The group posing in front of Southern Nazarene University in Oklahoma City!!"Extravaganza 2009" was amazing!! No other way to describe it! If I had to categorize it, I would say it was a conglomeration of "Friends loving friends, friends loving Jesus, friends loving to worship, and friends loving to play!" 33 teens and sponsors trekked across the Red River into Oklahoma City to Southern Nazarene University to compete against other Nazarene youth groups in talent, drama, sports, quizzing, and art from all over our region!! Just over 1000 kids were there!! And out of those 1000, we made a huge impact on Extravaganza 2009! At the end, when all of the "all stars" were selected, two out of the final 12 acts selected were from OUR youth group!!! You can see our "Set Me Free" drama here on YouTube (thanks Alina for the video!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-RUCGJspC4
Also, Allison, Kendall, and Livvy's "The Door" skit was selected!! Check it out (sorry about the cheesy banner they put over the top of it...it was the only way I could get it on here quickly! Once again, video is courtesy of Alina H.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-RUCGJspC4
Also, Allison, Kendall, and Livvy's "The Door" skit was selected!! Check it out (sorry about the cheesy banner they put over the top of it...it was the only way I could get it on here quickly! Once again, video is courtesy of Alina H.)
What a privilege it was, too, when Aaron, Sergio, Nick, and Parker were asked to lead the worship music during the Sunday morning service for our district!!! You guys represented us and the Lord very well!!!
You can see Nick's cover of "Give Me Your Eyes" here (thanks again, Alina!):
It was pretty awesome, too, to see Aaron and Sergio selected to be drummers in the "Stomp"-style portion of our worship service!!! Check it out here (thanks to Michael for a rather biased video! :-) ):
Others of you received 1st place awards but were not selected for "The Show"!
Sierra R. - sign interpretation
Nick H. - Vocal solo
Leslie A. - Flute solo
Parker Y. - Vocal solo
Hunter, Rebekah, Imo, Alex, Kyle, Brandon, Aaron - Soccer
Lindsey G. - Art
Daniel W. - Quizzing (10th place)
Others who did not receive awards but of whom we were equally proud!:
Livvy M. - Art
Sergio P. - Vocal solo
Makayla V. - Clarinet solo
Keifer W. - Cello solo
Aaron J. - Art
Parker Y., Nick H., Sergio P., and Aaron J. - Band
Connor C. - Quizzing
Rebekah W. - Quizzing
What is usually a fun, competitive trip was this year also compelling and thought provoking with the messages brought by the drama team "One Time Blind". They totally brought the message of Jesus in a new and fresh way which spoke to us!
Be sure and check back here as well as on the Teen Bulletin Board for more pictures and YouTube vids from the event!!!
Sierra signs for the judges....
while Sergio and Josh show their demonic side...
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