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Easter Bonnets |
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As a fundraiser for the Mission
Trip to Back Bay Mission, Easter Bonnets were made by the Mission
Trippers and their families on Saturday, March 15th. The base of
the bonnets were made out of the Sunday comic pages (a large number of
which had been brought in by the congregation over the past several
weeks), and they were then decorated with artificial flowers, ribbon,
lace, material and other such scraps that had also been collected from
the congregation.
The bonnets were made available
to the congregation the next day - Palm Sunday - for a donation of $20
each. Those who purchased bonnets were encouraged to wear them to
church the following Sunday - Easter Sunday.
The fundraiser was a big success - not only did
they sell all the bonnets that were pre-made, but more were made and
sold on Palm Sunday itself - and they had to quit making them when they
ran out of materials!!! Over 50 bonnets were sold and over $1,100
raised. Many of the purchasers wore their bonnet to church on Easter
Sunday.
The pictures below show how
much fun was had by everyone with this very unique fundraiser! |
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Jean and Kathleen mold Sunday newspaper comic
pages around the head of Zach to make the base for a bonnet
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Susan makes the base of a bonnet on Jean
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Jean makes a bonnet on
Marion......... |
....and Marion models the final
bonnet after it's been decorated. |
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Susan and Marion cut trim for
the bonnets
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The youth pick out ribbon and
artificial flowers for decorating the bonnets |
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Attaching trim to the bonnets
with a glue gun |
Modeling a completed bonnet |
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Some of the finished bonnets all ready for sale on
Palm Sunday
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Purchasing bonnets at coffee hour on Palm Sunday |
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The bonnets come in many
different styles...... |
.....and colors..... |
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...and can be worn..... |
....by every age! |
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Susan and Lauren make a bonnet
for Amanda at coffee hour
while Kate looks on........ |
Amanda shows off her newly made
bonnet
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Easter Sunday - and the congregation and ministers come to church
wearing their bonnets
as can be seen in the following pictures |
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The congregation begin to
arrive in their bonnets |
.....and the ministers wear
their bonnets, too |
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Even choir members wear their
bonnets for the Easter service |
A view of the congregation from
the pulpit |
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| If you have other pictures of the
Easter bonnets that you'd like to share with the congregation, please
send them to Christine at
bccuucc@fullchannel.net |
