Announcements from 10/20 Meeting...Get Comfortable, It's A Long Post!

I'm just going to put everything in one long post!  I don't usually re-cap meetings, but with so many moms missing tonight I don't want anyone to be left behind!

*We are going to have one table for the Women's Christmas Dinner on Thursday, December 2nd.  The cost to attend is $20.  If you would like to attend, please email Heather.  You can turn in your money (cash or check to HMUMC) at any of our upcoming events.

*Please let Heather know if you would like to do an upcoming devotion or testimony at a future meeting.

*If you would like to prepare a meal for the Hay family, check out Takethemameal.com

*If you are interested in helping plan a family mission project or have ideas, talk with Matt Tuggle.  He will be speaking on this topic on November 10th with our group.

*No meeting next week!  Please join us for Trunk or Treat, Dinner and the Puppet Show!

*Wendy Clifton was ill and unable to join us tonight.  If you would like to help her with lollipop tagging, please email her (address is in directory) and arrange to pick-up lollipops & tags.

*If you have fabric to donate for our Christmas craft, please bring it to any meeting between now November 17.

*The Women’s Retreat “Lord, help! My life is a game of Twister!” is January 28-30 at Unicoi State Park. Registration is online at HMUMC.org and the cost is $150.  Scholarships are available; please contact Harvey Mann for more information.

*We have decided to make shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child for our Christmas service project.  Please check out the OCC website for more information if you are not familiar with this project.  We thought this would be a fun way to get our children involved in giving back to others.  Erin will deliver the boxes to the drop-off location; please bring any boxes to be donated to the November 17th meeting.  There is informaton on the $7 shipping donation on the OCC website.  Please make sure to include your donation (check or EZGive) inside your box.  The OCC website has a great list of do & don't items to include!

*HMUMC is launching a new coupon ministry to clip coupons to purchase low-to-no-cost food for The Pantry.  If you would like to get involved with this ministry, there will be a volunteer meeting on Sunday, November 7th at 5 PM at HMUMC.  We are going to be holding a coupon seminar to raise money to offset the cost of the food.  The seminar is scheduled for Sunday, November 21 at 4 PM at HMUMC.  If you are not interested in couponing, please consider donating your unused newspaper coupon inserts to the collection box located in the entryway by the covered circular driveway.
 
*Mom's Night Out is scheduled for Monday, November 8th.  We are going to meet at the new Tanner's (HM location) for dinner at 7.  Bring a sweater to sit on the patio if the weather is pleasant!  Evite to be sent soon!
 
*We have a playdate scheduled for Tuesday, November 2nd (Election Day School Holiday).  If you would like to host the playdate at your house, please contact Erin.
 
*The expired coupon ministry for the military has been suspended.  Please do not bring any more expired coupons to Heather!

This Week's Meeting Topic

This week's meeting will be all about sleep...why we don't get enough and how we can get more!  This is a change from our originally scheduled topic (Safe Kids). 

Just a reminder that we will NOT have an official meeting next week, as the church has the annual Fall Festival planned.  Please plan to attend Trunk or Treat, the puppet show and dinner with your family.  You can make dinner reservations by placing the yellow form inside your Sunday bulletin in the offering plate or by submitting the online form found here.

Meals for Karen

If you would like to prepare a meal for Karen Hay & her family, please visit takethemameal.com (password TO1) to sign up!  We will start providing meals next week on Monday, October 25th.  Thank you in advance for helping!

How YOU Can Help The Pantry This Week!

I (Erin) just returned from Publix, and for $1.04, I was able to purchase...

2 boxes of Mueller's whole wheat pasta (7 cents each), 2 Yakisoba noodle meals (I made 21 cents buying them after my coupon doubled!), 3 Nissan Chow Mein noodle meals (11 cents each), 2 boxes of Fab laundry detergent (49 cents each) and a bag of Publix candy (1 cent).

