Saturday, October 30, 2010

Celebrating 50 years

 Last weekend our church celebrated "50 Years of Grace." The whole weekend had events for people to connect and re-kindle relationships. This couple (who pastored the church back in the 80's) drove thousands of miles to be with us.
In the background is our founding pastor and in the foreground his daughter played a lovely piano medley of songs with the theme of grace.
 We were so thankful that our forner visitation pastor and his wife could join us on Sunday morning. Pastor Henry is now 94, but still blessing us with his strong testimony of faith.
 former Pastor Dave and his family were able to come back...
 also Pastor Paul and his whole family.
 Lots of good memories!
 Our newest pastor and his wife
 Sunday afternoon we held a picnic in a nearby park. Lots of visiting and also tons of good food.
 There were plenty of games, including a soft ball game that young and old played...
 and a pie-eating contest!
 Everybody enjoyed the show!
 Yummy cherry pie!
 Every sticky face was a winner!
It was such a wonderful weekend of relationship building. We praise God for 50 years of grace!

1 comment:

Kari, RN said...

I'm sure after all the preparation work and anticipation, it was nice to have the weekend finally here, and it sounds like everything went well!