Ken's Corn Maze 2007

We had 18 youth and 4 advisors go on this year's trip to Ken's Corn Maze in Garner. The weather was perfect, the corn was tall, and everyone made it out safely. We enjoyed the fun and fellowship, and the Creator painted an amazingly beautiful sunset! See the pictures here--> http://picasaweb.google.com/appstate95/KenSCornMaze2007.

Next week:
Senior High Presbytery Retreat at Camp Don Lee.

Personal Finance - Part 2

This week we had 24 youth present for the second part of the Personal Finance program. Gair led us in a discussion about how "Ordinary Millionaires" live their lives. We found out that 3.5 percent of the U.S. population are millionaires, and of them, 95% have a net worth of between 1-10 million dollars (these are our "Ordinary Millionaires"). She gave each of the kids an imaginary $100 dollars and led them through a quiz in which they answered questions about these "Ordinary Millionaires" in succession, and either doubled their money for correct answers, or halved it for incorrect answers. We learned that the lifestyles these successful folks live can best be described as "thrifty" and in most cases conforms with what we think of as Christian living, ie. married to one person their whole lives, not driving extravagant cars, and not living in huge mansions.

Next up, Corn Maze on Oct 21st. Meet at CPC at 4pm in the SH room. Bring $10 and a bag dinner.

Big Sweep and Personal Finance Part 1

On Saturday, Oct 6th, we had 13 youth and 4 adults take part in NC Big Sweep at Black Creek Greenway. We were able to tackle 4 different sections of the watershed and found many interesting items, including one, this statue of the Hindu god Ganesh, that received mention in Sunday's News and Observer Big Sweep article.


Sunday night, Scott led us in the first part of a two part series about personal finance. We had around 20 youth present as we discussed biblical passages that relate to money and also how average monthly incomes in different countries stack up to what we average here in the United States. Stewardship and how we would choose to allocate money to various charities (that the youth had brainstormed and thought of) was an important topic we devoted time to in small groups. Upcoming events! Our annual trip to Ken's Corn Maze (Oct 21st), and the New Hope Presbytery Senior High youth retreat (Oct 26-28th) at Camp Don Lee.