Park Terrace UMC Youth Group

Here are some funny quotes from the NYC Mission Trip

-”Could I have a small moocha coolata?”(nick)::dunkin dounut guy walks away; then comes back:: “Uh..whats a moocha coolata?”

-”Whats that thing thats around the toilet? Its really soft and comfy.” (Sara) “Uh, its a rug”(Nick)

-”Ew, that groom is so old, hes like 40! Oh wait….thats the priest.” (Leslie)

-::Sara inches her way down the alley wall::”Do you need to get by?” (photographer) “No”(Sara) “Well, your in our shot”(photographer) “Is that ok?” (sara) “No”(photograhper) “Allright” (Sara) ::walks away::

-”Its like a human zoo!!” (Guy in central park)

-”This was $5.00.” ::says repeatedly:: (Sara)

-”Hey! Theres a 5 legged dog!! Oh wait…” (Sara and Stacy)

-”That is SO disgusting Sara!!!” (Stacy)

-”We got the guy.” (Everybody)

-”Gooo Orange!!” (Sara)

-”Who said go ornage a lot?” (Sara) “YOU” (everyone in the car) “Oh..” (Sara)

-”Any singers here?” (pastor) ::Karen raises hand high:: “Oh, I thought you said sinners!!” (Karen)

-”Handbag. Handbag. Rolex. Rolex. Rolex. DVD. DVD. Watch. Watch. ::In chinese accent:: (Chinatown people)

-”You gonna puke Sara?” (Everybody)

-”She blooded.” (Sara)

-”Act your age Nick” (Sara) “Me, act my age? Your like a 7 year old!”(nick) “When? Give me a specific example.” (Sara) “Toy soldier.” (Nick

-”I’m gonna commit suicide!” (Sara) “Well, at least there’ll be more room” (Nick) “At least you won’t puke on me during the night” (Kiley) “Well, it could be blood, depends on how she does it” (Tim)

-”I wanna see a subway rat…I saw one!!”(sara) “Where?!” (stacy) “Right there! Ahh! Hi little guy! Hey, where you going? Well thanks for stopping by!!” (everybody pretty much)

-(See ‘No slices’ shirt) “Um, excuse me, do you sell pizza by the slice?” (Sara) ::guy stares for a second:: “Looks like we got a couple of smartlikes.” (employee at Johns)

-”You have braces” (Juice Monster) “I know” (Nick) “Why”(JM) “To make my teeth straight” (Nick) “Why” (JM) “So they look good” (Nick) “Why”(JM) “So people will think they look good”(nick) “Why”(JM) “Because I said so”(Nick) “Why”(JM) ::silence::

-”Hey Wheres Kiley?!” (Stacy) “Shes right there” (nick) “Oh, Sara we lost Kiley!” (stacy)

-”They didn’t understand us because we weren’t laughing in French” (stacy) (Leslie whispers to Kiley) “I think they’re Russian” (Leslie)

-”Can I see the camra? (sara, repeatadly)

-”What happend to Stacy pace?” (Sara and Stacy)

-”Whats that beeping?” “We just hit a construction worker, haha.” (nick) “Actually, two construction workers were hit and killed just this week” (leslie) ::hear another beep:: “We just tied the record”(nick) ::another beep:: “Thats three” (nick)

-::Everyone gets onto elevator with stuff:: “Uh, I think theres too much weight.” (Leslie) ::Karen gets off, door closes and elevator goes up::

- “Do we want the A-train? Everyone get on! Get on!” (Tara) “Oh wait, we don’t want the a-train” ::pause:: “Everyone get off! Get off!!” (tara) ::Almost trampling a scared, wide asian man::

-”L squared” (Keith)

-”Are you in limb?” (dounkin dounut guy) “What?” (Sara) ::asks twice:: “No, were not in line.” (Kiley)

- “What do they need ketchup for?!” (Sara) “They have sandwhichs here” (Kiley) “Oh”(Sara)

- ::Sara trips on curb at Central park (tim laughs evil haha), bowery stairs twice, blanket::

-::Kiley falling in Leslies apartment::

-”This water looks good to drink”(jeff)  “Thats holy water”(Tara)

-(stacy whispers to Sara) “how about the people who have to poop stay back” ::we all walk to bridge over the railroad tracks:: “Um, some people need to go back and play baseball” (Sara)

- ::Stacy and Sara realize find out that we have to walk back to the place where we got the big garbage can:: “Ugh..we should have just stayed there.”

