1207 membership christmas

The SBCC Membership Christmas Party/Fellowship was tonight and it was very well put together. Members were greeted at the front, relieved of the sodas and desserts they were bringing, and told to go in to the Worship Center, where they were assigned to teams by color of the ink pen used on their nametags. I say “assigned” since each person was told which colors were available, and couples were intentionally split up.

The colors also told them what room they were assigned to for dinner upstairs. For the first time, they kept the people with limited mobility on the first floor and brought food to them. There were only two of us, but it also meant that we wouldn’t have to participate in the “game”. We were sort of disappointed by the news (I hope our cheers weren’t too loud).

After a hearty dinner (from Ladybug, provided by SBCC), the membership congregated in the Worship Center, where each team was called up to play the “game”. Jim Y was serving as Gamemaster, in Pastor Ken’s absence.

Each team had six people as letter-holders, while the rest of the team directed them on unscrambling the word. Teams were graded on how fast they worked, so the audience, made up of the other teams, remained silent during the competition.

After the winning team was decided, they got first pick of the “gifts” brought for the exchange. I had Sheri pick out a gift for me, and it was a snow globe with a nativity scene in it. I found out afterwards that it was brought by Ayako.

Thanks to Steve T for giving me a ride home that night, to Carol for picking up a dessert for me, and to Sheri for picking up a gift from me for the exchange and for getting me the gift during the exchange.