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St. John's Women's Guild/Altar Society
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 Join the St. John's Women's Guild/Altar Society
At St. John's Church in Port Orford we have formed a Women's Guild whose purpose is to support the activities of our church and have a fun time doing it. Our meetings are held each month and are usually preceeded by a potluck dinner. For more information on the Women's Guild call Co-Chairs: Stephanie
Brewer at 332-1193 or Colleen Gryzwana at 348-2555. In the photo: Women's Guild members enjoy a potluck dinner before their meeting. |
Minutes of the March 12, 2009 Women's Guild/Altar Society
The meeting was held at 6:00pm at the church and was called to order by Chair, Stephanie Brewer, following a pizza and salad dinner.
Present were: Stephanie Brewer, Priscilla Lang, Sharon Zuber, Mary Colozzi, Sherry Johnson, Carol Hart and Mary Jane LaBelle.
Minutes: The minutes for the meeting of January 8th, 2009 were approved as presented
(MSP: Carol/Sharon).
Reports:
1. PAC:
Stephanie gave a report on fine turning the church sound system.
Sherry mentioned the classes that the Archdiocese is giving at Holy Trinity in March and May and encouraged church members to attend.
2. Treasurer:
Carol reported that as of the end of February we had in: Savings: $584, Flowers: $591, Carpet Fund: $1494, Checking: $203 and two CD’s that were rolled over into one year CD’s.
Carol discussed Easter decorations and baskets that she purchased to give out to children on Easter Sunday. It was moved to reimburse Carol for all Easter expenses incurred and additional expenses she might have (MSP: Mary Jane/Sherry).
3. Sunshine Committee: It was suggested we establish an account with a florist or that we buy flowers and plants and charge to our Rays account. Mary Jane suggested that we investigate charging to an online florist to save money and Carol said she could do that with the guild’s debit card.
4. Altar Society: Stephanie said we have $361 in the Altar Society account.
New Business:
1. Memorial Service Costs: It was moved that we tell people, from outside the church membership asking for a memorial service at St. John’s, that there would be a $25 cost for the church rental and that anything they would like to contribute to the cost of a buffet lunch would be appreciated (MSP: Carol/Mary Jane). Various ways of cutting food expenses for memorial services were discussed.
2. New Table Cloths: Priscilla found several beautiful lace tablecloths at Wal-Mart that she purchased and said she would like to make them her gift to the church.
3. A Complete Merger of Altar Society & Women’s Guild: was tabled until the next meeting.
4. St. John’s Jackets: Carol found the jackets, we were considering, online and suggested to save money she could order them online and then take them to Gibson Graphics to have the logos embroidered.
5. Poinsettias: We discussed the Christmas flowers and it was moved that we purchase the larger 8 inch ones (MSP: Mary Jane/Carol).
6. Easter Breakfast: Stephanie said that she and Nan will do the egg and the potato dishes and asked for volunteers to bring complimentary side dishes for the Easter buffet breakfast.
7. Easter Baskets: The meeting was adjourned at 7:20pm to assemble the baskets to be given to the children at church on Easter morning.
Next Meeting: Will be called by the Chairperson.
Sherry Johnson, Secretary |
Officers Elected at our January Meeting
The new officers for the Altar Society / Women's Guild for 2009 will be:
Co-Chairs: Stephanie Brewer and Colleen Gryzwana
Secretary: Sherry Johnson
Treasurer: Carol Hart |
 Celebrating a Successful Rummage Sale
The Women's Guild annual Fall Rummage Sales are always a huge success. Last year we netted $890!!! In the photo, the clean up crew celebrates. From left are Rosemary, Colleen, Priscilla, Helene, Carol, Pam and Nan. A big thank you to all the ladies that helped set up the sale and price the merchandise, brought goodies for the bake sale and worked so hard during the day. A special thanks goes to Priscilla Lang for all her work, expertise, and long hours put in to organize our annual Rummage Sales which will next be held on Saturday, March 29th and then again in August.. |
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