BTSW 2007--CLPC's Amazing Race

Can you believe we're planning this again already? It seems like just yesterday we were turning the whole Capernaum Center into a jungle! Well, you can throw away your safari hats (or keep them just in case) because we're going global. Each area is going to be a different country, and since CFM is sooooo cool, we're doing 4! :-) Here's the scoop:

• China (upstairs Capernaum center): We'll somehow turn the stairway into the Great Wall and will decorate the gathering room to look regal like the Forbidden City. Yes, we can do it because we're AWESOME and are known for our decorating skills! We'll be making lion masks, ribbons for ribbon dancing, and will have fortune cookies and face painting or tattoos. The gathering room will be open for the kids to do lion and ribbon dancing when they are finished with their crafts.
• France (downstairs Capernaum center): We'll need to construct an Eiffel Tower and we can use the lamposts from Joy of Sharing to make the hallway look Parisian. The K room will be a mini Tour de France (those little floor scooters that you sit on); the 3s room will be the Louvre with easels and modelling clay and just free art time; and the 4s room will be the patisserie where kids can decorate cupcakes.
• Kenya (nursery): We've got plenty of safari stuff from last year to make the nursery look cute and welcoming. We can have some animal coloring sheets for the tods or something of that nature (no pun intended).
• Australia (children's worship)--Australia's vast and diverse, so we'll have to pick and choose what we want to showcase. I was thinking that c112-113 could be the Great Barrier Reef since it is already decorated that way, saving us time and energy. We could also have Mount Zion available if we want to do something additional, or we could tear down and go from scratch. So the activities will depend on what we want to do.

The 2s room and art room are open downstairs, so maybe day school can have 2 this year instead of 1. Don't quote me on that bc I'm not in charge of room assignments. C201 will also be open like it was last year. We'll also be using the entire church this year (upstairs in the Life center, too). It's much bigger (at least it is so far in the planning process; that may change).

The two goals are for people to have fun and for them to get information about the different ministries/programs, so with Bennie's wonderful input, I'm working on a new booklet to give out to new families and people with new babies that spans our programs from birth to 5th grade. And we're updating the guide books again.

So what's your homework (thought you were going to get away without it, didn't you?)?

• We have 4 events in China (masks, ribbons, cookies/face painting and dancing), 3 events in France (scooters, art, and cupcakes), the nursery and probably 2 activities in children's worship. That makes 10, so if each of you would be willing to pick an activity to work in, that would put a team member in every activity. Please comment below on what you would want to do. If you have trouble commenting, send me an email, and I'll post a comment for you.
• If each of you recruits 1 person, we'd have 20 volunteers. The entire event lasts about 3 hours (10-1 or 1:30). With 20 volunteers, one could work it for 90 min and the other for the other half. Therefore, if you recruit 2 people, you could each only work an hour, etc. If you recruit 3, then you'd have a partner in there with you. Catch my drift? I'll be recruiting some people to be walk arounds, filling in where needed, and I will be walking around myself. So your other task is to recruit 1, 2, or 3 people to help out in your room. Please send me an email when you've recruited your people so that I can invite them to our face to face meeting.
• Also, any ideas for decorating would be great. Email Nancy S. or me with ideas.

You are all incredible, and I am so excited that we get to kickoff a new year together. And just remember, CFM volunteer kickoff is September 8 from 2-4, and it will be ALL CHOCOLATE! MMMMMMM.