Teacher Tea Meeting minutes

We stuffed the bags with goodies, and I will put all the paperwork in them on Thursday. Let's just pray that ants don't get them! :-0

Highlights:

• Tea: we are going to brew the tea on Saturday morning and transfer the brewed tea into coffee pump containers (hopefully you know what I'm talking about). We just thought it would be easier to have a tea buffet table set up and let people get their own.
• Food: Karen Bishop and Mary Baker will make cookies for the tea totalling about 6 doz. We are asking everyone on the team to make sandwiches cut into quarters (tea sized sandwiches). Linda has the list of what everyone is assigned to make, so I will post that or she will after she gets the information. Make sure you check the comments to this post for any additional information. If you want to make desserts to add to the cookies, feel free.
  
• Decor: white linen tablecloths, white dishes and tea cups/saucers. Paper napkins in purple and green. A jar candle in the middle of each table surrounded by greenery. The candles will be given away as door prizes. Other tea related items and tea trivia cards will be sprinkled around at each table. Each table will hold a platter of sandwiches and a platter of sweets. We'll also have pitchers of water on each table.
  
• Fellowship Hall: Leah is going to check with Sandy to see if Family Night Out can be switched to Celebration Hall so that we can decorate on Friday morning instead of early Saturday morning. I've already put in a room request and set up request for Saturday, which will be switched to Thursday night (for Friday) if Sandy's group is able to make the move.
  
• Tables: we'll be seated by groups (Nursery/Children's Worship; Preschool; Rotation teachers; Rotation Shepherds); I'll be working the seating chart out on Thursday
• Agenda: remains the same as previous post .
  

Assignments:

• Pick up tea--Kim
• Food--Everyone needs to bring sandwiches; you may bring sweets if you like to bake
• Candles and Napkins--Carol
• Signs--Leah
• Phone calls--Linda
• Welcome and blessing of the food--switched from Kim to either Susan or Karen or both (I'll still talk about the gift bags and about the changes in CM this year)
• Group leaders (Leah, Bennie, Carol, Susan, and Karen) will need to prep for what they are going to talk about in breakout groups. Bennie, Leah is going to bring your people to you in the nursery during the breakout session, so you can talk to them there. Susan and Karen, I will email you yours tomorrow

We are going to have another meeting on Friday at 10 to set up and decorate for the tea. Meet in Fellowship hall and bring any tea related items. Everyone will need to be there on Saturday at 9:30. I will have a continental breakfast for you and your gift bags for all your help these last few weekends.