Dear Christmas in
the Valley attender:
Here is some essential
reading for a successful evening!
The following is an outline of the evening and what you can
expect when you arrive. If you don't have time to read it now, please print a
copy and review the day of the event.
Key points include: ARRIVE TOGETHER AS A GROUP.
Please remember to bring your tickets for admission.
If you have any questions, you may email Heather James at
hjames@valleycommunity.cc or contact one of the women on the Christmas in the
Valley Planning Team.
Schedule:
6:00 p.m. Coats and name tags in the Gym/Multi-Purpose Room
6:15 - 7:15 Sit-down dinner (Fellowship Hall and Room 305)
6:50 - 7:20 Activities open: Speaker's Book Table and Widow's Friend
(Library)
7:30 - 8:30 Program in Sanctuary
8:30 - 9:00 Cookies and coffee in the Welcome Center
Activities open, including demonstration displays in Pastor's
Lounge
Jane Rubietta autographs books near the book table
Next Step information tables
- IMPORTANT:
Come as a group. Please make every attempt to arrive with your guests so
that your whole party will enter the church at the same time. Volunteer to
pick up your guests or arrange to meet at a designated spot and drive to
church as a group.
If you
come in separate vehicles, plan to arrive at the same time so that you can
meet easily. Cell phones are great for connecting! A good place to meet in
the church would be in the Multi-Purpose Room (MPR/Gym), where you will
place coats on tables and pick up self-stick name tags.
- Missing
guests? If your guests will not be arriving right away, take the
rest of your group into the church where you will be seated in Fellowship
Hall and a reserved card will be placed at your table for your missing
guest. Please watch for her in the Welcome Center
area of Fellowship Hall as we will direct guests to that location in order
to meet up with you. If your guests arrive before you do, we will offer to
have them wait in this area for you, unless you have instructed them
otherwise.
- What if
I want to sit with another group? The hostesses of both groups
must make this request together to our Greeters who will direct you to one
of the dining rooms. Please note: We will not be saving seats for
hostesses and their parties if they have not already arrived. Please take
this opportunity to make new friends at your table.
- Menu: Due to
the complexity of serving a meal to 400 women each night, we will not be
able to create different meals for people with diet restrictions. However,
if your guest is a vegetarian, you may request your server to omit the
chicken from her plate and she will be given a larger portion of rice and
vegetables.
- Prayer
Counselors: If your guest has been moved by the speaker's talk and
wishes to ask questions or has prayer needs, we will have prayer
counselors available in the front of the Sanctuary.
- Take
home materials: Be sure to pick up Next Step ideas and
opportunities for guests who are seeking more. Find these on a table
outside the Sanctuary at the end of our program as well as outside the
MPR/Gym as you pick up your coats and head home.
- Weather
restrictions: If you have any doubts about whether the evening will be
held due to poor weather conditions, please check the Valley web site, www.valleycommunity.cc, or
call the church office (860-673-6826) for a recording to see if there is a
cancellation.
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