It’s that time. Our theme is 80’s and we are wearing our T-shirts that we made last night in order to help raise money to fight cancer. So be ready to have some quality time together while fighting for a good cause on Friday, April 24th, at the Nemo Fairgrounds. Contact Jocelyn for more information.

This is where everyone breaks into teams and has to fulfill as many photo opportunities as possible from a given list. This is always really fun and usually has you running about town for an hour, or so. This will be next Friday, April 17th @ 6 p.m. We will be out from 6:30pm to 8pm. For those bringing a camera, don’t forget any cords to connect to a computer or SD cards or whatever disk your neat camera likes to use. We try to look at them all after the hunt!

So the weekend of the 24th-26th there are a few different things we will be doing:

That’s right folks! It’s that time again. Next Friday, September 12, 2008, come to the house at 7:30 for an awesome night of games! These are the best of games, for these are games such as Spoons, Ultimate Spoons, and Capture the Flag/Beethoven. This is a really awesome event, so make sure you check it out!

On Reading Day Eve, the national holiday, we will be meeting at the house at 7pm to go to a True Men show at Baldwin until 9pm. Then we will be having outdoor recess at Red Barn Park from 9:30 to 10:30! Our rainsite is Pershing Small Gym, but this will be a good time to just wind down during finals and relive the excitement that was elementary school! Afterwards, we will replenish our carbs by eating all the pancakes at the BSU Pancake Dinner!

On Sunday, May 4th, right after Sunday Dinner around 6:15ish, we will be taking a group photo of LSF. So try to be there. Then after that, we will be having a very informal meeting in which you can and should voice any and all comments regarding LSF. Things you liked/disliked, what we should change for next year, ideas of new things to do next year, what we should keep next year, etc. are some of the things we will be going over. This is another important event that as many people as possible should come to so that we know what we need to do for next year.We will also be picking our theme for next year.
This year our verse was:

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand.
Romans 5:1- 2a

So if you have any recommendations please bring them. Here is a sample of some of the ideas currently on the board, some with themes, some without:

Romans 8:38-39 Inseparable
Romans 1:16-17 Unashamed
Ephesians 4:4-6 One
Philippians 5:20
Matthew 5:14-16
1 John 3:16
Ephesians 5:1-2
Hebrews 12:2-3

On May 3rd, from 9pm to May 4th at 1am, there will be an unofficial, Mega Awesome Dance Party put on by Ross and Mikey! It will be in the garage at the House and the music and atmosphere are gonna be awesome, so everyone had better come! Also check out the facebook event!

We earned as a group, an amazing $1,300+!  The overall goal of Adair Co. Relay was $37,000, and we blew that out of the water with $57,000!!

Just awesome job people!

As you probably know, we had elections. Here are the results:

President- Hans
Director of Ministries- Ross
Director of Events- Hanna
Director of Service- Jocelyn
Director of Public Relations- Mitch
Secretary- Jordan
Treasurer- Poppe a.k.a. Brian
Historian- Katy

Congratulations to everyone. It was really hard to narrow these positions down to just one person.

Once again, we are still doing affirmations from Spring Break, so whenever you have time in the middle of your busy schedule, just jot down a few affirmation notes, it’s not that hard.

The final Te Deum of the semester will be this Tuesday, the 22nd, at 8pm at the House!  Amanda will be speaking on the LSF theme verse, Romans 5:1-2, so it’ll provide closure for the year.  Also, be sure to watch out for Hanna who’s giving the first Te Deum speech of next year!

Lifefest, a fundraiser and BBQ by Newman for Lifeline Pregnancy Center, is this Saturday, the 26th, from 1-5pm on the Quad!  LSF will be having a duck pond with candy for prizes, and if you want to help out with the booth throughout the day, sign up at the House.  Also, if you have any rubber duckies for the pond, e-mail Beth at bdfalkner@gmail.com.  And Te Deum will play around 4 or 4:30pm, so be there for that as it will be our last performance anywhere the entire semester.
Later on, beginning around 6pm, we will be going to 1000 Hills to hang out and have a bonfire cookout!  Be at the House around 5:40 , or whenever we’re done at Lifefest so we can head out to 1000 Hills.  Unfortunately, we will not be camping but we will roast hot dogs, do a Bible study and have fun!

On Friday, May 2nd, around 7pm, we will have Karaoke and a Fiesta at the House!  It will be awesome and we will finally learn who is tone-deaf.

World Mission has a lot of things they need help with during the summer that you can help out with!  Just check out their website at mission.lcms.org.

We are still looking for people who want to cook Sunday Dinners. It’s not that hard and it’s real fun to do and there will be plenty of help around if you need it. Everyone should cook sometime this semester. Cooking is a great way to serve, and we’re all about serving!

Here’s just a few things we’re looking forward to this year…..

• Freshmore Retreat
• CROP Walk
• Hayride/Bonfire
• Intramurals
• Babysiting at church
• Movie nights
• Formal Christmas Dinner
• Nursing home visits
• Battle of the Sexes game nights
• Spring Retreat
• Souperbowl party
• Relay for Life
• Roller skating
• Spring Break mission trip
• Ultimate Spoons!
• Helping with Special Olympics
• Karaoke
• Not to mention plenty of random outings, service projects, midnight snowball fights, late night discussions, (and therefore unplanned sleepovers at the house), and spontaneous trips to the bridge!!