Upcoming events

Hey YALL,

The beginning of February was a little slow, but all that snow could have had something to do with it. But don't despair. This Friday is game night at Stephanie and Brandon's. Bring your favorite game! Check out the calendar for more information.

The last Saturday of March is our Third Annual Easter Party at The Nelson Children's Center. This is probably our most fun volunteer activity of the year. We color Easter eggs, hunt for plastic eggs and hold relay races, and tell the Easter story. Let us know if you'd like to help. We can never have too many volunteers. More information will follow on our Yahoo Group email.

January

This has been a busy month! Two weekends ago the group went to Joe T. Garcia's in Fort Worth for dinner and then to Billy Bob's for a concert in celebration of many, many birthdays. I didn't get to go, but I'm told lots of people came and that merriment was had by all. It's definitely something to ask the attendees about when you see them.

The following Thursday we went to The Gingerman for happy hour. We had a group of around ten YALL members plus other friends. We had so much fun, we want to have happy hour once a month. Keep posted for more info on that.

The Nelson Children's Center has been given a grant to furnish their lobby, which we remodeled in 2008. They've asked up to take charge, so Shelley, our resident designer is taking the lead on that.

February we are planning on heading to Top Golf for some some. We're planning the Nelson Children's Center Easter party that we host every year for March. Stay tuned for dates.

November!

What a busy month we've already had, and it's only the 3rd Sunday. This past Tuesday a few of us met for happy hour at Gingerman in Uptown. We all brought a few work buddies, and there was a Lutheran -v- non-Lutheran dart tournament and the Lutherans dominated. Woohoo! Good job YALL.

Today we had our annual Thanksgiving dinner at the home of Pastor and Jill McGuire. We had at least 15 people attend. It was great! We met many new faces and got to visit with those we hadn't seen in a while. We were sorry that some couldn't attend and hope to see them at our next event. Thanks to everyone for bringing delicious food and thanks to the McGuires for hosting.

While at the Thanksgiving dinner we discussed having an upcoming outing. There were requests for both bowling and TopGolf to celebrate the upcoming January birthdays, so we'll let the birthday people decide which they want to do.

Kick-start October

September ended with a...gurgle? Our pancake breakfast went great, and we finished in the black thanks to all the donations we received. Unfortunately, we also finished standing in a pool of water. The kitchen flooded and we had a terrific mess at the end of the breakfast. Luckily, it wasn't our fault. It just happened at an inopportune time. We got everything mopped up and washed the dishes in another sink, but we're leery of having another breakfast before the kitchen gets remodeled. Perhaps we should have a breakfast as a fundraiser for the remodel. Hmmmm...

October kicks off with a couple birthdays: Colin and Rachel. We'll head to Cibus at North Park for happy hour on Oct 6 and then to Gingerman in uptown for Rachel's birthday. We hope to go to the fair this month, and Stacy is in a play that plans to be horror-ific. Perhaps we'll catch that one evening. Don't forget, Reformation Sunday is October 25.

Busy weekend planned!

This weekend we'll be busy, busy, busy. Friday we're all meeting at 7-Salsas in Las Colinas for happy hour at 6pm. Sunday we're getting to church early for our quarterly pancake breakfast. We'll be collecting donations to help pay for TFP remodel (which we went over-budget on -- Woops!) and food for the POBLO-TX ESL emergency food pantry. Breakfast starts at 8:45 in the fellowship hall and lasts until 2nd service. We can't wait to see everyone there!