On the Sabbath of Jan. 7 the Corpus Christi, Texas, congregation hosted their first Mexican dinner and talent show. Immediately after the afternoon Sabbath services concluded, the brethren enjoyed a Mexican dinner. Members provided and enjoyed a mouth-watering meal that included many traditional Mexican dishes. Foods included Spanish rice, charro beans, enchiladas, tacos, chalupas, mesquite-grilled fajitas, barbecued pollo (chicken) and homemade tortillas. After the meal, an extensive selection of desserts was served, including pies, cookies, cakes, fruit dishes and the traditional pan-dulce, or Mexican sweet bread. Under the able hand of Raymond Hernandez, the master of ceremonies, the first annual talent show was held later that evening. Brethren enjoyed Dorin Vaughn's piano composition, Sean Ashcraft's violin solo, Charlotte Mallia's flute solo and Arthur Suckling's unforgettable rendition of "The Prodigal Son in F." Interspersed among these presentations, the audience listened to chorale performances by the Ladies' Ensemble and the Children's Choir. The members of the Ladies' Ensemble included Jeanine Ashcraft, Tina Hernandez, Janie Mendez, Marsha Suckling and Sandra Vaughn. Dorin Vaughn accompanied the ensemble on the piano. The Children's Choir, under the direction of Colleen Mallia, was made up of Shelby and Garron Dueitt and Katrina and Sabrina Morin. They sang "God's Top Ten Commandments." As part of the talent show, pictures of "senior" members were displayed in a slide show developed by Jonathan Sitarski. In this presentation, pastor Jack Hendren invited everyone to try to guess who was in the picture. (Most of the photos showed them when they were in their teens and 20s.) After his or her identity was guessed, each senior member was invited to say a little bit about when and where the picture was taken. This activity helped all members of whatever age to realize that we all have much in common. On this interesting and high note the evening came to a conclusion.