sfsparks's Xanga Site

GrX-SF Sparks Small Group	"Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God." 1 John 4:7

SFsparks
read my profile sign my guestbook Interests: We meet on Fridays, 7:30pm in downtown San Francisco. Expertise: Passionately Pursuing God through the building of community and fellowship with one another. Message: message me Member Since: 4/1/2005

SubscriptionsSites I Read
Subscribe to SFsparks Get trial subscription apriljina clee222 sfsparks0506

Blogrings
GrX church previous - random - next GRX: Life on Life - San Francisco previous - random - next

Posting Calendar

\|<< oldest \| newest >>\|
view all weblog archives

Friday, December 29, 2006

Sparks White Elephant Gift Exchange

To cap off 2006, the Sparks small group held its White Elephant gift exchange at June's Place. The night was defined by great food, creative gifts, and awesome fellowship.Some snapshots below:

Chap Jae

Pasta

Kim Bop

The gang hanging around the island to help out.

Tim, Chris and Jenny preparing the desserts.

Chris showing us his cooking prowess.

Fellowshiping together over food.

Joyce, Janise and Ray

Ray standing out as the life of the party.

Christine, Janise and Angela fellowshiping amongst themselves.

Getting ready for the gift exchange.

Hmmmm....which gift to pick first.

Joe taking stab at picking the first gift and he chooses.....

a Poker set. We will put that to good use.

Jenny up next to pick her gift.

And she selects a French Press coffee maker!

Unfortunatelty, her joy is short lived as Ray steals the gift away.

French press Coffee Press

Shirly picks next.

Shirley cannot stop laughing because of the gift she picks.....

A DVD on George Bush. Ha!

Eli chooses his gift....

$25 Starbucks gift card.....

Phil opening his gift of choice

Expensive chocolate....

Phil's prize up close

Ben chooses his gift. He is debating whether he should be happy or sad.

Ben decides to be happy with what he got.

Considering how confusing SF streets are, this is a practicle gift.

Anthony content with his big stash of Ghiradelli choclates.

Christine up next. She picks the gift with the flashy wrapping....

which is from Victoria's Secret.

Christine checking to see what is inside.

Christine is shocked to find some interesting form of clothing on the inside!

Joyce and Ray sharing a good laugh.

Angela laughing at Christine's gift selection

Chris Hong with his gift card.

Dave reaching out and stealing a gift from someone.

Janise was ecstatic about her gift.

Pencil case

Another Victoria's Secret gift package.

Bottle of wine that Ed got.

Ray stealing the Invincible's DVD from Ed, one of many gifts that were stolen from him.

It was a great time of fellowship and a great way to end 2006. Can't wait for 2007 to begin!

11:32 AM - 81 views - add eprops - add comments - email it

Small Group Life

The past five months have been a tremendous blessing as we have been worshiping and building community together. One of the greatest joys about small group is getting the chance to discover and know one another beyond the superficial layer-and one way to build that fellowship is through great food! Jenny was gracious enough to provide food for the group for 3 consecutive weeks! Needless to say...the food was goooood! Thanks Jenny!

Food pic 1

Food Pic 2

Food pic 3

Liz, Jun, and Janise munching down.

Ben, Angela and Melinda

Ed giving his best "Rock" eyebrow impression. Chris, judging by his own facial expression, thinks he has more work to do.

Eli Kuo (with guitar) leading the group in worship.

11:26 AM - 56 views - add eprops - add comments - email it

San Francisco Food Bank

One of the things that we wanted to commit as a small group is to engage in community service. Aside from meeting together and serving in the church, community service allows us to tangible apply our faith beyond the four walls of the church. So to start things off, some members of Sparks served at the San Francisco Food Bank
where packed at total of 3,700 pounds of food for homeless shelters and other community service organizations.

The SF Food Bank was only the tip of the iceberg. More to come in 2007!

Community Service at the Food Bank

Looks like Costco on the inside.

Tons of Food to Pack. Since I was starving...I was able to steal a few pieces of
salami. It tasted goood:)

Tons of left over cereal. This would be enough for one person to last a year or more.

Angela falling "asleep" when the supervisor is explaining what we were to do.

Phil all smiles.

Jun was a taping machine.

Acting pretty: Liz, Thomas, and Tim modeling the latest hand and headware.

Angela getting ready to pack some meat.

Packing meat assembly line style.

So what was our reward for our hard work? Free sweaters courtesy of Jonathan Kang!

3,700 lbs in 3 hours! I believe the supervisor said that was the most meat packed in that time span!
Not only did we have fun, but it is encouraging to know none of that food will go to waste.

11:24 AM - 126 views - 2 eprops - 1 comment - email it

Minature Gold Outing

For fun, the gang went out to Malibu Grand Prix for some go-carting and minature golf.

Malibu Grand Prix

The group getting ready to receive their helmets.

Dave and Ray

Dave and Janise. David looking dead sexy wearing that head wrap.

Ben and Ray eagerly waiting to get on board.

Dr. Doug

Ben ready to roll out

After go-carting, the group switched to minature golf.

Christine showing her putting "game"

Grrrr....Angela and Janise saying "Don't mess with us on the putting green."

Girls hitting

Joe teeing it up

Ray, Ben and Winchell debating who was the faster driver.

This hole required us to hit uphill. Easier said than done.
It took Christine 20+ times to get the ball in the hole.

Winchell showing his amazing form

Wierd hole: we had to hit the ball in the hole that had a moving poll.

Dave thwarted after 5+ attempts.

11:17 AM - 55 views - 2 eprops - 1 comment - email it

Saturday, October 28, 2006

	Dave's Birthday Party "Smash" Update: Just a quick recap of some of the events that have been occuring within the Sparks small group. Most recently we had the chance to celebrate the b-day of one of the Sparks group's fearless leaders: Dave Roh. Alex, Dave, and Jeff Cake...small in size, but big in $$$. Dave with cake....this time with no surprises. Dave and Janise
	11:03 AM - 37 views - add eprops - add comments - email it

Next 5 >>

Sparks White Elephant Gift Exchange

Small Group Life

San Francisco Food Bank

Minature Gold Outing

Dave's Birthday Party "Smash"