Bring your girlfriends, your mom, your sisters, your neighbors, your co-workers and all of the special women in your life and come listen to other women share their heart-warming personal stories!
Coffee/lemonade are complimentary.
Times are from 7pm - 9pm. eXpresso is an evening for women of all ages to come and hear a panel of four to five women share their personal life stories of how God brought them to where they are today. It is a comfortable family room setting, where gals share a conversation as if they we sitting on their couch at home with their closest friends. You get to "look in" as an audience and "listen in" as their personal stories are shared. If you have never been to an eXpresso, it is a night filled with amazing God stories, emotion and once you come, you’ll be sure to mark every eXpresso date on your calendar! Looking so forward to seeing you at eXpresso!
****Sorry there is no Child Care available the nights of eXpresso. Tanya does have a nanny/childcare sheet Christine made up, please email me if you would like a copy. Thank you!
MEETINGS 2010 Please mark your calendars and keep ckign the left of the blog for more information ie. room numbers etc
1/28/10 Team meeting 6:30-8:30pm 2/18/10 Team meeting 6:30-8:30pm 2/22/10 "PASSION" 7-9pm Student Center 4/15/10 Team meeting 6:30-8:30pm 4/19/10 "BOUNDARIES" 7-9pm Student Center 07/29/10 Team meeting 6:30-8:30pm 8/19/10 Team meeting 6:30-8:30pm 8/23/10 "LABELED"7-9pm Student Center 10/21/10 Team meeting 6:30-8:30pm 10/25/10 "STUCK" 7-9pm Student Center
eXpresso was a VERY BIG success thanks to each and everyone of you who took time to come along side and serve on the eXpresso events Team!
Please Join me in saying Thank you to the following gals who are launching into Women's Leadership Team from eXpresso!!
Jaime Anglin for very smooth set up and tear down of the eXpresso events, she was so organized and timely and we are going to miss her! Please join me in congratulating her in her new position on the Women's Leadership team as our TABLE TEAM LEADER! She is organizing gals to work the Women's Network Table on the patio and helping connect gals and get them plugged into all our AMAZING women's ministries and TO PLUG THEM IN! WAHOOO! THANK YOU JAIME! We are so excited for you sweet lady!
Jami Lindberg for an amazing addition as the greeter coordinator! She organized an amazing group of gals that were the "face of Cornerstone" as women came onto our campus the night of eXpresso they were greeted with smiles and taken to a table to be sat. What an amazing addition to eXpresso and the women attending. Please join me in congratulating Jami as she is now leading the WOMEN'S EVENTS TEAM! We had an amazingly successful Boutique under Jami Lindberg's leadership and are so exited for her as she takes on this new leadership role on Women's Ministries team!!
Thank you ladies, you will be missed and we are so excited to serve along side you helping at the women's table and at the events!
We are currently looking for a set up/tear down Coordinator and a Greeter Coordinator
If you know someone or would like to meet and have coffee and discuss further I would love to meet with you!
Hey ladies!! We are running low on volunteers for the Christmas Eve services. I was hoping maybe you would be willing to take a service on Christmas Eve?
I am in need of 2 ladies for the 3pm service. One for the 6pm service Two for the 7 and 9pm services.
Thank you so much ladies. Please email me if you have any questions!
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL FAMILIES!!
Please welcome with me MRS. JESSICA RUDOLF to our eXpresso Team! Jessica will be our NEW PR COORDINATOR, she will be doing announcements the night of eXpresso's as well as posting local newspaper ad's and recruiting gals to work two weeks prior to eXpresso on the patio handing out business cards with eXpresso upcoming dates with a coffee candy attached to the back.
THANK YOU Jessica for answering the call to serve!! We are so excited to have you apart of the eXpresso Team!!
I will be sending out an invite later today on EVITE Please add your team members to the EVITE as we need to confirm who will be attending the Team APPRECIATION dinner at my house
* eXpresso Team Dinner November 12th 6pm
My address is 138 E Hampton Lane Gilbert AZ 85295
I am so excited to love on ya'll and spoil you ROTTEN with yummy food and fellowship! Mark your calendar today!
I will be sending out an invite later today on EVITE Please add your team members to the EVITE as we need to confirm who will be attending the Team APPRECIATION dinner at my house
* eXpresso Team Dinner November 12th 6pm
My address is 138 E Hampton Lane Gilbert AZ 85295
I am so excited to love on ya'll and spoil you ROTTEN with yummy food and fellowship! Mark your calendar today!
Would you like to help a single mom/family out this Christmas? Cornerstone Life Groups are gathering donations for the single mom's to bless them with items they need. Please contact Kim Wallace if you would like to donate.
Thank you for your heart to serve!
Instead of the event, Small Groups has decided to ‘adopt’ Single Moms/families that have true, dire needs. More info on this to come. Once we know what their needs and wish lists are, as a group, we will step up and help out these families.
Some of you wanted to donate – if this is still in your heart, please, please still do. We will need donations for the families as well as our goal is still surprise these Mom’s with a pamper basket (already have candles and shampoos donated and one small group is going to make a basket).
If you have any items that you wish to donate or want to help out with one of these adopted families, let us know. And again, more info will be coming out soon!
Thank you! Bless you!
One by one. Great opportunities to serve God often come as small opportunities to service those around us who are in need. Faith is something we do!
Kim Wallace Small Groups
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Here is our beautiful raffle for the upcoming "HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE"
It was $129.99 reg price, I used a 20% off coupon at Bed Bath and Beyond and purchased it for $112.10
The Boutique monies paid for our awesome raffle.
The reason we are able to do a Holiday Boutique is to welcome gals that would not normally be on our amazing church campus as a stepping stone to capture and invite them to come ck out our Women's ministry's and quite possibly ck out Jesus for the first time.
HOW COOL WE GET TO BE APART OF THAT!!
So the raffle is to help encourage the gals to fill out their information to help us track how many people came to Cornerstone for the very first time and TO BLESS THEM IN A BIG WAY! Not only by sharing our awesome campus but our awesome women's ministries.
Do you know Cornerstone offers so much more Women's programming than most church's in the valley?
It is because of your hearts to plug in and serve that we are able to GROW our ministries and reach even more gals for Christ!
Thank you for volunteering your time for the boutique, it is so well spent and I want to THANK YOU FOR LOVING ON GALS AND SHARING EXPRESSO WITH THEM!
We will also have some yummy chocolates on the table to offer our guest walking by as well.
My BLOOMZ booth will be right next door should anyone need further help, I will be there the entire boutique.
**** We are also looking to fill a few more slots for Friday night November 6th shift, please email Jaime Anglin :0) Thank you!
EXPRESSO Team, Please mark your calendars for the above dates as well as the Thursday night before each.......
Team Meeting's (A total of six) for 2010
1/28/10 Team meeting 6:30-8:30pm 2/18/10 Team meeting 6:30-8:30pm 4/15/10 Team meeting 6:30-8:30pm 07/29/10 Team meeting 6:30-8:30pm 8/19/10 Team meeting 6:30-8:30pm 10/21/10 Team meeting 6:30-8:30pm
We are confirmed to do all next years eXpresso's in the student center. Start dreaming with me how we can be creative in making the most of our eXpresso ministry in the Student center.
