Thank You from Lisa Schroeder

(A little thank you note from Lisa)

Blown away!  The two words that seem to best fit how I feel about the lovely and generous gifts that I received at the picnic on Thursday.  Thank you for the beautiful yellow mum, the gift certificate to the Irish Isle, and the over-the-top generous Visa gift card.  I am most appreciative of the lovely cards from moms as well as students whose words were so kind and generous.  (And don’t think I have forgotten about the oh-so-gracious thank yous that I received in the HIS Gazette in the spring.)  It truly has been a blessing to serve along side of each of you.  And I am very excited about Rebekah and Barbara’s leadership debut.  The picnic was well organized and fun and promised a great year with these two very capable ladies as our servant-leaders.  Thank you again and blessings to you as we continue to follow Christ and resolve to be entirely HIS.

 

With love and care,

Lisa Schroeder

Service Opportunity--Pregnancy Center Yard Sale

HIS help needed (again)! 

 

The Pregnancy Center has been so appreciative over the years for the help that our HIS group has been in setting up for the annual fundraising yard sale that is held in conjunction with the Walk for Life.  We have an opportunity to help again!  We will be setting up at the fairgrounds next Thursday, September 26th at 9 a.m.  Stay for a couple of hours or stay for the day . . . whatever your schedule will allow.  Would you please let me know if you will be coming? 

 

Thank you!

Lisa Schroeder

2013-2014 Kick-Off Picnic

I hope you didn't miss it. But if you did, here are a few scenes from the picnic yesterday. I didn't think to take a shot of the food until it was all gone, but Jamerrill got one, so nudge her to send it to me so I can put it up here. The Oakes did their usual FANTASTIC job on grilling hotdogs, and the rest of ya'll went above and beyond in bringing in the sides. And whoever made the loaded baked potato casserole, please, please, put the recipe in the comments. Also rave reviews were heard regarding the grape salad and the pumpkin cake. Let me tell you, this gal left stuffed to the gills.

As you all know, we took up a collection to give Lisa a gift for all the years she served as the HIS group leader. Well here it is:

Tucked inside this gorgeous mum is a Visa gift card and a gift certificate to Lisa's favorite restaurant. Thanks to everyone who contributed.

Since it was National Talk Like A Pirate Day, incoming leader Rebekah Postupak was up to the task. Complete with goofy hat, knock-knock jokes, and the frequent "Aargh" throughout the announcement period, we even had the flags flying high:

Of course, for the picture they are standing still, but the rest of the time, they were flying high in the breeze. :)

Oh, by the way, if you see an opening next to any of the positions on these posters, feel free to VOLUNTEER! We'd be glad to have ya'.

Stay tuned for more announcements to come.
~~The Senior Advisor

How to Find the Picnic!

The address for Woodstock Park is:

540 Park Avenue

Woodstock, VA

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Letter from the Chief!

Dear The Troops!

Fall kickoff for the 2013-14 HIS year is Thursday!!!! I'm giddy to see y'all again, and only partly because I'm sick of my own cooking.

BIG IMPORTANT REMINDER: We are at WOODSTOCK park this year. Please come at 11am to chat & register & sign up for clubs and all that good stuff. We'll do announcements around 11:45 and lunch is straight up at noon. To sum up in tidy bullet points:

* 11am Thursday 9/19, Woodstock Park (W.O. Riley Park, at 540 Park Ave in Woodstock). We're the pavilion closest to the bathrooms.

* Bring picnic blankets for fun!

* Bring a side and/or dessert to share. Kindly label ingredients for folks with allergies. HIS will provide yummy hotdogs (not a joke--the Oakes do an amazing job!) & drinks

* Dues are $25 per family for the year

Below is what I've got so far for teachers/club leaders. As you can see, we've still got lots of places to serve. Please shoot me an email or give me a call if you'd like to help out in any of these areas.

Thanks, everybody--we'll see you in 37 hours (but who's counting?).

In Christ,

Rebekah

Coordinator positions

Box tops - Staci Woods                                  

Clean-up – Barb Oakes                                  

Directory/blog – Carol Alexander                 

Field trips - OPEN                                                     

Graduation – LeAnn Wakeman                      

Greeter – Carol Alexander                             

HIS Encouragers – Terie Conner

HIS Gazette – OPEN

Lunch – Sheri Sheering

MTO – Terie Conner/Kimberly Pitcock

Playground – Lisa Copp-Croft

Special Events (SYG, X-Fair) – OPEN

Teaching positions: TWO per level

Nursery – Katie Brown/OPEN                     

Preschool – Lynn Rhodes/Margaret Sloan                

K-1 – Holly Neff/Lisa Copp-Croft     

2^nd & 3^rd – Carrie Grimsley/Tami Huffman

4^th & 5^th – Terie Conner/ OPEN

6^th – 8^th – Barb Oakes/OPEN

High school – Tamara Moore/Jen Wages

Club ideas/leaders

Handicrafts – Kristi Zirkle/Lynn Rhodes

Horse crazy –Abigail Schroeder                                

Indoor/outdoor games – Staci Woods

Lego play (preschool) – Tamara Moore                                                        

Nursery – Carrie Grimsley

Science (limited to 10 students) – Dave Evans/Terie Conner

Young Ladies’ Society -

Are You Ready for a Picnic???

Can you believe that next Thursday (9/19) starts off our new year of HIS???
I'm still in unbelief.

This year the picnic will be at Woodstock Park.

Festivities will begin at 11 a.m.

We'll be in the pavilion closest to the bathrooms. As there may be limited space under the pavilion, we also encourage you to bring blankets and make it a real picnic!

The club will provide hotdogs & drinks--but everyone bring a side and/or dessert, please, to share.

Come prepared to register your family for the year and sign your kids up for clubs.
 

Come prepared to have fun!

HIS Positions Available

It's almost that time and we still have a few positions available for willing helpers. If you can see your way clear to help in either of the following capacities this year, please leave a comment below or email Rebekah.

Coordinator positions:

Field Trips

HIS Gazette

Special Events (X-Fair etc)

Teachers (morning session):

Nursery (1)

4th & 5th (1)

6th - 8th (1)

Clubs:

Horse crazy (1)

Indoor/Outdoor Games (1)

Young Ladies' Society (2)

Preschool (2)

 

Also, if you have any other ideas for clubs, that you would be willing to lead, please let us know about that, too.

 

Don't forget the picnic is next week. Details to follow in a separate post.

 

Cheers,

The Senior Advisor