Our Oktoberfest celebration was wonderbar on October 16th.  Many thanks to Mary Lou and Gary for making this day so special.  Mary Lou made us new green table cloths ( by adding red and gold colored place mats, we had the colors of the German flag), Gary grilled the brats to perfection, they provided decorations including authentic German steins AND they wore authentic German attire!   And we appreciated Marleen Merrill’s help putting together the beautiful black forest cake cups.  Then we had a delightful time sharing our favorite poems with one another along with a few stories.  Turns out many of us have parents/grandparents who wrote poetry and/or prose.

November 20:  Sign up the narthex for our next time of fun and fellowship.  We’ll find out what used to be in locations around Raytown that are familiar to us now in a presentation by Charlotte Belger from the Raytown Historical Society..

December 18:   Plan now to join us for a holiday feast followed by a round of Pass the Parcel—in this English party game everyone gets a gift….but they may have to do something silly to get it.

 

After a tasty taco bar on August 21st, Pastor Pat swept us away to the interesting and beautiful country of Georgia with slides and stories of his family’s trip there this summer. Sign up the narthex to join in our future fun afternoons! September 18: Get out your bobby socks and poodle skirts. We’ll have a 1950’s inspired lunch. ‘50’s attire is encouraged (but optional). Then, Shelley Melewski will present one of her memorable piano programs. Her theme this year is 1950’s music. And since lyrics are an important part of what makes songs from that era special, some songs will be sung by members of our congregation as Shelley accompanies them. October 16: We will continue our tradition of celebrating Oktoberfest with the famous Oberlander preparation of brats, German potato salad, etc. Everyone will be part of our program that day. We’re asking that anyone who attends bring a poem or two (of any kind) to share with the group. These poetry days have proven to be filled with laughter and inspiration in past years. November 20: plans are undecided...but plan to come anyway, you know at a minimum, you’ll eat a home cooked meal for $5.00, get to visit with your friends and have some kind of fun activity. December 18: After a holiday feast, we’ll play Pass the Parcel—an English game where a “ball” of presents and some fun challenges is passed around and opened guided by the starting and stopping of music.

On July 17th, the OWLS delighted in Mary Lou’s chicken

casserole creation, veggies, rolls and pie...yum, yum!.

Then we enjoyed several rounds of BINGO with some

very nice prizes provided by the attendees. Jean Martin

was the luckiest of all. She won 4 games!

August 21: Pastor Pat will give a presentation about his

recent trip to Georgia (the country in Europe, not the state

in the US). Plan now to join us for what we know will be a

special day. Sign up in the narthex.

September 18: Shelley Melewski will present one of her

memorable piano programs. Her theme this year will be

50’s music. And since lyrics are an important part of what

makes songs from that era special, some songs will be

sung by members of our congregation as Shelley accompanies

them.

October 16: We will continue our tradition of celebrating

Oktoberfest with the famous Oberlander preparation of

brats, German potato salad, etc. Then, did you know that

World Poetry Day used to be in October and poetry

day still is celebrated in October in Great Britain. So, we

are going to have our own poetry day on October 16.

We’re asking that everyone who attends bring a poem or

two (of any kind) to share with the group.

November 20: plans are undecided...but plan to come

anyway, you know at a minimum, you’ll eat a home

cooked meal for $5.00, get to visit with your friends and

have some kind of fun activity.

 

December 18: back by popular demand, we’ll play

Pass the Parcel—an English game where a “ball” of

presents is passed around and opened guided by the

starting and stopping of music.

Plan now to join us every third Wednesday of the month from 11:30 am to approximately 2:00 pm.

Here are the programs that are planned so far:

June 20:   Old fashioned picnic (indoors) - we’ll have hamburgers, hot dogs and all the trimmings followed by a round of Baggo (bean bag toss game) with some other surprises.

September 18  : Shelley Cliburn will present one of her memorable piano programs.  Her theme this year will b e 50’s music.

December 18:  Back by popular demand, we’ll play Pass the Parcel—an English game where a “ball” of gifts is passed around and opened guided by the starting and stopping of music.