My thoughts are as we continue to grow to set up rows like big church close to the stage and tight with tables set up in the back. It is not our ideal set up but we need to work with what we have been so graciously blessed with.
Think about churches that do ministry and church with NO BUILDINGS and let's see how creative we can be!
Would you pray for our team next year? We are asking a FULL commitment from the gals who volunteer on our incredible EXPRESSO team that we ALL commit to EACH meeting and truly grow up gals to come along side and experience a deep passion for serving our GREAT GOD!
Ultimately it is TEN dates next year.
Would you pray and talk to your family about your commitment for TEN dates next year?
THINK about your part in making a HUGE IMPACT to those around us for CHRIST.
We need you, LET'S RISE UP TO THIS CHALLENGE and set the dates in your calendar now.
Together we can COME, GROW, SERVE!
I am so very BLESSED and HONORED to serve along side you as EXPRESSO'S LEADER. EACH OF YOU are a HUGE BLESSING not only as team mates but as FRIENDS.
LET'S GET READY TO MAKE A SERIOUS IMPACT SISTA'S FOR GOD IN 2010 TOGETHER!
Hi Ladies, I am emailing you urgently asking you to foward this email onto friends that may wish to serve tomorrow night for eXpresso. We are VERY short on table hostesses and I would love to bless each and every gal that attends tomorrow night with a hostess. eXpresso is October 26th at 7:00pm in the Student Center. The topic is "Words Do you know anyone who would like to come along side and serve as an eXpresso hostess?
We are currently looking for 20 MORE gals to come along side a table of women and be a "light" at the table.
Please email me if you would like to serve as a hostess for the eXpresso. Tanya Kirkpatrick made an "eXpresso" team blog for all upcoming meetings and information, this is a place for you to hear the "God" stories of the night of eXpresso, the numbers of gals who attended and other service opportunities. If you haven't taken the "Spiritual PURSE-N-ALITIES" quiz yet, please ck on the left side of the blog and take a minute to take the quiz and email Tanya at pinkldy4@gmail.com. Thank you so much! As a table hostess we are asking that you to please arrive at 6:30pm. I would like us all to meet at 6:30pm to pray. Please meet outside the doors near the refreshments (between the B building & student center). ***Again, please email me to let me know if you will be able to hostess a table at eXpresso on October 26th, I look so forward to meeting with you! What an incredible opportunity to serve and touch another gal's life for God's Glory! Blessings, Kristina Bradley Cell Phone # (480) 980-8977 Table Hostess Coordinator eXpresso
Hi gals we have a few more time slots that need filled also for the women's boutique, Friday November 6th in the evening to work the eXpresso table and love on gals as they walk by to hand them an eXpresso card and tell them about our awesome ministry.
If you have a 1/2 or an hour to share your awesome personality with women cking out our church we would love to have you! Please contact Jaime Anglin at jaimeandderek@hotmail.com as soon as you can.
1. Nicole Stamps is ill and I have been making calls to try and find someone to do the sound booth that is very familiar with it and works on it somewhat regularly.
2. We need several more table hostess's
3. The gals that will be attending eXpresso tom
4. Our eXpresso team as we prepare for eXpresso tom
Leader of eXpresso: Tanya Kirkpatrick 480-251-0850 Cell 480-755-8237 Hm pinkldy4@gmail.com
Oh girls! I am so excited to share with you all our three special panelists for this upcoming eXpresso! It is a pleasure to get to come along side each of these beautiful women inside and out and serve and share that we have HOPE in this life through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Wahooo! Can I get an AMEN!
Please welcome Sheila Long to our eXpresso Team! After serving on the panel herself she asked if she could serve along side and love on the panelists and I am thrilled to have her on our eXpresso team. She will be sitting in on the panel meetings as well as praying with the panelists the night of eXpresso and just taking care of them, getting them drinks, helping keep their nerves calm, being there should they need help with their microphones and being a second hand to myself. THANK YOU SHEILA for seeing a need and stepping in! I am so honored to not only have her as a friend but serve along side her! WELCOME SHEILA!!
April Ellis: Married to an amazing man who makes me laugh every day. Blessed to be the mother of two little boys. Serves as the Director of MOMS group at Cornerstone. Loves to have cookies as lunch.
“ I thank God for the people he strategically placed in my life as a young person and encouraged me through their words and heart for Christ” ****************************************************************************************** Melissa Richards:
Thankful to be a mom to three beautiful children, Anna 6, Joshua 3, and Samual (who is in heaven). Helps husband run pool business and runs Total Body Fitness Boot Camp business. God keeps me focused on what is most important in life…...HIM.
“ I would post scripture on my desk at work and on my bathroom mirror, His word became alive to me” ****************************************************************************************** Autumn Miles:
Happily married mother of two, Grace is Four years old and Jude is one. Husband Eddie Miles, is a youth pastor. Autumn is passionate about speaking to young women and sharing HOPE found in Jesus Christ. She is working on a devotional for young women on the topic of “Faith”
“ God’s word is a continual reminder we have hope when we feel all hope is lost" ****************************************************************************************** I am meeting with the panel tonight and am so excited to spend time with them! Please pray for our time together!
Table Questions for this next eXpresso! Thank you Kristina!!
"Words"
Proverbs 10:19
When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who hold his tongue is wise.
1. In your own words describe Proverbs 10:19
2. Do you struggle with words you speak or hear?
3. Is there someone in your life that has hurt you with words and you have yet to forgive? What is holding you back?
4. Do you spend time with God daily whether in a bible study, prayer, reading your bible? What blessings come from this time one on one with God ?
5. Where you able to relate to one of the panelists who spoke on Words? How?
6. Do you find it hard to turn away from a conversation that is filled with negative words about others? How do you think you will respond when faced in that situation now?
Mrs. Karie Hughes is going to be meeting with all the Table Hostess's to pray with them prior to eXpresso.
She will be meeting all the table hostess's at 6:30 outside the Student Center in between the student center and the childrens building (on the east side of student Center by the outside tables)
All table hostess's please ck in at the kiosks then quietly (please as Nicole Stamps is trying to do sound ck's and it is very hard when gals are talking) put their purses down at their assigned tables.
Thank you Karie for your willingness to step in so Kristina can go celebrate her hubby's birthday! You are so appreciated!!
TABLE HOSTESS'S
I truly know you all have friends that really enjoy sitting with you and I am sure you also enjoy sitting with all of them.
I want to ENCOURAGE each of you to truly love on a gal you do not know, maybe go really out on a limb and for the night of eXpresso LOVE on an entire table of women you don't know. Let God use you as a warm welcoming face.
I do realize many of you invite friends that don't attend CS and it is their comfort level to sit with you, I am not asking you in this position.
I am asking those who call CS home and have a comfort level here that they could reach out and reach up and love on a new gal maybe it is a gal that has been coming to CS for years and never attended a women's event. I can't tell you how many of those gals come to eXpresso to try stepping out of the purple chair they are so comfortable in on Sunday's to stepping into a room full of women and they know NO ONE.
Pray about it, I trust God will move you in the direction you are to take.
THANK YOU for serving as a table hostess, THANK YOU for loving on a full table of gals!
****ONE LAST THING***** We are doing something new and different that was suggested by a table hostess from the last eXpresso!!
