Mother's Day Out PreSchool Program at First Congregational United Church of Christ.

Start you off with a rousing little tour there.  Love to make those things.  Sure hope they are free!

Last Thursday was open house at our church to promote the PreSchool that we sponsor.  All the teachers were there.  Somebody made cookies and something purple to drink.   I kind of shy away from that stuff cause I am trying to watch my waistline and it is ever changing.  Ooops!  back to business.

Enter Tracy Lyn.  Lot better.

Oh, that looks like fun!

Oh, oh!  Going to do lessons.  Alphabet, add and subtract, sing songs, salute the flag, little bit of bible stories, learn to love one another...  I wish I could go to school.   I just love school.  I especially like a new notebook, a spiral, a sharp pencil.  A blank sheet of paper is my fondest possession's and I really love this word program because I have a limitless supply of blank pages.

I did not get a picture of the playground, but the kids just love it.  And Pastor Steve comes with his guitar and teaches them songs.  Pastor Jeanine pops in for Chapel.  Worry about sending the wee ones out into the cold cruel world of school without a firm foundation?  Then Mother's Day Out is here to the rescue.  Kids need to learn kindness and empathy while they are young and the public school system would be much better served with kids that know how to bring out the best in other kids.

Check this out.  See if it will work for your little treasures.  It is very reasonably priced and teaches values the kids will carry with them into adulthood.  Trust me on this.

The High Tea at First Congregational United Church of Christ is now in the record books.

Don't these look like happy people?  They were.  Please meet Nancy Martin, her son Ross Barnhart, her daughter in law Terri Barnhart, and  Gail Barnhart.   They arrived in all thier finery at exactly 2:00 PM because that is what time the High Tea always starts.  Teresa and her friend Patty had arrived the day before and Mayflower Hall was festooned and beautiful.  Course my camera was at home through the whole thing, thus forcing me to go on facebook and steal pictures.

The tea was hot and the food at least looked good.  

This is a scone with lemon curd and yes, I made that from scratch.  Same with the dollop of clotted cream  getting ready to end up on that strawberry.

This was my first attempt at something this fancy, but I have been told that it was great.  Of course, I did not do this alone.  Jill arranged the tables.  Teresa and Patty decorated.  And when the High Tea was in full swing Pastor Jeannine was slinging tea like a trooper.  And plates were flying out of the kitchen thanks to the three of them along with my daughter, Sue. Amy manned the ticket table and sold tickets for the raffle.  Any great event is the result of a lot of hard work by a lot of people.  This one was our first, but it is not going to be our last by a long shot.  We will just be more organized next time.  

First Congregational United Church of Christ is going to be a force to be reckoned with in the very near future and  we would love to see you pop in our door next Sunday morning at 9:30 AM.    228 West Evans.