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After our camp tour, we loaded back on the bus to head to the 10:30 service at Christus Victor Lutheran Church, which is where Camp Victor originally was organized beginning on the day before Katrina (when they offered sanctuary to local residents).

It's a beautiful church - it had been damaged during the storm and the steeple and roof were reconstructed.

At church

We enjoyed the church service - last year we had attended an evening service on our last night in Ocean Springs, but it was only our synod group. Today was their regular service, so it was interesting to see how they do things.

Let your light so shine

Pastor Terri had a nice children's sermon for Epiphany regarding letting your light shine before others, which I thought was an appropriate way to begin our week of service...

After church, we loaded back on the bus, which drove to Wendy's for lunch. We chose, however, to walk to Arby's down the street, and then seeing that we could see the back of the camp, we walked back there to eat outside because it was so nice out (at least to us northerners).

Our final dinner Friday night was a special southern treat: fried catfish, red beans and rice (hot or not), corn bread, and a choice of pineapple cake or Mardi Gras King Cake.

Pastor Larry had arranged for us to travel via our little bus and vans to Christus Victor Lutheran church for an 8:00 communion service. Christus Victor was the original LDR assistance center for the 9 months or so after Katrina; this was a chance for those of us who weren't here last year to see where the others had stayed, and for those who were here before it was a chance to see the church after it had been repaired and renovated.

Christus Victor

While we waited for everyone to arrive, Rudy's Roofers made a little presentation wherein they recognized the new members of their rather unique group. Also, Pastor announced that through all the Lowe's and Wal-Mart gift cards we'd brought down with us (having gathered them from our various congregations and friends and family), our synod was able to help purchase a table saw for the camp, in addition to various smaller tools throughout the week, and also $1,700 in groceries and supplies for the distribution center were purchased that day. Wow!

Pastor Larry conducted a very nice communion service for our Synod group, and then we all took some time to check out the church building, especially the rooms where the group had stayed last year. They said things certainly looked much better now; last year the sanctuary was in disarray as the steeple (the open space directly above the altar) had been destroyed in the hurricane.