February 18th

Ca c’est bon!

(It’s good!)

...to have Mary Lou back and looking so good after her surgery!

...to have Gary to fix yummy gumbo AND jambalaya for us!

...to have our guest speaker, Dee Roach, tell  us about her thought provoking trip to Africa to visit her daughter and family who are missionaries there.

March 18th, the lucky leprechauns have some lovely and some loony plans for everyone.  Wear your green and join us for Irish beef stew and soda bread followed by a wee bit ’o fun and some Irish shenanigans!

 

 

OWLS celebrated Christmas on  December 18th with baked ham, a gratin potatoes, Christmas cookies and more followed by a trivia game that required some serious thinking...

…..and a gift exchange that did not...well, at least not as long as our story teller, Mike Schumacher, didn’t read too quickly.!

 

 

January 21st, we’ll ring in the new year with good food, fellowship and BINGO!

February 18th, come to the Mardi Gras!  We’ll enjoy some New Orleans style decorations and food.  AND enjoy a  presentation by Dee Roach about her recent trip to Africa to visit her daughter who is a missionary there.  Dee has a very lively personality which we are sure will make the day delightful.

March 18th, keep out your “greens” for one more day since we’re going to keep our Irish eyes smiling with a St Patrick’s theme that day.  We’ll play some regular BINGO...and...some IRISH BINGO!

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On August 20th, the OWLS enjoyed tacos and tunes.  A delicious taco bar was prepared by Mary Lou Oberlander, Judy Glass and Lynn Forsythe.  Then, we went upstairs for our featured entertainment, the Armchair Chorderbacks.  Our own Jim Bagby is their baritone.  From toe-tappers to tear-jerkers, their varied program was met with enthusiastic applause from the 60 some in attendance.  Our numbers were bolstered by our Sweet Adelines friends, the Prime Timers, some of whom joined the quartet in singing the popular duet from Music Man, Lida Rose/Will I Ever Tell You….and... you weren’t there, you missed a “special” song asking mother to cut her toenails to save the sheets.

September 10th will be another special day for OWLS.  A special day of the month - we are meeting on the 2nd Wednesday instead of the 3rd because of the Shepherd’s Center Book Sale); and, a special celebration - we are celebrating Oktoberfest early this year with brats prepared as only the Oberlander’s can, German potato salad and Black Forest cake!  AND, we are going to again have live entertainment!

Our guest performers will be two members of, Alpen Spielers, a dynamic and energetic German polka band.  During the last 12 years, the group has been featured at polka festivals throughout the United States.  Betty Jo Simon, leader of the Alpen Spielers, brings endless enthusiasm to the stage as vocalist, accordionist and music arranger.  And Paul Rodabaugh will provide a solid foundation playing the tuba and alphorn. 

 

October 15th we’ll have another afternoon of high quality music when the incomparable Shelley Melewski performs her annual piano program that has become the highlight of our year.  Her theme this year will be music from the 1940’s.

 

 



A HUGE thank you to the New Harmony Handful under the direction of Jim Bagby for entertaining the OWLS with their special brand of harmony and humor on May 21st.

June 18th - it's BINGO time!  Please bring an item to be used as a prize.

July 16th - it's Proud to be an American time!  Bring military memorabilia of yours or someone close to you.  We'll have a short "show and tell"  time followed by a special presentation by Marsha Elbasani about her experiences in Vietnam War.

August 20th - Our entertainment will be a barbershop quartet,  "Armchair Chorderbacks", They are the Central States District Senior Quartet Champions!

 

 

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BRPC Older, Wiser, Livelier Seniors!

(or anyone who is available between 11:30 & 2:00 on the third Wednesday of the month)t
 
We have some exciting programs/activities planned for the upcoming months.  Plan now to join us!

 

 

 

2014

Sure and begorrah!  The OWLS had a grand time on March 19th.  Mary Lou outdid herself preparing for us a stupendous Irish stew and soda bread!   And, Debbie Jones’ gift of gab charmed us with a virtual trip to the Emerald Isle.  Everyone got into the spirit with their green garb.  Especially the Oberlander leprechauns!

 April 16, 2014, “Happy Birthday to us, happy birthday to us, Happy Birthday dear OWLS, happy birthday to us!” OWLS turned 6 in March and we’re going to celebrate accordingly in April with party food and games. Please bring an inexpensive new or gently used, gender-neutral, WRAPPED item for a fun gift exchange.

 May 21, 2014, mark your calendar now for this date! The New Harmony Handful under the direction of Jim Bagby will entertain us with beautiful, barbershop harmony that day.

 June 18, 2014 it’s BINGO time! And, of course, we’ll have lots of good food and fellowship, too!

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.