On Friday, our church family had a celebration to honor our pastor, Ron H. No only was it his 60th birthday, but he was also celebrating his 20th year as pastor of our church!
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| It's a pulpit cake! |
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| I asked Glenna to take photos, so there were lots and lots of photos of her friends. Natch. |
Everyone brought dishes to share, and of course we let the Pastor and his family through the line first. We aren't completely uncivilized! (A little, but not completely!)
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| (I see Glenna got a sneaky shot in of a certain boy. No, not that one. The other one.) |
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We asked Pastor Ron to wear this hat and his granddaughter, Chloe, was asking if she could wear it.
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Himself was the MC of the evening and he rocked the mic! I accused him of being mean to people in his announcements but everyone else was laughing, so I have to remember to turn off my sensitivity filter at things like this and just enjoy. He really did a great job!
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| Guests were invited to come up and share a tidbit about Ron. This is one of our elders, Howard. |
Glenna moved over to the family table to get a better view, and she ended up with a couple of interesting shots:
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| Paul, whispering: "Glenna. Get my cake in the picture." |
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| Kelly, also whispering: "Glenna, get my thumb and his cake in the picture." |
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| Pastor and Mike I - a really, really nice guy! |
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| This one was very generous, spreading her cuteness around. |
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| These two! She's holding up a sign that reads, "He's nuts" and he's holding a sign that reads, "She's crazy" or something like that. |
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| Sneaky shot #2 |
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| April M! She's grown up at our church and is almost ready to graduate from college. |
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| Pastor's wife, Gina! My ASL teacher, co-AWANA teacher, and friend. |
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| On of Pastor's sons-in-law, Ryan. |
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| And of course, Himself had a turn! Pastor's cracking up here. |
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| One of the boys in my Sunday school class. Great kid! |
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| Sneaky shot #3 |
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| Casually taking photos of other friends, too, to throw off suspicion. |
Every pastor needs the love and support of his family. We love our pastor's wife!
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| Himself presenting Gina with a gift of our appreciation. |
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| Family shot! Kelly was chatting with Paul and couldn't find a way to leave without drawing more attention to herself, so she was stuck while Himself was addressing the family! |
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| Gina's favorite color is red. Many of the ladies wore it in her honor. |
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| This is one well-trained family! They know to just keep smiling and hopefully the toddler will eventually cooperate. |
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| Here, I told Chloe to put her hand on her hip, because she had it in front of her face. |
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Now waving at me. What a beautiful family!
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Happy Birthday and Anniversary, Pastor Ron! You are treasured and loved!
