Have a Happy Thanksgiving

I am excited about the holidays coming up.  I enjoy our Ladies meetings and our Banquets.  This is my most favorite time of year.  I am looking forward to our November Ladies Meeting, the devotion is about... What are we "really" thankful for?  Today we have lost sight of what true blessings are and have made our luxuries our necessities!  The LORD has blessed us with so much to be THANKFUL for, it is my wish for each of you to gain (or regain) sight of those blessings this holiday season.

In Prayer For You,

~ Mrs. Tammy Painter

October Ladies Meeting

Our theme was pumpkins....I love fall time, it is my most favorite time of year.  As always, we enjoyed food, fellowship and a golden nugget from the Word of God.  The devotion was about attitudes.  What can cause our attitudes to change and how we can make it a positive change. A special thank you to the ladies who helped with the food for the meeting; Mrs. Megan Miller and Mrs. Julie Jager.

This was a cheese ball (I shaped it like a pumpkin)  Great for our Theme

The Decorations were fall leaves and pumpkins

This was a donut hole dipped in white chocolate (colored orange) and the leaves are green fruit roll up.

To the Pumpkin Patch We Go!

To the Pumpkin Patch We Go!

We took a field trip to a local pumpkin farm.....We had so much fun! There were many activities and things to do.  The day was gone before we knew it, and the children were tuckered out.

 This is the "NO LEFT TURN MAZE"  It was very challenging even with the solution instructions right there.

 This is the Jumping Pillow.  I think the kids could have stayed in this one spot all day!!!

 ALL TUCKERED OUT!!!

 This is inside a huge cupcake house in the life size "Candy Land Game"

 Here we are getting ready for the hay rack ride that would take us out to pick out our pumpkins.

 Mmmmm.. I can smell the pumpkin pie already!!!!!!

 Everyone stay off of the streets!!!  This was a lot of fun.  

 That is ONE BIG SLIDE!

 What a very pleasant day.  Everyone was tired by the time it was over.

Ladies Retreat 2012

For our Ladies Retreat this year we went to Heritage Baptist Church with Pastor & Mrs. Hanks.  We enjoyed our time so much.  We took 13 ladies and ALL of our luggage in a 15 passenger van.  That can be a recipe for disaster, but spirits were high and attitudes were great.  We enjoyed the drive down and had a little bit of time at the hotel before we needed to head to the church.

 We were greeted by smiling faces, good food, and a WONDERFUL spirit.  What a blessing to see the ladies of Lincoln Baptist Church enjoying themselves.

Mrs. Gaiser was surprised to open one of the suitcases, during a game, to find someone staring back at her.

What a great sport......she composed herself and went right on with the rest of the "contest"!

What a Great bunch of ladies....Thank all of you for making my time on the retreat so enjoyable.

~Love    Mrs. T. Painter

September Ladies Meeting

September Ladies Meeting

   Our September ladies meeting had a sunflower theme.  What wonderful lessons we can learn as Christian ladies from the sunflower.  1. The sunflower tracks the sun. We should follow the Son. 2. The sunflower needs to be stabilized. We need to be stable in why we believe what we believe.  3. The sunflower produces seed.  We should spread the seed of the Gospel.
4.  Sunflowers produce oil. We Christians should have evidence of the Oil (Holy Spirit) in our lives.  5. The sunflower looks like the sun.  As Christian ladies we should reflect the qualities of the Son.
   A special thank you to the ladies that supplied the refreshments at the meeting; Pam Sherwood, Phyllis Fauth and Miss Charlotte.  We have some very good cooks at Lincoln Baptist Church.   I enjoy the time that we get to spend together at our ladies meetings. Building a special bond and unity that only makes
our church stronger.

Winter Wonderland!

 We had approximately 14 inches of snow on Friday night through Saturday night.....leaving us with some beauty to look at!  Needless to say, it made maneuvering on Sunday morning very difficult.  Our church attendance was down, but we still had many very faithful people make it out.

I am thankful for Miss Linda!  She is an encouragement to both my husband and myself.  She is faithful to services as well as out Thursday nights for soul winning!

 

Sunday School Christmas Party

This is Valentino's (An Italian Super Buffet), we use this party room for many of our banquets.  It is perfect for Valentines Day, Mother's Day, Christmas...etc 

Bro. & Mrs. Gaiser look so sweet with their matching Red & White

The trouble with Valentino's is decided where to start firs!

Miss Erika and Miss Claudia on their way to the beverage buffet.
They have sodas, coffees (both frozen and hot), teas, slushies etc.

Say CHEESE.....Pizza, pasta, soup.....etc!

We had a GREAT time playing LET'S MAKE A DEAL

Should he keep it or trade it off for a better DEAL?

We had a pretty good turn out, with 30 at our Christmas Party.  What a joy to see
our church family enjoying themselves together!