It is time for the youth superbowl

Tonight I signed up nine kids for the Word of Life Superbowl in Springfield, Massachusetts on Friday, November 13th. It's an all night event that begins with a hockey game and continues with an on ice rally, followed by an all night long spree of bowling and roller skating. Throw in a ton of pizza and soda and lots of fun and you've got the picture.














We've gone several times over the years. One year we even had one of the top ten largest groups. We brought sixty kids from the Norwich area on a school bus. It was great. The hardest part has always been trying to stay awake all night. The kids have an advantage because they are busy running around and having fun. Their adrenaline kicks in and they go like the energizer bunny.

Over the years we have had lots of different kids from the church go and several adult chaperons too. Among the adults are Curt Brockway, Fred Green, Kathy Duntz, Joel and Sharon Fishkin, Mark Ferguson, Bob Duntz, Amy Rezendes, and Buffy McFalls.

Just about every kid who has been active in our youth group has gone on the trip. The most memorable trip was back about 1999 or 2000. That was the year that Fannie Bray came with us and broke her ankle at the skating rink. She was a friend of Fred Green Jr.'s. The night was going great until Fannie fell over by the snack bar. We ended up getting her in the van and heading back to Norwich and the Backus Hospital where we spent the rest of the night.

Since then we have never had another similar incident, thank goodness. A few hurt rumps from the falls but nothing else.

We have room for a few more if you call by the end of this week. The cost is $39.00 per person.

Cal