Last Party...

We had our Pastors, Deacons & Wives Christmas Party last night. After a few delays...we meet at Arnies in Rockford. Almost everyone was able to attend!






Ray & Steve are off the Board for this year. In the pictures, Ray & Steve are reading letters and opening a small gift from Pastor Chris.









My meal...Chicken Pot Pie and a Rivera Salad







The group









the rest of the group

more of the group

We have had a tradition of bringing White Elephants. It always brings a good laugh. The hot items this year were...a tin of VHS movies, screwdriver set and a re-elect Jennifer Granholm shirt!

The non-hot items were the set of place mats, Encyclopedia set & Pedro the marionette doll. Pedro has made it to three parties to date...he may make an appearance next year???

Oh and another hot or maybe not-so-hot item, the sculptured head that Dan Spoelstra had crafted with his own two hands! He crafted this head not last week but oh so many years ago! He thought it dated back to the 70's! I wondered what made him hang on to it for so long?

I wish now I had a picture of that beauty...kind of resembled a Chia head! If you are dying to get a look at it...Pastor Chris did his pastoral duty and took it home with him...it may appear on his desk?

Another Christmas Season to an end...