Tonight our growth group had our (I think it might be appropriate to say annual) white elephant gift exchange.
It was mad chaos and tons of fun!
We had it at the Smith's house, Gary deep fried a turkey (YUMMIE) and the rest of us brought side dishes.
*In the words of Shelby "Would you like some side dish?"
The food was great and the presents were well....interesting.
I believe there were 17 adults and 13 kids tonight. Yes everyone showed up! Well everyone except one family but they had family in town that would have put us at 19 adults and 16 kids.
WOW
So we ate and then we drew numbers. Everybody brought stuff from home that we didn't want anymore. Gifts could be stolen twice and the person who had #1 gets to go again when everyone is done. We opened, stole, traded and grumbled at some of the junk we all got. The kids went first and they had a blast and when we were all done with presents we sat around and sang some Christmas songs with Nate C. leading on the guitar.
While enjoying the company of my growth group/church family I thought this must be what it is like when a huge family gets together and celebrates the holidays.
What fun!
Nathan and I are so very blessed to be involved in a growth group. Through up's and down's they have been there. We support each other, guide each other, keep each other on track, and just do life together. Just like a family. It's fun and uplifting.
So yeah this is my random plug for growth groups....
Just Do It!
4 comments:
Nice plug! What a slogan!!!
Growth Groups: Just Do It!
;o)
I am so glad you had fun! We were invited to come but Eric unfortunately had to work on his finals! Sounds like a good time was had by all!
It was a lot of fun! And I'm so glad you were able to make it. Yay for the end of the semester :)
Sounds like a lot of fun! Glad you have such a great group to be with!
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