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GREETERS SCHEDULE 2007-2008

Greeter Instructions 

 SOCIAL HOUR HOSTS SCHEDULE 2007-2008

Social Hour Host Instructions

As in the past, assignments have been made more or less alphabetically, starting from the middle of the most recent church directory.  If you are a church member or active friend, your name is probably on the list!  We will send you a postcard reminder early in the week your turn is coming up.  If you cannot serve on the day for which you are scheduled, please switch with someone else on the list.  If you are unable to do so, call Social Hour Coordinator, Judy DeGraaff, at 379-9275.  If you are not on the list, and would be willing to serve as a substitute, or if you are on the list and don't mind hosting more than once, please let Judy know. 

Social Hour Hosts are asked to arrive 20-25 minutes before the service to prepare coffee, tea, and juice.  If you can, PLEASE BRING A SMALL CARTON OF MILK (if you forget, we have Cremora).  All other supplies are in the kitchen.  You will need to leave the service during the last hymn to plug in the tea kettle and put out juice and snacks.

Coffee: Use the coffee maker on the counter in the kitchen.  Instructions are posted nearby.  Coffee is in the freezer in pre-measured packets.  Cups are in the upper cupboards and in the yellow cart, including blue mugs for newcomers.

Tea: Use electric kettle and/or regular kettle.  Tea is in upper cupboard.  Put teabags, cups, etc., on table outside kitchen pass-through.

Juice: Bottles of juice are in the refrigerator.  Pitchers are in a lower cupboard.  Paper cups and napkins are in a lower cupboard.

Snacks: A supply of pretzels, crackers, etc., is kept in a lower cupboard.  Put snacks on table in Romer Room.

After social hour, please UNPLUG coffee maker, rinse out coffee pots, put dishes in dishwasher, and start the machine on "Quick Cycle."  That's it -- you do NOT have to wait around for the cycle to finish.

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 SOCIAL HOUR HOSTS SCHEDULE 2007-2008

Sept. 9:  Esther Katz; Betsy and Gary Kelly; Joan and Dick Kepes

Sept. 16: Betsy Kepes and Tom Van de Water; Dick and Donna Kimball

Sept. 23:  Allison and Michael Koch; Jane LaVigne; Viki Levitt; Miles Manchester

Sept. 30:  Maggie Madden and Tom Sokol; Steph and Ed Moczydlowski

 

Oct. 7: John Marson and Al Wioskowski; Randy Merrill; Todd Moe

Oct. 14: Jon and Kathy Montan; Dick and Peggy Mooers

Oct. 21:  David and Sally Vrooman; Dick Morrow; Constance and David Nelson

Oct. 28:  Social Events Committee (Annual Meeting and Luncheon)

 

Nov. 4:  Rajiv Narula; Carol and Tim Opdyke; Galen Pletcher

Nov. 11:  Susan Powers; Carol and Tom Pynchon

Nov. 18:  Eileen Raymond and Donna Smith-Raymond; Anne Richey; Wil and Rebecca Rivers

Nov. 25:  Jill and Doug Rubio; Jim Rudd; Peggy Sperling

 

Dec. 2:  Marilyn Ross; Joyce King; Pam and Bill Short   

Dec. 9:  Judy and Shaili Singh; Ann Spies; Emmy Stevenson

Dec. 16: (4 pm) Holiday Pageant - Volunteers

Dec. 23: Volunteers

Dec. 24: (7 pm) Christmas Eve - Volunteers

Dec. 30: Kwanzaa - Volunteers

 

Jan. 6:  Stevie and Jim Michaelson;  Debbie St. Germain;  Ginger Storey-Welch

Jan. 13:  Colleen Smith; Marie and Louise Tyo; Eileen Wheeler

Jan. 20:  Becky and Peter Van de Water; Dave Weissbard and Karen Wells

Jan. 27:  Cliff and Janice Westerling; Kathy and Peter Wyckoff 

 

Feb. 3:  Joan Wright; Theresa Witmer; John Wood

Feb. 10:   Jim Arvidson; Kevin Ball and Ruth Baltus; Evelyn Barton

Feb. 17: Sue and Sam Bastien; Erika Barthelmess and Natalie Panshin

Feb. 24: Barbara and Peter Beekman; Gary Berk and Bryan Thompson

                       

