Paintball, Corn Maze, Cook-Out

October 26th was another Small Group Outing for our Youth Group. The Sr High Boys' and both Junior High Boys' Small Groups played paintball at the Paintball Barn near Attica, IN. The Sr High and Junior High Girls' Small Groups navigated one of the corn mazes in Tippecanoe County. All the Small Groups met up afterwards at the home of Tom and Jennifer Pimmler for a buffalo burger Cook-Out.

Our fierce and good-looking group of paintball gunners.

Aidan Hill sporting some paint on the face. (Thank God for good paintball masks.)

The ladies playing some backyard games.

Cheerful on-lookers (and eaters).

Greyson Eller carries the ball for a huge gain. Unbelievably, there was no holding call on this play. We are petitioning the Pimmler's to install instant-replay capabilities for future backyard football games at their place. :)

Dodgeball Tournament

On October 19th we hosted a Dodgeball Tournament for the Youth (Grades 6-12). The Youth Group from Trinity United Methodist Church joined us in our double-elimination tournament. Our aim with this event was to build some bonds between the Youth of Central Presbyterian and the Youth of Trinity UMC, as well as just have some fun.

Eric Beardmore, in the foreground, came dressed to be a play-maker in the tournament. Alas, no amount of bling could compensate for his lack of skill (jk, Eric!). :)

The Runners-Up. (They barely lost after a hard-fought series...as you can see, some of them were pretty bummed about the defeat.)

The Winners!

A little piece of the action.

Harvest Party 2008

Gorgeous weather + good food + great entertainment + gregarious volunteers = our biggest crowd yet for the Neighborhood Harvest Party! We had 97 children sign in for this party on October 5th. Counting adults and volunteers, we had 175 or more people participating in this event. Thank you to everyone who came--either to play or to volunteer (or both)!

Safari Steve of Silly Safaris entertains the crowd with his Noah's Ark routine. Here he is holding a python. He also brought a skunk, an owl, a bunny, a baby alligator, a baby tortoise, and several other animals. Very funny. Very fun.

Kids line up to play in various carnival-style games. Kids would win tickets by playing the games and then cash the tickets in for prizes.

Allen Bol dispenses tickets to Emma Brehm after she successfully competed at the game "Plucky Ducky."

Volunteers help the kids sign in.

A couple of toddlers take a joy ride in the Big Bounce.