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Engage Student Ministry Retreat

Deadline for Registration Sept. 6th 2009
email me with questions alex.krum@yahoo.com

Palmetto Falls Water Park CANCELED

Well, the water park event got rained out, but that didn't ruin our day. Instead everyone came over to Kat and My new apartment to play bored games and hang out. We made some cookies and had some soda. We played the game of Life, a little Battleship, and some Risk. The nice thing was that it was all free. Thanks anyway Palmetto Falls, we had free fun and that's the best kind of fun you can get!!

Water Fight Night (Aug 2nd)

So, we We had Water Fight Night on August 2nd and it was pretty fun. We did a water relay which turned out to be a lot more disgusting than I thought it would be, a 'see who can get the most points by throwing water balloons at targets with different point values' game, and a human and water balloon version of Battleship. I found that my preconceptions of how these games were going to work were shattered. I thought that all the games had relatively simple rules, but I found that teens and preteens are masters of loopholes. Anyway, we had tons of fun and you can obviously see in the pictures that I got more than a little wet. One of the great parts of this evening though was the testimony given by a parent of a couple of our students, John Pascutti. He talked about the importance of having a relationship with Christ vs. just abiding by the do's and don'ts of scripture because we're 'suppose to'. Christ calls us into something deeper than the cycle of guilt, shame and repentance that the later perpetuates. Christ calls us to himself. That is where we find the grace and love that we hear about. That is where we find peace.

Upcoming Events!!!

Alright everybody, here's the latest event updates!

August 2nd - Water Fight Night

Be sure to wear something you can get wet in.

Also, you might want a towel.

August 12th - Palmetto Falls Water Park (Fort Jackson)

The cost is 9.50/person (unless you already have passes)

We'll be there from 1-4PM

Directions at http://www.fortjacksonmwr.com/waterpark/

Please be sure to wear a modest swimsuit

Bring sunscreen, a towel, snacks (optional)

Invite your friends, the more people the cheaper it is!!

August 16th - Back Skool BBQ/Cookout

We'll be having a BBQ (hamburgers and hotdogs) @ the church campus

You bring the sides and we'll have the main course

We'll need drinks, chips, potato salad and any other BBQ musts

August 30th - Outreach Event

This is still in the works, but expect a lot of fun, music and some food.

This is an event you'll want to invite everyone you know to. Let's get our name out there!

September 11-13th - Fall Retreat

Mark you calendars. We're going on a retreat.

More details to come. You'll definitely want to be there!

Pictures from the Sandlapper Service Project

This was the Service Project Team (minus myself and Kat)

Emptying a pool and rinsing it out

More rinsing... They were pretty dirty.

Lunch afterwards... Sandwiches

Sandlapper Elementary School Summer Stars Service Project

Today (July 14th, 2009) was our service project with Sandlapper Elementary School. They were kind enough to allow us to help out with their Summer Stars Daycare. For the service project half of us helped watch the students during their "Water Day" which included filling and emptying their kiddie pools. This may seem like a menial task, but the daycare workers regularly work 10 hour days and taking down those pools ended up being harder work than we anticipated. The other half of us were indoors helping with arts and crafts. At the end of "Water Day" we were fortunate enough to stay a little longer and read stories to the Kindergartners and 1st Graders giving the staff even more rest. At first our efforts didn't seem too much, but the staff at Sandlapper was extremely appreciative thanking us many times for our help. We were glad to offer a hand to our neighbors!