Mona Fellers – Montrose, Colorado … Every year in Montrose, Colorado, the Montrose Seventh-day Adventist Church Women’s Ministries team hosts a tea event for the women of the community. This is a grand event to promote friendship and make each woman feel special and loved.
Nearly 160 beautiful ladies from the community came together on May 3. Montrose Church member Jerilyn Pester led the opening prayer. Judy Kelly, Montrose Women’s Ministries director, started by telling the touching story of how the tea event began. She said she tied to not tell the story one year, but the women complained because they love hearing the story.
“We were then blessed by two young men, Gavin and Alder Rainer, from the Valley Youth Orchestra that played several songs on their violins,” remarked Mona Fellers, event attendee and Sabbath School secretary for the Torrington Seventh-day Adventist Church in Torrington, Wyoming.
The featured speaker, Corina Handal, member from Casper Seventh-day Adventist Church in Wyoming, spoke about her journey through life with travels, motherhood, and friends. She tied it in with a message of hope and emphasized that the journey of each woman is special and each woman “matters.”
“The tables were laden with all kinds of scrumptious food and the ladies—in their beautiful hats—enjoyed tea, pastries, and savory bits,” commented Fellers. “The smiles and laughter lit up the room like the sun.”
Kelly received several little notes of appreciation and compliments from the attendees, and all were so appreciative for the event.
“I was very impressed that the women of the Montrose Church—with some help from others—hosts this event for the community, free of charge and with no ulterior motive, just to let women feel special, beautiful, and appreciated,” continued Fellers. “What a glorious witness of kindness and love of Jesus.”
—Mona Fellers is the Sabbath School secretary for the Torrington Seventh-day Adventist Church. Photos supplied.
