Newsletter, October 14, 2007

NewsFlash: William Jamison Koser was born to Devin and Rachel Koser on Friday, October 12. We are so pleased to have this new member of our community. Chrissy Snider will deliver a “Shower in a Basket” from the Family and Friends Class.

Many, many thanks: To those who prepared the wonderful breakfast that we enjoyed in business meeting today. Those of us who usually suffice on a bowl of cereal in the morning are particularly grateful and feel particularly blessed.

Report from Business Meeting: Well, the old man was feeding his face rather than taking notes as he should, but here are his best recollections of what was decided today in business meeting … with some additional info that comes from telephone conversations with Kristen this afternoon.

November 10: Upside Down Progressive Dinner and Game Night
On Saturday, November 10, a team of noted chefs will entertain all comers in an “upside down” progressive dinner. Courses will include appetizer, salad, dessert, meat, vegetable and soup in some order, not yet determined. Here are the details:
• Nursery opens at 5:30 at the church (Robin will be ready with helper(s))
• Dinner begins at 5:45 at the church
• After the dinner, Hostess Kristen Maynard invites those whose schedule will permit to stay for a game night
• The Chefs:
Meat: K. Maynard
Dessert: C and R Anderson
Appetizer: J and M Everly
Appetizer: E and C Wheeler
Salad: C and P Snider
Soup: E and C Larsh
Starch: A and T Murphy
Vegetables: J and J West
Backup-Chefs: C and D McCorvey
• Note: this is not a “pot-luck” dinner. We would welcome other participants, both those in the Family and Friends Class and those who are not in the class. You are warmly invited. (Scott and Dwayne, we would particularly enjoy feeding you a home-cooked meal.) To register your intention to attend (and make sure we have food for you); call Kristen Maynard at 921-7688 (home) or 657-3634 (cell). If you are a chef who finds you are not able to attend, call Kristen also.

October 27 (Saturday): This will be the church’s Fall Festival. Erica and Curt will be taking pictures from 10:00- noon as our class contribution to the festivities. Extra hands to help with Rebekah and Alex will be appreciated. Clearly children of our families may find this a fun time and place to be. Any profit from this event will go to support the youth program. We decided that we would not take on the project of being the “drip of blood” for the American Red Cross promotion that will be occurring on the 27th.


October 31: Halloween is on Wednesday night this year and the usual Wed night supper will adjourn to a “Trunk or Treat” event in which it is envisioned that attendees will raise their trunks and let children “Trick or Treat” out of the back of cars.

Children’s Church: The implementation of “Veggie Tales” Children’s Church has run into a few rough spots. Rhonda Anderson will convene a meeting involving herself and Janet and Pastor Castor and Sarah M. to work out details. If you would like to be included in the meeting, call Ronda at 925-3799.

Safe Sanctuary: There will be a Safe Sanctuary training meeting in Statesboro on January 26. However, Claire was disturbed that we must go out of town to get training and is trying to get the credential so she can do the training herself. We must wait till later to determine if the “powers to be” felt she is sufficiently qualified. 

Door Decoration: Kristen Maynard (assisted by Chrissy and Janet) will coordinate our “door decorating” efforts on December 2.

Nursery List: The list of persons who will help in the nursery needs to be refurbished. Several persons on the list have moved on to other places and their places on the rotations need to be filled. Jennifer will do some walking around to other classes to request help. If there are those in this class that have not yet signed up, Jennifer would be glad to hear from you (484-5554). [This responsibility can be completed by persons of both genders; prior experience not necessary!! ]

Coffee Fellowship Cleanup: November is our month to clean up after the 10:30 fellowship. We passed around the sign-up sheet and to my knowledge, all spaces were covered.