Archive | May, 2007

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In this creative icebreaker, youth will make some important observations based upon footprints or photos of feet and relate these to our personal walk – our personal journey in life.

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For this activity you will need a fairly accurate representation of each participant’s feet. There are a variety of ways you can achieve this.

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Note there is considerable debate about the truthfulness of this story, but the idea is touching nonetheless. When I tell it I just preface it with: “Many of you have seen the famous painting by Albrecht Durer entitled “The praying hands”. There’s a story, fictional but still touching about how the drawing was created. The story goes like this….”

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This game provides an opportunity to mix the group up and for them to share information about themselves in a non-threatening way while having fun. In this elimination game, people are grouped into groups of three and then one person in every group which meets a certain characteristic is asked to “Get Lost.” Everyone who had to leave must quickly find another group and form groups of three again. The last group to form is eliminated.

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Veteran Pillsbury Spokes model Pop N Fresh died yesterday >of a severe yeast infection. He was 71. Fresh was buried in one of the largest ceremonies in recent years. Dozens of celebrities turned out including Mrs. Butterworth, the California Raisins, Hungry Jack, Betty Crocker, and the Hostess Twinkies. The graveside was piled high with flours as longtime friend Aunt Jemimah delivered the eulogy, describing fresh as a man who “never knew how much he was kneaded.” Fresh rose quickly in show business, but his later life was filled with many turnovers although he was never one to loaf around. He was not considered a very smart cookie, wasting much of his dough on half-baked schemes. Still, even as a crusty old man, he was a roll model for millions. Fresh is survived by his second wife. They have two children and one in the oven. The funeral was held at 4:50 for about 20 minutes.

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  • Throw out nonessential numbers. 
    This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay “them.”
  • Keep only cheerful friends. 
    The grouches pull you down.
  • Keep learning. 
    Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. “An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.” And the devil’s name is Alzheimer’s.

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COYOTE v. ACME

In the United States District Court, Southwestern District, Tempe, Arizona
Case No. B191294, Judge Joan Kujava, Presiding
Wiley E. Coyote, Plaintiff
v.
Acme Company, Defendant

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  1. Your children know how to read HTML code but can’t operate a vacuum cleaner.
  2. Your children tell you that you said “yes” and you don’t even remember the question.
  3. You go to the grocery store and find yourself having a good time.

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“Mother of all jobs”

An exhilaratively exhausting profession, exceedingly rewarding and exhaustively expensive. Guarantees educational and medical debts.

The work hours require 24 hour-a-day, seven day a week attention with unexplained and unprogrammed emergency calls. Warning: occupationally hazardous to your health, lasting a lifetime. No previous experience needed.

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Once upon a time, there was a child ready to be born. She asked God, “They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?”

God replied, “Among the many angels, I chose one for you. She will be >waiting for you and will take care of you.”

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The Chorus of the song “The Great Adventure” by Steven Curtis Chapman goes like this:

Saddle up your horses we’ve got a trail to blaze
Through the wild blue yonder of God’s amazing grace
Let’s follow our leader into the glorious unknown
This is a life like no other – this is The Great Adventure

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