How did the Games Day Go?

Saturday... it poured.. it rained cats and dogs... but that didnt stop us 29ers from having a good time.
We started off with indoor games. Black-Out member paired with Tree-Hugger member. And the game was "how well do you know your friend?"

Funny moments during the game:
What is your friend's Baptism name?
Iggy wrote for himself: Ignatius
Ben wrote for Iggy: Bernadette.... hehe

What is your friend's birthday?
Brother and sister team - got the date wrong! Either they did not know who was being asked or they really didnt know! haha

Winner:
Mad and Celesther

It was still drizzling when the indoor game ended so we decided to play on the youth centre's field instead of at the basketball court.

Black-Out was down by 1 member... Cos IGGY the BLACK-OUT TEAM MANAGER came in GREEN!!! that's so IGGY... So Captain's Ball kicked off! The rain got heavier and the ground got real muddy. People started to loose their footing and there was the occasional trip, slide, swooosh into the mud. Wet, dirty muddy! that's the way we like it!

At half time, the score was 5-3 with Tree Huggers in the lead. Black Out team captain AANQW was none too happy with his team's performance. We switched to reverse Captain's Ball (that means you can only throw the ball backwards not forwards). Black-Out team members hoped that this new style would help them. However it did not. Spyke from Black Out at 1.84m was intercepting all the throws from Black Out. Black out was not only disadvantaged from lack of members, they were also out-done in height. However Ben 16 from the Black Out was everywhere on the field trying to steal back the ball. And AANQW was blocking all the attempted shoot-ins from tree-huggers. However black out was consistently marked by arggressive players like T Wu and TimHo who fought violently for the ball from little blackout members like Des.

Black Out was also plagued with injury when Faith fell on concrete ground during half-time and injured her wrist. But the fiesty player, played on. In the end, the game ended with 9-5. Tree-huggers were the Champs.

The day didn't end there. The muddy, soaking wet players marched to the showers washed up and changed into dry clothes. Tim Ho looked like a new person when he emerged with clothes donated by Aunty Theresa. Never seen Tim in a red t-shirt till that day! Towels were also provided to those who didn't bring their own by Aunty Theresa. When the rain subsided into a drizzle, the group headed to Sengkang (Spurs den) for KFC and MACs.

We want to thank the Lord for blessing us with such a community where we can be ourselves and laugh at ourselves. At the same time, we are brothers and sisters who continue to be there for each other and sharing the faith as one.
Our Holy Father, Pope Benedict the 16th reminds us that:

If we are to understand the mission of the Church, we must go back to the Upper Room
where the disciples remained together (cf. Lk 24:49), praying with Mary, the “Mother”, awaiting the Spirit that had been promised. This icon of the nascent Church should be a constant source of inspiration for every Christian community.

Apostolic and missionary fruitfulness is not principally due to programmes and pastoral methods that are cleverly drawn up and “efficient”, but is the result of the community’s constant prayer (cf. Evangelii Nuntiandi, 75).

Moreover, for the mission to be effective, communities must be united, that is, they must be “of one heart and soul” (cf. Acts 4:32), and they must be ready to witness to the love and joy that the Holy Spirit instils in the hearts of the faithful (cf. Acts 2:42).

John Paul II wrote that, even prior to action, the Church’s mission is to witness and to live in a way that shines out to others (cf. Redemptoris Missio, 26). Tertullian tells us that this is what happened in the early days of Christianity when pagans were converted on seeing the love that reigned among Christians: “See how they love one another” (cf. Apology, 39 § 7).

Let us continue to be a community of prayer and love. :)

All Black-Out and Tree-Hugger members do shout out and tag about the event!

And don't forget next Sat's meeting 3pm - Mission Briefing for December. All members to attend. Music Team, music as usual and ppt slides will be arranged by Iggy.

Have a great week peeps!