July 25, 2010

*Annie Schote needs a permanent ID card for her son Danny Rizzo (birthday 4/28/03)

*we need more CD's for guests (is is possible to get some of the new worship CD?...that might be nice to offer)

*Lisa Landis had a family emergency so Chad came and then we placed Gabe Clemmer (who was on the aide list) in 3rd grade to help Chad. Thankfully it's one of the smaller class sizes so Chad felt Gabe would be enough.

*supply needs: Masking tape for hanging signs & napkins

*Bill & Kristen Palmer observed the 1st/2nd grade class with the Marculo's to get ready for their first Sunday teaching in Aug. Bill didn't seem to have any questions when we asked him how things went after wards

*Joyce Meyers filled in for the Rachel in the nursery. After service when asked how things went she did want it to be known that she is not interested in helping with the nursery again unless it is an absolute emergency. It was to hard on her physically.

*all the aides showed up ready to serve with the exception of Ethan Benner

*Tom and Rose Sebra would like to join Children's Ministry. They ONLY want to teach 4th or 5th grade. The have completed the Exploring Grace class, but they are not members. They would be happy to get their criminal reports processed so they can start as soon as possible. Can you teach if you are not a member?

And on a final note we had the most interesting scenario happen at the end of service. Scott was in the bathroom with Kevin Bennett helping with a few preschool boys and I was standing at the doorway of the girls bathroom because there were a couple preschool girls going potty (but there was not another adult women who could be in the bathroom with me, which is why I was standing outside)...anyway to make a long story short the service also ended at the same time and parents were coming down the hall with no one at the table...although I could see them coming while standing outside the bathroom. I wasn't sure what to do and then one of the little girls called for help...which really put a glitch in things. So parents are coming, no one at the table, Scott is in one bathroom and I'm needed in another...now what? Thankfully Gloria O'brien was one of the 1st parents coming who stepped in to help me. But that does leave me with a few questions on how to handle this if it were to ever come up again (which I can only imagine would be very rare). Also, what should I to do in helping a little girl if there is not another female adult present? In this case Kevin Bennett and Bob Seasholtz are teaching late preschool (with Sawyer Beckley as the aide to help with Myka Knepp) so there was no female to aide with the little girls needing the restroom. I almost wonder if we don't need to make sure that the youth aide in the class is always a girl when Bob & Kevin are on the schedule. It was a peculiar and challenging situation in the moment. Not something you could predict happening until it does.

Publish Post

Coordinators report from July 18

Please send over some more CD's for visitors. We are down to one. Blake mentioned using the latest new CD.

We are down to a small amount of napkins. Galen checked the supply closet and found a few but the teachers were using them a lot yesterday for snacks.

Regarding aide list: Please remove Renata Marculo from aide list as she is now teaching. Also, yesterday Tanya Pampel was not here as an aide, since she just gave birth. Maybe, we should check with her if she wants to be removed as well.

Yesterday the nursery was our biggest challenge. We had 12 babies in the room with 5 aides in the beginning to help with crying babies till they got settled. We dealt with parents not wanting to leave little ones due to too many "older" babies, and then we dealt with parents not really wanting to take their child out when we called their number, due to the child crying for an entire half hour. Galen and I both feel something has to change regarding this nursery set up with so many little ones and looking like we could have a lot more. There were atleast 3 regular attenders that were not there yesteday but would of added up to 15. I talked at length with Sarah Clemens. Her mother at one time was like a coordinator of the nursery she told me. It sounded like a position that we definately should look at putting back in place. Joanne dealt with the aides and the parents. Laying down guidelines for both to adhere to in using the nursery. Also, is there a possibility of splitting the nursery into two groups? Say, babies that can only sit and crawl, to walkers up to 2. We are just seeking to put out some suggestions. Maybe, this was just a really difficult week for the nursery and it has been relatively calm other weeks, but Sunday was challenging. Also, a heads up for next Sunday. I saw the nursery aide list is Liz Matthews, Kerry High (I wasn't sure if she was done or is still serving yet) and Monica Kemmerer (she is 13). Just want to make sure you have enough help.

To leave you with a positive comment, I had 3 nursery workers come early to serve. That was wonderful to have them in place as the babies started coming.

Have a good week.
Teresa

Sunday, July 11, 2010

1. Annie Schote needs a permanent ID card for her son Danny Rizzo

2. The Amaya's and the Miller's (D & S) need replacement cards

3. Aides: Gabriella Suarez did not show up. We needed an Aide for the 1st/2nd grade class (per Gustavo's request) because there were 23 kids, so we pulled Charlotte Coulson into 1st grade and asked Maggie Frank (who was not on the schedule, but very willing to help out) to cover Myka Knepp in the late preschool class. Also, Bob Seasholtz could not be in the Late Preschool class this week, but also wasn't able to find a replacement. We put Josh Clemmer in with Kevin Bennett, and then Maggie was in there with Myka...so Kevin thought he would be fine.

4. We did have a church attender without a card who wanted to head down the hallway. It would be great if we could get a sign hanging up soon notifying people they need an ID card to get beyond the table. It would just help back us up as we explain the security rule. I find most of these situations are either they want to get to the bathroom or speak to a friend they see down the hall.

That's all. Jane

Sunday, June 27th

• Blackshears have moved to KY and can be taken off the roster.
• Laurie Mart did not show, and had not found a replacement.
• Ethan B. did not show as an aide, and had found no replacement.
• Wybles need a new ID card #582
• Kemmerer's need new cards too #129
• There were only 8 babies in the nursery today, with 4 people serving in there, and it seemed perfect. Having an additional aide will definitely be helpful.

That's all for now!

Steve & Krin