- “She sent naked pictures of herself on the internet” (Kiley) ::Nick wakes up:: “Oh, Nick wakes up” (Karen) ::everyone stares at Nick:: “…wait, what?” (Nick)

- “F***in scumbags!! I would F***in shoot you all if I had my f***in 49ner!! Oh uh, could I have some food? Thanks. F*** you!! ::flicks us off:: (Guy in line)

I’m sure there are some I missed so feel free to add them lol This trip was SOOO much fun and had some priceless moments

The votes are in, and all five responses I received voted for the Tioga County Relay for Life.  This takes place at Owego Free Academy from Friday July 20 to Saturday July 21–save the date on your calendar!

We’ll start our penny war next month

For those of you who went down to New York City, now that you’ve had time to truly think about all we saw and did this past weekend, what do you think?  How do you feel?  What do you want to do now?  Post your thoughts!  Share with us on the blog!  I’d LOVE to know what it meant to you. 

P.S. There are no wrong answers

 

Happy birthday to Anne Evelyn Coleman who was born on Saturday, May 12, 2007!  We’re happy you joined us!  You can fight AJ for babysitters

Congratulations Dan and Laura! 

Morning Cruisers!

Joan Cook has asked if some of the youth would be willing to be “runners” for the chicken barbeque fund-raiser on Saturday May 19.  This takes place during Grandma’s Attic and the always exciting Tioga Terrace garage sales.  She needs some of you to “run” between the kitchen and the barbeque to refill food supplies as the food is sold–nothing too hard, but something really important!

She would like to set up shifts, beginning at 10:30 that morning, so please let me know ASAP if you would like to help.  :-)  (P.S. Adults can help too.)

This event is always a lot of fun.  It’s a churchwide event, with people selling baked goods and the rummage sale, and many, many, many people stopping by to shop and visit.  It’s a really great way to show how cool our youth group is.

Also, we must officially decide which Relay for Life we would like to participate in: Greater Binghamton at McArthur Park June 15-16 or Tioga County at Owego Free Acadamy July 20-21.  E-mail me or leave a comment here telling me which one you want to go to.  You have one week.  I will tally all the votes next Wednesday (May 16).  If Greater Binghamton wins we will begin our PENNY WAR (male vs. female) next Sunday (May 20).

So, your job is to (1) tell me if you want to help at the chicken barbeque and (2) tell me which Relay for Life you want to go to.

Happy LOST day!

Hey PT Cruisers.  We now have a fund at church that can be used to pay for events at Sky Lake, attending Annual Conference, or attending other CCYM sponsored events.  Below are the rules for each year:

Rules for the Youth Scholarship Fund:
1. The yearly maximum is $75 per youth.
2. Funds can cover up to 50% of the cost of an event.
3. Funds may be used for events at Sky Lake or events affiliated with the Conference Council on Youth Ministry.
4. Funds will be dispersed first-come, first-served by the youth leaders in consultation with the Pastor.

Mrs. Snover is teaching Sunday school this Sunday and she said she will be showing Hotel Rwanda.  If you haven’t already seen this movie, here is some information:

It’s PG-13 for some violence and language, violence because it is a story about genocide, and language, well, because some people let some bad words slip when other people are trying to kill them (but it’s still PG-13). 

The movie is about Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel owner in Rwanda (a country in Africa) who saved many people’s lives by letting them take refuge in his hotel during the genocide, risking his own life to do so.  The movie does not glorify violence (it in fact does the exact opposite) and presents the story very well. 

If you’d like to know more about the genocide, read this Human Rights Watch article.

If you’d like to know more about Paul and about the movie, read this National Geographic article.

If you’d like to know more about the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation, go here.

Let me know if you have any questions.  I’ll be watching this movie again this week as a “refresher.”  See you Sunday!