1. Seven people, through our congregation's efforts and God's blessing, were added to the kingdom.
2. The church grew some in spite of some people moving away.
3. At last tally we had over two-hundred and twenty first time visitors. This is a record for our church.
4. We had a record attendance of over two-hundred and fifty for a special service.
5. Over 20% of the time we hovered around or surpassed the century mark in Sunday attendance.
6. 80-90% of our congregation are involved in one or more of the seventeen ministries of the church.
7. Five of our people do substitute preaching in our church and in others in the area.
8. A Fine Arts ministry was established which includes drama, music and interpretive dance. Fifteen are involved in that ministry.
9. Benevolence/Missions carried out various projects including visiting an old folks home with gifts for many and a special program; visiting a children's cancer hospital with a program, toys and personal items; providing several thousand dollars to several families in the church going through financial crisis.
On to other matters. Our annual Christmas event was produced in-house this year. A wonderful Christmas drama was written by our Fine Arts Director. Six of our adults performed the Christmas comedy. We had hoped to have one-hundred for the Friday night event. The final tally was one-hundred and thirty-two. The building was full and chairs were placed in the middle aisle.
Yesterday, January 2, 2011 was a great service. There was ninety-three in attendance. On the church roll we now have over one-hundred and thirty. We were blessed with four first-time visitors. May many more come this way in 2011. Perhaps we will break the two-hundred mark again.
Among the visitors were the Three Magi who brought toys for every child and a bag of candy for every adult. What a great way to start the New Year!
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