A Day of Giving

Today at church ended Pastor Ricks "Giving" series, and to top it off, we had a wonderful Thanksgiving Dinner together, as a church family.  It was a great time to celebrate how much we really do have to be thankful for.  Pastor Rick said this morning, that he saw a couple little girls bouncing in, with pony tails swinging, so excited to just be there, and all be together.  It was a great representation of the entire feel of the morning.  It was wonderfully celebratory, and the food was incredible too.  I was so proud of the way everyone brought such wonderful things to share together.  We worshiped together with the smells of turkey dinner wafting into the sanctuary.  When service was over, the meal began, and it was marvelous!  So many great cooks in our church... WOW!  It was a real blessing to share the morning and afternoon, together, with our church family!  I heard someone say towards the end, "We should do this once a month!"  I would have to agree!

Trunk or Treat 2008

Well Trunk or Treat 2008 has come to an end and everyone had a great time.  The cars all looked great and I was just so thankful for everyone who participated.  We 

had some great trunks this year, however Laurie McAdams took the ultimate prize with her jungle/gorilla trunk and won the "Rickie Award." The kids had a great time getting their picture taken with Miss Laurie and claiming their candy out of her banana box.  Molly Bassett even had her new puppy "Max" available for pictures with the little ones.  Our great kitchen staff kept the chili, and drinks flowing all night, and had a great time doing it.  At the end of the night one of the kitchen gals told me "There's no place I would rather be on Halloween."  Thanks so much gals!  The jump houses in the gym were rockin all night long while parents ate chili and visited together.  We think we probably had about 200 people come through and/or participate this year and I want everyone to know that we couldn't do it without your help.  Everyone was really great at welcoming our guests and mingling with everyone.  I think the best compliment we could get was given when one visiting family said they could really tell this was a place where everyone really loved each other... I'd say our prayers were answered!