SSP 2008 Video Presentation

Hot off the internet press so to speak, fresh from the cutting room of my computer is the 2008 video presentation, after the jump…

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Well, I have done some pretty significant (for what stuff I have) work on the slideshow already, and so I just wanted to remind those of you who will see this to bring your pictures on Wednesday if you remember as well as any music you would like to see in the presentation.  I already have about 4 minutes of music I want to use, so I can probably use 2 or 3 more songs…

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Well, after returning earlier this morning, I spent some time to put together the panorama shots I took over the week so you can see them after the break…

SSP Information Update:

Well, as you all know from the meeting tonight, the plans have changed slightly, so some of the scheduling is a little different, but the important information is still applicable, so pay attention to that.

SSP Information

Here are the final plans for SSP (full itinerary after the break):

Be at Zao on Wednesday July 16 and bring your parents as we will be going over these plans and any other necessary information.

On Friday, July 18 we will be traveling by bus and train to Sacramento where we will stay in the same church we stayed last year.  On Sunday we will take rental cars to SSP where we will stay the week.

The following Saturday (July 26) we will be returning to Sacramento by rental car and then will take the train and bus home.

IMPORTANT:

1. You must bring photo ID in order to travel.  As suggested by the name it must have your name and picture on it.  Acceptable forms of ID include but are not limited to: driver’s license, state ID, school ID.
2. Pack compactly and in the fewest pieces of luggage possible.  You will have to transport all of your luggage and an additional piece of equipment (either a 5 gallon water conainer or large first aid kit) by yourself.
3. Bring enough money for Friday dinner, all day Saturday, and Sunday breakfast for the trip up.  You also need money for Saturday lunch and dinner.  Be aware that dinner on the train will likely be slightly more expensive.
4. Take good, exciting, and interesting pictures as I will be putting together another slide show this year and it turns out better and is easier with cool pictures.

Announcements!

1.  No Sunday School this Sunday as Amanda is out of town.

2.  No Zao on Wednesday as Amanda is out of town and there were no good substitutes available.

3.  We will be discussing week 2 of our Revelations study next Sunday (the first Sunday in July).  So be ready.

4.  We have an offer to go waterskiing in August.  If you are interested and committed, let us know so we can decide whether or not to go.

Capture the Flag – UPDATE

Well, apparently Karl “traded” his good leg to an injured man out of the kindness of his heart.  This coupled with the fact that only 4 people from CUMC’s youth group could play and the supposed fact that it was “too hot to play” and thus, we were unable to utterly destroy CUMC officially and had to settle for a forfeit.  There was brief talk of rescheduling, so keep your ears open.

SIDE NOTE:  We don’t have enough info to merit a seperate post, but CUMC (specifically Karl) has invited us to a beach party on the 11th or 12th of July.  Once again, more info to follow…

Capture the Flag with CUMC

I was looking into places to play capture the flag and I remembered two parks. We should really discuss this when we’re not so busy with fundraisers. The rules would be relatively simple, 6′ x 6′ cones with flag in the middle (it would be kinda cool if we had a real flag too), if you get tagged you go to jail, you can get people out of jail by tagging them, etc.

Craig Regional Park (I played here with another church once and it was a great deal of fun)

Koch Park (Not a bad location with its proximity to the church)

Tri-City Park (There is always here of course, but with the lake/pond, I don’t think it’s necessarily a good idea)

Comments?

Blog Update

I thought it would be a good idea to put an update and let everyone know exactly what is going on and what capabilities you, as members, have.

1. This is most likely the final design for the blog, we discussed themes on Wednesday and there seemed to be no objections. We will likely keep the pages we have now, but if you have any suggestions for additional pages, please let us know.
2. All members (with a few exceptions, and you will be notified separately) are automatically contributors. Look for a post soon that details your powers.
3. We have set up an e-mail address which can be found on the “Contact Us” page.
4. If you have any comments or suggestions for the blog, please add them here (for now) so that they are all in one place.

We sent out new e-mails to most of you on Wednesday, so hopefully we’ll be seeing you soon…

Update: Rank Powers

1. Administrator
The Admin can do everything. Complete power over posts, comments, settings, theme choice, import, users – the whole shebang. Nothing is off-limits, including deleting the entire blog.

2. Editor
They can publish any posts, edit any posts, edit any published posts, edit any pages, moderate comments, manage categories, manage links and upload files. They can also delete any posts and any pages. They can read, edit and delete private posts.

3. Author
Is able to edit their posts, publish their posts and upload files. And they can delete their posts too.

4. Contributor
They can edit their posts but cannot publish. Basically contributors can write posts and save them, but they have to be approved by someone who can publish.

Multi-Media Applications!

I thought we should test the full capacity of this blog and so after the jump I’ve embedded a few videos. It’s important to realize first the intention of these videos. These were used for outreach to make people laugh and realize their preconceived notions of Jesus were wrong. This more accurately describes the intention of the videos:

In the Spring of 2003, Vintage21 had a four week series on Jesus Christ, taking a deep look at what He said and did. It was difficult at times to get past our preconceived notions that had been developed by staunch, starched Sunday School classes of old. This is a satirical look at what some people think Jesus is like. Thank goodness He’s not.

This is not Jesus.