Last night was a great night. We had a lot of fun. We had a Christmas Caroling Singing Contest (it was much more fun than it sounds). We stuffed our Christmas stockings. We dished out the punishment to the losers of our food drive. We recognized Charlie Leinbach as our adult servant leader for November. There are a few moments I hope to always remember:
1) Donna Conner was the MVP of the Christmas Caroling Contest. She won it for her team. I'll never forget seeing/hearing her scream carols at the top of her lungs. Then she told the HS'ers (her team's opponent) to "go big or go home." It was a classic moment.
2) Steve Lynch, Eddie Maddie, & Kristen McGowen were the reps from the losing team in our food drive. The reps from the winning team got to choose one of the donated items to feed to the "losers." Sarah Hennerich chose sour kraut. I will never forget watching Steve Lynch down a fork full of sour kraut.
3) Ky Vaughn taught last night about Mary and the birth of Christ. I hope to always remember one of the statements she made: "God is not a piece of our puzzle. We are a piece in His puzzle." Great stuff.
The only downer of the night was our attendance. We were missing several students. I hope they'll be back soon.
I do have one correction for the night. I challenged the students about their lack of participation in the food drive. Along with the challenge I should commend them for being so supportive of raising money for the crisis pregnancy center. At one point I challenged the students who brought candy for the stockings, but not food for the baskets. That wasn't completely fair. First I should challenge the students who failed to bring anything. At least the students who brought candy for the stockings were willing to give something. I was most proud of the studuents and adults who brought stuff for the stockings and food for the baskets.
