Back in February, on Valentine's Day, the Junior Youth group held a "Sweetheart" Banquet for the 'grandparents' of our congregation...we asked them to be our sweetheart for the evening. The kids got to sing their Pew Packers songs and visit with several of the members of our congregation.
Above, 2 of the couples that sat at "our" table...the one we decorated... The couple on the right is our new minister, Edd Sterchi, and his wife Julie. (A very DEAR couple, indeed!)
Above left: you can see an overview of how the fellowship room was decorated for the evening.
Above right: a shot of our table with our three couples (before they got fed!!). LOL
Brent volunteered to offer the prayer before the meal...a very proud moment for this mama!! He always prays such heartfelt prayers!
For the dinner (salad, lasagna, bread, and corn) the kids got to do all the serving. They carried glasses (as you can see Clayton is doing) back and forth to the kitchen for filling, they served the bread to each table, and delivered the plates of food to each person at their own respective table. We, as parents, are so proud of these kids!! Remember, this is the junior youth (ages 3 or 4 all the way to 11 or 12, I think) and we were using our best china and crystal for the dishes on the tables. Not one dish or glass was broken throughout the entire evening!! It was fantastic. And as you can see above with Brent, they had plenty of time to visit with the members of their table, which was good too...many times the kids don't take the time to visit with the older members of the church.
Above: during a bit of downtime, we decided to play a game with the attendees. We played Trivia, which is always fun. (Of course, I flubbed it up a bit and had a couple of the answers wrong, but whatever! LOL) While we were doing that and cleaning up the kitchen a bit, the kids came into the classrooms to make a card for the people at their table. And they also got to have a snack...they had been working really hard! :)
Above: when they got done with their projects, they came out and had cake with the attendees. (I don't know what to call them and I don't want to keep calling them 'older folks'...cuz they certainly aren't old!!) It was fun for all....
You can see above the kids got to 'perform' for everyone, doing their Pew Packers songs. If you look at the faces of some of the kids, they are making the goofiest faces when they do the songs that have movements! But they had SO much fun and the parents and grandparents really enjoyed it!
(Except for Clayton that is...He spent his time in the bathroom hiding with what we assumed was stage fright. This last picture above was the only shot with him singing and it was at the very end....)
I think one of the other kids was supposed to do the closing prayer but backed out at the last minute...so Brent gave that prayer as well. And he was oh so humble about it too....rolling his eyes, saying, "Guess I'll have to do this one too." LOL Big goober! He did a good job. They all did. We had SO many compliments about how well the kids did and how fun the adults had.
I think this may actually become an annual thing!!
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