Mar. 2: Bill Biggers and Ines Sanchez-Ferreira; Lonie Bogett; Dave Bradford         

Mar. 9:  Robb Brigham; Sheila Cerwonka; Kim Bouchard and Ed Clark

Mar. 16:  Matt  Bullwinkel and Beth Robinson; Leo Burger and Lisa Thomas

Mar. 23: Tedra Cobb and Scott Shipley; Dave Crowell and Robin Rhodes-Crowell

Mar. 30: Joan Collins and George Yellott; Max Coots and Charlotte Ramsay

 

Apr. 6:  Walt Conley; Jan DeWaters and Stefan Grimberg; Steve Doheny-Farina

Apr. 13: Robin Collen; Lois and Duncan Cutter; Paul Cutter

Apr. 20:  Judy DeGraaff;  Susan Dillon and Arthur Freeheart

Apr. 27: Bob and Irene Gardner; John and Janet Green

 

May 4: Carmen Stuart-Fennessey and Rich Fennessey; Joel Foisy and Gretchen Koehler

May 11: Carol Gable; Brian and Claire Gardam; Kathy Curro

May 18: Pat Gengo; Judy Gibson; Pat Glover; Richard Grover

May 25: Milner Grimsled; Jackie Gotham; Bobbi Haldane

 

June 1: Bart and Margaret Harloe; Charles and Lila Hunnewell

June 8: John Hammond and Kathleen Horton; Bill Hesse; Maggie Hockett

June 15: Mark Berninghausen; Jamie Haro; Helen and Roger Hutchinson

June  22: Valerie Ingram; Adam and Eileen Jarrett

June 29: Kelly Johnson-Eilola; Kim and Boris Jukic

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GREETERS Instructions  2007-2008

Please save this list and instructions!

As in the past, assignments have been made more or less alphabetically from the most recent church directory.  If you are a church member or active friend, your name is probably on the list!  We will send you a postcard reminder early in the week your turn is coming up.  If you cannot greet on the day for which you are scheduled, please switch with someone else on the list.  If you are unable to do so, please call our Greeter Coordinator, Stevie Michaelson, at 386-5250.  If you are not on the list, and would be willing to serve as a substitute, or if you are on the list and don't mind greeting more than once, please let Stevie know. 

Greeters should plan to arrive at church 15 minutes before the service begins.  The Membership Committee has prepared a sheet of Greeter instructions, which you'll find next to the guest book and the name tag board. Station yourselves at the front entrance and the door between the social room and the sanctuary.  Welcome everyone as they come in, and give them an order of service.  Please be especially aware of newcomers, and invite visitors to sign the guest book by the front door and to take any literature that interests them.  As needed, direct visitors to the nursery or to Religious Education representatives.

On the Sunday you are greeting, please make a special effort to talk with newcomers after the service as well.  Invite folks to join us for coffee, and introduce them around.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Greeters are also asked to take up the Offering.  On most Sundays, three or four Greeters are scheduled; only two are needed for the Offering, so you can decide among yourselves who will do that.  (The Greeter instruction sheet explains how to take up the Offering, if you are unsure.)

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GREETERS SCHEDULE 2007-2008

Sept. 9:  Jim Arvidson; Ruth Baltus and Kevin Ball; David Barnes

Sept. 16: Evelyn Barton; Erika Barthelmess and Natalie Panshin; Mark Berninghausen

Sept. 23: Suzanne and Sam Bastien; Barb and Pete Beekman

Sept. 30: Robert Best and Anita Figueras; Bill Biggers and Ines Sanchez-Ferreira

 

Oct. 7: Gary Berk and Bryan Thompson; Lonie Bogett; Jenna Brown

Oct. 14: Kim Bouchard and Ed Clark; Dave Bradford; Robb Brigham

Oct. 21: Matt Bullwinkel and Beth Robinson; Leo Burger and Lisa Thomas

Oct. 28: Sheila Cerwonka; Tedra Cobb and Scott Shipley; Walt Conley

                                   

Nov. 4:  Robin Collen; Joan Collins and George Yellott; Paul Cutter

Nov. 11: Max Coots and Charlotte Ramsay;            Dave Crowell and Robin Rhodes Crowell

Nov. 18:  Lois and Duncan Cutter; Kathy Curro; Judy DeGraaff

Nov. 25: Steve Doheny-Farina; Jan DeWaters and Stefan Grimberg; Pat Gengo

           

