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A Little Lunchtime Fun
Feb 3rd
Olive Tree has been locked in a fierce ping-pong doubles tournament with our next-door neighbors for the past week. This competition takes skill, cunning, energy, and, most of all, accuracy. Add in some homemade brownies for fuel and you’ve got the perfect recipe for a little lunchtime fun.
The competitor? Partners International, a mission organization full of humble, Christ-like individuals who also enjoy a little spirited competition during their lunch hour.
Following the Opening Ceremony on January 26, complete with the Olympics theme song, participants and onlookers alike snacked on olives to represent Olive Tree and cheese and crackers to represent “Partners.” After an early Olive Tree victory, Partners and Olive Tree employees played round robin ping pong, foosball, and cheered on those eager to hone their skills before playing their own tournament games.
This week, Olive Tree employees Aaron and Ian faced two worthy Partners’ opponents, Mark and Bob, in a heated intermediate-level contest. Here are the contenders, ready to play. From left to right, Bob and Mark for Partners, and team Olive Tree players Ian and Aaron. Aaron works in our Customer Support department, and Ian is our Quality Assurance engineer (or, as Ian puts it, the Uber Tester).
Team Olive Tree in action!
Eager spectators watching the game!
In the end, Partners took home the win for this intermediate bracket round. In light of the Superbowl this Sunday, the question remains: Who will take home the Grand Prize in this highly anticipated, highly competitive Ping Pong Doubles Tournament?
Stay tuned.
Joy to the World! Olive Tree Company Christmas Party
Dec 8th
Olive Tree Bible Software employees and their guests gathered last night for our second annual Christmas party. Overlooking the lights of Spokane and with fresh cranberries floating in our punch glasses, we enjoyed an evening of food and activities.
The evening began with a fun mixer and time to catch up and talk together. Drew Haninger, company president, opened our dinner with prayer and a reading from Isaiah 9:6-7. After getting our food, two employees read the Christmas Story from the Gospel of Luke and another employee treated us with a reading from Jesus Calling by Sarah Young.
During dinner, we enjoyed delicious food and conversation around seven tables. After dinner and dessert, we had a white elephant gift exchange with many clever gifts, lots of good-natured stealing, and frequent bursts of laughter. Perhaps the most popular gift was a pair of plush toy Angry Birds. And with the number of Starbucks gift cards in the gift exchange, our staff should be wired and ready for the push of the Christmas season.
As we finished the night by singing Joy to the World and Hark! the Herald Angels Sing, we were reminded of our privilege as a Bible software company to be a part of proclaiming the Gospel message with the angels of heaven:
“Don’t be afraid…I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people. The Savior—yes, the Messiah, the Lord—has been born today…Glory to God in highest heaven, and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased.”
Luke 2: 10-11,14 NLT
From the staff at Olive Tree Bible Software, we pray that the Word of God, in both the form of Scripture and Christ himself, Emmanuel, would dwell richly in your hearts this season.