Work Hard to Show the World for Whom You Are Working

What we've been up to recently, and what we'll be up to in the next couple of months: 

We helped organized funds to pay for the funeral services of Audenn Salcido. His passing was a tragedy that deeply affected his family. They continue to be in our prayers.

We purchased coats for two students in our high school who did not have them, and we are looking into purchasing basketball shoes for those students who can't afford to buy them and may not go out for the team as a result.

We  purchased and donated two large metal signs from Davis Designs and donated them to Russell Child Development for their annual Fantasy Tree Festival. These signs have biblical quotes on them and are quite cool. They also have a lovely one with the Lord's Prayer on it.

We plan to provide rolls for the chicken and noodle dinner being served by DISCO on October 28 to benefit Jeanette Crump, daughter of Elmer and Chris Clymer. We pray that Jeanette's tests will reveal what needs to be done to restore her to full health.

We continue to prepare for our first 5K, which we've dubbed The Great Pumpkin Fun Run. We look forward to working with Satanta High School's FCCLA group on this project and building a partnership with this organization.

We plan to donate $100 toward Operation Christmas Child, which is being locally organized by Lana Clawson and Shirley McDonald who are leading the Chrysalis UMW Circle. These funds will help these young ladies ship as many as 100 boxes overseas this year.

We've begun initially planning for our annual Christmas Angel Tree project. Rachel Lee will take the lead on getting the names for the ornaments. It will be a push, but we'd like to have these ornaments out at the November 14 UMW Bazaar with gifts being returned to us by December 9 with a tentative delivery date of December 12. We are working to coordinate this event with the Pairs and Spares class, which is organizing the delivery of food baskets to needy families. Eventually, we'll want to find a Santa to go along with us on this adventure. We've also begun discussing the possibility of having another Christmas Sweet Shoppe to support our Christmas giving. That means it'll soon be homemade peanut brittle time again!

Finally, we've planned our first Parents' Night Out with the help of Jim and Pat Shearman. We plan to eat out in Garden City (or Liberal) at Las Margaritas (or Vallarta) without our children. We wonder if you know what you've gotten into Pat and Jim! It is our prayer that by inviting other young couples to events such as these that we might begin to expand our group.

At the urging of Jim and Pat Shearman, the 21st Time is looking into its first Parents' Night Out. The plan is relatively simple: Jim, Pat, and other from the New Genesis class will provide babysitting while current and prospective members of the 21st Time dine out in Garden City or Liberal. Ryan, of course, is thinking Las Margaritas in Garden or Vallarta in Liberal, but that decision can be made pending a decision on a date for the event. Having had some discussion of conflicts, we're now looking at December 8.

Here's the guest list we developed this morning. Please let us know names that need to be added as well as correct spellings for them. :)

Ryan and Karen Burrows
Brent and Leanne Howie
Lynn and Tiffany Koehn
Doug and Kelly Delaplane
Mark and Mendy Howe
Matt and Rachel Lee
Chris and Stacey King
Philip and Stephanie Frank
Chris and Cathy Gardner
Joe and Ashley Heatherman
Jared and Ashton Wenta
Tim and Melissa Dusin
Craig and Sarah Stockhaus
Travis Leonard and Michelle Kuhn
Brandon and Brittany Barnhardt
Chris and Millie Glenn
Dale and Janis Grover
Jeremy Hazen
Alyssa Hardinger
Terri Jones
Abbie Patton

Great Pumpkin 5K Preparations

Karen has begun to create a list of items that we need to get done in advance of the 5K on November 3. Here's the list:

Buy: 

safety pins
orange spray paint
pumpkins (Kelly will provide 10 medium to large ones)
gold and silver spray paint
cups of water
posterboard

To Do: 

Place signs and entry forms around town
Email entry forms to area churches
Touch base with FCCLA concerning pie for 80

Start thinking about: 

registration table
water stop--cooler, cups, and truck

Parenting Classes

Stephanie Frank has suggested we look into some dates for three 1.5 hour parenting classes that would be led by employees of Russell Child Development. If this is something we'd like to see in our community, we need set up dates and times, consider whether or not we'd be willing to cover the cost of childcare, and decide on whether or not we would like to provide food for those in attendance. Stephanie will fill us in on the details once we've laid the groundwork for this class.

Operation Christmas Child

The Satanta United Methodist Church’s Chrysalis Circle is again assembling boxes for Operation Christmas Child. These young ladies and their leader, Lana Clawson, welcome your complete boxes, small gifts, and monetary donations. Some suggestions include school supplies, small toys, hygiene items, ball caps, jewelry, and flashlights with batteries. The categories for these gifts are as follows: boys and girls ages 2-4, boys and girls ages 5-9, and boys and girls ages 10-14. A $7-per-box delivery fee is required for each box sent, and monetary donations can be designated for this purpose. Please have items and/or money to the church before November 7. For further information on this project, visit the Operation Christmas Child website at www.samaritanspurse.org/occ or contact Lana Clawson or Shirley McDonald. 

The 21st Time has pledged to donate $100 toward shipping these kits.