Disciples Women’s Ministries
Minutes for Meeting of February 23, 2010
Those in attendance were Kay Jones, Carol Tidrow, Janie Rosenfeld, Julie Erickson, Monica Case, Jeanne Thompson, Lianne Johnson and co-presidents Aline Jones and Cheryl Howard.
Aline opened with prayer.
TREASURERS REPORT: Our balance on hand is $8,303.16.
· For clarification - $31.81 for cleaning supplies will be transferred from the general fund budget to Home Church Project budget.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
SERVICE – no report
STUDY/WORKDAY/REFRESHMENTS – Lianne will provide workday refreshments for Saturday, March 6th. The DWM workday focus will be fellowship hall windows. A lot of calcium build up. Please bring these items if you have… step stools, news paper, squeegees, and a smile. :) * a note of thanks to those ladies who helped in February. The fellowship hall and kitchen were cleaned and spruced up.
CARES AND CONCERNS – 6 cards were sent in FEBRUARY
HOSPITALITY – no report
WORSHIP – no report
PUBLICITY – thank you Lianne for your e mail reminders for our activities. We appreciate you sending to all the women of the church that have e mail accessibility. Lianne will send out an e mail about workday on Saturday, March 6th.
WEDDING – no report
FUND RAISERS – The church garage sale is a go! It will take place on Saturday, April 17th from 7:00 till 1:00 PM. The back lot fence will be opened for setting up in the back parking lot and then locked at time of sale. All participants will be responsible for their own “treasures” and the collection of monies for their sales. Participants will provide their own tables, as well. 10% of final sales for each seller will be given to the church.
DWM will provide pop, water, donuts and coffee for sale. Jeanne will set up an advertisement on “Craig’s List.” We will advertise in front of the church one week prior to sale. Lianne will make a signup sheet for participants so we will know how many to expect. Julie will make an announcement at church on February 28th and then sheet will remain in church office. This opportunity is open to all – church family and friends.
All Daughter Event will be on May 1st at 11:00am. Circle leaders please have available at your next meeting a signup sheet with sub divisions for members to sign up for the area that they would like to help with. We will need help with FOOD, DECORATIONS, MUSIC, ACTIVITIES and PUBLICITY. We will have our first official committee meeting of those who signed up to help with the various areas of need on Sunday, March 21st, in the library at 11:45 am. Monica will make an announcement about the event and need for people to sign up to help on February 28th during the church service.
CIRCLE REPORTS:
Adelphi – 6 attended, $52.00 for offering
Dorcas – 6 attended $12.00 for offering – welcome to Kay Jones who will be their board representative.
Ruth – no report
New Beginnings – did not meet in February, but did contribute to the GNO meal on Feb. 4th. New Beginnings will meet 2nd Sunday in March.
The Youth Groups are sponsoring a POTATO LUNCH on March 14th with donations designated to Camp Scholarships. The youth will provide the lunch for the New Beginnings group, as well.
NEW BUSINESS: New pitchers and medal tongs are needed for our kitchen. Virginia Billingsly purchased 2 pitchers, but, we would like 6 more for a total of 8. Lianne volunteered to purchase the additional 6 pitchers. A motion was made to allocate $100.00 for this expense. Any extra monies would be used to purchase the tongs. The $100.00 would be taken out of our Wedding budget.
OTHER: DWM is going to paint the Narthex – walls and possibly ceiling. A motion was made to allocate – not to exceed $75.00 to purchase 2 gallons of paint for this endeavor. The monies will come out of the Home Church Project budget. A subcommittee of Carol and Aline will be responsible for painting in the near future.
Next meeting – March 23rd at 6:30 pm
Meeting was adjourned at 7:45 pm
Respectfully submitted
Julie Erickson
Disciples Women’s Ministries
Minutes for Meeting of January 26, 2010
Those in attendance were Beth Porter, Jeanne Thompson, Carol Tidrow, co-presidents Aline Jones and Cheryl Howard, Monica Case, Marilyn Lagesse, Janie Rosenfeld and Julie Erickson.
Cheryl opened with prayer.
TREASURERS REPORT: Our Thanksgiving/Christmas monetary family donations were $310.00. We used $75.00 of these monies to purchase a “food” card for the adoptive family. Our DWM board voted to use any remaining monies ($235.00) to purchase food cards for our own church family members that might be in need. Janie will purchase food cards in increments of $25.00 and keep these on hand for our needy. Our balance on hand is $8,026.15.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
SERVICE – Thank you notes were received from our Adoptive family.
We ask the women of our church to support the upcoming youth book sale and any other outreach opportunities that our church participates in.
HOSPITALITY – Table decorations are ready for our Girl’s Night Out dinner on February 4th.
We were saddened to hear that Wanda has resigned from this position on our board. We will all keep Wanda in our prayers and know that the Lord will keep her and her family “wrapped” in His arms of love.
WORSHIP – Jeanne will be ready to share worship at the dinner on February 4th as well as preparing for our new board initiation that will be in May.
PUBLICITY – Lianne will be asked to send out one of her GREAT e mail reminders about the Girl’s Night Out dinner.
WEDDING – No report
FUND RAISERS – The “Treasure Trove” book as made a transaction of $100.00. We are working on finding a “place” for the book where people peruse the many “treasures” that is found inside the cover.
We will also begin to make announcements about the book during “announcement time” before our church service begins.
CARES AND CONCERNS – 4 cards were sent in JANUARY
STUDY/WORKDAY REFRESHMENTS – Monica will provide refreshments for our February 6th workday.
CIRCLE REPORTS:
Dorcas – no report
Ruth – 10 attended, $12.01 offering taken at January meeting. 28 cookie tins were taken to our homebound/hurting members of our church.
Adelphi – 6 attended, $85.00 offering taken at their meeting. 2 NEW BEGINNINGS members joined the Adelphi group for their annual ornament exchange.
New Beginnings – 5 attended their January meeting. No February meeting as this meeting date falls on the same weekend as the Mexico Build trip.
OLD BUSINESS: Please share with your sisters at your circle meetings the need for more volunteers to do light work at our church workdays. The work is not had work and “many hands make for light work” will ring true. Our next opportunity will be February 6th. We will ask Lianne to send an e mail as a reminder.
NEW BUSINESS: Reminder of out February 4th, Thursday, Girl’s Night Out at 6:30 pm. Mark Behle who is a missionary from Africa will share his life work with us. Adelphi and New Beginnings will provide the dinner. We are looking for a babysitter, as well.
Our offering for the evening will go to the high school where Mr. Behle teaches – Masitise High School. $18.50 will also be given to him for gas mileage.
We are in the planning stages of having an all church Garage Sale in April with 10% of proceeds going to DWM. More information coming on this fundraising idea.
Pencil in Saturday, May 1st at 11:00 am for an All Daughter’s Cup Cake/Ice Cream Social. We will celebrate “May Day”. Tickets will be $8.00, and $5.00 for daughters 10 and under.
Next meeting – February 23rd at 6:30 pm.
Meeting was adjourned at 7:45 pm.
Respectfully Submitted
Julie Erickson