Grove? What Grove?

I took a job this summer as a youth director (official title: Senior Chapel Leader) at Asbury Grove Camp Meeting.*       

 

*I keep trying to type "Asburgy..."

This is a 150 year old traditional Methodist Campground, and I get to build experience working with youth on Bible studies, fundraisers, fun events, devotions, etc.  I also get to live part time at the Grove and participate in alllllll social activities.

Including Fourth of July egg tosses.  The chaplain and I were like the fourth or fifth pair left standing (out of about 15-20), but then he chucked the egg at my feet...

In less than a week, I'll be taking the kids to a revival/Christian music festival (SoulFest), and then a week after that the "real" camp meeting here at the Grove starts.

In the meantime, did you know that continuous-spray, spray-on aloe mist/gel gives you a Captain Kirk like sheen?  This PSA brought to you by my sunburn, Salisbury Beach, spray on aloe gel, and Star Trek: TOS.*


*Except not really, because only my sunburn knows who I am, and it doesn't appreciate me or my humor.

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Cooking for a Crowd

Oh my Lord in Heaven.  Anyone want some Chicken Pot Biscuit?  Cuz I just cooked it for 100-ish people.  In case you're wondering, that's:

• 25+ pounds of chicken breast
• 30+ fluid ounces of condensed soup
• 192 (I think?) ounces of frozen mixed veggies
• 180+ frozen buttermilk biscuits

Not to mention some insane number of brownies, and several tubs of vanilla ice cream.

But it was goooood.  And my feet don't hurt TOO much.  Think I'll put the laundry off 'til tomorrow though.  If you want to know HOW I cook my Chicken Pot Biscuit (it's easier than almost any other recipe I know, and still totally nummy), click the link at the top of this post.

I did slightly misjudge though, in terms of our vegetarian option and our biscuits...  and our brownies.  I might be eating that stuff for the rest of the summer.

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A Collection of Random

• The Marquee Blog reports that there's going to be a new Sweet Valley book in 2011.  I totally read these as a kid.  Started with SV Twins, read a few Kids, moved on to High, poked at the Unicorn Club, and read quite a bit of University.  Kind of gave up on things at Senior Year, though.  By then, I was moving onto "grown-up" books.  Nevertheless, the idea of reading about the twins at 27 (and the book says the word "ORGASM"???!) seems endlessly fascinating to me.

• In other news, I'm apparently cooking for like 100 tomorrow.  We're making chicken pot biscuit.  I'm an okay cook.  The kids will help.  It's mostly their dinner, after all.  (Oh, this is part of the summer job I haven't really mentioned yet.)  But I'm not sure I *really* know how to cook for 100.  Yay, new experiences.

• Speaking of that summer job, I'm the "Senior Chapel Leader" at Asbury Grove Methodist Camp Meeting.  That means I lead the older kids (12-16+) in devotions, bible studies, fundraising (see - dinner), and fun stuffs.  I also live there part-time.

• I need to do laundry.

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