Smorgasbord and Auction at Lawson

Now this was a FUN event! Held yearly for 14 years, I think, this is a major fund raiser for the Lawson church. I decided to go this year, and the first thing that was a pleasant surprise were all the cars in the Lawson Community Center/Gary Ryder Auction place. And then coming into the building...it was packed, with food lines, people at tables eating and LOTS of silent and live auction items. I did bid some, and was happy with my newish three tiered glass plate thingy; the three beanie baby teenie bopper dolls; and a gorgeous hand made table cloth made by one of the Lawson saints who has passed on. Gary Ryder and his wife Gail are very active members at Lawson, and he was the auctioneer...and a better one I have never heard. That's Dennis Hisek (Wilderness Conference Center director and active member of Lawson UMC) holding up the weather vane that is being auctioned off. It was a great community effort, lots of work for all the members of the church, supported by other UMC churches around, and just a really good time.