By Sandi Adcox – Grand Junction, Colorado … After a long absence of women’s ministry events, the Grand Junction Adventist Church held a Christmas evening for the women of the church and community on December 13.
The gathering, attended by 80 women, offered an opportunity to rekindle and make new connections while enjoying a catered Italian meal, delicious desserts, fellowship, and music.
Sandi Adcox and Sandy Carosella, Grand Junction women’s ministries leaders, felt that seeing ladies re-connect after a drought of group activities was the biggest blessing of the evening.
Reflecting on the event, Wendy Smith, an attendee, said, “The event created an atmosphere of laughter and a space to enjoy each other’s company.”
Members invited guests who had never before attended and several others came after an extended absence from church activities. The program showed Christmas from a child’s view and stressed the true biblical meaning of Christmas.
“The program stressed how to be positively contagious by living a life of joy, happiness, hope, and reflecting Jesus in our lives,” an attendee stated.
“This type of event is exactly what our church needs at this time,” Nate Skaife, Grand Junction pastor, said.
–Sandi Adcox is Grand Junction Church women’s ministries leader; photos by Sandi Adcox
