Progressive Dinner

On Sunday, the 6th, our student ministry embarked on our first progressive dinner. We had 22 students and 7 leaders packed on one of Ben Lippen’s mini buses. On the bus we practiced singing "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" for our arrival at each residence. With our first destination in our sights and our stomachs hungry we arrived for our first course at our Pastor’s house. There we were able to indulge ourselves in the appetizers prepared by the Di Toma family. Only 6 minutes on our way to our next destination and a disaster happened... The bus broke down… With two more houses to visit and 22 students packed on a bus our leadership team shined through with their quick thinking. We were able to, with the help of John Pascutti, our second destination host, shuttle students to the Pascutti residence and in the meantime coordinate the delivery of our desserts from our last destination, thus saving us another shuttling run. The leadership team stepped up and kept the fun alive with a scavenger hunt and board games while the students ate and waited for their desserts to arrive. It was funny to hear the several rounds of "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" upon the arrival of each shuttle. Coordinating the event was stressful, but looking back, these are the kinds of things that great ministry stories are built on. If the description of these events seems a little confusing you can see it visually via the diagram I provided below. I just want to say a big THANK YOU to all my student ministry staff and our host families for being flexible in the face of mechanical failure. YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!!!!!