In the latest issue of Fuel (Term 1, 2010), I specified that Mr. Bigglesworth was found in 10 (ten, X) places throughout the magazine. In a mindless act, I forgot I removed one of the Bigglesworth’s and forgot to place him in a different place, hence there are actually only 9 (nine, IX) instances of Mr. Bigglesworth in Fuel.

That’s right folks, it’s November which means one more month and we can expect long, gorgeous Summer days! Isn’t that exciting?

We’ve had so much going on here at Northcross lately that you might need some refreshers on what’s been happening in case you blinked and missed it.

Blender has been going off every second Friday night with events like ice-skating, tenpin, Real Life and the Parachute Roadshow! You can see photos here.

There have been baptisms GALORE here at Wave Youth. Ally, Abby and Barbara had theirs down at Browns Bay beach in the pouring rain. Jono wasn’t as brave so he chose the warmth of the baptismal in our Wave service. Dan had his at Tawharanui, also in the freezing cold water. If you’re reading this and you want to know more about baptism, see the A-Team and have a chat.

Tawharanui was loads of fun over Labour Weekend. We had a go at roughing it (some of the boys were a bit stinky by the end of it). The girls held up pretty well under the stress of long-drops and no showers. It was an awesome chance to get to know each other a bit better and hang out. Dan’s baptism was a highlight and the weather was perfect. You can check out the myriads of photos here. WOOOO!

Finally, we had Whoop It Up! It was great to see so many people from the community come out and get into heaps of games. Thanks to everyone who helped out on a game, behind the candy floss machine or making toffee apples (weren’t they amazing!!!). The games were heaps and heaps of fun…. laser tag, gladiator, horizontal bungee, sumo bop, aaaaaannnd THE GIANT INFLATABLE OBSTACLE COURSE! Photos and video coming soon…

That’s not it for this year folks, we still have many hilarious antics to come. Don’t forget about the Bonfire Bonanza at the Elley’s or the Night of the Stars for all you leaders or the Wave Finale.

Check out Flickr for all the photos!

If you’ve been wondering why this site has been sprouting out funny errors over the past week, you can safely blame the little gremlin(s) which came and infiltrated our fortress, that is our website.

About one week ago, the site was hacked by non other than a hacker. Then we had to move servers, straighten the books on the shelf they knockd over and the clean the dirty mud-stained footprints the hacker left behind on our living room rug.

However fear not, we have triumphed! Back to scheduled programming.

So at the Wave service we have this thing called The Slot. It’s basically YOUR 5 mins to tell us all what’s on your heart. It could be something God’s done in your life recently, something he’s in the middle of doing or just something you’ve learnt in your time on this planet.

If you’d like to give it a whirl, let one of the A-Team know by filling out this page.

Who can enter?   All aspiring photographers

What: Your photograph must be original and unpublished. It must be on one of the following themes Design in Nature or Acts of Service

No more than 3 entries. Name and age must be supplied. Your photo may be photo-shopped, but not overly so. Should you win you will agree to being photographed and your entry published in FUEL. The winner in each category will receive a canvas print of their entry.

When: All entries must be submitted to Debbie by Friday 25 September 09 – debbie@northcross.org.nz. No late entries will be considered.