COFFEE HOUR UPDATE: 12/26

Hi all,

If you haven’t already, check out this week’s Suburban’s full page photo spread on the Pageant. Incoming Coffee Hour (Coffee Time?) queen Vicki Higgins is featured in not one, but two photos! Edie Lewis’ daughter Julia also is in there in a lovely photo as Mary. Other Coffee progeny are shown shepherding and angeling!

Thanks in advance to all who are covering those tricky post-holiday Coffee slots. If you are at church on the 26th or the 2nd, please consider stopping by to lend a hand.

Wishing you and yours a joyous and peaceful Christmas!

December 26: Susan Scauzzo is setting up. Vicki Higgins and Chandi Smith are cleaning up.

LOOKING AHEAD

January 2: Bette Ann Oppenheim is on set-up. Beth Beckett will set up and clean up.

January 9: No one yet! The calendar is available for sign ups for January on the website: www.stdavidscoffeehour.blogspot.com. You’ll see that you have to enter your name on a new line to sign up for the January dates.

Susan should be adding dates through June sometime in the next week or so. (Thanks Susan!).

Coffee Hour Update: Sunday 12/4

Hi all!

Happy Advent . . . Hope all of you are farther along in your Christmas preparations than we are at Casa Beckett!

• Last week I was asked what the timing of “set up” and “clean up” is. The set up folks should aim to arrive around 8:30 AM, leave church right after taking communion and stay through most of Coffee Hour. The clean up folks should leave church right after taking communion, be there all through Coffee Hour, break down coffee service at 11:00 AM, and then clean up which usually takes until about 11:20—11:25. Hope this helps.

• We have no one signed up on December 26. Could you please shoot me an e-mail as soon as possible if you are in town and able to help? Thanks!

THIS WEEK IN COFFEE

Ginny Spofford, Suzanne Zelov and Nan Lansinger are on set up. Suzanne Zelov, Kim Hopper and Anne Lydon are on clean up.

LOOKING AHEAD

December 12: Vicki Higgins, Kate Farrow and Edie Lewis are on set up. Susan Scauzzo, Ginny Spofford and Elizabeth Lowy are cleaning up.

December 19: Christmas Pageant in the Fellowship Hall--NO COFFEE HOUR

Stay warm!

COFFEE HOUR UPDATE: 11/14

THIS WEEK IN COFFEE

Susan Scauzzo, Bette Anne Oppenheim and Suzanne Zelov are on set up. Cathy Cheney, Joanne Frey and Suzanne Zelov are cleaning up.

LOOKING AHEAD

November 21: Vicki Higgins, Kate Farrow, and Sandi Endres are setting up. Anne Lydon and Elizabeth Lowy are cleaning up.


November 28: Chandi Smith is on set up. Beth Beckett is on clean up. Anybody else want to work off some Turkey Day overindulgence????

Please welcome Mary Ravenfeld to Coffee Hour and update your distribution list! Mary (and anyone else who needs to sign up)—click here and then click through to the schedule on the upper right of our web page: www.stdavidscoffeehour.blogspot.com. The schedule was only available through January 2. I have added dates through the end of January, so feel free to enter your name a second time and sign up for those dates!

Thanks to everyone for all of your help!

Whose on Sunday, Oct. 3?

Thank you Susan Scauzzo and Lois Redmond for setting up for coffee the Sunday after the Fair! And also to Cathy Cheyney and Beth Beckett on clean up.

Coffee Hour Weekly Update: Sunday 9/12

Hi All,

Hope you can stop by the Coffee Hour Social for a few minutes or a couple of hours this Tuesday. We’ll have the Fall schedule there and can pencil you in on your preferred dates and give you a reminder card.


Coffee Hour Social
Tuesday September 14, 2010
7:00-9:00 PM
Beth Beckett’s
1494 Argyle Road, Berwyn
(Argyle runs between Route 252 and Leopard Road. Please call if you need directions.)


Please RSVP by e-mail or phone (cell: 610-283-1382) and let us know if you are bringing: an appetizer, a dessert, or a bottle of wine. I will have soft drinks of various types.


Please note the addition of Elizabeth Lowy to our distribution list, and update yours. Elizabeth is exploring the idea of doing Coffee Hour . . . welcome!


