MarksBrothers meeting minutes, Dec 8, 2005

Meal provided by John Stuhlmuller

Cake provided by Jim Jackson

Speaker: Tom Jelinek

Tom spoke on the ways to grow the Mark’s Brothers. He had many suggestions on specific ways. Tom cautioned that people of our age are generally adverse to commitment. We need activities which allow people to participate and not necessarily join Mark’s Brothers. Suggestions:

Get mailing list of church members.

Bowling, golf, picnic, barbeque…

Any activity which is interest to the target group is possible.

Business Meeting:

Treasures Report

Current balance: 468.04

Revitalization effort

Discussed Pancake breakfast. Decided the car wash should be an annual event.. Discussed possible service projects: primeveria, Habitat for humanity. Paul Simpson will sign up up for Primaveria in April or May.

New Business:

Feb 9^th meeting is to be at the Metro Grill. Wives are invited as this is are annual Valentines day activity.

Ron Hill suggests we advertise our group as an assist group to help church members needing help.

There is an interest in a warmer shirt for winter, with the Mark’s Brother logo.

Web Links

http://www.umcstmarks.org/index.htm

http://marksbrothersstmarksumc.blogspot.com/

Agenda for Jan 12th Meeting:

Meal provided by TMM Staff

Speaker: TMM Family Services

Location: 3127 E. Adams St. • Tucson, AZ 85716 http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=3127+E.+Adams+St.+%E2%80%A2+Tucson,+AZ+85716&btnG=Search&ll=32.240737,-110.926316&spn=0.013086,0.026951

We will meet at TMM Family services at 5:30 pm

A pancake breakfast is planned for Feb. 4^th. There will be no other meeting prior to the breakfast, so we will need to get organized without additional meetings. Any suggestions would be helpful. This intended to be a dry run for a March breakfast.