The challenge came in the mail. Someone who called himself The Enemy challenged one of the boys in the group to a race over the mountain. This is the story of the race. “The race started early in the morning; the boy from the group was driving his pinewood derby car, and The Enemy was […]
Category: Stories
3. The Treasure Hunt
The next story was an adventure story about looking for treasure! The Professor could hardly wait to read it to the kids. “One morning there was a mysterious note on my pinewood derby car. The note said: Find a hidden treasure! It sounded like a great adventure, so the young girl got into her […]
2. Help After The Hurricane
At the next meeting, Professor Ooops read a story written by one of the boys in the group. This boy had a very unusual pinewood derby car, it was one of the biggest cars, and it had a propeller on the back of it! This is the story he wrote: “One day the Professor came […]
1. The Valley of Ice Cream
The kids were excited because Professor Ooops had promised that if they used their imaginations and made-up stories about their pinewood derby cars, he would use those stories to teach them more about God. The first story that the Professor read to the group was written by a girl who had made a pinewood derby […]
Professor Ooops and the Pinewood Derby – Race Day 2
On the way to the Church for the second race day, the Professor, Shane and Shelly stopped at the store to buy prizes for the pinewood derby races. They bought huge candy bars for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in each class and regular size candy bars for everyone who participated. They got […]
Professor Ooops and the Pinewood Derby – Race Day 1
The next Wednesday evening it was race day! Because there were so many cars the Professor had decided to have two race days. Tonight, everyone would race their car many times against different cars every time. Next week the cars would be divided into different classes, and they would race for the prizes! The parents […]
Professor Ooops and the Pinewood Derby – Testing
Wednesday night when the kids came to Church, the Professor announced that they were going to have tests that night. The kids all groaned because they thought that they were going to have a written test like the ones they have in school, and they did not like tests! The Professor explained that this was […]
Professor Ooops and the Pinewood Derby – The Track
It was almost race day, and the track was not built yet! The Professor, Shane and Shelly had to get busy! All the wood for the track was at the Church, and the Professor had printed out instructions from his computer. It should be easy, right? Wrong! It was not easy! The pieces of wood […]
Professor Ooops and the Pinewood Derby – Overweight
The cars were designed, cut out, sanded, painted, and the wheels were attached! The kids wanted to race the cars right now! They begged the Professor to set up the track and let them race! The Professor said, “Ooops! I have not had time to build the track yet!” The kids did not know if […]
Professor Ooops and the Pinewood Derby – Wheels
The pinewood derby cars were cut out, sanded, and painted! It was time to put the wheels on the cars! Professor Ooops was so excited because he was going to show the kids how to put the wheels on the cars. The Professor thought that he knew everything there was to know about wheels, and […]