Minutes from April Meeting

ST. JOHN’S WOMENS’ MINISTRY GROUP MEETING



MINUTES



DATE: April 7, 2010

TIME: 7:00 p.m.

PRESENT: Mary Jo Price-Williams Sandy Connors
Linda Bradley Shelly Szpara


1. Opening prayer & Devotion --Mary Jo Price Williams.

2. Monopoly –We discussed the monopoly game idea and decided to cancel the plan. Mary Jo suggested a family fun day instead. Mary Jo will find out more information.

3. Mom’s Group – No news.

4. Mommy and Me Class – Some money was lost due to low attendance but it was enjoyed by those attending.

5. Reading at Absolute Nursing Home – Going well. 28 people have signed up. Six went on the initial visit.

6. Cards for Heroes – Six have signed up. Mary Jo will use card fronts that she already has. They will make cards for Mothers’ Day.

7. Baby Shower. 61 signed up on the Fellowship of Worship Form. At the planning meeting it was decided to have desserts, fruit, punch, coffee. The theme will be “May Flowers”. Each table will have a flowering plant as a centerpiece that will be given as a gift – possibly through the use of scratch offs. We will play a bingo game during the time the presents are opened.

8. Baby Bottles – Change Collection. Barb Reichert is supposed to pick up bottles. Mary Jo will check on this.

9. Weekday Bible Study for Women. First week went great. This week will meet again.

10. Sewing Ministry. Sandy Connors planning to meet at Laurie Week’s house for sewing and knitting on a Wednesday evening to be announced.

11. St. Paul’s Ladies Birthday Party. Date changed to April 27 at 7:30 pm. Mary Jo will find out if RSVP is necessary. Mary Jo asked Sharon to put more details in the bulletin. Sandy Connors will tell a lady from St. Paul’s that we are getting the news out.

12. Mammograms and Manicures. Mary Jo is waiting to hear from Southtowns Radiology to see if they can give us a card explaining why a Mammogram is necessary on the front of the card and have a certificate on the back for the spa. Mary Jo checked with our Health Ministry and they are fine with this idea.

13. Future Events:

Movie Night with Manicure/Massage. Mary Jo knows a person who will give massages for $5.00 for 10 minutes. Possibly we could have a movie and have manicures and massages for a charge of $15.00. We will discuss further.

14. Prayer.

Minutes from February Meeting.

MINUTES

DATE:	February 3, 2010
TIME:	7:00 p.m.
PRESENT:	Mary Jo Price-Williams	Lisa Ressler
	Linda Van Valkenburgh	Norma Carbeck
	Sandy Connors	Susan Horn
	Dana Ziccardi	Linda Bradley
	Connie Radt	Shelly Szpara

1.                  Opening prayer & Devotion --Mary Jo Price Williams.

2.                  Monopoly –Connie prepared a letter to send to businesses to see how much interest there is before the group commits to this project.  Mary Jo will contact others.  Possibly broaden the scope to Southtownsopoly.  St. John would purchase the “court” square and possibly purchase cards with “St. John’s Women’s Ministry” printed on them. 

3.                  Mom’s Group –Twelve people are on a list to be called to coordinate a date to start.  The group will then be on their own..

4.                  Mommy and Me Class –Will be on alternate months.

5.                  Reading at Absolute Nursing Home – Mary-Jo has forms from Absolute for volunteers to fill out.  Mary Jo will scan and attach to the BLOG.  Seventeen people have signed up.  A date is needed for group orientation.  After the initial group orientation readers will go to Absolute at their convenience.  Mary Jo suggested that there be a status form for the volunteers to fill out so it can be determined how well the program is running.  The books are at the nursing home.  Absolute will prepare a list of residents who will be read to.

6.                  Baby Shower –This item is tabled and will be discussed at a future meeting.

7.                  Future Events:

March – Undie Sunday

April (showers) – actually baby shower will be held in May.  Baby bottles to collect loose change cost 75¢ each.  We would save bottles to use each year.

May – Mammograms and manicures.  Southtowns Radiology runs a promotion where they give a free manicure or pedicure at the spa next door when a woman gets a mammogram.  Mary Jo will run this past Parish Nursing to see if this event would be ok with them.  It may possibly be able to be tied in with Mother’s Day.

October – Trunk or treat.  Held in the church parking lot.  People decorate their trunks and dress up and hand out candy to kids.

January 2011 – Super bowl party for the men at Buffalo City Mission.

All events to be held in the Narthex must be approved by the administration office.  Mary Jo will hand in the proposed event calendar for March, April and May.

8.                  Weekday Bible Study –Eight women are interested.  Possible Laura Hartke will lead.  Volunteers from the congregation will provide child care.

9.                  St. Paul’s Ladies Birthday Party April 20, 7:30 p.m. – The women of St. John’s are invited.  Official invitations will be sent.

10.              Weight Watchers – Mary Jo will put out a notice to find out if there is any interest to have an on-site meeting at St. John’s.

11.              Next Meeting – Lenten Potluck, March 3 will be hosted by the women’s group in lieu of a meeting.

Prayer.

Minutes from January Meeting.

