Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Friendship Prom - May 2015

On Saturday, May 23rd, Calvin's Friendship Group hosted a Jesus Prom for the friends that attend.  Most often our friends in Friendship Group were not able to attend their high school prom.  I saw a video about a year ago from a church that put on a prom-like event and I thought this might be something neat to try here. 
After showing it to Anne, she convinced her Friendship team to give it a try.  

Below is the result of all the planning.  


Lots of volunteers spent the afternoon setting up. Our youth praise team provided the music.


Everyone dressed up.  




As the Friends arrived they could get their make up and nails done. Everyone looked very nice.  








The Praise Team practiced and then waited around till the festivities began at 7:00 pm.  


They all loved the music.  


Using ribbons...





And Tambourines.  


We even had glow in the dark rings...  






And balloons with fake candles inside.  
How they get them inside the balloons is what I want to know.  : )

We opened with a 1/2 hour set of peppy worship songs.  

I didn't realize how tiring that could get.  :) 
But Carraugh and Miranda had no problems.  

Rey played with us as well. 
He regularly plays during Friendship group.  


Jacob and Jonathan.  

Chris on the drums.  


Some of our songs had actions to them too.  
Not easy to do when you are holding a microphone.  


They danced and danced.  
It was fun to watch.  







After our set there was time for snacks, cake, and other activities like mini golf.  


Taking a break the way young people usually do:
Catching up on their phone/ipod.  

We darkened the room as the evening went on.  
Looked nice.  



Each Friend received a gift of either a hat or a bag full of goodies.  


Oh, this one snuck in there.  
We are practicing here I think.  


Sandy helped us with the video.  



Nice decorating job.  


Everyone got a boutonniere.  
They all loved them. 
Thanks Annette and Margaret for making them.   










We took pictures of all the Friends under the arbor.  
Here are some of them.  


















We ended the night with a final set of music. 




There was also a place where you could have your picture taken against a nice backdrop.  


And wear some goofy accessories as well.  : ) 














All in all, a wonderful event that blessed our many Friends.  
Thanks to all who participated and made this event a great success.  

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