Dec. 2: Rich Fennessey and Carmen Stuart Fennessey; Joel Foisy and Gretchen Koehler

Dec. 9: Bob and Irene Gardner; Judy Gibson; Pat Glover

Dec. 16: (4 pm) Holiday Pageant – Volunteers

Dec. 23: Volunteers

Dec. 24: (7 pm) Christmas Eve - Volunteers

Dec. 30: Kwanzaa - Volunteers

 

Jan. 6: Mary Graham and Rick Welch; Janet and John Green

Jan. 13: Milner Grimsled; Bart and Margaret Harloe

Jan. 20: Jackie Gotham; Bobbi Haldane; Bill Hesse; Maggie Hockett

Jan. 27: Charles and Lila Hunnewell; Helen Hutchinson; Valerie Ingram

           

Feb. 3: Adam and Eileen Jarrett; Kim and Boris Jukic

Feb. 10: Kelly Johnson-Eilola; Esther Katz; John Kennedy and Katie Smith

Feb. 17: Dick and Joan Kepes; Betsy Kepes and Tom Van de Water

Feb. 24: Allison and Michael Koch; Jane LaVigne; Viki Levitt

 

Mar. 2: Maggie Madden and Tom Sokol;  Miles Manchester; Marilyn Mayer

Mar. 9: John Marson and Al Wioskowski; Jim and Stevie Michaelson

Mar. 16: Lisa McCarty; Randy Merrill; Jon and Kathy Montan

Mar. 23: Todd Moe; Dick Morrow; Steph and Ed Moczydlowski

Mar. 30: Rajiv Narula; Saravanan; Constance and David Nelson

 

Apr. 6: Tim and Carol Opdyke; Galen Pletcher; Susan Powers

Apr. 13: Carol and Tom Pynchon; Anne Richey; Bill Romey

Apr. 20: Wil and Rebecca Rivers; Eileen Raymond and Donna Smith-Raymond;

Apr. 27: Marilyn Ross; Joyce King; Jill and Doug Rubio

 

May 4: Jim Rudd; Pam and Bill Short; Colleen Smith

May 11: Judy and Shaili Singh; Debbie St. Germain; Peggy Sperling

May 18: Ann Spies; Emmy Stevenson; Ginger Storey-Welch; Eileen Wheeler

May 25: Angela Thomas; Jean Thompson; Louise and Marie Tyo

 

June 1: Becky and Peter Van de Water; Sally Van de Water

June 8: David and Sally Vrooman; Dave Weissbard and Karen Wells

June 15: Cliff and Janice Westerling; Theresa Witmer; Joan Wright

June 22: Kathy and Peter Wyckoff; John Wood

June 29: Dick and Donna Kimball; Peggy and Dick Mooers

 

We'll have a volunteer sign-up sheet for summer Greeters in July and August.

 

THANK YOU!!

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MEETING AND GREETING

Greeting before the service

Taking the morning offering

If there are more than two Greeters, decide ahead of time which two will take the offering.  The offering plates are on the windowsill at the center back of the Sanctuary.  You should be facing people as you collect their gifts, so that means you always start with the front pew and work back.  Greeters keep hold of each plate, rather than passing them down the rows.  Begin by walking together down the center aisle to the front.  Each Greeter then walks from front to back, collecting from people in the nearest half of each center pew.  Then go to the front of the next aisles over (the side aisles), and walk back collecting from the people in the other half of the center pews.  Next, go to the front of these same aisles again and walk back, collecting from the nearer half of the outside pews, and then go down the outside aisles to collect from the outer half of the side pews.  Finally, collect from any people sitting in extra chairs on the side or at the back.  Leave collection plates on the windowsill at the center back.  (Our money counters will pick them up immediately after the service.)

After the service

Church Council and Membership Committee welcomers are on the lookout for newcomers, and Greeters should do the same.  Invite visitors to stay for social hour, and, if you can, accompany them to the Social Room and introduce them to at least one other person.  Encourage newcomers to use blue mugs for coffee or tea.  Please stay for at least the first 10 minutes of social hour, and being alert for anyone who is standing alone (whether with a blue mug or not!) and engaging them in conversation.

Thank you for helping to make our church a friendly and welcoming place.  Your involvement helps build our sense of community.

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