Trinity Youth Days

An annual event at TBC are our Youth Days, a two-day "conference" for high school and college students. This year's Youth Days landed on the 28th and 29th of December. Pastor Domm from Englewood, NJ preached twice on Monday morning on the subjects, "Know what you believe" and "Live what you believe." His messages were excellent and applicable.

The afternoon began with lunch, laid out by Mommy and Mrs. Adamo. Organized group games followed. Julie and a friend of hers played a significant role in planning, organizing, and running the games. On the whole, the afternoon went very well. Games included a flashlight scavenger hunt with candy, a block maze, "Poison Popcorn," wrapping a gift as a team with everyone's dominant hand behind their back, finding words from a box of alphabet soup, and word puzzles. The afternoon ended with an hour of playing "Steal the Bacon" - excuse me, "Borrow the Bacon!" - a youth day tradition packed with rug burns, action, and loads of fun. Below are a few pictures from this game. The first two show the opposing sides preparing for action.

And then the action . . .

After a delicious dinner of spaghetti and garlic bread, we gathered around the cleared tables for a question and answer session. Many of the questions sought to practically apply Christianity to our everyday experiences, temptations, and problems.

The next day, we all gathered early at the church and caravanned over to Camp Shiloh, a Christian camp in Northern New Jersey. Although the outdoors revealed all the pain of below-freezing temperatures coupled with wind, we participated in multiple outside activities: rock wall climbing, archery, ropes courses, and a zip-line. Then some again bundled up to brave the cold and ventured out on a hike, while some of us more frozen specimens chose to remain in the fellowship hall to do what else? - play more steal-the-bacon!