As we came home from our men's retreat we saw tons of college students walking away from UCSC. We wondered what was happening & then it dawned on us: It's 4/20! We were bummed 'cuz we missed a great outreach opportunity, dang it! Next year I think we're gonna' set up a booth with a sign saying, "Jesus thinks your awesome & we agree," & hand out candy. What do you think? Check out the pictures & part of the article.

SANTA CRUZ -- Thousands of college students, dispelling the notion that marijuana somehow makes users forgetful, showed up late Sunday afternoon at UC Santa Cruz and smoked major amounts of weed.

It was a coordinated effort that went off without a hitch to celebrate what has become commonly known as "4/20" to a pot-smoking subculture.

In what could be aptly described as a cross between a New Year's Eve party and a wannabe Woodstock gathering, thousands of students found their way to the meadow behind Porter College in a scene reminiscent of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," then counted down the seconds until 4:20 p.m.

And when the time finally arrived, a big cheer went up along with huge clouds of smoke.

About a minute or two later, another cheer went up with more clouds of smoke.

Then another a few minutes after that.

Clearly, watches weren't synchronized -- but, hey, how relevant is time anyway, really? Think about it