Meeting Recap Aug 21, 2011

What a wonderful evening we had. Many thanks to Salwa for her willingness to share her heart and what God is doing at Theodore Judah and what's to come.

Here are a few noteworthy items including assignments from tonight's meeting:

-Friday, September 9, there is a Spirit Picnic at Theodore Judah (there will not be a community pot luck that night). Tim will find out more about the "volunteer opportunities" we can sign up for. When he let's us know the opportunities that are available for us to plug into; we will need to respond with an email stating where we will serve.

-Speaking of RSVPing....Theresa needs us to RSVP by Saturday, August 27, if we are planning on attending the Missional Community Party by the Lake in Rancho Marietta Sunday August 28, beginning at 3:00pm and going until ??. Theresa will send us her address and directions about entrance into the gates, etc. in a separate email.

-Tim will find out, in advance, the various activities that are being planned at T.J. for the coming year so that we can get them on our calendars. This should help facilitate our involvement.

-Do you love to plan activities and games? Would you like to be a part of a joint game team with folks from T.J. and plan fun activities for kids and maybe adults at our Community Pot Luck Dinners? Please let Tim know via email.-

-Are you free on Monday mornings at 11:15am to do a prayer walk at T.J. drop-in's welcome.

-Our next book discussion will be Friendship at the Margins by Heuertz and Pohl. We should commit to getting the book and reading Chapter 1 by our next regular meeting, September 18.

-October14, is the next Community Pot Luck at T.J. it will include BAM (Bears and Mentors), JUMP and STAR kids from T.J. and Blanche Sprentz (BS), mark your calendar and please plan on attending.

Please remember the following in your prayers this week:

-Carolyn and Mac's search for a home

-Carolyn's meeting this Friday and all of the teachers and kids returning to school (home schoolers included)

-Shannon's long hours at work and a successful cut-over to a new system

-T.J. and the other kids from other campus's merging into a successful program

-The Mead family and our church family as we grieve Terrah's passing

-Julie Feld and her son and their transition into a new home