I'm finally getting to write a few lines about Sunday...Church, with Patty & Jared Pachta in NP-3...what a GREAT FAMILY!! God Blessed us with many wonderful families here at LCC and they are surely one of them!! After church was the Children's Ministry lunch and White Elephant swap...all went well, I think. There was a few problems, like some kids got great gifts they definitely did not want to give up. But then there were some who wanted to get rid of their gifts, but didn't get to! Well, that's what happens in the white elephant world! Here is Heidi and her new perfume! It's new car smell! Mike wasn't too keen on it, but someone said if it was "new truck smell" he would be all over her!! Oh, no! Not at church!!!!

Steve got some beautiful red "Dorothy" shoes...but Meredith said they would never fit him. She was right, and she ended up very happy since she took them home!

The food was great, the people were great, and what can I say but...GREAT! I can't ever say enough thanks to all who make LCC children's ministry so great! We have so many wonderful people who truly love God and our children! YOU ARE GREAT BLESSINGS TO US ALL!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!! I would also like to thank everyone who donated to the lunch...it helped out TREMENDOUSLY!!




After the lunch, we cleaned up the mess in the Fellowship Hall and the kitchen. Thanks sooooo much for Alicia staying to help...but...especially to Geneva, Spencer & Kendall with a bit of help from William! They helped to clean, but then help me load all the gifts from the tree for the LIFE Giving Shoppe! We then all went to deliver them at the shoppe and talk with some of the ladies setting everything up! The volunteers at LIFE are soooooooooooooo very wonderful! They give soooo much of their time and love for our community, and we are blessed to have such a great ministry here in Loveland! THANK YOU TO ALL WHO VOLUNTEER AT LIFE! Since I am writing this on Friday, we (Geneva, Nikki & I) went back to help clean up after the shoppe closed. There were over 180 families that went through.

It is quite an honor to be a part of the community outreach! Did you know that YOU are a part of it? Not only did we buy gifts to put under the tree, but we sponsor them monthly through missions! Yep...If you give to missions at our church, you are part of this great ministry! WAY TO GO!!!

THEN...
back to the church for the Children's Choir Program!!


The kids all did a FANTASTIC job! It was a great show and we had 2 nights of a packed house! WAY TO GO KIDS! After the show Kaitlin sang for those that were left!
What a very full and rewarding day!