Advent Brunch Recap

Advent Brunch was a wonderful event this year.  Such a great way to start the Christmas season.  We started with live violin music thanks to Kelly!  

The decorations were gorgeous!  They were a hot commodity after the brunch as well as the beautiful hand painted ornaments below!

 The food was amazing!  In fact many of you have asked for recipes for the cheesecake sopapillas, corn tortilla casserole, and the black bean and pineapple salad.  The links to the sopapillas and the casserole are on the left side of the blog.  The black bean and pineapple salad is from a Costco cookbook and we cannot post that recipe due to the copyright.  We hope you enjoy the recipes!

Women got the opportunity to get to know others better during the yummy breakfast.

Then Glory and Kaela blessed us with their special music!

During our program we had the opportunity to hear poems, testimonies, scripture and funny stories from many different women!

Prayer with our speakers (before the event):

 Debbie and Cheryl led us in learning about the "12 Days of Christmas" and the meaning behind that song!  What an amazing lesson!  We were blessed by each of the speakers that shared their testimonies!  They had us laughing and tearing up at times.  

Debbie with her "cartridge in a pair tree" & Cheryl leads us in "The Twelve Days of Christmas"

Everyone (whether they liked it or not!) had a role in the morning.  Each table was a different day of Christmas!  Our men that were serving even got into their "Lords of Leaping" role. 

The hand motions for "Five Golden Rings" 

 Enjoying the program!

 Our program ended with Julie leading us in "Silent Night."  It's always so awesome to hear 175 women sing together!

Thank you to all the women who bought center pieces and the beautiful ornaments to help the scholarship fund for Triennial!  I am hoping to have 10 women from our church go this year!  If you want to know more about Triennial and why you should go or if you have a desire to go or want to be considered for a scholarship read HERE.  

Our wonderful team of men who serve the women year after year at Advent Brunch.  THANK YOU!  Love the uniforms =-)

A special thanks to the Women Ministries team and the countless other women who played a role in making the program happen!  We appreciate you!

If you missed it, you will have to mark your calendar for December 7th, 2013!