The beginning of the Christmas season started with the Gingerbread Auction at church. This annual event is so much fun for the children and is an amazing way to raise money for the missions that our church supports. All of the families split into groups and the children work together to decorate gingerbread houses. Once completed, the houses are taken to the sanctuary and auctioned off for families to take home for the holidays. The family that wins the bid on each house gets to choose the mission opportunity with which to donate their money. It is such fun hearing the good-natured ribbing as families attempt to outbid each other and the kiddos chiming in to egg on their parents and drive the bids up.
By the time the children were done with our house, there was not one millimeter left that was not covered in icing...the kids loved it!
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