Work Lately

Things have been quite busy lately!! At work/church we have Administrative Board once a month. The Admin Board members are picked by a Nominations/Lay Leadership Committee each year and there are three rotating classes so that there is always someone who has served before.

There are reports from the Finance Committee, Trustees Committee, and Staff Parish Relations Committee. There is a pastor's report each month. There is also a Faith Moment and an Outreach report, among other things.

Two members from our Tuesday night group spoke at the meeting last week. They told about their mission trip to Costa Rica this summer. They did a great job!!

Wednesday night was our Party in the Lot -- which is the big Wednesday night kick-off for the fall. I've been on the popcorn team for at least three years. We tried popping our own three years ago and we couldn't keep up with the demand. We now buy it from a local movie theater and package it ourselves.

My co-worker made a really cute sign for the popcorn booth.

Since I had skin cancer removed from my ear (I have to have another procedure on November 8), I will be wearing a hat more often. This picture was to show the pink highlights sprayed into my hair! Right before the "carnival" began, my co-worker said, "your hair would really show off the hair paint." I picked pink!

Sam and I handed out so many bags of popcorn and it was sooo hot outside but it was fun, too!

Here is a shot of the parking lot before people arrived. We had a ton of blow ups for the kids. Some things were for bigger kids and some were for smaller kids.

We had pony/horse rides. I had never seen a horse balloon before!

Look at the line at the Pop Ice booth next to us!! They had a line most of the night.

Lenora and her band brought the music. She is one of our worship leaders at our other campus. She recently sang the Tribute to Whitney Houston with Black Jacket Symphony. She is amazing.

On Thursday, our info for our cruise arrived! That is work and pleasure combined.

A friend at church has a Lucy and she brings cute clothes to me to give to our lil bit.

Sunday was the Ministry Fair. We set up on Friday around lunchtime.

During the ministry fair, we showcase as many of the ways a person can serve plus some of our adult Sunday School classes have a "booth/table" to invite folks who aren't involved to come and visit.

The balloon arch was used for Party in the Lot on Wednesday night, used for Ministry fair, was being moved for Sunday afternoon youth choir kick-off, and will be used again on Monday for our daycare. I love something that can be used several times!!

The Dollar Tree helium balloons are so good! They are more than one dollar now, but still so much cheaper than the grocery store or Party City.

These tables in the middle were covered with trays of food from Chef Bert and big urns of coffee.

Below is when people were first arriving. We had a great crowd and people seemed to enjoy chatting with each other.

We rolled out a new ministry tool yesterday from Ministry Architects. It is called Volunteer Accelerator. We called it a "ministry match tool." You scan a QR code, answer 20 questions, and your results pop into your inbox. The results don't sign you up for anything, they just guide you by matching your skills and interests with ministry opportunities.

We had a busy week last week!!