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Annual Celebration & Gala 2019
Saturday, March 23, Lighthouse Christian Ministries
held our Annual Celebration and Gala at the Lone Star Flight
Museum. The Gala was held in one of the museum hangars
where vintage aircraft restored to pristine condition lined the
walls. Nearly 400 of our friends and neighbors joined us in
a celebration of all the blessings God bestowed upon the
ministry and our community during 2018.
The evening was filled with delicious hors d'oeuvres,
an incredible variety of silent auctions items, exciting flight
simulators, party games and raffles, a donut wall, and a
gourmet dinner. This year, however, LCM planned an extra
special surprise: a new and exciting trend in banquet and
gala entertainment, the silent disco. All the partygoers who
wanted to get out on the dance floor wore headphones
equipped to switch between three very different genres of
music supplied by one DJ. One Gala attendee was heard
commenting “I’ve never seen people disco dancing and
country line dancing on the same dance floor! It was
awesome and hilarious all at the same time.” Another new
event this year was the introduction of the Lighthouse
Distinguished Service Awards.
“This past October, we lost a true friend in Dr. Rudy
Fulton,” said Erika Steele, LCM Executive Director. “I
don’t know if we ever really told him just how much he
meant to Lighthouse and how much we loved him.
Therefore, we will present the Distinguished Service Award
each year to those who have generously given of themselves
for this ministry so they will know how much we appreciate
their service.”
Five outstanding supporters of Lighthouse were
honored for the inaugural award: Dr. Rudy Fulton, founder
of the LCM dental ministry; Paul McElroy, a long-time
board member whose foresight and business skills have
guided the ministry; Dr. David Vanderweide, another
selfless supporter and long-time board member; Dr. Paul
Torre, whose vision helped establish and guide the medical
ministries; and Terri Lera, whose mentorship served the
LCM educational programs as a long-time board member.
Spring 2019