After table questions I will give you a five minute time frame to pray over your table and allow women to take a turn if they feel led to do so and pray.
Don't be nervous, Just be yourselves. I have heard so many women say, I am so embarrassed I don't "pray" well, God hears your hearts gals, just be yourself! You are each BEAUTIFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE!
THANK YOU SWEET SISTA'S FOR COMING ALONG SIDE AND LOVING ON A TABLE OF WOMEN!! We couldn't do eXpresso without each of our wonderful volunteers and you are all so APPRECIATED!
We need more TABLE HOSTESS'S if you know someone please have them email Kristina Bradley!
Set up/ Tear Down Coordinator: Jaime Anglin 480-227-2103 Cell 480-988-5505 Hm email jaimeandderek@hotmail.com
Wahoo......Jaime set up an event for the SET UP for eXpresso on Facebook! you go girl! We are setting up this Monday, October 26th at noon after Mom's in the am. If you can help come on ova to the student center, we would love to have you!
We are setting up the room a little differently and using different center pieces for the Bistro tables. They will have a square piece of fabric in the center, a fish bowl with coffee beans inside and small glass candle burning in it :0)
We are getting 30 15 inch squares cut of fabric and are looking for a gal who loves to sew and her heart be filled to serve and finish the ends of the square fabric pieces. Please email Jaime Anglin a contact if you are that person or know someone with the gift of sewing who might be interested in serving in the way.
eXpresso Room SET UP
(These directions will help the student center to hopefully be set up with no mis communications)
Please begin praying for a smooth set up for our gals who have graciously committed to help set up on Monday, Thank you!
1. B – Bistro tables, please see set up picture and set all ten bistro tables up in front of stage with four chairs (-) around them
2. - = Chairs
3. Please set up 25 Large tables and place 8 chairs around each
4. Please set up 15 chairs at a slant to the stage right and stage left (-) please see set up picture
5. Please see set up for additional ten Chairs on each side of room and eight chairs in the front of the sound booth
6. Three 8 foot tables please see set up picture for these to go in the left corner of the room closest to the doors.
7. Please set up a round table out in the foyer area centered between double doors.
8. Please set up one 8 foot table in foyer area for our Info booth and two chairs.
9. Please make sure DRUMS are off the stage for eXpresso and any other stage items
10. This should give us a total of 300 places for gals to sit.
11. Thank you for your help in making eXpresso happen and for loving on the room set up, your time and efforts are so very appreciated!!
12. Tanya Kirkpatrick eXpresso Leaders cell phone number should you need to reach her 480-251-0850
Nicole has been working on our Graphics for our upcoming eXpresso's for next year! Thank you Nicole for sharing your creative gifts and time!
*****REMINDER****** PLEASE be quiet and caring while Nicole is doing sound ck's before eXpresso it is very hard to hear when gals are visiting and talking in the room. Could you help nicely remind gals to not talk while she is doing sound ck's on the speakers? Thank you so much for your help!
Drama Coordinator Andra Good 602-478-0545 Cell andragood1@cox.net
Andra has done it again ladies......... She put together a beautiful picture slide show to the song "The Word" by Sara Groves and added the lyrics to each slide show
It is beautiful and very powerful!
You go Annie!
Andra has also graciously volunteered to be our photographer the night of eXpresso capturing our very special ministry to add to our face book page. Thank you Andra for seeing a need and jumping right in! Can't wait to see what you capture! ***************************************************************************************
WOWZA LADIES........... I asked for a few extra raffles and Mrs. Starla Evans did just that and more!!
Ck out the raffles for eXpresso.............Drum RoLL!!!
Can I get a WHOOP WHOOP? THANK YOU STARLA!!
http://www.cschandler.com/events Total of 4 Anita Renfroe Tickets Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Melissa Richards "8 Sessions of Boot Camp Classes" 480-238-4205
DOVE Chocoalte Discoveries by Raffle by Dawn Holtmann (623) 656-8878 www.dovechocolatediscoveries.com/dee
BLOOM" by Tanya Kirkpatrick (480) 251-0850 - http://bloomaccessories.blogspot.com
Pampered Chef by Trudy Maples (480) 239-0082- http://www.pamperedchef.biz/trudymaples
Creative Memories Scrapbooking by Starla and Whitney Evans (816) 447-5432 (2 raffles)
Amazing Grace Bookstore, Chandler, AZ
Music by Jonny Diaz - http://jonnydiaz.com
Massage by Teri (480) 309-7511 - Carter Family Chiropractic
Facial by Phillipa D’s Skin Care (480) 620-6543 - Carol Ensminger
Canvas Art by Samantha Ingow (602) 574-4894 - http://www.whatahootart.com
Gold Canyon Candle by Jena Rhea (480) 204-3972 - www.goldcanyon.com
Paradise Bakery (Queen Creek and Alma School) (2 raffles)
Wild Tree gift bag by Sheri Gundlach (480) 245-6003 www.wildtree.com
Family Photography session by Tine Burnham (602) 570- 6098 - http://livelovephotography.com $350 value
Haircut by Tina Burnham (602) 570- 6098 - http://livelovephotography.com
Greeter Coordinator Jami Lindberg 480-452-4158 lindbergs@cox.net
Jami has been working hard to gather ten greeters to be the FIRST experience of what our Christian family is all about ladies! To possibly be hearing about Jesus for the first time, maybe they came by accident onto our campus, maybe a friend invited them.......Whatever the reason, please welcome them with open arms!
Some of the gals will be outside in front of the student center, some will be right by the doors while some will be helping seat gals at their tables.
THANK YOU JAMI for all your efforts to find out going gals who will arm and arm walk ladies to their seats, who's faces light up with smiles to greet gals as they walk onto our church campus many of them for the very first time!
Thank you gals so much for showing an out reached hand to women! It is scary being in a room full of women ladies, please reach out to women the night of eXpresso and love on them! It might be the only loving or kind words they have received in a mighty long time!
Thank you Jami!! ******************************************************************************************
MaryAnn is our second WARM WELCOMING! She will have three kiosks set up for cking in gals There will be two for ck in for gals who already attend Cornerstone and One Kiosk for gals that are NEW to Cornerstone.
MaryAnn did you think we needed a fourth? There were several gals that slipped by that didn't ck in last eXpresso, what are your thoughts?
MaryAnn ROCKED the NEW ck in last eXpresso as she came prepared with clip boards so gals that were standing in the NEW ck in line were able to fill out all their information in full ahead of time :0) You go girl!!
We have purple labels for NEW gals to CS and our EXPRESSO TEAM
EXPRESSO TEAM please sign in at MaryAnn's kiosk so your label in your lanyard stands out as well please.
We are asking NO ONE other that EXPRESSO team members enter in the student center before 6:45pm. MaryAnn will you make signs again to post on the doors of the Student Center to let the gals all know this? Thank you!!
MaryAnn do you have NEW to CS ck in forms? Do you need some more?
Also do you have the PURPLE LABELS from the last EXPRESSO?
Will we need more for the next EXPRESSO?
Thank you MaryAnn and Kiosk team for your hearts to serve and help us account for our growth in eXpresso! We will have enough seating this expresso for 300 guests. ******************************************************************************************
Information Table Sara Ghali 602-510-5462 ghali@cox.net
THANK YOU SARA!
