Game Tournament

The 1st Annual Hemenway game tournament was a huge success. We had 22 people competing in both singles and teams competitions throughout the day.

Events included everything from foosball and shuffleboard to Connect 4 and Wii Ping Pong. All of the kids went home with prizes and Anthony proudly wore his new camouflage slippers home in the snow! Congratulation to Shelby for taking home the top prize, a DVD player!

Here is a list of the tournament winners:

Shuffleboard - Matt/Kelly
Foosball - Lois/Abbie
Stick Hockey - Matt/Caroline
Air Hockey - Kyle
Wii Ping Pong - Matt
Connect 4 - TJ
Washers - Anthony/Collin

Sadly, it was reported after the tournament that Kelly did not get a prize :( However, it appears that the satisfaction of winning shuffleboard (and by winning, I mean completely tearing up the competition...) was prize enough for him :)

Blast From The Past

It's amazing what you can find in the church basement. Here is a picture of a Halloween party from way back.

Can you identity anyone in this picture? If so, use the Comments option below and write in your guess. Click on the picture to view a larger version.

Christmas Parade 2009

I can truly say there has never been as big of a demand at Hemenway for a given video as there was for this one.

Rumors have been circulating regarding apparent "attacks" on Boonville's public law enforcement officials during the Christmas parade in past years, and the possible involvement of the youth at Hemenway.

In order to determine exactly what has been going on, a group of brave adults (including several Session members) agreed to ride along on the float this year, and secretly recorded the events of this year's parade.

The video speaks for itself - you will see the adults working tirelessly to control the out-of-control youth on the float. Our sincere thanks goes out to these brave adults who risked life and limb to gather this footage.

Christmas Cantata 2009

The choir did a wonderful job presenting the Christmas cantata this year. The cantata was entitled Joy To The World and included many different styles of music.

Below you'll find some excerpts from the cantata.

This is Mary Was The First One To Carry The Gospel which is an upbeat song made popular by the Gaither Vocal Band.



This song is a medley containing What Child Is This? and Who Is This Child?. Ask any choir member - this was either their favorite song in the cantata, or their least favorite, and for many of us, that opinion changed from practice to practice :)

Jillian's Baptism

During the service on December 27, Jillian was baptized. Rob was our guest speaker and performed the baptism.

Christmas Eve: Sweet Boy In The Hay

Caroline wrote the words and music for this song called Sweet Boy In The Hay and it was presented for the first time ever by Caroline and Robyn at our Christmas Eve service.

Youth 2009 Christmas Movie

At long last, we proudly present the 2009 Youth Christmas movie. If you missed the world premiere during the church service, now is your chance to enjoy the movie in the comfort of your own home.

Special thanks to Robyn for all of the hard work directing this play, and an even bigger thanks to all of the kids who worked so hard to make such a great movie.

The movie is presented in two parts and is about 20 minutes long. Thanks again - and we look forward to an even bigger production next year!!!

Part 1 (stops right before the appearance of the "wise guys")


Part 2 (begins with the appearance of the "wise guys")


As always, if you start playing the video, you can click on it to be taken to Youtube. There, you'll have some options to play the video in higher quality.

40th Birthday Party for Brian and Anthony

The church celebrated Brian and Anthony's 40th birthdays with a surprise party last night during Youth Group! It was a great way to welcome them to old age :)

Celebrity Stalking With Matt and Caroline

Matt and Caroline always enjoy stalking celebrities at concerts.


Matt with Sonya Isaacs from The Isaacs.


Caroline with her hero, Wes Hampton from the Gaither Vocal Band. Be sure to ask to see Caroline's autographed CD!! She's proud of that one!

One More Batch of Pictures From Gaither Homecoming

OK, one final batch of pictures from the Gaither Homecoming Christmas concert.



Hemenway members enjoying the concert in the 2nd row on the floor!!

Judi, this one's for you - this is Judi's new hero, David Phelps from the Gaither Vocal Band.