L-R: Maggie McDonnell, Belinda Alkula, Joyce Kozeliski, Jill Hyde, Linda Petroff, Geneva Fisher, Annie Gaddy, Kathie Burson ... and Tanya Lynn, Annette Oakley
L-R: Annette Oakley, Marylee Zurick (standing), Maggie McDonnell, Belinda Alkula, Joyce Kozeliski, Jill Hyde
L-R: Joyce Kozeliski, Jill Hyde, Linda Petroff, Annie Gaddy
L-R: Kathie Burson, Roberta Meyer, Jan Smith, Cindy Weber
L-R: Jan Smith, Tanya Lynn (standing), Cindy Weber
Foreground: Our Host Jan Smith
Background, L-R: Annie Gaddy, Jill Hyde
L-R: Marylee Zurick, Geneva Fisher, Joyce Kozeliski, Jill Hyde
We had a great time at this year's holiday social, hosted by Jan Smith! Every year, Jan opens her lovely home to the Sisters in our chapter, and we are so very grateful for her gracious generosity!
Before we ate, we recited together this mealtime affirmation, written by Lila Herrmann, and a prayer.
Affirmation for Mealtime:
I am thankful, grateful, and blessed for the people in my life.
I am thankful, grateful, and blessed for the purpose in my life.
I am thankful, grateful, and blessed for the joy in my life.
I am thankful, grateful, and blessed every day of my life.
Prayer:
Oh, Holy God, we thank you for the food before us, the friends beside us, the love between us, and Your Presence among us. Amen.
You can see from the presents on the table that we took gifts to be exchanged. And, again this year, there was some gift-stealing involved in a spirited game where each gift that was unwrapped could be kept or exchanged for someone else's gift. The rule is that each gift could be stolen twice, and it then resided with the Sister who stole it the second time.
