Youth Group 2001

May 5th the youth group held a Youth Service on Sunday evening. This was something of a first, with the youth also serving refreshments after the service. Miah Polucha from Hamilton was the guest speaker. The youth gathered together to practice the songs, and have a bit of singing together.

June 3rd (Queen's birthday), the youth met together for basketball and swimming at Youth Town.

August 24th most of the youth went to Waiwera on (a few backed out, one because it looked like rain and they didn't want to get wet???)

September 21st we embarked on The Great Huia Burger Challange (similar to last year's Great Huia Challange, but better). This time there were 9 different challanges after which we cooked and ate hamburgers and other delacacies. This year the boys took the overall winning prize.

Glenn just couldn't stop chasing away the ducks	Spitting frozen grapes	Chasing tails
The girls made some great flour bombs...	...But so did the boys...	...then they had Flour War I
Measure the items with a frozen bannana	Ricky falling up the stairs...	...While the other boys took their time

October was the Snapshot event (slightly delayed till 3rd November due to Wayne getting the date confused with the time - 2pm not 2nd)
Divided into 2 teams, each team was given a list of events or sights they had to photograph. The boys team had a video camera while the (mostly) girls team had a digital camera. The teams were given 90 minutes to complete the event and return to the church for a shared snack...


A boat being launched		A mother and baby shopping



The grave of a young man	A house being painted	A man eating a burger



A red rose	A woman in a Sari	A man in a turban

Many thanks to the residents of New Lynn who allowed us to photograph or film them and still smiled.

November 24th was a Progressive Pizza night.
Pizza boxes were picked up when we met at the church, then we drove (it was NOT a race) to each place. Base's were thrown in at the Wessels, with sauce spread (and in some cases polished) on top at the next pit-stop. Then driving (not racing) over to the Stotts for a selection of three different meats, and of course the lovely veggie selection from the Thompsons. It was explained again, this is not a race. L&R Gordon must have stayed up all night grating that huge pile of cheese for our 5th pit-stop. Then we split up: one team to B&M Gordon's to throw the pizza's in the oven, and the other team to pick up some chips before "not racing" over to meet the other team. Then we ate the whole lot (well most of it) and went swimming. Ricky won the pizza eating race.

Youth Group 2002