Sara will be working our Information Booth in the Student Center Foyer. She will be stocked with all the Women's Information that we offer at CS.
Also this event we are going to have stacks of the PURSE-N-ALITY questionaires and we are REALLY ENCOURAGING gals to stop and quick fill these out and turn them back in the night of eXpresso.
Sara, I think we need two more gals to help you work the INFO booth.
Is anyone interested in coming along side Sara and being the face of Women's Ministries the night of eXpresso?
Thank you Sara! We will have your table all set up for you Monday with all the upcoming Women's Info as well as the PURSE-N-ALITY brochures and pens.
Refreshments Coordinator Laura Corey 480-940-8947 480-628-0549 lcorey@cox.net
THANK YOU LAURA AND EVELYN!!
LADIES, these gals have ordered 125 LARGE yummy different flavored Cup Cakes for our dessert for eXpresso
They need two or three more gals to come along side them and serve and sale these yummy Cup Cakes for $3.50 each. They are large so two gals can split them easy!
Thank you Laura and Evy for coming early and providing all the lemonade and coffee to spoil the guests the night of eXpresso! You guys ROCK!
Here is the grocery list we need for the upcoming eXpresso:
1. Lemonade from Costco - Tanya will get 2. Red Cups from Costco - Tanya will get 3. A total of 6 Large Flavored Creamers 2 vanilla 1 pumpkin spice 1 Hazel nut Latte 1 Carmel 1 Plain Half and Half 4. Cut up Lemons for Water and lemonade
You had two waters and two lemonades at the last one right? Were you planning on doing the same again this eXpresso? It worked out awesome since we are serving so many gals beverages. Let me know if we need more containers or if we can borrow them.
Thank you gals so much! ******************************************************************************************
I wanted to give you some updates and would love to hear from the team coordinators with any updates as well.
I don't know about you but our family is embarking on a very busy season so THANK YOU for your WILLINGNESS to come along side and SERVE during the start to the HOLIDAY seasons!
19 "When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise." - Proverbs 10:19 (NIV)
Leader of eXpresso: Tanya Kirkpatrick
Working still on panel
The Panelist we have and know for sure is ..
April Ellis
Will update more at the end of the week :0)
Table Hostess Coordinator: Kristina Bradley
Kristina will not be at our next eXpresso as it is her hubby's birthday. She will be calling the hostess's and confirming Monday, October 26th they will be able to Hostess a table. We are still in need of SEVERAL table hostess's. If you know someone that would love to love on a table of women, please forward them Kristina's information: kbradley14@cox.net, 480-980-8977
Kristina is working on Table Questions also for the upcoming eXpresso on "WORDS" Kristina is looking for someone who could ck in the table hostess's the night of eXpresso and pray with them before the event.
One different thing we are doing with the table hostess's this eXpresso is allowing time at the end of discussion time for them to pray with their table.
Set up/ Tear Down Coordinator: Jaime Anglin 480-227-2103 Cell 480-988-5505 Hm email jaimeandderek@hotmail.com
We will be setting up after mom's on October 26th at noon. If you can help set up please contact Jaime Anglin.
I (Tanya) am working on a new table set up for the student center. I think to put the small bistro tables lined up front by the stage will look nice and give more room.
The pipe and drape are down so we should be able to feel like we have more room.
Jaime did an awesome job looking up new ideas for some center pieces for the bistro tables since the space is limited on the table. I have asked Michelle about fish bowls that we used to have for woman's ministry. Jaime found a glass container with coffee beans inside and a candle sent in the coffee beans or coffee beans with a few flowers coming out, so pretty! Go Jaime!!
Drama Coordinator Andra Good 602-478-0545 Cell andragood1@cox.net
Annie found this incredible song for the upcoming eXpresso and we are working on getting Katie Cooley to sing it and possibly her daughter on keys behind her.
Katie Cooley, (480)560-6847, katiej1969@cox.net
You can listen to the tune at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ofE-GZ8zTU
I've done every devotional Been every place emotional Trying to hear a new word from God And I think it's very odd That while I attmept to help myself My Bible sits upon my shelf With every promise I could ever need
CHORUS: And the Word was And the Word is And the Word will be
People are getting fit for truth Like they're buying a new tailored suit Does it fit across the shoulders Does it fade when it get older We throw ideas that aren't in style In the Salvation Army pile And search for something more to meet our needs
CHORUS
I think it's time I rediscover All the ground that I have covered, Like seek ye first what a verse We are pressed but not crushed Perplexed but don't despair We are persecuted but not abandoned We are no longer slaves We are daughters and sons And when we are weak we are very strong And neither death nor life nor present Nor future nor depth nor height Can keep us from the love of Christ And the Word I need is the Word that was Who put on flesh to dwell with us In the beginning
Starla has been working hard on the raffle's for eXpresso! If you have a business or know someone that would like to donate to spoil a gal the night of eXpresso, Please send Starla their info. It would be awesome to have some extra raffles this eXpresso as it is right in the midst of the Holiday season :0)
Thank you Starla for working hard to bless the gals the night of eXpresso!
Greeter Coordinator Jami Lindberg 480-452-4158 lindbergs@cox.net
Jami was getting around ten gals to greet outside the front doors as well as posted at all the doors inside to help seat gals also.
Jami this has been such a huge blessing the nights of eXpresso! Thank you so much for coordinating and loving on the greeter team!
WOW! MaryAnn rocked the front with her clip boards and three kiosk ck in's last eXpresso. It really helps having three kisosks. One set for New gals to CS and two regular ck in's. Mary Ann, do you need a fourth kiosk? I know it get's hairy in the front for about 20 min and I wanted to make sure we have enough running.
I loved the Clip Boards for the new to CS gals to capture all their info while they are waiting in line to ck in!
MaryAnn let us know if you need anything else or volunteers! Thank you so much!
The Team ck in went well at the last eXpresso. Sara asked if we could have the lanyards at one kiosk with a sign for eXpresso Team ck in to have the lanyards right with the labels and then at the end of the night the eXpresso Team could turn them in at Sara's info table.
Information Table Sara Ghali 602-510-5462 ghali@cox.net
What a blessing the Info table was! Sara thank you for your warm smile and greeting the gals as they picked up info on how to plug in at CS.
Did you need one more gal at your table or did it go ok with just you?
Refreshments Coordinator Laura Corey 480-940-8947 480-628-0549 lcorey@cox.net
YIPPEE! I loved that we had two containers of water/ and lemonade! Thank you Laura and Evy for keeping us well stocked on the drinks!
This next eXpresso we are looking for some gals to come along side and serve to sale the desserts for a small fee.
We can do whatever for yummy desserts, one time we had done Paradise Cookie's and they went over awesome!
Laura, what are your ideas for the food? I spoke with Evy the other day and said we can do something super simple like the cookies, let me know. It is a busy season so think simple.
Updates: Teams please send me updates of where you are......I have some but not all so I will update what I know for this next expresso but first let's get an mini update on the last eXpresso!
251 total 43 New Check ins WHOOP WHOOP!
Not everyone ck'd in...... so we could maybe add 15 more gals to the above number!
