Full Disclosure (September 24th)

Welcome back! Welcome back! Welcome back!
For those of you in the know you will almost certainly hear the tune behind those words. Yes sir, there was nothing quite like "Welcome Back Kotter". Right Vinnie Babarino? "Yo, Mr Kah-tare I got a note." Juan Epstein.
Ah the memories. Nostalgia is a fine snack.
Well I am glad that our SrHi compadres returned for a brand new year together. And it is safe to say that this year won't look like any previous year. Yup things are going to be different.
It is now 180.
A complete switch. We have left one path and we have turned around and are now living a new life.
It is going to be a little tricky to keep track of this so I want you to have the inside scoop on what is going to be happening...soooo here we go.
Starting in October this will be the repeating schedule. We are going to rotate events by week:
Week One or if you like, the first week of the month, or the first Wednesday of the month (do you see how that works?)
Week One: 180 Jr
That's right JrHi are once again having a mid-week event...yeehaw!
Week Two: 180 Remix
An event-like social. Sometimes in The Board/Room and sometimes off campus. Sometimes Jr & SrHi together and sometimes separate. For example: Oct 8th (the 2nd Wednesday of October) there are two events, one for boys and one for girls. Girls Night (not age specific, so moms, aunts and sisters may come) is BUG (Beautiful Unique Girl). Boys Night Beautiful Unique Paintball (also not an age based activity so dads, uncles, brothers, friends from school etc...all welcome.) Any questions?
Week Three: 180 Sr
Well you guessed it. This will be a SrHi soiree. Activities, games, discussion, music, 180 TV, and to start with: CONTRABAND. What's that all about? Come and see. (don't you hate it when people say that?)
Week Four: QU
A deeper study. A learnin' time. More focused. When you are ready to claim faith as your very own or when you want to learn a little bit more about this faith thing: this is a good place to learn about it, think about it, question about it. First three sessions will be on Apologetics: defence of the faith, learning why your faith makes sense, some more proof or evidence kind of stuff. #1 God, #2 The Bible, #3 Jesus Christ.
Come and get your learnin' thang on.

So that is the future, now onto the past.
Last night was a delightful, romantic night bathed in the gentle glow of the numerous tiki torches spread accross our palatial campus. We yelled, and ran and threw wet things, kicked up our heals and the rest of our feet, and watched some live kissing. There were surfboards and skateboards and even kites. There were more words than you can shake a stick at and lots of names; some of them new and some of them familiar.
There was also a little boy who wanted to do it all by himself. Remember to use ALL of the strength available to you, not just your own.
Don't give up, my friends.

g-ram