2013 Planning Tea Wrap-Up

What a great meeting! Our Spring & Fall are now filled with great mission-projects for our group to benefit our church, our community and our planet. I'm so excited! February's meeting host's a speaker from the Cunningham Children's Home, in March we will assemble casseroles for donation to our church members, in April we will do some "spring cleaning" in our church nursery and pre-school rooms, and in May we will combine and assemble donations for the Midwest Distribution Center. Be sure to check our blog's calendar for all UMW events for the calendar year, and ask us if you'd like more details.

We had some great brain-storming sessions with Barb Todd regarding our thoughts on First Fest (maybe a picnic on June 9th to kick-off VBS?) and also with Carol Morgan about cutting costs for childcare during the Attic Sale (consider cutting childcare completely during sorting and finding youth/adult volunteers for sale days?)

We gathered hostess volunteers and donations for the upcoming February UMW Unit program "Stepping Outside of Our Comfort Zone." We hope many of you will consider attending to hear speakers from The Baby Fold and the Children's Home and Aid Society. The meeting is at 7pm on Tuesday, February 5th in the church lounge.

We are saddened to lose Sally Hawkins, one of our most valuable, involved UMW members to an upcoming move to KS. A send-off celebration in the next week or two is in the works!

Finally, our meeting concluded with the sharing of the joys and concerns that filled our prayer bowl. Many prayers are lifted up to those members, family, and friends.