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Tri·DeltaEpsilon. lSI row: Rebecca Lawrence,Shannon Farley, Vanessa Bearden, MindaRuggles, Mimi Gofol1h, Melissa Abel , KatiePoenisch , Yvette Ellis. 2nd row: Lisa Matthews,Missy Laffer()l, Amy Bishop, Kimberley Darnell,Dianna Forbes, Kim Smith, Stephanie Cooke.3rd row: Stephanie Balch, Nancy Bellcock,Karhryne Reeves, Rebecca Wiemuth, MelanieOliver, Christi Davis, Mandy Prosser. 4th row:Amy Anderson, Jeremy Hurt, Kara Hurt, Cam.' Emerick, Tacy Dubach, Phil Freeman, MelissaTruman, Lynn Hunt. Photo by Jason Burt.Minda Ruggles lakes charge at a Tri~Delta Epsilon meeting.Clubs met every other Monday night /0 make plans and announcements.Photo by jason Bll1t.A CHRISTMAS TOREMEMBERTri-Delta Epsilon social club excitedly planned aunique Christmas party for several young children.On a Wednesday night before Christmas, clubmembers and their dates ventured to the Searcyhousing project to adopt children for the evening.By first taking the children to church, the grouphoped to "reach children and teach them aboutJesus Christ by being an example and by educatingthrough devotionals," Tacy Dubach, club activitiesdirector, said.The party was one that the children did not soonforget. After church the children, assisted by their"adoptive parents" (club members), made handprint[-shirrs which they rook home with them.The festivities continued into the weekend. OnFriday night, club members took the children todinner at Circus Capers in Little Rock where theyplayed for hours.Fun was not the lOp priority, though. A moreimportant goal for club members was the chance to"minister to children who otherwise would not hearabout Christ," Dubach said.What could have been an ordinary Christmasparty had become much more. Dubach said, "Wedid it, not to make ourselves feel better, but for thechildren." As Jesus washed the feet of his disciples,so had Tri-Delta Epsilon exhibited true service bybringing young souls closer to Christ.- Alia Casey"We did it to minister to childrenwho otherwise would nothear about Christ."Tri-Delta Epsilon~So':':c-':ia::'; I ::;C:; lu-':;b:!::s=:':':"---,£'S£,,- 2 31