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Edition 11, No. 12 - November 13, 2006

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  • "Outrageous Office" Contest Winners Announced!!!!
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"Outrageous Office" Contest Winners Announced!!!!

Outrageous OfficeOUTRAGEOUS OFFICE WINNERS!!!

Ok. The Judging is OVER and the WINNERS are in!!!! I am proud to announce the winners of the "Outrageous Office" Contest. The judges had a great time looking through all of the AWESOME entries, and worked long and hard choose their top 5 (plus an honorable mention). The judges decided that to choose the winners for this particular contest - they would judge the entries based on the day-to-day living of the office. Rather than choosing an office that was "outrageous" because of a prank or one-time event. So, now I am happy to introduce you to the winning OUTRAGEOUS OFFICES...

Make sure you visit THIS PAGE to see the pictures of ALL of the winners!!!!

(Thanks again to our partner, Simply Youth Ministry, for donating the prizes)

GRAND PRIZE: David Skidmore
- The Whole Enchilada (Jr. High resources) ($169)
- Mentor Me Year 1 & Leaders are Learners Bundle ($193)
- Small Group Start Up Kit ($199)
- Jr. High Camp in a Can – Action Heroes ($32)
- Jr. High Camp in a Can – Fill it Up ($32)
- 26 Teaching Outlines, Vol. 1-3 Bundle ($99)
- HABITS Production Pack ($119)
TOTAL VALUE = $843

Here are some pix of my "Mobile Creative Environment."  One of the most often used phrases spoken by Jesus was (right up there with "Do not fear", and "Verily, Verily I say unto you . . .") was "The Kingdom is like . . ." so here is where I store every object lesson I have ever used . . . well most of them.  I take objects that teens DO understand and cherish and use them to illustrate the message they might not understand (or cherish).   You will find a fire hydrant, suit of armor, inflatable Mummy sarcophogus, a piece of the Berlin Wall, a 4 foot pencil, over 20 shelves of figurines, an inflatable palm tree, a Ukranian military uniform, a copy of the Declaration of Independence, traffic light, gumball machine, a note from George H. W. Bush, a talking Abbott and Costello sculpture, a bust of Abraham Lincoln, an autographed photo of Roscoe P. Coltrane, a Flintstone Water Buffalo hat, a tribute to the Muppets (still working on how the kingdom is quite like that), a door devoted to my three girls, an 8X10 of the cast of the ABC hit "That's Incredible!", and an Easter Island kleenex dispenser . . . and more.  
 
The focal point of the room does contain a poster that says "He Who Dies With The Most Toys . . . .Still Dies" . . . just so people will know that MY kingdom is not built around all of the stuff, but I have used most of it to tell THE story of HIS Kingdom.  In essence, it is a sanctuary to spur the creativity and bring some nostalgic happiness to all who enter.  I recently had to move into this new office and it took some time to pack and unpack it all.  Someone said that it looked as though everything that had been sold on eBay for the past 8 months had mistakenly been delivered to my floor.  My goal has been to create a fun place to be for teens whose lives often need a bit of child-likeness infused into their soul.

   

SECOND PRIZE: Warren Shepherd
- The Whole Enchilada (Jr. High resources) ($169)
- Mentor Me Year 1 & Leaders are Learners Bundle ($193)
- Small Group Start Up Kit ($199)
- Jr. High Camp in a Can – Fill it Up ($32)
- 26 Teaching Outlines, Vol. 1-3 Bundle ($99)
TOTAL VALUE = $692

My office is outrageous because…
1. My diploma from college is one the same wall and in equal level (equal importance?) to my surfing diploma!
2. I have airplane seats from an old SW Airlines airplane
3. My office has a coffin! I made this for a class at camp this summer, and it hasn’t left my office yet because I haven’t had time. If I win I would really like getting the free stuff, especially since this coffin has been used to scare the crap out of my secretaries (having one of the teens jump out of it at them!), so since my name is mud around here now any lovin’ I can get from the outside would be appreciated!

 
   
 

THIRD PRIZE: Joe Vasiliauskas
- The Whole Enchilada (Jr. High resources) ($169)
- Mentor Me Year 1 & Leaders are Learners Bundle ($193)
- Small Group Start Up Kit ($199)
TOTAL VALUE = $561

This is my office. I collect as many things STAR WARS as my wife and budget will allow...then display them in my office. Sometimes I do work in my office, sometimes I just stare at my collection.

   

FOURTH PRIZE: Ed Belzer
- The Whole Enchilada (Jr. High resources) ($169)
- Small Group Start Up Kit ($199)
- Jr. High Camp in a Can – Fill it Up ($32)
TOTAL VALUE = $400

About 10 years ago I started collecting Hot Wheels. I leave them in the packages.

I started an idea of hanging them on my office walls.

I am now done collecting because I am out of office space. I have over 500 hot wheels on my office walls. They are put up by thumb tacs.

It’s amazing how many teenagers have or are presently collecting hot wheels! Little children are awestruck when they come in!
It’s been fun!

   

FIFTH PRIZE: Steve Mallery
- Small Group Start Up Kit ($199)
- Jr. High Camp in a Can – Action Heroes ($32)
- Jr. High Camp in a Can – Fill it Up ($32)
TOTAL VALUE = $253

This was the best I could do to take a picture of my office. There were not midifications made for the contest i literally have over 300 altoids tins on my walls and in my office. I have tins for following altoids: Wintergreen, Cinnamon, Peppermint, Spearmint, Ginger, Liquorice, Apple Sours, Tangerine Sours, Mango Sours, Citrus sours, Peppermint, cinnamon, apple, and cherry gum. Altoids strips, Pocket Altoids, Tiny Tins, Big tins, Trio tin, two store displays one that says love hurts, and one that says boom box, and an altoids keys chain. i used to have about 20 altoids ads on another wall in my office, but they were taking up too much wall space so I took them down. Kind of an "outrageous office"

   

HONORABLE MENTION: Rick Chalupnik
- The Whole Enchilada (Jr. High resources) ($169)
TOTAL VALUE = $169

This is my office wrapped in Aluminum Foil. It took 6 people four hours and they used three industrial sized rolls (from SAM’S) of Aluminum Foil. The foil ball that I collected after taking it all down is about 2 1⁄2 feet in diameter! The best part is that they did this for no reason at all. I guess they just love me that much! If you’re wondering about boosting cell phone coverage by surrounding yourself with tinfoil, it doesn’t work. And, if you have a lot of cavities in your mouth your head can become like an antenna playing music from far away lands. By the way, everything visible was wrapped in tinfoil, floor to ceiling. And behind the tinfoil was a layer of post-it notes, some of which are still up 6 months later. If you’re wanting a new look for your office, I highly recommend tinfoil.

   
 

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