It's been a rough week for a lot of you, with the academic work load getting especially heavy at this point in the semester. And the weather has been turning a little unpleasant some days lately, too. Time to get away and dance those blues away! Come join us this Friday night as we go on a little adventure in the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Friday Night Jamboree in Floyd, Virginia!
As I mentioned in my email a few days ago, we are going to a good ole' fashioned Jamboree, up near the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway. We will be carpooling up to The Floyd Country Store in the charming little town of Floyd, VA to experience the toe tappin' fun of the Friday Night Jamboree. Every time we go up there everyone has so much fun they want to go back, so this has become an annual tradition for us.
The Jamboree attracts some of the best Gospel and Bluegrass bands in the world. (Seriously. That's no exaggeration.) Every week it includes over 4 hours of Gospel and Bluegrass music and flatfoot dancing (your participation optional) all for only $5. Flatfoot dancing sounds funny, but it is easy to pick up, and everyone always has so much fun learning how to do it with their group of friends that they can't stop smiling.
Meet us at the campus house at 5:30pm this Friday. We will carpool for the 45 minute drive to Floyd, VA and get to the Country Store early so we can get some great seats and enjoy some delicious food before the concert. They have all kinds of sandwiches, hot dogs, and BBQ sandwiches to eat, and a large selection of ice cream, milk shakes, homemade pies, cakes, and other desserts, and old fashioned candy to buy, too. If you'd rather save some money you are certainly welcome to eat dinner on your own before you meet us at the campus house. The food is just an option. What we're really going for is the music and dancing.
So that's 5:30pm Friday at the campus house, and $5 for admission, plus a little extra if you want to buy food at the store.
Feel free to bring a friend, too.
I really hope you can join us. If you've never been there before, I promise you, it'll be an experience you won't soon forget.
Hope to see you there.
Steve
We make followers of Jesus and help his followers grow
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Monday, October 28, 2013
Save the Dates
Hey guys,
Just want to let you all know about a couple special events the Core Group Team has planned for November so you can save the dates on your calendars.
Friday, November 1, we are going to carpool out to beautiful Floyd, Virginia near the Blue Ridge Parkway to listen to some of the world's best live gospel and bluegrass music at the "Friday Night Jamboree" at the historic Floyd Country Store. You might even get to learn how to dance "flatfoot". If you've never been to the Friday Night Jamboree in Floyd, Virginia, you MUST come see it. Your education at Virginia Tech will not be complete until you do. And it's so much fun!
Just want to let you all know about a couple special events the Core Group Team has planned for November so you can save the dates on your calendars.
Friday, November 1, we are going to carpool out to beautiful Floyd, Virginia near the Blue Ridge Parkway to listen to some of the world's best live gospel and bluegrass music at the "Friday Night Jamboree" at the historic Floyd Country Store. You might even get to learn how to dance "flatfoot". If you've never been to the Friday Night Jamboree in Floyd, Virginia, you MUST come see it. Your education at Virginia Tech will not be complete until you do. And it's so much fun!
Friday, November 15, we are going to carry on the tradition of CCVT's annual Thanksgiving Banquet. The food is always awesome and abundant, and it is always so encouraging to hear how God has blessed everyone in various ways as we briefly share one thing we are especially thankful for from the past year. We'll have a few other little elements to the night, too.
We'll send you more details about these events as the days approach, but for now, please mark your calendars to save the dates.
Hope you guys can join us for these.
We'll send you more details about these events as the days approach, but for now, please mark your calendars to save the dates.
Hope you guys can join us for these.
Thursday, October 24, 2013
A-maize-ing Corn Maze and More
You are invited to join us this Friday night for an a-maze-ing adventure through a huge maze of corn, after dark. (Please pardon my corn-y joke. Oh, wait, I did it again. I just can't stop myself.)
OK, enough with the bad puns. Here's the scoop:
The corn maze is about a 20 minute drive from campus and there is this really cool little family owned Italian pizzeria just down the road from it, so we are going to meet at CCVT's campus house at 5:30pm Friday and carpool to Aly's Family Italian Restaurant and enjoy some delicious Italian food -- your choice of anything from pizza and calzones to lasagna and chicken parmigiana, or if you actually aren't into Italian food, they also have good ol' hamburgers, Philly cheese steaks, subs, and all kinds of stuff. Also, the prices are very reasonable. You can get a nice hamburger, fries, and drink, including tax and tip, for under $5. It's a really quaint little place. You'll love it.
After that we'll mozy on over to the corn maze around the time it is getting dark. Tickets for the corn maze are only $5. The maze is different every year, so even if you've been there before, it should be a challenge to find your way around the maze in the dark. The corn is usually about 8 feet tall, so it's not like you are going to be able to see over the top of it. I would estimate the maze is approximately the size of two football fields, so it's not just some little thing you'll be done with in a few minutes.
Be sure to bring a flashlight, and please bring an extra, if you have one, to share with someone else who might need it.
Choose your footwear wisely. Remember, this is a corn field we will be walking in, so it's pretty bumpy from the furrows the plow has made, and the corn stalk stumps that are sticking up where the corn has been cut down, etc. So let's say tennis shoes are a minimum, and boots would be even better.
Finally, the forecast is for clear skies and only a gentle breeze, unlike the last couple days, but it will still be pretty cold. It's supposed to get down into the upper 30's by the time we will be leaving the corn maze. So bundle up! You'll enjoy exploring the maze a lot more if you aren't distracted by your chattering teeth and numb fingers. My advice is to dress warmer than you think you'll need to. Remember, this is the first cold spell we've had since last spring, so our bodies haven't adjusted to the cold yet. This time of year we feel like it's freezing in the same weather we'll wear shorts in come January -- we perceive it differently when we aren't used to it. So dress extra warm. You'll have more fun.
