OACF Easter Egg Hunt an excited and rewarding way to spend Saturday morning

 

[April 09, 2023] 

Saturday’s bright and sunny weather provided a perfect day for Open Arms Christian Fellowship Church to host their annual Easter Egg hunt. This year was the first one at their campus on the Lincoln Christian University grounds.

Open Arms Pastor Larry Crawford said the church has hosted an Easter Egg hunt for about six or seven years. It is one of the many ways they reach out to the community.



Early Saturday morning, around 30 volunteers helped “hide” more than 10,000 plastic eggs, scattering them throughout three separate sections of the former LCU soccer field.

What appeared to be over one hundred children gathered just outside the field to the left of the chapel excitedly waiting for the hunt to start.

There were three age groups for children; two-year-olds through pre-kindergarten, kindergarten through second grade and third through fifth grade.





One group at a time was released to gather up as many eggs as they could.
 

Besides gathering eggs, kids had the chance to visit with the Easter Bunny. The Easter Bunny made the rounds through each section, visiting with kids and posing for pictures.

Once the youngsters had gathered all their eggs, they quickly opened them to find what was inside.



Though most eggs had individual pieces of candy, other eggs had pieces of paper inside that showed special prizes the barer had won. The young hunters and gatherers could take those papers to tables near the chapel and redeem them for the prizes. Open Arms Children’s Pastor Lara O’Donoghue said there were 150 full-sized candy bars and 300 $5-bills given out as prizes. Another prize was a big Easter basket.

Additionally, one child from each age group won a brand-new bicycle.

All the kids seemed to have a great time at this year’s Open Arms Easter Egg Hunt.

[Angela Reiners]