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Youth:

I hope you had a great thanksgiving. I am thankful for my opportunity to know you. Thank you for all of your help making thanksgiving at Central Community a success. Without all of our youth volunteers 1500 meals could have never been delivered throughout Riverside. This week our main focus is on our new and improved Thursday night youth gathering. Thursday is now the start of the weekend at Accept so come out and take part. Starting at 7pm we will hang out, talk about topics in your life, play games, and listen to music. It is one awesome night. Once again it is Thursday night 7pm – 8pm. This Sunday you will be given the opportunity to take home a backpack and fill it up with all kinds of good things to be given out to homeless on the streets of Los Angeles, talk to your parents and see if they are interested in taking part! Continue to have a great week and I will see you Thursday!

Accept,
John Denton

David going crazy.

David works with the the youth group every week, whether he is leading worship with Caleb or making kids laugh, he has a huge impact on our youth ministry and it is great to have dedicated leaders who know how to have fun. Thanks David.

Monday.

Mondays are pretty amazing. After busy weekends I love having a little time to do nothing. Normally on Mondays I surf the internet for a few hours; google my name, look at surfboards, sailboats, and westfalias on Craig's list. After that I go to costco for no reason and at some point during my day try to get in some exercise. I would like to do more with my day off but at the same time I like my day of randomness. This week take a few minutes and give your mind a rest (spending a crazy amount of time on Craig's list is a good start).

People I spent Thanksgiving with.

My uncle Dan is really fun. This picture tells it all. It was so awesome to spend thanksgiving with my family and a few friends. I think my aunt and uncle hosted around 30 people for dinner so this picture screams, "I am ready to go to bed."
Philip will hate me for life because I posted this picture but I always seem to have rather strange pictures of Phil so here is one more. It's nice to have a cousin who is also your good friend because Phil and I always seem to get to hang out whether it be thanksgiving, independence day, or just any given day.
Stephanie is photogenic so every picture of her comes out beautiful. We spent our entire thanksgiving together, from playing an early round of golf with her family, to volunteering at the church for a few hours, then to Mission Viejo to be with my family. Thursday was great. I am Thankful for all of my family and friends.

Wow

Thanksgiving Preparation

For the last 20 years Central Community has been delivering thousands of meals throughout riverside county for our free Thanksgiving dinner. People have been cooking turkey for two days now, and tonight the rest of the meal will be prepared in order to get all of the meals out in our two hour window tomorrow. Normally the people who prepare food and deliver meals get high fives. This year I want to give my friend Bill ten up high. Each year he goes through and does the routing so these meals can successfully be delivered. He spends hours making sure the maps are in realistic groups so our volunteers will be able to make swift deliveries and return back to the church to take a few more. Thanks to everyone who makes the free Thanksgiving dinner possible.

Candy!

Most people who spend any amount of time with me know that I like candy. There are a few kinds of candy I really enjoy, but trolli brand peach rings and sour octopus are my favorite. Trolli candy is sometimes hard to find but after a recent trip to Win Co (a really cool employee owned grocery store...well about as cool as a grocery store can get) I discovered they have types of Trolli candy that I did not even know existed. Why do I eat so much candy? Why Trolli candy? I am not sure. I just love the way it taste.

Video Blog: My Week and More

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Phil having fun.

When Philip is not directing award winning films he spends his time in the water. I hope you enjoy todays picture of my friend Phil doing his thing at beacons. Do something fun and exciting today!

Artivist Awards

We all walked down the green carpet together.

The Crew (left to right): Cameron Bird, Zac Baney, Philip Hamer, and Myself

The award: Best Feature Film - Children's Advocacy

Sunday night was awesome. Here is a look at our night through cell phone photos. Driving back and forth to the Egyptian theater in Hollywood was crazy but no complaints. It was fun getting to take part in the Artivist film festival and seeing my good friend and cousin Phil win an award for all of his hard work on the film Glue Boys. I have a new found respect for movie stars who walk down the red carpet at awards shows and can hold a smile the entire time. After standing with the rest of the film crew for five minutes of pictures I was exhausted. Thanks Phil for letting me share in your big night.

Sewing

I have taken up interest lately in sewing. My first project was this iPod case I made last night, I am proud of it. My next project is going to be a pair of surf trunks. We will see what happens with that.

Artivist Film Festival: Glue Boys

The Artivist Film Festival was awesome. My cousins Philip Hamer directed the award winning film Glue Boys. Stephanie and I jumped at our chance Saturday night to sneak on to the red carpet (it was actually green carpet) and take this picture.

Pictures

Check out pictures from all of our youth gatherings and events at acceptym.shutterfly.com

Another Monday. Another Mountain Bike Ride.

Mountain biking is a great way to get in an hour of exercise and to have a ton of fun (check the picture of me having fun). Last month I managed to talk my dad into buying a mountain bike. I have been riding for about a year and have enjoyed every minute I have spent out on the trails, and figured my dad would enjoy it too. He loves it, now he is trying to convince his friends to get into mountain biking as well. You don't have to go out and buy a mountain bike to find new ways to exercise, you might enjoy a walk in the evening, going to the gym, or even giving yoga a try. Turn off the tv and get outside.

Accept,
John Denton

Saturday Morning

Stephanie and I ventured around Laguna this morning. We had breakfast at the Cottage and then walked down to Thalia Street and sat around on the beach (thats a really long walk). On the way back we grabbed starbucks, and then sat around and talked some more. We had a great time and enjoyed our morning together.

Halloween

Halloween night is always interesting, I sat around and ate lots of candy and had a few spooky cookies. Stephanie handed out candy to little kids as they walked down the street and I smiled. I figured most of you would get a good laugh at these spiderman pictures.