THIS WEEK IN COFFEE

No Coffee Hour . . . Enjoy the All Parish Picnic after the 9:15 Service

LOOKING AHEAD . . .

Sunday 9/19: Hot beverages are back! Kate Farrow and Lois Redmond will be setting up. Cathy Cheney, Susan Smart and Sandy Brown are on clean up.

Sunday 9/26: So far, we have Nan Lansinger signed up to set up and clean up and Hannah Hepburn on set up.

CHANGE ALERT!

Please stay posted for changes in how we set up Coffee Hour. An Adult Ed class will be held in the Fellowship Hall and Frank is considering how he would like Coffee Hour to be handled. One possibility is to have it in the Narthex. Another is just to set it up at the back of the Fellowship Hall. We’ve discussed the pros and cons of each. I will pass along details as soon as he decides. In any event, we are NOT responsible for set up or clean up of coffee in the remote adult ed classroom locations.

Coffee Hour Social

Don't miss this great chance to get together with your coffee mates!

Tuesday September 14, 2010

7:00-9:00 PM

at Beth's House

September 2010 Schedule

Before we can sign up at an upcoming social, please help us fill in the calendar through October 3. Lemonade will continue through September 5 and then coffee after that, with the exception of September 12 which is the Parish Picnic and no coffee hour. Click here to sign up.

Coffee Hour Weekly Update: Sunday 8/15

First things first—thanks to everyone who stopped by to help out the scheduled crew during last week’s coffee hour! We had lots of helping hands and good fellowship . . . We also had some water-related excitement in the kitchenette. After church, we discovered that water was pouring out of the overflow valve in the big coffee maker (which isn’t used in the summer). The kitchen was on the way to becoming an indoor swimming pool. Luckily, Toshi was able to find the water shut-off valve and stop the flow . . . Hopefully the necessary repairs have been made and things will be back to normal this week.

You’ll see we have a light crew each of the remaining weeks in August. Please consider helping out if you are in church any of these Sundays.


THIS WEEK IN LEMONADE AND ICED TEA

Sunday 8/15: Kate Farrow is on set up. Anne Lydon is cleaning up.

LOOKING AHEAD . . .

Sunday 8/22: Susan Scauzzo and Edie Lewis are on set up. Kim Hopper is cleaning up.

Sunday 8/29: Ginny Spofford is setting up and cleaning up. Anne Lydon is cleaning up.

Coffee Hour Weekly Update: Sunday 8/1

Hi all,

Hope you’re all enjoying today’s (relatively) cool breezes!

Here’s the line-up for the next three weeks. Please check the schedule at http://www.doodle.com/mabgiv5cftnv4rm6 and see if you’re available to fill in any remaining spots through the end of lemonade season. Soon we’ll be posting a fall schedule for Sundays after Labor Day. We will also be holding a social soon—probably in early September . . .

THIS WEEK IN LEMONADE AND ICED TEA

Sunday 8/1: Susan Scauzzo is setting up. Joanne Goins and Anne Lydon are cleaning up.

LOOKING AHEAD . . .

Sunday 8/8: Susan Smart and Beth Beckett are on set up. Susan Smart and Vicki Higgins are on clean up.

Sunday 8/15: Kate Farrow is on set up. Anne Lydon is cleaning up. Please let us know if you can help out or stop by and lend a hand if you are in church . . .

Coffee Hour Weekly Update: Sunday 7/25

Hi all,

Hope you are staying cool during these blazing July days. Recently all prayers of thanksgiving I’ve offered up have been focused on the miracle of air conditioning! On the topic of gratitude . . . I would be very very grateful if a couple of folks could step up to help out Bette Ann and Joanne next Sunday, August 1. Please reply to this e-mail if you can help out next Sunday. Thanks!


THIS WEEK IN LEMONADE AND ICED TEA

Sunday 7/25: Bette Ann Oppenheim, Ginny Spofford and Susan Scauzzo are on set up. Bette Ann and Ginny will be cleaning up.

LOOKING AHEAD . . .

Sunday 8/1: Bette Ann Oppenheim is setting up and Joanne Goins is cleaning up. As noted above, we need some additional help.

Sunday 8/8: Susan Smart and Beth Beckett are on set up. Susan Smart and Vicki Higgins are on clean up.

