Notes from Sunday, September 6

It is official: the large-item auction is set for October 24, 2009 and will be held in conjunction with Harvestfest. The start time will be 10:00 a.m., and we will NOT plan on providing breakfast or lunch as food items will be available at the community building.

In order for this to happen, a few things will need to be done:

1. Brent will need to contact Chuck Lozar about the possibility of using his parking lot as a location and will contact/find an auctioneer.

2. Ryan will contact Jim Shearman about the items he will be donating and will inform him of the date change. Jim has also volunteered to help us round up items around town.

3. Karen will take care of creating a PowerPoint slide for church asking for donations.

4. Jennifer will take care of the sale bill and will contact Rolf at the paper to see what we can do as far as placing the sale bill in the paper as an ad or an insert.

5. Leanne will be in charge of directing a chocolate-chip cookie sandwich sale at Harvestfest. More details to follow.

We also discussed a few other projects that we are involved in.

We are now the proud owners of a $1500 baritone, which was purchased to keep a needy 7th grader in band. This means that we'll need to come up with $60 a month for the next two and half years. In order to make this happen, Rachel has cancelled our $38.00 a month commitment to sponsor a child overseas, and we may have to begin other fundraising efforts as well.

Ryan suggested that we could sell baked goods in the narthex in much the same way Kelvin sells his garden produce to raise funds for the food pantry. Leanne's sandwich cookies could be sold with the same project in mind. "Cookies for change" seems to fit somehow. We also received pledges from two members of our congregation that will cover three months of instrument payments, and the feeling is that there is more to come.

A similar project we are engaged in involves making sure the freshmen homecoming attendant has the items she'll need for the coronation ceremony. Nicole has offered shoes, and Mendy will cover the jewelry. Karen will touch base with the young woman and see what help she needs.

In other news, Ryan and Jennifer will shop for groceries for the food pantry on Labor Day, and Rachel has signed up to feed the youth on Wednesday, October 14. If our class would like to pitch and help, we could make this a group project. Stephanie and Stacey are moving forward on the Love and Logic parenting classes, which begin on September 20.

See you all next Sunday!