ST. JOHN’S WOMENS’ MINISTRY GROUP MEETING

MINUTES

DATE:	January 6, 2010
TIME:	7:00 p.m.
PRESENT:	Mary Jo Price-Williams	Barbara Reichert
	Linda Van Valkenburgh	Norma Carbeck
	Sandy Connors	Cindy Milazzo-Schwartz
	Marlene Meyer	Linda Bradley
	Connie Radt	Shelly Szpara Dana Ziccardi

1.                  Opening prayer & Devotion --Mary Jo Price Williams.  Col. 5:6-17

2.                  BLOG. –BLOG address to be added to St. John Website.

3.                  Online Shopper –.Womens’ group to preview before presenting to congregation.

Monopoly –Sandy Connors suggested that we check with another group who has done this to see how successful they were.  Possibly sell squares in February.  Mary-Jo will discuss with Connie.  Linda V. will also help.

4.                  Mom’s Group – A notice will be put in the bulletin regarding the possible forming of group with a place on the Fellowship of Worship Form to check if interested.

5.                  Wedding Gowns – Mary-Jo will put out a notice asking for the donation of wedding gowns.  Mary-Jo will get a list from Deb Sedinger as to exactly what should be collected.

6.                  Mommy and Me Class – Mary-Jo made a flyer and will put up a sign-up sheet to hold class Saturday, January 23, 2010, 1-3 p.m.  Connie Radt will help.

7.                  Cards for Soldiers – Mary-Jo made a flyer and sign-up sheet.  300 cards will be made on 1/30.  Mary-Jo will ask the congregation if they have names and addresses of soldiers.  Mary-Jo will double check to see if U.S. postage can be used on cards to be sent out by soldiers.

8.                  Clear Vision Group – Mary-Jo contacted Absolute Nursing Home.  They said it is not a good idea to wash residents’ glasses because of liability.  They suggested it would be better for people to come and read to the residents.  Mary-Jo will put out a blurb asking if people would like to read or if they have another idea for a ministry at Absolute.

9.                  Baby Shower – Laura will register somewhere.  We will also bring “gently‑used” items to the shower to donate to charity.  Possibly hook the shower up with a Lenten potluck and call it “April Shower.”  Harvest Home could provide baby bottles to save loose change to donate.

10.              Undie Sunday – Possibly hold in May.

11.              New Ideas – Promote our group in newsletter by recapping what we have done so far.

Next Meeting – February 3, 2010

Prayer.

St. John's Womens' Ministry Minutes - 11-04-2009

WOMEN’S MINISTRY MEETING

November 4, 2009

MINUTES

DATE:	November 4, 2009
TIME:	7:00 p.m.
PRESENT:	Mary Jo Price-Williams	Barbara Reichert
	Linda Van Valkenburgh	Norma Carbeck
	Sandy Connors	Dana Ziccardi
	Diane Karan	Linda Bradley
	Connie Radt	Shelly Szpara

1. Opening prayer & Devotion --Mary Jo Price Williams. Our mission is to serve the community and St. John’s. The meetings will be themed. The theme for this meeting is “Grateful Hearts.” Meetings will be on the first Wednesday of each month.
   
2. Pantry Shower – Several people have signed up to donate. Post card reminders have gone out to all who signed up. The Hartke family will arrive in Orchard Park tomorrow evening. We can give them what we have already collected for their pantry and then give them the balance after 11/15..
   
3. Bookmarks – Will be given to all women attending church this weekend. The bookmarks contain information about our ministry as well as the name of our Blog. The Blog contains daily Bible verses as well as a link to St. John’s website.
   
4. Budget – In the past the budget has been $100. We will request $400. We plan to supplement our budget with fundraisers to benefit the community and local missions.
   
5. Fundraisers – Online Shopper – Our ministry would get a kickback from shoppers entering a merchant’s website through our Blog. Another idea is an Orchard Park Monopoly Game. We would sell spaces to businesses to pay for the cost of having the games manufactured and then sell the games to raise funds. Mary Jo is getting a sample game to evaluate. Linda V. suggested “Undie Sunday”. We would collect socks and underwear for the kids in the Southern Tier. This would take place during the year between Christmas and VBS. Barbara R. suggested a Baby Ministry. New or gently used baby clothing and accessories for the community would be provided. Sandy C. mentioned burial outfits for babies. Mary Jo suggested adopting a family for Christmas and purchasing gifts for them from our fund. The formation of a young mothers’ group was suggested. We will wait for the new year and then put out a call to see who is interested. If there are young mothers’ who are interested, we could have an organizational meeting and help them get their group started.
   
   Christmas Hams for the City Mission – It was decided that our ministry will sell hams to donate to the City Mission for Christmas. We will start a piggy bank promotion with the slogan “Don’t be a turkey, buy a ham.” We will look for a piggy bank to use as our mascot. Shelly S. will call the City Mission to find out the date that the Mission will need to have the hams. We will also ask if people would like to bake cookies to donate to the Mission for Christmas. We will bring the pig to the 12/2 potluck dinner to possibly sell hams. We will also bring cookies for the potluck to go along with our December theme which is an “Old Fashioned Christmas.”
   
   
   December meeting will be combined with the potluck dinner.
6. Next Meeting – January 6, 2010
   
   Prayer.
   
   

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