This committee is responsible for reaching out to the community
and visitors to offer them a church home. We also find speakers and
educators to provide our congregation and neighbors with updates in many subjects.
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Made a special effort to make visitors to our church feel
comfortable and welcome
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Contacted our visitors from Las Vegas that have signed our
guest book
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Projects:
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Collection of used printer ink cartridges and used cell
phones (fundraisers)
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Collection of eye glasses (Lions' Club)
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Collection of pop tops (Ronald McDonald House)
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Distributed Mother's Day & Father's Day gifts in church
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Advertised our church in publications:
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Updated the Activity Board outside by office door
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Ordered, received and are passing out pens, pencils, calendar
books, etc., telling time of service.
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Committee completed updating of membership
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Purchased ice-cream in celebration of New Member Sunday
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Prepared cards to be given out with RLC pen to visitors as
they enter the church, on the back visitors can check how they learned about
our church.
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Handed out more Albertson cards that will give Family Promise
a rebate on groceries purchased at their store
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Started using cards from Food-4-Less to give our congregation
a rebate on purchases
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Started a paper recycling project that was later discontinued
by the recycling company
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Created and mailed out about 150 Easter brochures to new
residents in the 89104 zip code
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Outreach speakers:
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Grant applied for and received to send 10,000 Outreach
postcards announcing Christmas Eve Service. (97 present at this service)
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Held Forums:
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Thrivent speaker on identity theft
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ELCA speaker on annuities
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Thrivent speaker on computer use
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Attorney speaker on Wills & Trusts
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Health Fair held in fall
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ESL training & mentoring
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Thrivent sponsored two Angel Tree outreach projects:
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24 hour prayer vigil held Reformation
Day to pray for our
church (co organized with the Worship and Music committee)
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Church flowers delivered to shut-ins weekly
