Busy Week

It was a busy week. It began with quilting on Monday morning which continued through Friday. Two groups from Sask. Historical High Schools also met in our church on Monday. The presidents and principals met in the Fireside Lounge while the deans met in the Youth Room. The Quilters used the Sunday School Assembly area as well as 4 of the Sunday School rooms. On Wednesday, the Mission Group met in the Fireside Lounge. We are making good use of our new building!

We had an average of 14 ladies show up every day to quilt. It was the first time in our new church so we had to experiment to find the most efficient way to set up!

Jan, June, Iris and Doreen set up in the big Sunday School room. They "sandwiched" the tops, and backs together with a filler.

Doreen K, Phyllis, Ona and Doreen C. tie the quilts as the final step in the quilt making process.

Avis is handy with the iron while Lila pins the quilt together in readiness for sewing.

The Sunday School Assembly room was busy as we pieced together quilts, ironed seams and sewed. Here we see Diane ironing, Lila and Sara in consultation, Myrtle sewing and Leslie - probably finding just the right piece to finish off a back.

Coffee and fellowship are important! After all, we are Lutherans!!!

Our ever willing model, Carrie, can always find some interesting attire!

Syrha and Rebecca from LCBI were two of the four students who came to help out on Tuesday afternoon. Here they are packing layettes. They also folded diapers for us.

Kathleen and Kait help tie quilts.

I didn't see these guys in the quilting room! Somehow, they showed up for coffee though! (I have to admit that I did see two big spruce trees in the yard which they had dug up and transplanted for us!)

At the end of the week, we had 150 complete quilts with about 25 "fit to be tied!" We will meet again to finish tying these quilts, sew buttons on layette items, and then pack up the quilts and layettes for shipment to Winnipeg.


MISSION PRAYER BREAKFAST:

Garth and Maureen hosted the mission prayer breakfast on Wednesday, Oct. 22 at the church. Everybody is invited to come out for breakfast at 7 am and stay for a brief prayer meeting. This breakfast was special in that we had special prayer for Lorne and Darlene as they prepare to leave for the Haggai Institute in Hawaii. We also keep Arlin and Ruth Olson in our prayers as they serve in Afghanistan.




The food is delicious and it is always good to start your day with prayer!