So to recap:
5:30pm Friday at the campus house
$5 for the maze, plus about $5 or more for food
flashlights
appropriate footwear
dress very warm
Hope you can join us. And bring a friend!
OK, enough with the bad puns. Here's the scoop:
The corn maze is about a 20 minute drive from campus and there is this really cool little family owned Italian pizzeria just down the road from it, so we are going to meet at CCVT's campus house at 5:30pm Friday and carpool to Aly's Family Italian Restaurant and enjoy some delicious Italian food -- your choice of anything from pizza and calzones to lasagna and chicken parmigiana, or if you actually aren't into Italian food, they also have good ol' hamburgers, Philly cheese steaks, subs, and all kinds of stuff. Also, the prices are very reasonable. You can get a nice hamburger, fries, and drink, including tax and tip, for under $5. It's a really quaint little place. You'll love it.
After that we'll mozy on over to the corn maze around the time it is getting dark. Tickets for the corn maze are only $5. The maze is different every year, so even if you've been there before, it should be a challenge to find your way around the maze in the dark. The corn is usually about 8 feet tall, so it's not like you are going to be able to see over the top of it. I would estimate the maze is approximately the size of two football fields, so it's not just some little thing you'll be done with in a few minutes.
Be sure to bring a flashlight, and please bring an extra, if you have one, to share with someone else who might need it.
Choose your footwear wisely. Remember, this is a corn field we will be walking in, so it's pretty bumpy from the furrows the plow has made, and the corn stalk stumps that are sticking up where the corn has been cut down, etc. So let's say tennis shoes are a minimum, and boots would be even better.
Finally, the forecast is for clear skies and only a gentle breeze, unlike the last couple days, but it will still be pretty cold. It's supposed to get down into the upper 30's by the time we will be leaving the corn maze. So bundle up! You'll enjoy exploring the maze a lot more if you aren't distracted by your chattering teeth and numb fingers. My advice is to dress warmer than you think you'll need to. Remember, this is the first cold spell we've had since last spring, so our bodies haven't adjusted to the cold yet. This time of year we feel like it's freezing in the same weather we'll wear shorts in come January -- we perceive it differently when we aren't used to it. So dress extra warm. You'll have more fun.
So to recap:
5:30pm Friday at the campus house
$5 for the maze, plus about $5 or more for food
flashlights
appropriate footwear
dress very warm
Hope you can join us. And bring a friend!
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Fall Fun
Hey guys, just want to let you know about two fun fall events we have coming up here at CCVT:
1) This Friday we are having a little Harvest Party, I guess you might call it. We are going out to Joe's house in the country for a campfire. We'll roast some marshmallows, make some smores, and exercise our creativity carving pumpkins!
If you want to join us you'll need to get to the campus house within a few minutes of 6:15pm because soon after that the car pool caravan will be heading out, and out where Joe lives the BT does not venture!
2) Friday, Oct. 25, we will drive out to Sinkland Farms to wind our way through their amazing corn maze. But we'll wait 'til after dark to explore the corn maze. While we're waiting for the sun to set we'll catch dinner at this awesome little Italian diner just down the road from the corn maze. I'll send you more details when we get closer to that date. In the meantime, just mark it on your calendar for that Friday night.
Hope to see you tonight at Oasis Bible Study -- 7:15pm!
1) This Friday we are having a little Harvest Party, I guess you might call it. We are going out to Joe's house in the country for a campfire. We'll roast some marshmallows, make some smores, and exercise our creativity carving pumpkins!
If you want to join us you'll need to get to the campus house within a few minutes of 6:15pm because soon after that the car pool caravan will be heading out, and out where Joe lives the BT does not venture!
2) Friday, Oct. 25, we will drive out to Sinkland Farms to wind our way through their amazing corn maze. But we'll wait 'til after dark to explore the corn maze. While we're waiting for the sun to set we'll catch dinner at this awesome little Italian diner just down the road from the corn maze. I'll send you more details when we get closer to that date. In the meantime, just mark it on your calendar for that Friday night.
Hope to see you tonight at Oasis Bible Study -- 7:15pm!
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Cookout 5:30 this Friday
Praise God for a great weather forecast for our cookout 5:30 this Friday at our campus house. Sunny and high 70's!
We already have 12 people signed up to bring food, so that means 2 things:
1) we are bound to have a great turn out if we have 12 people coming before we even begin to count everybody coming who is not bringing food, and
2) we are going to have plenty of delicious food.
Hmmm... lots of good friends enjoying delicious food in great weather -- that's a pretty sweet combination! Hope you can join us.
We will have some yard games and such to play, too, of course.
And feel free to bring a friend.
Even if this would be your first time coming to CCVT, we'd love to have you join us. For a map and simple directions just look on the right side of your screen.
God bless you, and hope to see you Friday.
We already have 12 people signed up to bring food, so that means 2 things:
1) we are bound to have a great turn out if we have 12 people coming before we even begin to count everybody coming who is not bringing food, and
2) we are going to have plenty of delicious food.
Hmmm... lots of good friends enjoying delicious food in great weather -- that's a pretty sweet combination! Hope you can join us.
We will have some yard games and such to play, too, of course.
And feel free to bring a friend.
Even if this would be your first time coming to CCVT, we'd love to have you join us. For a map and simple directions just look on the right side of your screen.
God bless you, and hope to see you Friday.
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