Thursday, December 25, 2008
10:33 pm
ITS CHRISTMAS!
Tim and I took upon ourselves a giganormous task!
We decided to give cards to THE WHOLE YOUTH. ok most of em...
and that decision resulted in my first night where I sat in front of a computer and worked through the night till 3 since I handed in my World Literature Assignment in july or august.
We had a total of 100+ cards to write and interestingly we spent less than say... $30? i dunno.
Doesnt really matter anyway =) so the first day we tried that, we spent like 4 or 5 hours at his place drawing ppl's names in nice block letters. and we accomplished almost all the greetings!
*pats self on back*
Tim spent the whole of wed doing cards and punching holes in em, unleashing his creativity while i spent it walking arnd queensway. heh!
but to make up for it, i stayed up till 3 to finish up my cards =)
we werent even done the morning of Christmas so we met at Macs n TRIED to finish it but FAILED. so we were a lil late for service and still unfinished. but we did finish in the end!
The whole experience was real fun coz you actually spared a thought for each and every friend of yours esp the " O CRAP! did we do one for *******" where we ll rush out another card's design n get stumped on what to write agian.. haha!
The giving was INSANE. once the service was over, ppl ran all over the place and finding ppl was impossible. I grabbed a pew as my HOME BASE and splashed the cards across it while looking across the hall for prey. haha!
well, we gave out 90% of what we made and thats a GREAT SUCCESS in my book =)
dont think we re gonna try that again for a long time to come.
I got a blister on my finger now....
=(
This week was likely the first time in a LONG time that ive been seeing depot ppl so often.. and no im not being separatist here! Lots of em are real great friends, ppl who I really dont want out of my life.
But well, its still gonna happen one day.
THAT NOT THAT PT OF THIS.
I wanted to say,
its often seems that Depot is a "better" place coz if u realise, u only hear bout ppl going to depot but rarely the other way arnd. HMM.
Many say,
"its more cosy"
"its more fun"
"its ..................................."
well, I've gotta admit that there are many things we can learn from one another =)
one of em, a stronger, deeper enthusiasm in the things we do.
Im not trying to put anyone down but the christmas specials this year were kinda disappointing.
There video choice was a lil off tangent for both YP and SS and decorations were merely "ying chou" and even just conveniently reused from the effort of others.
I know this sounds almost like im flaming but these are just examples of things we can strive to IMPROVE! =)
Here's something to think about
"If things are better changed, why let them stay the same?"
In the same way, if you've analysed an improvement from all angles and its boons outweigh banes, why not? of course, do make sure its inline with God's will!
Esp, since these are for youths, the youths shld take charge and provide input! we cant really expect the adults to know what exactly suits us if we dont open our mouths to let em know right?
Maybe a weakness of an old church is the unwillingness to embrace change, an unhealthy fear of authority.
In a way, that brings much unhappiness and disgruntled youths.
However, it helps also to guard against conforming to the world's standards. So splice and dice the two till its the right mix and you'll have an updated assembly which is grounded in the Word.
Definitely easier said than done.
Thats why we need to as I wrote in many of my cards, "abide in Christ"
disclaimer: I AM NOT SEPARATIST!
hahaha! =)
and the 2nd bit feels a bit disjointed. feel free to ask me about it if it doesnt make sense to ya or if u just wanna check bout what i meant =)
ben says AMEN!
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