For the second year in a row, Boulder Church held a “Wiser Generation Banquet” to honor those over the age of 55 in the church and local community. Thirty-nine guests attended the event on Dec. 10, 2017, including members of the church and friends from the local Mapleton Hill neighborhood. Pastor Japhet De Oliveira and his wife, Becky, used to hold a similar holiday banquet when they were the youth leaders at Newbold College Church in England. “It was a lot of fun,” Becky recalls. “I would cook all the food myself—with the help of a dozen or so teenagers who also acted as waiters. The intergenerational bonds it created were fantastic!” Pastor Japhet observes that “There is such a great emphasis on young people anymore. I think it’s nice to pay some attention to those who are no longer ‘spring chickens,’ but who nevertheless do so much to keep everything going. They are amazing!”
Food and service was provided by noted Boulder catering service Spice of Life, and Boulder Chamber Orchestra, which performs several concerts each year at the church, offered a quartet of musicians to provide thirty minutes of beautiful music.
Becky Carlisle, one of the attendees, said, “Such a lovely evening. Elegant, delicious food and wonderful entertainment. A beautiful Christmas gift.” Rebecca Trafton added, “It captured the very best of the holidays for me—friends new and old, music, good food, holiday decorations, a bit of nonsense, a lot of fairy glitter, some words wry and wise and some thoughts deep and provocative.”
— Becky De Oliveira is the communication director for Boulder Church.
