When: April 12th to 18th
Where: Only true adventurerers will know
Ages: 18+, of accompanied by an adult
Welcome back for the second full week of April Adventure League. Let’s see what’s on the agenda!
Sunday April 12th
The Home Church Hop @Wheaton Bible Church, 8:45 – 11:30am
Get ignited at our multi-generational Sunday school class! Get that Good Word Expidited at Big Church no matter you be Lad or Lass! 🎉🙏🏽😀💕
Meet at the Welcome Desk at the Wheaton Bible Church Atrium
Wheaton Bible Church, 27W500 North Ave, West Chicago, IL 60185, USA
All Ages Barn Dance, 2 pm -5 pm
Join us for easy, upbeat social dancing with a live folk band led by an experienced “caller” (the person who teaches the dance and reminds you what to do during the dance). Families with children of ALL ages encouraged, especially during the first hour or so. Dress totally casual or go all out with the plaid shirts, flowy skirts, belt buckles, and cowboy boots! Bring a water bottle. Suggested donation $5-$15. (Children 12 and under are free.)
The church has a small parking lot where you may park if spaces are available. (Note that access to that parking lot is from Forest, which is one-way going north.) There is also ample street parking nearby, also on Forest and surrounding streets. The church is an easy one-block walk north of the Glen Ellyn Metra station. Train station parking is free, as is a small lot just west of the church on Pennsylvania.
Make your way to the 2nd floor gymnasium for dancing. There is an elevator located near the door by the ramp at the inside corner of the parking lot, and there are stairs by the door at the west end of the building. Look for the neon signs! (Or call if you need help getting in: 630-532-7813)
Grace Lutheran Church, 493 Forest Ave. Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
BYO TED Talk Party, 6pm – 8pm
We will celebrate Thomas Jefferson’s birthday with a Bring-Your-Own TED Talk Party in the spirit of his intellectual curiosity. Mac & cheese, “TJ’s” favorite food, will be provided for dinner.
Email the host your 5-minute PowerPoint presentation on a topic* of your choice. Past topics have been diverse: “How Hydraulics Work,” “The Most Hated Artist in the World,” “Bad Book Pitches,” “Bobbit Worms,”** to name a few. The best presentations are on a topic you are interested in and want other people to learn about! If you’re struggling to pick a topic, feel free to reach out to me to discuss.
Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend even if you just want to be part of the audience!
No need to bring anything other than yourselves (and hopefully your presentation!), but if you are someone who must bring something, vegetables/salad/desserts are welcome.
*No NSFW topics, but everything else is fair game. Kindly appreciate if you send me your presentation ahead of time so I can download it to my laptop and have it ready to go 🙂
**Joey, you are never allowed to give this presentation again – bobbit worms are way too scary!
25W673 Durfee Rd, Wheaton, IL 60189, USA
Monday April 13th
Ultimate Frisbee, 5 pm
The highlight of any Monday depending on what else you are doing. Come play ultimate frisbee for a few hours. These are just pickup games so show up no matter your skill level. Feel free to come late or leave early as it fits in your schedule.
Graf Park, 1855 Manchester Rd, Wheaton, IL 60187
Post Ultimate Dinner, 7 – 8:30 PM
Enjoy post-ultimate hang out together.
Chipotle Mexican Grill by Target, 2119 W Roosevelt Rd, Wheaton, IL 60187, USA
Tuesday April 14th
Feed My Starving Children, 7:15 – 8:45 PM
Please join us for a fun night and a good cause, packing meals to help feed children around the world. From their website:
Our process is simple. Donations given by people just like you fund the meal ingredients. Volunteers hand-pack the meals. Meals are donated to FMSC food partners around the world, where kids are fed and lives are saved!
555 Exchange Ct, Aurora, IL 60504, USA
Wednesday April 15th
Swing Dancing! 7:15 – 10:00 PM
Come dance the night away with a bunch of your soon-to-be closest friends! This is one of my favorite past times and I’d love to share it with you! For anyone who is new to swing dancing or would like to learn more dance moves, there will be a beginner lesson from 7:15-8pm. Then, from 8-10pm, there will be a time of social dancing where we will put to use what we’ve learned and ask each other to dance! Feel free to dress as fancy as you’d like to, but fanciness is not required!
*Please note: There is $15 cash only cover at the door.*
Ballydoyle in Aurora, 28 W New York, Aurora, IL 60506
Thursday April 16th
Oak & Willow Contra Dance, 6:45 – 9:00 PM
Come have fun dancing in a small, friendly setting with a bunch of local church folks! Oak & Willow is the contra dance event that grew out of the 20s/30s ministries at Church of the Resurrection and College Church. If you’ve never contra danced before, no worries – all you have to do is walk and follow directions! Every dance sequence is taught just before we do it and called out while the music is playing, so you don’t have to prepare by watching YouTube or going to weeks of lessons, and everyone else there is happy to help.
There’s a bigger contra dance in Chicago later in the month, so this is a great opportunity to get a preview before the big event.
Admission is $7 (or if that’s a difficulty for any reason, just pay what you can). Dancing starts promptly at 7; arrive early to check in, and there may also be some instruction geared toward beginners prior to the event.
(Note to my fellow introverts: this is the only form of social partner dance I’ve ever discovered where dancing without making conversation is not only possible but sort of the norm. Just sayin’.)
Pleasant Hill Community Church, 26W401 Geneva Rd, Wheaton, IL 60187, USA
Friday April 17th
Guys Night, 6:00 – 10:00 PM
nO gUrLz aLoWd! Since the menfolk are being *heartlessly* excluded from ladies night, we’re throwing our own shindig at Thomas’s! Come ready to hang out in the pool, play board games and video games, and even play billiards! …and maybe prank calling girls night??
0N361 Winfield Rd, Winfield, IL 60190, USA
Ladies’ Night Sleepover!6:30 – the next morning
Are you a lady? Do you like food? Do you like friends? Then join us for a Ladies’ Night Sleepover! Expect the night to include some classic sleepover activities such as watching a movie, painting each other’s nails, or maybe even a craft! We will plan on having dinner and breakfast together. We can’t wait to see you there! P.S.- Staying all night is not a requirement. Feel free to join for as much or as little as you would like!
421 E Illinois St, Wheaton, IL 60187, USA
Saturday April 18th
Chicago World Tour, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Explore Chicago landmarks beyond the Bean on this day-long tour of some of the city’s many, MANY cultural hubs! Come ready to eat!
Municipal Parking Lot #9, W Liberty Dr & S Carlton Ave, Wheaton, IL 60187, USA
Ultimate Frisbee, 1:30 – 5:15 PM
The highlight of any Saturday depending on what else you are doing. Come play ultimate frisbee for a few hours. These are just pickup games so show up no matter your skill level. Feel free to come late or leave early as it fits in your schedule.
TBD (See email)
Be sure to check back in next week and if you’re interested in going to anything check in with one of the contacts below or just show up! You can also get more information by signing up for the April Adventure emails at the link below.
Can’t wait to see you out there!
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