YIKES!!!!

Well, we are trying to get ready...ready for Ladies Weekend 2011 and we need YOUR help! We have hit the ground running in order to prepare for the big day - March 5th. Yes, that's less than two months away!!! Can you say YIKES???
Let me give you an update - we had a bit of a "set-back" this week. Brenda Ladun has had to back out of speaking at Ladies Weekend due to a scheduling conflict with a family thing. So, we are currently discussing some replacement possibilities. Hopefully we can announce that very soon. To help us get the word out and get everything done, we need YOUR help. On Sunday night, January 16th at 7:00pm after the evening service we will have a brief meeting in the Fellowship Hall. This meeting is for anyone and everyone - anyone that might have questions about the event and everyone that would like to help make this event the best Ladies Weekend possible. We will run through the plans of the weekend, answer any questions and then allow you to sign up to help from selling tickets, decorating tables (all alike), to helping with registration. Spread the word about the meeting and plan to attend. If you aren't able to attend, PLEASE contact me with any questions or to volunteer to help.
F.O.L.D. - we have decided to abbreviate our F.O.L.D. schedule due to lack of attendance. We were scheduled to have lunch this next Monday at Mellow Mushroom but we won't be getting together. What we have decided to do is to have a lunch and a dinner once a quarter. We feel like this will make it feel "more special." So, the next F.O.L.D. dinner we will have is February 7th at P.F. Chang's and March 7th we will have lunch at Taziki's in Mountain Brook Office Park area. So, mark your calendars and plan to meet us for dinner on Feb. 7th and lunch on March 7th.
To let you know what we are working on for future plans...we are tossing around the idea of having a "Home Ec. 101 Day." Still rough, but we were thinking of having someone come to talk to us about "coupon-ing" and then having small how-to classes on baking, cooking, planning menus, basic sewing skills, etc. Look for this in August (maybe).
We are looking for mission projects for us to do as a Women's Minisrty - if you have any ideas, please let me know. Ideas tossed around were Sav-a-Life, Children's Hospital, Grace House, Jessie's Place.
Okay, that's all for now.
See you Sunday - and remember...spread the word about the meeting next Sunday night January 16th after the evening service in the Fellowship Hall.
Love ya!!!
Julie