2014 has been a great year for the Cheyenne Church of Christ!
We had 7 baptisms this yearKeri Wendell
Malyah Phillips
Josh Agin
Logan Ferriera
Alisha Corbin
Brock Huntington
Tully Holmes
We were also blessed with the following New Families and Individuals:
The Alamedas
The Boyds
The Coburns
The Hernandez
The Peppers
The Powells
The Ricketts (Jerry and Diane)
The Shaws
The Whitings
The Wilsons
Anne Dick
Lucas Necessary
Rob Sinclair
Gavin Steele
Justin Tidwell
We had one couple get married: Justin and Roxanne Woods
We had 6 babies born this year:
Emily Hernandez
Gloria Varos
Eli Simpson
Cheyenne Webb
Johnny Montoya
Cameron Bruyere
We were saddened by the death of our dear sister, Marcia Benedict.
We said good bye to the following individuals/families:
The Sandersons
The Goodmans
Malyah Phillips
Cody Marceau
Paul & Christine Ricketts hosted 10 great Congregational Fellowships, including:
Taco Dinner
A Chili and Men’s Pie Baking Contest
Dinner for Eight
Graduation and Newcomers’ Potlucks
Church Picnic
Church Talent Show
BINGO
Trunk or Treat
Farkle Night
The Young at Heart enjoyed 6 fellowships:
Valentines’ Banquet-hosted by the Young Married Group
Easter Lunch and Egg Dyeing
A Field Trip to Mountain States Children’s Home Thrift Shop and BBQ lunch in
Milliken, CO
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Trip to Harvest Farms in Wellington, CO
Christmas Homemade Gift Exchange
We saw the following Building Improvement this year:
A new shelter built over the concrete pad behind the building
Added double paned windows in north side classrooms
Added new speakers in the auditorium to help improve our singing
Our parking lot was grated and all potholes filled in.
Upgraded audio/video system in Fellowship room
We were graced by the presence of 5 Guest Speakers:
Doug Fair
Franco Verardi
Sasha Ingle
Rob Sinclair (before he was ours)
Byron Benitez
And a His Shoes, Her Shoes workshop presented by Wayne and Tami Roberts
Our Youth Group was active this year:
Hosting our Youth Rally in January
Attended Youth Rallies in: Loveland, Casper, Ulysses (KS), and Gillette
Attended Silver Maple Bible Camp and Wyoming Bible Camp
Went on trips to Water World and Sidney, NE
Our Education Department offered a wide variety of
Subjects for our Adult Classes:
The 10 Dumbest Things Christians Do
James
Bible Nuggets
Family and Parenting
Stages of Life
Sermon on the Mount
Colossians
Jesus>Religion
Angels
Philippians
Prescription for ACTS-ion
Book of Ruth
Life of Joseph
The Holy Spirit
The Gospel of John
Solving the Exodus Mystery
Sanctified: Set Apart for a Purpose
We added a new Toddler Class and an attended nursery
during Sunday AM worship.
We were blessed with the addition of our
Preaching Intern, Rob Sinclair on June 1st
Our Men’s Ministry hosted:
Camp-out at the Bohlen’s
Golf Tournament at the base
Men’s Retreat in Hillsdale
Our Women’s Ministry enjoyed:
Ladies’ Class on Wednesday nights
Making blankets for the Linus Project
Ladies’ Day Tea/Brunch
Cookie Exchange
We had a host of Volunteers that were continually active in:
Building Maintenance
Children’s Church
Nursery
Children’s Bible Classes
Helping people move
Quilting
We were involved in many Special Events:
MS Walk
Relay for Life
Relay for Life Meal and Silent Auction
Walk for Water
Easter Egg Hunt for Children
Vacation Bible School
Teacher Appreciation Lunch
Schneider Appreciation Lunch
We had Missionary Teams go to:
Lithuania, Papua New Guinea, Haiti, Dubois (WY)
Our members were once again most benevolent as they supported several
Drives and Collections:
Mountain States Children’s Home Change Cans
Winter and Summer food drives for Mountain States Children’s Home
2 collections for Mountain States Children’s Home Thrift Store
Baby Items for Lifechoice Pregnancy Care Center
Coats for the Comea Shelter
Sent around 120 Magi boxes to Texas/Mexico border
Weekly food bags for local students
Thanksgiving baskets for Dildine Elementary students
Christmas gifts for Arp Elementary students
Our Special Collections throughout the year totaled: $13,490.65, and were used
in the following works:
Christian Student Center in Laramie
Haiti
Wyoming Bible Camp
Bibles for Lithuania
Special Projects around our building
India
Our Youth
Mountain States Children’s Home
Guatemala
Pay down our mortgage
All of this is in addition to our weekly Worship Offerings:
Which was over $187,000
…….with a low of $1781.00
……..and a high of $7212.85
For an average of $3602.43 per week.