. Wiginton and Mr. Fox are so tall, I had to hold the camera over my head to keep from taking a picture up their noses.

 Everyone enjoyed the food - especially the large dessert selection.

The table decorations (bowls of red roses) added a unique flair to the evening.

And Patriot fans did not miss out on much.

Fellowship at the Wiginton's

As usual, we had a delicious time at the Wiginton home this Sunday evening. We began with a lot of confusion, pictured below.

The confusion resolved itself into chatting circles and some very pointed conversations.

Everyone loved the soup, bread, and banana cake. The prep crew did a great job. 

(Don't miss Krista behind the vase and flowers.)

And the host and hostess kept everything going fabulously.

Mr. Wiginton moved too fast to be pictured.

Not pictured: Massive parking confusion because Paiton did not direct the late-comers

Intense ping-pong battles

A bunch of girls listening to Ashley Rush's student-teaching adventures

Rachelle at her first fellowship without her appendix

I would tell you to put the next fellowship on your calendar, but I don't know when it will be. I bet we will not get together again until our annual caroling activity - scheduled this year for December 15th. Definitely make plans to attend that one, and remember each other in prayer as we all seek to use our time wisely over the coming holidays.

Rachel Potter

Fellowship Sunday Night

 

The Hughes and Newton families put on a great fellowship Sunday night. All the attendees enjoyed the delicious food and great drinks including hot chocolate and cider.

John Chism said to "shop" him into this picture. I am not very good at that, so you will have to add him with your imagination.

Most people enjoyed the indoor fellowship and temperatures.

Some brave people fellowshippped outdoors.

And Ping-Pong got a lot of people warmed up.

Not pictured: Ezra Newton on his bike.

Rachel Dahlhausen at her first fellowship after getting back from the Philippines. 

Elliot Case trying to light a fire with sticks. 

The secret game of Rook, played after most people had left.

Make your plans to join us in a couple weeks for our last fellowship after a 4:00pm service.

Fellowship at the Wiginton's

As you can tell from the number of cars in the picture below, we voted to ask the church if a new parking lot at the Wiginton's could be added to the church construction budget.

This fellowship had several important elements, the first two being our host and hostess.

The Wigintons have a lot of practice, so they host great fellowships.

The second element consisted of green prayer cards that attendees exchanged.

(Don't forget to pray for the person who gave their card to you and check up on them next Sunday or the Sunday after.)

See if you can guess the third important element from the pictures below.

Important element number four consists of the hottest babies in all of College and Career:

Other elements not pictured:

The Roach Rescue Team 

(who ran for more hot dogs part way through)

Porch counseling and encouragement groups

Football  and soccer practice

Students hiding from Dr. Newton

Faithful (the dog) on porch cleanup duty

If you didn't make it, please put us on your calendar for the first weekend of November. Location details to follow.

Rachel Potter