NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS

The best news is that the choir will perform their contata at the special Christmas Eve communion service starting at 5:30 Sunday night. More good news is the announcement that an anonymous gift has been received to honor Terry Jane Wyatt in the amount of $5,000 to add to the $200 that is to be used to purchase a set of hand bells to form a hand bell choir. This will let members who can't sing contribute to the great sounds that our choir has been providing us. Rhonda hopes this will involve more members in the musical program.

We are still waiting for the parsonage to be finished. It is close to completion. A set of final plans and specifications for the church building have been sent to our Abilene contractor, but Rev. Senkel found a few small errors to be corrected. The contractor received them late Tuesday and is revising his estimates to see if we can come close to our funds for the building. It will be a close call.

The Administrative Council heard a report that the NY Fire Department is looking for a construction project in this part of the country for a trip in September 2007 and we will put our names in the pot for their assistance. This should be about the time we can use volunteer help for completing the church. This could be bread on the water returning because one of our members, Vicki Dillard, led the effort to raise more than $12,000 to send to the NYFD relief after 9/11.