Here is some of the feedback I received (please keep in mind these are emails that are to me personally but have some very good input in them and I wanted to share them with you as this is a TEAM effort and the night would not have ran smoothly without an incredible Team of each one of you lovely talented ladies!!) If you have any input emails......I would love to post them as well.........
Hi....just thought I'd send you a quick note to let you know what a good job you did last night. The evening was well organized and covered a very interesting and meaningful topic in a very dignified way....good job! Our table leader did an excellent job too and made the evening fun..... PS I was gad there was a purpose for the "coat".....I couldn't imagine why you were wearing it on such a hot night.....great twist.... ***************************************************************************** Just wanted to say “WOW” That is for you, you are an awesome speaker, and organizer. I really enjoyed the expresso meeting last night. I know my sister loves to come to them, and she always tries to talk me into it, but I always seem to be running . Last night I decided to come mainly because my neice kept calling me, and I did have to leave by 8:45 to pick up my daughter but I have to tell you I was really enjoying myself and kept checking my clock not because I had to leave but I was hoping I would get it all in before I did have to go!! Thank you for opening it up to “outsiders”, it seems to be quite an extraordinary group of women. I also enjoyed our table host very much. I cannot remember her name right now. She was about my moms age, short blond hair, and one of your cute pink flowers in it. Lovely lady!! ********************************************************************************* You gotta know…………….that was the BEST night ever. It truly was. Jammed pack was the ‘house’ and JESUS got all the glory. I love what you do!!! I seriously do. I loved your pink coat that you shed and the FORGIVEN shirt. You are BEST at what you do. I remember your heartbeat to go and grow so may Christ do just that!!!!
Anyway…..I want to make a suggestion and also a praise report!!!!
At my table I had 3 NEW girls!!! That’s HUGE!!!!!!!
Two of the girls related to Jan’s story…….they both had children (age 2yrs and 4yrs) that had been diagnosed with autism and bone marrow transplant. One started crying. She wants to ‘hide’ it and also wants to get back to church; former Catholic. The other feels ‘labeled’ and recently dedicated her life to Christ at cS.
They are needing to get plugged in!! I gave them ALL the forms in the folder. They were excited!!!!!
SUGGESTION: Can there be a way we can formally exchange emails (form to fill out) at our table? What about asking them to return to that table in October??? Not sure if you even like that idea??? Just FYI
You have DONE and are DOING an AMAZING job. I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!
Oh….1 more last thought………..
SUGGESTION: Have a time table leaders can PRAY for their girls. Maybe you come up and say we have 3 minutes left so this would be a time to wrap up and PRAY.
I had HEAVY hearts at my table………….’secrets’. I would have loved to have stormed the throne for their needs. ********************************************************************** Sorry i'm a little late, BUT i just wanted to say how much I LOVED the Expresso event and i truly wanted to THANK YOU for all your hard work!!!! It means so much to so many and we are very blessed because of the special love that you have in your heart. Thank you for caring so much! Have a great day and weekend and enjoy God's beautiful cleansing showers. THANKS AGAIN!!!! ***********************************************************************
Wow, some awesome feed back, what did you hear? Were there ways we could serve the gals better?
Another friend of mine said Tan do you pray with the panelists after they have shared so they don't leave with "Open" wounds, do you pray with them to close them? Wow what a powerful suggestion and the answer was "no" I seem to get so busy after that we don't pray together, I called each panel member Tuesday and prayed with the on the phone and apologized for not praying with them after they spoke.
Another friend suggested someone be the coordinator of the panelists......... To love on them and stay with them until they go on. Some times the panelists can really have their nerves run away with them until they come on the stage which can be anywhere from 30 to 40 min after eXpresso starts. Again, What an awesome idea and I am working with a gal who is praying about this position.
Another thing I heard was it was extremely warm and obviously squished........ A couple of things with this that are huge positives!
1. The black drapes are down for now and this will help with extra room as well as the thermostat was located behind the drapes therefore making it very very difficult to read how warm the room truly was, it was super cold behind the drapes.
2. We will be doing the October eXpresso in the Student Center and I am working on a new room set up. I was thinking about setting up all the Bistro tables closest to the stage as it will help free up some space and the layout I think will look nice. Any suggestions with this?
3. The student center was just freshly painted and measured for carpet. They are trying to decide between decorative concrete and carpet as it is in desperate need of replacement.
Ok let's talk each individual mini ministry within eXpresso:
We had an awesome group of women hostessing tables. Kris was able to pray with them prior and I have to tell you as I walked around visiting with gals before we started the program, the table hostess's were already busy at work doing introductions and having some awesome conversations.
Thank you Kristina for coordinating all the Talented table hostess's and thank you to all our awesome Table hostess's for loving on the women at your tables. You made such a huge impact on the gals that attended eXpresso!
We are in need of a total of 30 table hostess's, if you know someone with a gift of hospitality could you please forward the onto Kristina Bradley? Thank you so much!
Kristina, Thank you for the awesome table questions, I heard great feedback from the conversations that were spurred because of your creative questions!
Thank you Kristina for your heart to serve as the Table hostess Coordinator!
Set up/ Tear Down Coordinator: Jaime Anglin 480-227-2103 Cell 480-988-5505 Hm email jaimeandderek@hotmail.com
Can I just give a BIG shout out to all the gals who came and set up for the last eXpresso? They were incredible problem solvers to the space and room set up. Thank you ladies!
Jaime Thank you for coordinating all these amazing women, these gals brought kids and a movie player and took time out of their mornings to set up the room, THANK YOU!!
Thank you for all the gals who stayed late to help put everything away, some were even some of the gals who helped set up and although it was a very busy night, tear down took no time at all. We continue to get better and better at this!
Thank you Jaime for your heart to serve as the set up/tear down coordinator for eXpresso
I am thinking we should do a little something different on the bistro tables for center pieces. Jaime and I will be going through the boxes and putting on our thinking caps so if you have any suggestions to mix in to the center pieces we are using now please send them to myself or Jaime.
****Jaime is having hand surgery this Saturday please pray for her recovery!
WOW! We continue throw so many different elements to our lovely Nicole and her team and they handle them every time with Grace. THANK YOU SOUND BOOTH AND NICOLE!
eXpresso wouldn't be able to have all these elements without them! Thank you Nicole for your heart to serve as the Sound/Light Coordinator for eXpresso!
We have ordered one more headset microphone to help with some of our microphone issues. So excited as we grow this ministry to move into the main building.
If you are someone or know someone whom would love to be trained on the big house sound and lighting boards, we are actively looking for them. We are hoping to be in the Large Sanctuary in Feb of 2010.
Drama Coordinator Andra Good 602-478-0545 Cell andragood1@cox.net
WOW!! Annie, you brought it home girlfriend! To hear the laughter just fill the room was so refreshing! Great Job Andra!
Andra was so precious, she shared as many times as she had ran through her dialogue she hadn't accounted for laughter!
Many gals came up after and said how much they could relate to Andra's skit and how very real it hit home! Thank you Andra for your heart to serve as the Drama Coordinator!
Starla had ten raffles ladies to bless the gals at eXpresso! Whoot Whoot! She was so creative and went out into the public and came back with some really unique raffles!
Thank you Starla for the time you take to find such awesome raffles and for being our raffle coordinator!
Ladies if you have a business or know a business that you could send Starla the contact for she would so appreciate it!
