Dear CCCBR Middle School, High School and College Students and Parents,
There will be no Bible study this Friday because it is a public/church holiday. We will take a break and let everyone have some quiet time with God through personal Bible reading and prayers.
In the Lord
Pastor Johnny Tang
Monday, December 28, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
No Bible Study this Friday 12/25/09
Dear CCCBR Middle School, High School and College Students and Parents,
There will be no Bible Study in church this Friday because it is the last Friday of the month. We will take a break and let everyone have some quiet time with God through personal Bible reading and prayers. There will be nobody in church.
In the Lord
Pastor Johnny Tang
There will be no Bible Study in church this Friday because it is the last Friday of the month. We will take a break and let everyone have some quiet time with God through personal Bible reading and prayers. There will be nobody in church.
In the Lord
Pastor Johnny Tang
Monday, December 14, 2009
White Elephant Gift Exchange
White elephant (w/ a twist): from Wikipedia
Gifts are typically inexpensive, humorous items, or used items from home; the term white elephant refers to a gift whose maintenance cost exceeds its usefulness. While the first use of this term remains an item of contention among historians, a popular theory suggests that Ezra Cornell brought the term into popular lexicon through his numerous and frequent social gatherings, dating back to as early as 1828.
(this is the part w/ a twist :) Please make the gift new and useful because why would you want to give an unuseful present?!
All participants draw a number (from a hat, perhaps) to determine their order. An alternative to the drawing is to sit in a circle and take turns in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction.
The participant with #1 unwraps any gift from the pile and then shows it to everyone. Each successive participant, in the order determined from the drawing, or in clockwise or counterclockwise order, can either 1) "steal" an already opened gift (if there's one they really like) or 2) be adventurous and go for a wrapped gift from the pile. If the participant chooses to steal, the person whose gift is stolen now repeats his turn and either 1) steals another person's gift (he cannot immediately steal back the gift that was just stolen from him) or 2) unwraps a new gift.
Basically the best # to get is the 1 because in the end 1 gets to steal again when all the presents have been given out. But if the present has been stolen 2 times #1 can't steal it, if it hasn't been stolen twice than that person gets stuck w/ #1's present.
This cycle of stealing can sometimes continue for a long time, until a new gift is chosen, at which point the turn is passed to the participant with the next number from the drawing, or whoever is next in the circle, whichever arrangement is chosen.
Since items can be stolen, the item in your possession is not yours until the game is over. However, this is often amended with a rule declaring a gift "dead" or "safe" after it has been stolen a certain number of times (usually two or three). This helps the process go more smoothly (avoiding, for example, the hypothetical scenario of the same gift being stolen by every successive participant) and limits the disadvantage of being among the first to choose gifts. The game is over once all names have been withdrawn from the hat or all gifts are opened.
We are going to limit gift stealing to 2 times per present.
Please let me know if you have any questions. I'll check this website periodically to see if there are any comments/questions or facebook me :)
Thanks, Alice
Gifts are typically inexpensive, humorous items, or used items from home; the term white elephant refers to a gift whose maintenance cost exceeds its usefulness. While the first use of this term remains an item of contention among historians, a popular theory suggests that Ezra Cornell brought the term into popular lexicon through his numerous and frequent social gatherings, dating back to as early as 1828.
(this is the part w/ a twist :) Please make the gift new and useful because why would you want to give an unuseful present?!
All participants draw a number (from a hat, perhaps) to determine their order. An alternative to the drawing is to sit in a circle and take turns in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction.
The participant with #1 unwraps any gift from the pile and then shows it to everyone. Each successive participant, in the order determined from the drawing, or in clockwise or counterclockwise order, can either 1) "steal" an already opened gift (if there's one they really like) or 2) be adventurous and go for a wrapped gift from the pile. If the participant chooses to steal, the person whose gift is stolen now repeats his turn and either 1) steals another person's gift (he cannot immediately steal back the gift that was just stolen from him) or 2) unwraps a new gift.
Basically the best # to get is the 1 because in the end 1 gets to steal again when all the presents have been given out. But if the present has been stolen 2 times #1 can't steal it, if it hasn't been stolen twice than that person gets stuck w/ #1's present.
This cycle of stealing can sometimes continue for a long time, until a new gift is chosen, at which point the turn is passed to the participant with the next number from the drawing, or whoever is next in the circle, whichever arrangement is chosen.
Since items can be stolen, the item in your possession is not yours until the game is over. However, this is often amended with a rule declaring a gift "dead" or "safe" after it has been stolen a certain number of times (usually two or three). This helps the process go more smoothly (avoiding, for example, the hypothetical scenario of the same gift being stolen by every successive participant) and limits the disadvantage of being among the first to choose gifts. The game is over once all names have been withdrawn from the hat or all gifts are opened.
We are going to limit gift stealing to 2 times per present.
Please let me know if you have any questions. I'll check this website periodically to see if there are any comments/questions or facebook me :)
Thanks, Alice
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