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Congregational Life and Outreach
January 8, 2013
Meeting
was opened and closed with prayer. It began at 7:00 p.m., 30 minutes earlier
than usual meeting time. In attendance were Lon, Stephen, Kathy, Bea, Nora, and
Mika.
Nora
expressed her major goal for the CLO team: To improve communications within the
church and with the community. As part of that goal, we will intentionally list
a yearly calendar of events at the beginning of every set of minutes, to be
updated as necessary. Lon will ask Linda to add events with specific dates and
times to the church calendar.
Calendar of events, as of January 8, 2013:
Date |
Event |
Time |
Place |
Description |
Jan 27 |
After-worship
fellowship |
After worship |
traditional |
CLO hosts |
Feb 12 |
Ministry Team
Build-Up Pancake Supper |
5:30 – 7:00 p.m. |
Watkins Hall |
This is Shrove
Tuesday, a traditional day to eat pancakes on the day before Lent
begins. We are using this as an opportunity to connect congregational
volunteers with ministry teams. |
Feb 16 |
Elder retreat |
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Feb 17 |
1st Sunday
in Lent |
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Mar 17 |
St. Patrick’s Day
Potluck |
TBD |
Watkins Hall |
“Meet and Eat” for
new members to meet the congregation |
Mar 24 |
Palm Sunday |
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Mar 28 |
Maundy Thursday |
Before service |
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Fill eggs |
Mar 31 |
Easter |
After worship |
Church grounds |
Hunt eggs |
April 7 |
Hike |
After worship |
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Local hiking trip |
May 12 |
Mother’s
Day/graduation ceremony |
During worship |
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June 2 |
Salad luncheon and
hymn sing |
After worship |
Watkins Hall |
Like it says right
there in the event name |
July 21 |
Ice cream social |
After worship |
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Aug 11 |
Blessing of the
backpacks and potluck |
During and after
worship |
Sanctuary and Watkins |
Bless students’
backpacks; potluck after worship inviting the Spanish congregation |
Sept |
Outdoor picnic or
hike |
TBD |
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date TBD, possibly
White Sands Monument |
Oct 31 |
Trunk or treat |
6 to 8 p.m. |
Parking lot and front
of church |
Community outreach |
Upcoming Events:
Ministry
Team Build-Up Pancake Supper, Feb 12: Nora will advertise in church
publications. Lon will announce from pulpit. Lon will work with Deacons to see
if they are interested in co-sponsoring this activity. Lon will contact Bruce
White to see if he wants to cook pancakes. Kathy will do shopping. Menu:
pancakes, syrup, sausage and/or bacon, fruit, coffee, tea, juice. Each ministry
team will decorate and set up a table to talk with congregational volunteers.
CLO will arrive at 4 p.m. to begin setup.
St.
Patrick’s Day potluck, Mar 17: Will be total potluck, CLO decided not to provide
“core main dish”.
Easter egg
hunt: Will ask for egg-filler donations again with emphasis on small size.
Graduation/mother’s day: Nora will start looking for gifts.
New
business:
Fellowship
hour chairs: CLO team discussed setting up some chairs for folks who needed to
sit during fellowship hour. No conclusions were reached as to the best way to do
this.
Banners:
Kathy and Nora are organizing banners in one place and storing them in the copy
room. We discussed buying a banner printer but decided it was too expensive
based on the quantity we would likely be printing.
Submitted
by: Lon Anderson
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