Also someone had asked about having the raffles out at a back table or somewhere where women could visually see them and spark some interest in the awesome raffles as we transition into the big building to spur the gals to stay and do the table talk time after to have a chance to win some awesome raffles. Please brainstorm with Starla on this and send her your suggestions.
Greeter Coordinator Jami Lindberg 480-452-4158 lindbergs@cox.net
What a difference the GREETERS MAKE! They were all on time and smiling and did an fantastic job seating gals and introducing them to the table hostess's. THANK YOU SO MUCH GALS! You are the first beautiful faces the ladies see, many whom were bran new to Cornerstone, thank you for your hospitatlity!
Thank you so much Jami for your heart to serve as the Greeter coordinator.
I hear the Kiosk's went great!! Having three was cking in seemed to really flow well. Thank you ladies for coming early to eXpresso with smiles on and greeting the gals as they ck'd in for the night! Thank you for passing out the raffle tickets and for being so organized!
I loved that Maryann had clip boards for gals in the new to CS line to start filling out early so when they came to ck in they had their forms all filled out!
Thank you Maryann for your heart to serve as the Kiosk Coordinator!
Beverage Coordinator Laura Corey 480-940-8947 480-628-0549 lcorey@cox.net
I loved the extra containers full of lemonade and water and the coffee's never ran out! Thank you Evy and Laura! You girls rocked it! Thank you for coming early and staying late to wash dishes! Thank you to your team!
Evy and Laura both are so excited to also be in charge of the food table for 2010! We are so excited to see what yummy treats they come up with for a sweet deal!
We are looking for some more gals to join their team to help prepare the yummies and work the table to take the small fee charged for the sweet treats. Please email Laura Corey your info or if you know someone who might enjoy their team as well!
In October we will not be having Trudy Maples Cater. If you have any fun, easy dessert ideas please send them to Laura or myself. The paradise cookies seemed to have gone over really well before.
Thank you Laura for your heart to serve as the Refreshment Coordinator!
Thank you Trudy for your yummies this last eXpresso and for your heart to help and serve as the Dessert gal for the last year! You saw a need and you jumped right in to help! Thank you for your time!
Thank you for your time you served on the eXpresso Team, we will miss you and hope to see you at the next eXpresso!
Information Table Coordinator: Sara Ghali mobile 602-510-5462 work ghali@cox.net
What a great place for gals to stop and gather any information on our awesome ministries we offer here at Cornerstone. Thank you Sara for coming early and staying late to welcome gals to the table to love on them!
The lanyards worked awesome, Sara thought maybe we should have them for the team at the team kiosk ck in and then she could collect them at her table after eXpresso. Thoughts?
I had someone ask if we should put your table inside the student center and I am wondering with the black drapes down if we could have you somewhere in the back.
******************************************************************** We are about ready to embark on a very busy season so I would like to see if we can communicate via our blog for this eXpresso? We have a coordinator meeting right before the next eXpresso to put on any finishing touches. Please let me hear your hearts/thoughts.
THANK YOU TEAM, eXpresso would not be with out all of you! We continue to grow and just fine tune. My heart over flows and I am so honored to be able to work with each of you special gals. Please forward this out to all your teams and please be cking back to the blog regularly.
I sincerely apologize, apparently there was a mis communication on my part.
I didn't just send out the meeting date/time for tom, it has been on the left side of upcoming dates on the left side of blog to mark on your calendars.
I will get with Lisa Royce and resch as only two people can attend.
I will send a blast email out with the new date after I confim with Lisa Royce to re reserve the room.
I apologize for the mix up, please note the other following dates on the left of the blog that are coming up.
eXpresso is doing a "Booth" to volunteer at as well and we would love for you to volunteer for a small shift. Please contact Jaime Anglin to sign up (her contact info is at the bottom of the blog)
ALSO.......THE BOUTIQUE IS IN NEED OF MORE VOLUNTEERS AS WELL "Interested in volunteering at the boutique? We are looking for greeters for Friday and Saturday, come and volunteer for an hour before or after you do your shopping (or your eXpresso booth shift :0)! For more information go to www.cschandler.com/boutique and click on contact Carolyn Mullane. Thanks!"
Saturday, November 14th, 2009 // Cornerstone Worship Center Come early to shop for raffles 6:00pm Event time 7pm-9pm Ticket price $15 early bird, $20 Gold Circle $20 Door price More information to follow on when and where to purchase tickets...
Please email Evelyn at evelyn.bryan@cornerstonechandler.com
Thank you for coming tom to set up Tomorrow morning, Monday at 9am.
Several of you have inquired about bringing kiddo's to set up. The answer is YES! I will bring Austin's little DVD player and a movie to help entertain the kiddo's while we set up the room. The room will have been cleaned as well as the foyer so please make sure we "clean up" after our munchkins after we set up.
I spoke with Evelyn and she said the room is set up with our tables and some of our linens are already on the tables :0) AWESOME!
We are setting up differently tom as we will be setting up 25 tables and 5 bistro smaller tables.
***** Please pray that every lady attending eXpresso will have a chair, that the night will run smoothly.
We are expecting A VERY LARGE TURN OUT for eXpresso Monday night.
I will be bringing a few coffee cup mugs from home to help decorate the bistro tables. There will be a clip board in the room to also write down anything we are missing so when I leave tom after set up I can have a list of items to bring back with me.
I wanted to address this and have you all updated on a question that I have answered several times today.
We do not offer childcare the night of eXpresso. I do have a list that was sent to me to offer mom's that need contacts for a babysitter the night of eXpresso that can come to their homes to watch their kiddo's. That being said, we can give them the list of contacts and the mom takes it from there. The cost is the mom's responsibilty since it is not offered on church campus.
BABIES........ Several gals have asked me if they can bring their baby because they are nursing. I was once a nursing mom and I competely understand. My answer was if it was possible to pump and have them take a bottle while they attend eXpresso (and have the babies stay home with dad or sitter to eat) or to try to feem them right before they leave. However a new baby usally nurses A TON in the evening so if they do bring them into eXpresso please encourage them to be respectful to the panelists and the rest of the room and take them into the foyer to finish tending to the baby should they get fussy and they can listen in via speaker's in the foyer.
YOUNG CHILDREN......... The content in which the panelists share is not age appropriate for Children. Young ladies, age 13 which are accomplanied by an adult parent are welcome to come particitpate in eXpresso as they are learnign how to navigate many of the same decisions the panelists share, however we do warn the Adult parents the content is rated PG 13. They need to be in Jr High or High school age as the content is NOT age appropriate for younger children.
I understand last minute circumstances arise but if one acception is made and a young person is in the room, it sets a standard for other gals and then we end up with a room full of young children. This is a "Women's" Ministry that is geared towards "young women and older"
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND........... We do table talk after the panelists and our heart is to have gals open up and share. Having young ears at the table could possibly be an uncomfortable place for some gals to share. Several times while interviewing panelists, we move to a different spot to interview due to young ears and the comfort of the gal sharing her testimony.
I will be asking Dina Vanhazel to update our eXpresso webpage with the rated PG 13
THANK YOU ladies for being on the front line and helping answer these questions. As we grow I want to make sure we are clear so there are no uncomfortable gals and we are all set up for a successful, powerful evening knowing the expectations up front.
THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY HEART AND FOR ALLOWING THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME ALONG SIDE EACH ONE OF YOU AND SERVE!
(Team coordinators, please forward out to your team and please make sure if they have not accessed the blog and signed up that they do so, Thank you!!)
We are trying VERY hard to not have the room be overwhelming to gals as it is going to be a FULL house, which is a BLESSING!
Gals that are NEW to CS will be in a NEW to CS kiosk line and will be given light purple name tags to wear so they are easily recognizable as NEW.
Our entire team will also stand in the SAME Kiosk line and have a light purple name tag that will slide into the brown Beaded lanyard that the team will each pick up from Sara at the ck in table. So you will first ck in at the Kiosk then go pick up your lanyard from Sara at the info/ck in table.
Greeters will be bringing gals in to help them find a seat. Greeters keep your eye's out for the light purple tags and anyone looking lost. Keep in mind there might be gals that have come to CS but never to an event, they might be in the system but still a bit timid to come into a full room of women they don't know.
Gals do you remember back to your first event and how it feels to be in a room of strangers? It can be really scary and overwhelming, let's love on these gals and make their experience a great one!
It is hard for the greeters/table hostess's to know when a table is FULL so they know if there is an open spot at your table. We are trying to fill the front tables first and then the back. Chairs will be tipped up until the front tables are full. Then the back tables will open up.
As table hostess's, we will be asking you to remove your name card from the plastic holder inside the coffee cup on the table when you have a full table of gals to help the greeters know the table is FULL. Please place your name tag on the table so gals will know who is the table hostess.
We are assigning table's at this eXpresso. As the table hostess's arrive early, they will need to come into the student center and find their table. Please look for your name card on a plastic holder that will be sticking out of the coffee cup in the center of the table.
***** We are in need of some more TABLE HOSTESS'S, please email Kristina Bradley (table hostess coordinator) if you would host a table. Thank you!
We will have a total of 25 tables, and 4 small bistro tables with a few bistro tables ready to roll out. The entire student center will be also lined with chairs should all the tables fill.
Please pray for the night to run smoothly and please plan on a very packed student center. Remember this is a HUGE PRAISE as eXpresso is a comfortable place to invite NEW GALS.
I will post all the numbers (how many attended expresso and how many were new) as soon as I receive them from Dina Vanhazel, she takes care of inputting all the new gals into Fellowship One.
*****PLEASE email me your God stories from the night! We want to hear from you! I will be posting them to our blog so we can celebrate together as a team!
Thank you for your willingness to serve!
eXpresso IS GOING TO ROCK!!!
Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to come serve along side each of you!
I wanted to know if you could forward this email out to all of you volunteers that we are still looking for 3 one hour-long spots to be filled for the Holiday Boutique on Saturday the 7th.
The spots I need filled are from 11-12, 12-1, or 1-2.
If anyone is interested in helping please have them email me at jaimea.cs@hotmail.com.
THANK YOU ladies!! See you on monday!!
Jaime Anglin set up/tear down coordinator for eXpresso jaimea.cs@hotmail.com
Looking forward to seeing you this am at 9 at my house :0) We will be walking through the night of eXpresso from start to finish as well as changing lanyards from a vertical to horizontal placement for the Kiosk name tags to easily slip into the clear holders.
We will also be assembling stickers on our eXpresso Cards for the women's network table that have dates for the next two expresso's and their topics.
I also wanted to tell you coffee will be ready and yummy monkey bread so don't worry about grabbing breakfast, I will have that for you.
Thank you for your time to come and put the finishing polishes on eXpresso.
PLEASE WELCOME drum roll............... Mrs. Sara Ghali as our eXpresso Team CK in/Table info coordinator!
Sara will be cking in each gal that serves on the eXpresso Team as you walk into the Student Center on your left. Michelle Rauscher gave the eXpresso team beautiful brown beaded lanyards (she had purchased on clearance! Go Michelle!) to help the team be recognized as team members, so gals who might have a question recognize that you serve on the eXpresso team.
Sara's table will also serve as a place for gals who are lost, needing some women's network information, or extra Loop magazines. What a blessing she will be to our teams as well as gals who are looking to speak with someone about the different ministries offered through our women's network.
* Please ck in at a Kiosk first then come over to Sara's table and pick up your lanyard. I am inquiring about a different color label so our team stands out to gals needing assistance.
****PRAISE - We did get light purple labels for gals that are NEW to cornerstone so that as a team we can really reach out and love on them extra special :0) Wahooo!!
eXpresso is growing and we are in a continual learning process of how to be even more effective for Christ. I want to encourage each one of you to feel free to come to me with any ideas of areas we can do even better at providing an incredible outreach to women within Cornerstone as well as out in the community! The NEW eXpresso blog is a great tool for COMMUNICATION! Wahooo! To the left of the blog are all the upcoming dates for meetings for eXpresso as well as other service opportunities within the women's network for our eXpresso team to take advantage of. The blog will also serve as a place where our team can share "God stories" from the night of eXpresso as well as Praises/Prayer requests within our team.
I want to personally thank each one of you for the time that you have generously shared away from your families to serve the night of eXpresso as well as the time preparing in all of the different teams within eXpresso. You are so appreciated and so is your time!
Please be in prayer for the panelist, please pray for their hearts as they prepare to share their personal testimonies. Please pray for all the gals who will be arriving on our church campus.
We are all in for an incredible night as God places the finishing touches, May each gal who attends eXpresso hear clearly .................what an AWESOME God we serve!
The panel meeting was incredible! I can tell you though I have not walked through the same journey as the women that will be sharing, I so related to each one of their testimonies.
Please LET'S GET THE BUZZ STARTED!
1. Please post on your facebook page 2. Join the facebook eXpresso Page (if you join the group "eXpresso" just click "Share" on the right hand side and it will post to your facebook page with all the eXpresso information. 3. Invite your friends, family, neighbors, co workers, etc via phone call, email, etc
Please keep checking our eXpresso Blog much more to come! All of the Team coordinator info will also be posted to the blog so we can get to know our awesome coordinators and see what their teams are doing to prepare for eXpresso!
Blessings to each of you!
An amazing quote from my Beth Moore bible study that so is the heart beat of this ministry.
"You can not amputate your history from your destiny." ...... Beth Moore
Which means you cannot be all God created you to be without your history.....Can I get an AMEN?
On Aug 19, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Jami Lindberg wrote:
Hi Friends,
I am so thankful that you all have such a heart to serve in eXpresso. eXpresso is a "come hear" event, therefore we expect a large percentage of the women attending do not normally attend Cornerstone.
Each quarter women come and are blessed by what they hear and learn at eXpresso, but once in awhile there will be that one person that did not have a good experience. But, as a greeter you have the unique opportunity to give the guest a great start to her evening! You can very easily be Jesus' hands and feet in that entry on Monday night. Each of you has been asked to be a part of the greeting team because you are natural "welcomers"! You're not only a friendly face but you're warm and people will recognize that. Each of you are not afraid to walk up to women and start a conversation and make people feel "at home". I'm thankful for you!
