HOMECOMING SUNDAY

Isn't this a beautiful doorway?  Oh to have a house like that.  But then again, I am happy with what I have -- a cute little place.

Sunday was our Homecoming Sunday at church.  We are celebrating our 96th year of existence.  What a good time we had.  We were so sad that our pastor could not be there because he had just had surgery a few days before.  Our former pastor, Pastor Wayne, took over for Pastor Ralph and did a wonderful job.  It was so good to see him back in our pulpit.

I taped the entire service and took lots of pictures.  I thought I would share some of the photos with you.

A table was set up with photos and albums from the past.  There were even photos of Joe and me.

Lots of people we haven't seen in ages were there.  A mailing went out to all our former members and they responded.

This is Pastor Sloan and his wife.  He is a surrogate elder for us.

The people kept coming and coming.  We saw a couple that had been in our wedding.  We haven't seen them in years!

Of course our regular attenders were there also.  Here's Debbie and Rose.  We see them every week.

Carolyn had a week off and her mother played the piano for us.

This is our Ministry Associate, Rick, and of course Elder Joe.

I love this picture of the three girls with their heads together over something.

Pastor Wayne in the pulpit!

Special music by Pastor Phillip and his wife Rosie.

Joe had words of welcome and read the scripture.

Pastor Phillip brought the message to us.

And then there was lunch.

It was so much fun and everyone had a good time.  I was going to cook so much to bring, but was in so much pain I took some medicine and went right out.  Joe ended up making two pumpkin dump cakes, a green salad and green beans and corn.  What a wonderful guy!  I'm so fortunate to have married a Marine cook.  I tease him about it, but he really does do a good job and I was so very thankful to him for stepping up to help when I couldn't.

It is busy this week.  There is something going on every day.  If you don't get a comment from me on your blog, it isn't because I didn't read it.  I've been keeping up with reading, but I'm so tired I haven't been commenting.  But you are all in my thoughts and prayers and I care about what is going on with you.

And now I am going to go get some sleep.  I am exhausted.  And it's only Tuesday!

Kathy

HOMECOMING SUNDAY

Last Sunday was Homecoming Sunday at the church I attend.  We didn't know how many people to expect but were pleasantly surprised by the number of former members and friends who showed up.  Considering it was put together in less than a month that was a good turnout.

Our friend and cook extraordinary Dorothea was to cook the luncheon that followed the morning service.  Unfortunately she called us a couple of days before and told us that she was in the hospital and would not be able to cook.  So Joe having been a cook in the Marine Corps volunteered to get the food together.  He and I ran around to three different stores looking at food and trying to figure out a menu.  We did and even though it was a lot of work, it turned out wonderful.  We felt badly for Dorothea though.  She wanted to be there so badly and here she was very sick in the hospital.

Here are some pictures from the luncheon.

There were meatballs in tomato sauce, club rolls, baked rigatoni, chicken legs, corn, green beans, and our former pastor's daughter Sandy brought two chicken pot pies that were so good!  There was also a salad bar and a dessert table that I didn't get pictures of.  Everyone brought either a salad or a dessert so that helped and all had a part.
 

Aren't these dispensers cute?  They held apple cider, ice water and pink lemonade.
 

The tables were decorated so nicely.  Pastor, his wife Carolyn, Joe and I were there on Saturday setting things up.
 

Here is Joe's plate.  Doesn't it look good?
 

Everyone had a wonderful time so I would say our first Homecoming Sunday was a huge success.  There was plenty of food.  In fact, there was so much left over that we were able to send dinners to some elderly people in the neighborhood and we had dinner before Prayer Meeting/Bible Study on Wednesday night.  I think for the last minute Joe did a wonderful job.

Next year we will start working on the plans earlier.

Have a good day everyone!

12 days to Thanksgiving
44 days to Christmas
51 days to New Year's Eve

Kathy