ORLCS YALL

Upcoming events

2010-02-22T08:18:00.003-06:00

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

2010-01-25T14:02:00.003-06:00

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!

2009-11-15T17:12:00.003-06:00

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

2009-10-05T17:07:00.002-05:00

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!

2009-09-24T10:43:00.004-05:00

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!

The Family Place

2009-08-10T08:57:00.003-05:00

We love remodeling. It could be the two designers that we have in our group. It could just be our preference for strong smelling paint. (Actually, we've learned strong smelling paint is a bad thing.) Either way we love to get our hands on a remodeling project. This weekend we took on The Family Place (TFP) pre-teen room. The room started out as a deep sky blue color with folding tables and small children's school chairs. It was uninviting and drab. We started out with a nice silver paint, but we all agreed that it was not quite what a pre-teen room needed. So, along with the TFP volunteer coordinator, we picked a new bright yellow-orange color called Apple Crisp. With the dark furniture, the new color really popped. It took us the whole weekend to set up the room the way we liked it, but we were all really excited about the finished product. We gave the pre-teens a new (to them) TV and video game player. We gave them a nice new stereo that was donated from a church member. We gave them new storage and updated the storage they had with a fresh coat of paint. We filled the storage with games and art supplies purchased with a donated Target gift card. We gave them a new table and chairs from Ikea, and a rug with saucer chairs to come this week. It all looks awesome. If you didn't get to help on this project, we hope you can join us for the next one. We just need to find a new organization that needs our artistic assistance. Any suggestions?

Before Photos

2009-08-10T08:54:00.003-05:00

In progress

2009-08-10T08:51:00.001-05:00

The finale

2009-08-10T08:49:00.003-05:00

Upcoming Events: Lunch with Vicar and The Family Place remodel

2009-07-07T08:38:00.000-05:00

Hey YALL,

Lunch with Vicar
Hope everyone had a great 4th of July. Because nearly all of us were out of town last week, we canceled First Sunday Lunch and also missed Vicar Schuermann's welcome lunch. Therefore, this Sunday YALL is treating Vicar Schuermann and his wife to lunch. I probably won't be there because I will still be traveling back from Michigan (where I am now), so someone else will need to take the lead on this. Just choose a place to eat, pay for the meal for everyone, and submit your receipt to Barbara for reimbursement. Also, please email me the receipt amount so that I can keep track of funds.

Family Place Remodel
Saturday, August 8 we will start (and hopefully complete) our remodel of The Family Place (TFP) teen room. Shelley has taken the lead on the design portion of this. We need others to help with other pre-remodel tasks. (Remember that Shelley and Brandon are getting married in September, so their a bit busy!) Here are some tasks that need completed.

Purchases: -- I'll probably take this because I want to keep track of costs. But I could probably use some help with the shopping, so if you'd like to help, let me know.

Promotion and Donations: -- It's important that we get the word out to the congregation. TFP has a big wish list, and we'd like to collect donations from the congregation the month of July. That means we need a promotional sign with the wish list attached and a box for donations upstairs by this Sunday! I'll take care of emailing Sarah Schwartz the announcement for the Sunday bulletin.

I know there are other tasks, but I can't remember them right now. I'll add them to the list as they come up. The most important task is, of course, showing up Saturday, August 8 for the remodel. We'll be painting, adding shelves, etc. This room is a fraction of the size of the Nelson Center foyer, so we should make quick work of it.

Thanks for all your help. Let me know what part of the project you can help with.

Pancakes!

2008-09-04T12:29:00.002-05:00

It was 5th Sunday, August 31, so we hosted a pancake breakfast for the congregation. Our turnout was lower than last time because of Labor Day and because Pastor was on vacation. Nonetheless, we had a successful breakfast and everyone had great food to eat. Our next breakfast is scheduled for the 5th Sunday, November 30. It's thanksgiving weekend, but hopefully people will have room for pancakes amongst all that turkey!

What do you know?

2008-09-04T12:23:00.002-05:00

For our August social activity, we all piled into Mark and Ashley's apartment for game night. When they got married, lots of us got them board games. (It's called a major hint that we want them to host stuff.) We played a game where we all answer questions about ourselves and then guess who said what. We all gave the game two thumbs up (though you see, I can't remember the name of the game!). We also ordered pizza and had some adult beverages. For our September outing we're heading to Cowtown. It seems that some folks have never been to the rodeo. The tragedy. Time to saddle up!

August 1st Sunday Lunch

2008-08-11T20:55:00.002-05:00

This month we headed acoss the street to Kona Grill in North Park mall for lunch. Pastor, Jill, and Annie were able to join us, which was so nice. We all had great meals. Mark had sushi that was so spicy his face turned red! We discussed the upcoming SMU school year, and Mark has agreed to lead the campus Bible study. Yeah! We also discussed our upcoming volunteer project. We'll be starting on our Nelson Center lobby remodel soon. It's going to be a busy fall!

Strike!

