Easter Egg Update

Thanks to everyone whose generous donations helped us purchase prizes for the Easter Egg Hunt, which is next Sunday, April 5.

We got most of the eggs stuffed with stickers and bunny money this morning. Stacey took home the rest to finish stuffing.

We will get everything set up next Sunday. The DISCO kids will help us hide eggs and manage the hunt. We might send someone to bring back lunch from the restaurant so we can just stay at the church to get things ready.

What does this say about us?

According to this article, pastors who work in communities smaller than 75,000 are "in the sticks." Are we in the twigs, then?

3-22-09 Discussion

Chris and Phillip keep making progress on the playground equipment. It looks great!

Stephanie needs volunteers to help with the children's health fair on April 4 from 8-11 a.m. at the high school.

Kelvin has volunteered his garage for garage sale storage. Tell people not to take their garage sale things to the MAM room, as they will disappear. (That is, the garage sale items will disappear, not the people who bring them in.)

Easter Egg Hunt Update

We received $160 in donations for prizes today. Rachel will take care of purchasing additional prizes.

We decided to run three separate prize tables, one for each age group.

Leanne and Karen will frost the sugar cookies with white frosting so the kids will just decorate them with sprinkles and candy. Nicole will purchase sprinkles and candy. Mendy also has sprinkles to donate.

Parenting Fair?

Our book chapter this week was about helping people become self-reliant. This brought us back to our earlier discussion of bringing in speakers. We discussed the possibility of a Parenting Fair. We could bring in some speakers (Nikki Stoddard and Carol Trout were mentioned) and serve some food, since food always brings people in. We could also do something (booths?) to help people become aware of the resources available in our community (Russell Childhood, PAT, Colvin Learning Center, MAM Dental Clinic, free vision checks, etc.) . Stephanie said we could apply for Smart Start grants, but that many people would probably speak for free. We need to decide if we want to pursue this and what our timeline would be.

Small is beautiful?

Check out this link:

http://doroteos2.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/the-next-niche-market/#more-370

3-8-09 Sunday School Discussion

DISCO Dinner

We decided to serve the DISCO kids a pasta bar on April 15.






Here is a list of who is bringing what:

Leanne: meat sauce
Karen: Alfredo sauce
Brandee: spaghetti
Rachel: bread and vegetable (broccoli?)
Stacey: salad
Nicole: monster cookies

Other discussions

The Easter Egg Hunt is in good shape. Rachel ordered prizes from Oriental Trading. We also received a donation to help off-set the cost of prizes.

Karen shared an article from Newsweek by Peter Singer about the psychology of giving.

We briefly discussed the garage sale.

DISCO Dinner

We have volunteered to serve a meal to the DISCO kids on Wednesday, April 15, so start thinking about menu possibilities. I (Karen) think make-your-own pizza would be fun. We could buy the dough from Sam's Club, or we could get frozen bread dough from the grocery store.

The playground equipment is coming right along! Thanks to all of our volunteers (free and coerced)! Thanks also to Stacey and Stephanie for their work applying for the grant, and to all of our donors who made it possible for us to get the grant. We also appreciate the support and cooperation of the City of Satanta and the Recreation Commission.

3-1-09 Sunday School Discussion

Easter Egg Hunt

Stephanie got three boxes of Easter Eggs. Brandee will try to find one or two more when she goes to Dodge. We asked the church for prize donations. Rachel will also look at Dollar Tree for prizes. We can spend about $100-$150 on prizes.

We will have James or the city block off the streets around the park so we don't have to worry about kids running into the street.

We discussed the use of the MAM food pantry. We're giving away about 100 cans of food per week, which reflects the need in our community. Eventually, we would like to empower those we are helping in other ways. We talked about the possibility of a series of guest speakers. For example, we could invite a doctor to speak about immunizations and child health; a dentist to speak about dental health; someone from the bank to speak about financial management; someone to speak about parenting. It would be important to invite Spanish speakers.