
Decorating for Christmas Saturday, November 29, 2008

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 Henrie Burnett, Ernie Burnett, Cindi Johnson, and Milt Luoma (l to r)
receive the sanctuary Christmas tree components and bring them to the
chancel of the church for assembly.
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 Milt Luoma, Ernie Burnett, and Pete Midgarden (l to r) begin
assembling chancel tree. Ruth Ann Bultinck (r) prepares to get involved.
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 Ruth Ann Bultinck lines up Christmas tree light lines to enable easy
decoration. We find that 80% of the lines have electrical failure
and have to be replaced.
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 Henrie Burnett assesses the greens for outdoor placement.
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 Ruth Ann Bultinck and Cindi Johnson (l to r) untangle the electric "icicles" which will hang over the church entry.
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 Pete Midgarden places the star on the sanctuary Christmas tree.
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 Pete Midgarden and Milt Luoma (l to r) assemble the Advent wreath.
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 The guys, tired out from arduous work, take time for morning coffee.
Ernie Burnett, Robert Nitteberg, Charlie Canning, and Milt Luoma
sampled a few cookies along with the brew. The ladies? Still in the
sanctuary doing "arranging"!
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 Charlie Canning and Robert Nitteberg (l to r, standing) arrange the
Nitteberg manger scene. Ernie Burnett connects wiring in the actual
manger set-up below.
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 Henrie Burnett arranges the Chrismons on the sanctuary tree.
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 Pete Midgarden does elevated work on the ladder as Henrie Burnett and
Cindi Johnson (l to r) detail that Christmas tree after completing
the Christmas creche set-up.
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 Milt Luoma and Pastor Dave (l to r) begin working the lights into the
foliage at the church door.
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