Coffee Hour Weekly Update: Sunday 7/18

Greetings to all,

I’ve started posting the weekly updates and other information to the Coffee Hour website: http://www.stdavidscoffeehour.blogspot.com . The summer instructions are on there too, as well as the link to the summer schedule. If you put a shortcut on your computer desktop, you are only one click away to everything you need to know about coffee hour . . . Please note that we are still working on the website, so some of the links on the right side don’t work at this point. We are planning to put up a coffee hour page in the fellowship section of the church website. There will be a link on that page to our coffee hour website, so that should make it easier to find.

THIS WEEK IN LEMONADE AND ICED TEA

Sunday 7/18: Susan Smart, Beth Beckett and Sandi Endres are setting up and cleaning up.


LOOKING AHEAD . . .


Sunday 7/25: Bette Ann Oppenheim, Ginny Spofford and Susan Scauzzo are on set up. Bette Ann and Ginny will be cleaning up.

Sunday 8/1: Bette Ann Oppenheim is setting up and Joanne Goins is cleaning up. We need at least two more people to help out. How about folks who are around, but haven’t signed up for a summer spot yet? Please let either me or Susan Smart know or go straight to the schedule on the website and sign up.

Stay cool!

Where the tablecloths are stored

The vinyl tablecloths we use in the summer are in the Coffee Hour closet outside the kitchenette.

The clean cloth tablecloths that are used the rest of the year are stored in the closet between the restrooms in the undercroft (lower level). Go downstairs using the stairs at the entrance of the fellowship hall. At the bottom of the stairs, turn left. The closet will be on your left between the two bathrooms. A diagram showing the location of the closet is on the bulletin board in the kitchenette. (Having trouble posting it here!)

Weekly Update: Sunday 7/11

Hope everyone had a wonderful Fourth! Frank gave us a pass, so there was no coffee hour last week.

ODDS AND ENDS:

Summer instructions are posted in the kitchen. One modification—we are going to use regular (versus diet) ice tea mix. The diet mix is about three times more expensive for some reason. Ice water will be the sugar-free alternative. There are new red-checked vinyl tablecloths in the coffee hour closet. You will see that coffee is set up for the summer choir. Toshi will clean up the table and carafes. He usually does this before the service lets out.

THIS WEEK IN COFFEE


Vicki Higgins, Edie Lewis and Kate Farrow on set up. Kristin Nevins, Vicki Higgins and Joanne Goins are cleaning up.


LOOKING AHEAD . . .


Sunday 7/18: Susan Smart, Beth Beckett and Sandi Endres are setting up and cleaning up.

Sunday 7/25: Bette Ann Oppenheim, Ginny Spofford and Susan Scauzzo are on set up. Ginny is also signed up for clean up. Could someone else help her out?


Thanks to everyone for helping out through the dog days of summer!

Summer Coffee Hour Instructions

Thanks for helping with summer “coffee” hour! Here's a quick summary of what to do:

Two long tables and trash cans should already be set up on the porch. Vinyl tablecloths are in the coffee hour closet outside the kitchenette. The tablecloths blow during the service, so either weight them down or wait to put them on until leaving church after Communion.

Beverages:

There are 7 pitchers in the coffee hour closet. Each pitcher holds approximately 1 ¼ gallon. (1 gallon of beverage plus ice). Make up beverages and refrigerate before the service. Long spoons for stirring are in the closet to the right of the refrigerator.

· 3 pitchers of pink lemonade
· 2 pitchers of iced tea
· 2 pitchers of ice water


Pink Lemonade: packets are in kitchenette. Each packet makes 2 gallons, so use ½ packet per pitcher.

Iced Tea: Follow instructions for 1 gallon.

Ice is available in machine in downstairs kitchen. Fill a couple of bowls of ice and leave in either the freezer or fridge before the service (Neither option is perfect. Freezer—may be frozen solid and need to be chipped apart; Fridge—may melt partially)

Add ice to pitchers before taking out to porch.

Cups and napkins are in the big drawers in the kitchenette.. Use 8 oz. cups. Napkins can be put in the small blue buckets so that they don’t blow.

Snacks:

Snacks are in the closet to the right of the refrigerator. There also may be leftover snacks in the freezer (use these up first). Put out 3 or 4 baskets of snacks.

Clean up:

Wipe off table cloths and wash pitchers. Stow everything in the coffee hour closet and lock.