Greetings to Cornerstone family around the globe. We plan on using this blog, not only to post updates about our missionaries and travelling members and their families, but as a forum for keeping everyone informed about what is happening at home in Virgil. For example, last Sunday, June 10th, we held two major events following the morning worship service -- a miniature car race and a community BBQ. See three of the BBQ cooks in the photo above.
The miniature car race was called the "Annual Pinewood Derby" and the cars used in the race were designed and built by the children themselves when they met at Cornerstone once a week during the spring months. Chuck Wiens and Kevin Wall organized the preparation time and the race itself with a very helpful group of volunteers -- who helped the children with their project (meeting each Monday evening for several weeks) and the race itself.
On Sunday, three children tied for top honours -- having had the fastest cars. The winners for first place went to Shannon Loewen, Brendan Gillard and Jason Gillard. Congratulations! Due to security and privacy concerns, there will be no photo shown of the children.
Then, at the same time as the Pinewood Derby was going on, Cornerstone hosted a community BBQ. As you will see in the photos at the top and below, there was lots of cooks and, as you can imagine, the food was excellent. Unlike last year, when the temperature was bitter cold, this year the weather was just perfect. As a result, we had lots of people stop by from the neighbourhood to see what was going on.
A good time was had by everyone who attended and, at the end of the day, it was agreed that it had been a great way of reaching out into the local community.
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