2008-08-11T20:32:00.004-05:00

Our July social activity was lots of fun. We went bowling in Richardson. We all did pretty well with even a few strikes! The air conditioning was out on our side of the alley, so Rachel fought over the fan with another table. Well, fought passive aggressively. She'd turn the fan toward us. They'd turn the fan towards them. It became a bit of a game. How long would it take the other table to notice? Bowling was great. I can't wait for the August social activity. We're going to Mark and Ashley's for Wii! I bet we do better bowling on screen.

Pancake Breakfast!

2008-06-30T10:33:00.008-05:00

Wow! It was a crazy busy weekend! We all had to go back to work just to rest up. We're planning a large service project at the Nelson Children's Center this fall, and we have to raise all the funds for the project. So, this weekend we hosted our first ever pancake breakfast (times 2). We originally planned for the breakfast to be Saturday. We invited all of the neighboring Lutheran churches and were hoping for a good turnout. Unfortunately, our turnout was less than stellar. We were really disappointed -- until a marvelous church member wrote us a check for our goal amount! How generous! Even though we made our goal, we decided to carry the pancake breakfast over to Sunday morning before Sunday School. We were so busy! We far surpassed our goal, which will allow us to do all the things we want to do for the Nelson Center. Wow how God provides! Thanks to all of the people who helped with the breakfast -- especially our cooks! Applause! Applause! Thanks also to all those who donated to our cause. We are truly grateful. We're going to start having pancake breakfasts every fifth Sunday, so mark your calendars for the end of August!

Galaxy Drive-In

2008-06-10T14:29:00.004-05:00

If you've never gone to a drive-in, you're really missing out. Little can beat a double feature, burger, fries, and dippin' dots for less that $20. And, you can bring your dogs! We headed to Galaxy Drive-In Theatre Saturday night for Indiana Jones and Iron Man. Both movies were action-filled and very drive-in worthy. The food was yummy, but we were disappointed to not get any sno-cones. They ran out of ice! Ugh. We settled for dippin' dots, which were pretty good, though I don't really recommend Tropical Rainbow. We left the movies at 2am, so it was a very late night. And then the puppy piddled on Mark's seat before we left, so he had to sit on the bags for the folding chairs. Ah well, at least the puppy didn't piddle on Mark!

BuzzBrews

2008-06-10T14:12:00.003-05:00

This first Sunday of the month we headed to BuzzBrews for lunch. www.buzzbrews.com This was a new experience for most everyone, though I am a huge fan of the retro-diner. It's a small place, and there wasn't a table big enough for our group, so we were split. I'm not sure everyone was sold on the place, though most didn't follow the rule of ordering down the middle. If you order down the middle of the menu, you can't go wrong. How can you not enjoy Mrs. C and garlic marbles? Mmmm... I'm getting hungry just thinking of it. All in all we had fun and enjoyed some tasty food. We'll have to try something new next time (with more space, I think).

Wedding!

2008-05-22T15:46:00.003-05:00

Yeah! Ashley are Mark tied the knot this past weekend. The two lovebirds met at a Bible study where both were guests of other friends. The Lord works in mysterious ways! The wedding was very beautiful, and Ashley looked radiant in her dress. The wedding was held at Peace Lutheran in Hurst with the reception at a country club not far away. A big congratulations goes out to Ashley and Mark. May God bless your marriage and strengthen your love for one another every day. Congrats!

May First-Sunday Lunch

2008-05-07T12:42:00.002-05:00

Every first Sunday of the month we go to lunch after church. This month we headed to Big Shucks Oyster Bar on Mockingbird. Rachel had the most interesting meal -- boiled crawfish! We sat outside next to the boil pot and the live crawfish. The crawfish kept attempting an escape, and Mark helped one nearly succeed -- he dropped it into the trash! Woops! Good Lutheran guilt got the best of him and he put it back into the container. Don't worry, no germs. Remember, they're boiled! We had a fun and yummy lunch. We'll have to go back there again.

Bowling at Main Event

2008-05-01T21:09:00.002-05:00

Cook-out!

2008-04-29T18:30:00.005-05:00

This past Saturday we had a cook-out at Kelly's. The weather was perfect, as was the food. There were eight YALL members, one baby and two dogs. We had hamburgers and hotdogs and Rachel made yummy macaroni and cheese! Odie, the big dog, chowed down on the guacamole when left unattended. Woops! Nearly everyone took turns trying out the hammock. Jeff and the baby lost their balance and fell out. Boom! Luckily, no one was hurt. Pastor and Jill couldn't make it this time, so we've got a rain check for our next outing. Hmmm...maybe a drive-in movie?

Welcome!

2008-04-29T14:54:00.001-05:00

Welcome all young adults to the ORLCS YALL blog. Okay, we know, that's a really long name, and it stands for something even longer - Our Redeemer Lutheran Church and School Young Adult Lutheran Laymen. You can just call us YALL. We're an active group of young adults ranging from college to career. We're located close to the SMU campus in Dallas, TX. We're single, married, and everything in between. (Two of our members are getting married in May!) We love to get together for social activities, but we can't do without some volunteer projects. We'll be doing a large project for the Nelson Childrens Center in Denton this summer. Fun! We also have a Sunday School class. Look around our blog. If you'd like to be part of our group, just let us know. We'd love to meet you!