By Lori EhdeMembers of New Life Celebration Church spent their morning worship packaging and delivering cookies Sunday in Beaver Creek.The congregation, which worships weekly in the Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary School gym, brought in more than 150 dozen cookies, boxed them, and delivered them to every home in Beaver Creek."It was remarkable to watch nearly 200 adults, teenagers and children working and laughing together and truly excited about their participation in this simple act of Christian love," said New Life Pastor Tim Olsen.He said the cookie activity was a way to spread "the good news of Emmanuel" (God with us) in the community and to say thanks to the town for hosting them in the school.Sunday’s cookie project was the culmination of a week’s worth of community outreach and service activities the church committed to instead of a Christmas program this year."We thought rather than spending time practicing a Christmas drama, we’ll all be part of a real-life drama," Olsen said last week.For example, on Dec. 10, mechanically inclined members of the church volunteered their time to perform free car tune-ups for people who couldn’t afford it.Another group served 308 meals at the Banquet in Sioux Falls, another helped the new Katrina family in Luverne, and another collected donations for "Operation Christmas Shoebox" and then went caroling.As a final community service called "Share the Warmth," New Life Celebration Church will assist area families struggling to pay utility bills.Qualified recipients will receive a one-time, limited payment of their utilities bill.Donations to the "Share the Warmth" fund are welcome from the public.New Life Celebration offices are located in the Brandenburg Gallery building downtown Luverne. The phone number is 449-6522 and the e-mail address is nlcc@iw.net.