This has been a very exciting week for our Church! It really takes a lot of people to produce a Port O’Connor affair such as the annual “Sweetheart Banquet”. For sixteen uninterrupted years, the Church has sponsored this Banquet. The first “Sweetheart Banquet”  was in 1995 and held in the Church Fellowship Hall. It was very successful and we had a total of 55 people in attendance. Six years later, in 2001, it was necessary to move the Banquet to the new Port O’Connor Community Center, and we had an attendance of 208. The Church then made the decision to limit ticket sales to 200 to accommodate everyone for the seated dinner.


One of the features of the Banquet is the Church’s presentation of the “Annual Port O’Connor Citizen of the Year Award”. This prestigious award began in 1999 with the first award going to Doyle and Bernice Adams. Awards following:


2000    Fire Chief Ed Lambright & EMS Tech Brenda Smith
2001    “Dolphin Talk” Margaret Jennings & Joyce Rhyne
2002    Evelyn Lewis
2003    Lucille and Edna Whittaker
2004    Kenneth and Grady Jean Clark
2005    Marie Hawes
2006    Kathy Yearwood & Wanda Redding
2007    Agnes Valigura
2008    Tom and Pat Eksrom
2009    Naomi Albrecht and Bob Allen
2010    Sylvia Martinez


During the Banquet program, every couple married 50 years and longer are recognized and a prize is presented to the couple married the longest time. Recognition is given to those married the shortest time and a prize is given to them.


A full report of all the awards and pictures of the entire Banquet will be published in the Dolphin Talk February 25th edition.
See you in church Sunday!