Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Jarking with Youth
This past weekend our church hosted a huge youth conference. We had youth and their youth advisors visiting from all over Ontario, Quebec and New York State, in total about 130 people. What a lot of fun! The theme of the event was "Jark Around the World", with the idea being that everyone was going on a flight around the world together.
The food was great - we visited France for crepes, India for samosas and bajis, and Mexico for tacos and chili. The workshops were great: participants could learn how to belly dance, have English tea, do origami and lots of other neat choices.
During Saturday afternoon, there were field trips all over Ottawa to check things out. Too bad it was raining all weekend!
I stayed at the church until 2:30 am both Friday and Saturday night - mostly cleaning the kitchen over and over. But it was alot of fun.
There was a worship service both nights well after midnight, and a coffee house for several hours on Saturday night. It was a great chance for youth to meet other like-minded youth and to relax. As you can imagine, I slept most of Sunday!
The food was great - we visited France for crepes, India for samosas and bajis, and Mexico for tacos and chili. The workshops were great: participants could learn how to belly dance, have English tea, do origami and lots of other neat choices.
During Saturday afternoon, there were field trips all over Ottawa to check things out. Too bad it was raining all weekend!
I stayed at the church until 2:30 am both Friday and Saturday night - mostly cleaning the kitchen over and over. But it was alot of fun.
There was a worship service both nights well after midnight, and a coffee house for several hours on Saturday night. It was a great chance for youth to meet other like-minded youth and to relax. As you can imagine, I slept most of Sunday!
