The Royal Club of Friendly Vibes

For the past few weeks, we've been considering what type of club Jesus would have belonged to as teenager. This Sunday, we took the idea a bit further. As an extension of the club Jesus started, we considered what sort of teenage club we would want to start at Holy Innocents'.

First, the name. 

We agreed that we'd call ourselves The Royal Club of Friendly Vibes.

• 'Royal' means awesome. Since God is royal, and all people are made in God's image, everyone is essentially royal and awesome even if they fail to recognize it. Our Royal Club would be devoted to recognizing God's awesomeness in our lives and the life of the world.
• 'Vibes' are the shared feelings, intuitions, and emotions inspired by the Holy Spirit. Good vibes are always Friendly Vibes.

Second, what would people actually do when The Royal Club of Friendly Vibes (TRCFV) got together on Sundays?

The list of activities we came up with includes the following: 

• playing games, 
• engaging technology, 
• making info-graphs on the white board, 
• interactive learning,
• taking turns letting members share what song, poem, or piece of art best represents his or her faith.

Third, what sort of faith-related topics would members of The Royal Club of Friendly Vibes discuss?

We only scratched the surface of answering this, but some topics of interest were:

• religious themes in pop culture, 
• the history of the church, 
• finding the sacred feminine,
• the afterlife.

Last, we considered what events and get-togethers The Royal Club of Friendly Vibes might have outside of Sunday mornings. 

This possibilities included:

• going to movies and ice cream/froyo,
• playing ultimate frisbee at the park,
• laser tag and whirly ball,
• Braves games,
• visit to the aquarium and World of Coke,
• local scavenger hunt,
• church lock-in where we have a marathon watching Dr. Who, Sherlock, or Lord Of The Rings.

Stay tuned and begin to image what The Royal Club of Friendly Vibes at Holy Innocents' would look like to you?

Irrelevant Challenge of the Week:

• Do the 'no dance' (if you do not know the dance then make up your own 'no dance'). 

Timothy and Chris

Holy Innocents' Episcopal Church 

March 16, 2014

BTW: We apologize for the lack of an update last week. Not only was it Spring Break Sunday, but, just moments before class began, one of our fearless (youth) leaders opened a very special box of donuts (see below).

Needless to say, Timothy accepted his beloved's proposal and we spent the next hour celebrating and eating.