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PARENTS—For safety reasons, NO drop-off
or pick up at the lower entrance.
Only behind the sanctuary on upper level.
OCTOBER 2—We had a great time at our first session of O-Life with 17 attending,
from 12th grader Whitney Maloney down to newcomer 6th grader Anna
Tefakis. With 10 girls and 7 boys, it was a diverse and very active group. We
even had a friend from St. Luke – 7th grader Holly Arnold – join us! After a prayer for the coming week, we sat in a circle for our ice breaker, sharing
our “earliest memories.” We had some great stories: drinking Windex, riding bikes into mailboxes, Halloween braids and running through the airport
eluding Yiayia, plus much more. We divided into groups with each group picking one memory from their group to dramatize. After we watched these
excellent presentations (LOL!), we talked about intentional actions, unintentional actions and the consequences of each. As usual, we ended with
FOOD AND FELLOWSHIP. Over the next few weeks we will continue our conversations about living our lives intentionally, choosing the right path to
become the people God calls us to be. Which, let’s hope, does not include drinking Windex!!!
OCTOBER 9—After our prayer for the coming week, we did individual surveys – “When I was a child…”
– trying to remember some details about our families and our earliest years. Then we played “Who
Matches Me?” trying to find as many matches as possible. “Who else had a grandfather named Harry?”
“I did!” “No way!” “Anyone on a swim team?” “Me! Were you too?” “Who loved RUG RATS? Anyone?
Anyone?” Some people had lots of matches – 12 out of 24 was the highest.
Next we talked about the things on our list which we actually got to choose ourselves: first friends, first
sports, television shows SOMETIMES. And those things we had little choice in but would probably choose
anyway: grandparents, parents, where we live and go to school.
Finally, we reflected privately on those things we choose to do to draw closer to God and made a note, for the Private Journals we began
tonight, of the thing we would try to do this coming week to draw closer to God. As always, we ended with food and fellowship.