If you are interested in learning more about the new couponing ministry to help The Pantry at HMUMC, please let Erin know.  If you don't have the time or the patience to coupon, please consider donating your unused coupon inserts to help us help others.

Baby Hay is Here!

Karen Hay had her baby boy, Joshua, this evening!  What a cool (and unforgettable!) birth date to have...10-10-10!  Congratulations to Karen, Robbie and big brother Jonathan on their family's new addition!

Lollipop Help Needed!

Wendy Clifton has offered to make lollipop tags for our Trunk or Treat giveaway, but needs help putting them on the lollipops.  If you can help, please email her (she is in the directory sent last week) to offer your services! 

Upcoming 11/2 Playdate

We have another playdate scheduled for the Election Day holiday on Tuesday, November 2nd.  If you have an idea for what we should do or are interested in hosting, please contact Erin or Heather.

HMUMC Women's Christmas Dinner Poll

We are trying to decide which night (or possibly both nights?) to reserve a table for our group at the HMUMC Women's Christmas Dinner.  If you would like to attend this event, please let us know your preference for which night you can attend by voting in the poll, located at the blog homepage (top right corner).

Meals for Jenn Samonsky

If you are interested in making a meal for the Samonsky family, please check out the meal calendar link that was sent out last week from TakeThemAMeal.com . 

Devotions Needed!

If you would like to share a devotion or your testimony with the group, we have many open dates in November and December.  Please email or talk to Heather if you are interested.

Church Picnic

The HMUMC Church Picnic is scheduled for Sunday, October 17th from 1-4 at Duncan Creek Park.  The United Methodist Men will be grilling hotdogs & hamburgers; last names A > J bring a side dish, K > Z bring a dessert.

HMUMC Fall Festival

The HMUMC Fall Festival is Wednesday, October 27 from 5:30-7:00.  Trunk or Treating will begin at 5:30 (Time Out will have a trunk decorated!), dinner will be served from 5:30-7:00 and there will be a puppet show at 6:00 and 6:30 in the Great Room.  They will also have a chili cook-off.  Go to http://www.hmumc.org/ to sign-up. 

Fabric Needed for Future Meeting

If you have any fabric scraps (minimum 2.5 feet x 2.5 feet size) collecting dust in your home, we will need them for a craft project for our December 1st meeting and would love any donations.  Holiday fabric would look best (it is a holiday baking mix to give to friends or donate to The Pantry @ HMUMC) but any fabric will do!

Next Meeting Topic

The topic for our next meeting will be breast cancer awareness & other women's health issues.  Wendy Alexander has scheduled a fabulous speaker for us, so if you have any specific topics/questions that you would like addressed, please email Wendy so she can pass them along to our speaker prior to our meeting.

Mom's Night Out : Date Change!

Mom's Night Out has been changed from Tuesday, October 19th to Monday, October 18th.  An evite will be sent later tonight!  We will be having fondue night at Jennifer Skidmore's house.

Welcome Baby Samonsky!

Jenn Samonsky had her baby boy on Monday afternoon!!! 

His name is Zack James and mommy & baby are both doing well.

Thank You!

A great big thank you to Emily & Wendy C. for volunteering to help in coordinating meals for our expecting mommies!!

For those of you that are expecting, please send Emily & Wendy C. an email when your baby arrives so they can jump into action with the meal calendar! 

Safe Kids ???

So here is the scoop for all of you guys following the Safe Kids soap opera...

I have emailed Safe Kids yet again and requested a confirmation that the date/time/location will work for them, and a week later have yet to hear anything.  If I don't hear anything confirming that they are actually going to show up for our meeting by the end of the week, then we will make other plans for our meeting on 10/20.  Stay tuned for the conclusion to the never-ending Safe Kids presentation drama!

This Week's Meeting Topic

Our meeting topic for this week will be a small group discussion about the chapter on Hagar from the book Mothers of the Bible.  You can print out a copy of the reading guide here.