On the flip side of that, because you are a people person you know a lot of women and have a lot of friends that will be attending eXpresso. As difficult as it may be, I'm asking that you keep your conversations to your friends in the entry to a minimum. There are many women that need to feel comfortable and won't if we all are chatting up our friends and not them. Our main responsibility is to greet and welcome in each and every person and give that little "extra" to the newbies! Thank you for your understanding.
Again at this eXpresso we will have a new person check in all by itself. I ask that a few of you stand just at that check in and walk women to tables and introduce them to the table hostess and anyone else you may know at the table so they can feel comfortable. We will figure out assignments on Monday night.
A couple more things.....there is now an eXpresso blog!!! It's a private blog, therefore Tanya has to invite you to view it. I'm sending her all your email addresses so she can put the invite out there to you. I encourage you to check it out and see all the fun things that are on it! One of the items you will view on the blog is the opportunity to register to work at the Rummage Sale. There will be 2 days of drop off this year and Cornerstone is in need of women and men to help out. There will not be childcare.
Another topic you can read about on the blog is the opportunity to serve on the Women's Network Table Team. How cool is it that Cornerstone offers so many different forums to get plugged into?!? This table team helps facilitate that. Would you consider volunteering a small amount of your time before or after your normal service time to help out at that table? Along with that opportunity is a coordinator. This person would be responsible for 1 service a month to ensure that there are women to greet the gals as they approach the table on Sunday. You can read more about each of these fun opportunities to serve on the blog!
Lastly, in lieu of charms for serving on the eXpresso team, Tanya Kirkpatrick will be hosting an amazing evening at her home on November 12th at 6pm. Mark your calendars now, you won't want to miss it.
Again, thank you for serving. This night would not happen without you. I look forward to seeing you on Monday evening at 6:15pm in the breezeway between the student center and the children's building.
Thank you for allowing me to come along side you and serve, ~Jami
Would you please send out any updates that are emailed to you from the eXpresso blog to your team's?
Please send me the list of your teams and make sure all of them have access to the eXpresso Blog (it is by invitation only and I need to plug in their emails to invite the to be able to view the eXpresso team blog)
Thank you so much!
Our eXpresso team is growing and God is at work through this incredible outreach ministry!
Thank you for your heart to serve and GROW with us!
Would you consider coordinating a mini team to help serve on Sunday's at the Women's Network Table where gals will come to inquire about our awesome women's ministries we have to offer at Cornerstone?
Do you know we are so fortunate to offer so many different forums to get women plugged in at Cornerstone?
What a blessing and a small time commitment to coordinate a list of gals that would like to greet gals as they approach the table on Sunday's to inquire about bible studies, expresso, Mom's, or an upcoming event.
You may want consider just working a service at the women's network booth, you wouldn't be responsible for coordinating volunteers from the eXpresso team but rather working one service on a Sunday once or twice a month.
* You may think (much like I did)......... I don't know much about the other ministries to even tell other women about them..........There is a list of everything that is coming up that is emailed out to the gals who serve at the Women's Network Booth and all the contacts needed to make sure women get connected.
I can tell you from experience that church feels like "HOME" and a lot smaller when you grab a hold and serve and jump out of your comfort zone, even for an hour or two a month.
Think if everyone served for even one hour somewhere every Sunday what church would look like and feel like?
I will take the challenge and serve along side you on the eXpresso Women's Network table team and do our part to help women navigate through all the amazing opportunities we have to LISTEN, GROW and SERVE here at Cornerstone.
Won't you take hold the challenge with me?
If you are interested in the following please contact me at 480-251-0850 or pinkldy4@gmail.com
1. Coordinating the eXpresso team volunteers to help work the Women's Network Table Team (on the patie on Sunday's *One hour shifts)
2. volunteer to help work the Women's Network Table Team (on the patie on Sunday's *One hour shifts)
TEAM! Would you be willing to sign up for a three hour shift? If you have never worked the rummage sale, it is something you will never forget! I could NOT believe how big of an impact financially it was nor how much it truly blessed our different WOMEN'S Ministries!
NOW....... We get a chance to truly make a HUGE IMPACT on the place we call our second home CORNERSTONE :0) WAHOOO! Women's is giving the funds all to our CHURCH LAND FUND! How cool that we get to come together and change the HISTORY of Cornerstone, Won't you join our team and have our eXpresso team be PRESENT and GIVE and SERVE of our time? Please ck out the information below! Thank you all for considering joining together and making a DIFFERENCE!
All for HIM!!
Tanya (eXpresso Leader)
Twice a year Women's Network comes together as a collective team to raise funds that allow our ministry to share Jesus Christ with women in so many different ways. In order to do this, we rely on the donation of unwanted items and the time of many volunteers. Thank you for all of your past and continued support!
Next Sale is an ALL CHURCH effort!
All proceeds are going to the FLOOD Campaign
September 10th // drop off, pricing and sorting // 12pm - 9pm
September 11th // drop off, pricing and sorting // 9am – 9pm
September 12th // Rummage Sale // 6am – 1pm
If you would like to volunteer to work a shift during one of the above times register here.
If you have any further questions or would like to be involved in the planning of our next Rummage Sale, contact Melanie Reyes, or Charla Slattery.
eXpresso Team, Let's give Jaime Anglin a big Shout out THANK YOU!!
Jaime will be coordinating our Holiday Booth for our eXpresso Team.
it is November 6th, and 7th.
If you could please email her at Jaime Anglin 480-227-2103 Cell 480-988-5505 Hm email jaimeandderek@hotmail.com to let her know you would be willing to serve a one hour time slot that would be so appreciated!
What an awesome opportunity to share eXpresso Minsitry with all the gals that will be............. NEW or maybe a gal who has NEVER come to a Woman's Event before......................... on church Campus these two nights!
Positions availabe to serve on the eXpresso Team ***Remember small commitment as eXpresso is only once a quarter
1. Looking for a PR Coordinator this gal would be responsible for the following:
a. running an add in the local newspaper for eXpresso
b. In charge of rallying a small team to work shifts at the women's booth different services to SMILE and greet gals on campus and hand out small invite cards to eXpresso (we can attach small coffee candies to the cards as well) Finding five to ten gals that enjoy people and signing them up for a 1 hour shift to hand these out before/during/after a Sunday service (total 1 hour shift each)
c. Going into or emailing some of the different ministries......High School, Camber, Singles, the Mine and giving them eXpresso's info coming up for them to announce as it is an awesome opportunity for a gal to bring a new friend to the CS campus to hear about Jesus! Many of them for the first time! PLEASE Take spiritual test to the left and send results to Tanya pinkldy4@gmail.com
Please email me your team members names, emails, phone numbers so I can make sure they receive an invitation to our NEW Team Blog. I have now enabled the function when I post to the blog it will automatically post to the Team Coordinators. Please send updates to your team members to check the eXpresso team blog as new posts are made.
Thank you! Looking forward to seeing you August 11th in Room A109 with your teams!
Please take a minute to click on the left side of the blog on the "PURSE-N-ALITY" quick quiz. After could you email me your results? I would love to know where your heart is to serve as we all can have more than one spiritual gift.
If you are interested in taking a quiz and going even deeper click on http://archive.elca.org/evangelizingchurch/assessments/spiritgifts.html and take it as well.
eXpresso is growing and so is are the gals wanting to "dip their toe in" if you will to serving for the first time. My heart is to continually learn, grow and share what we have learned through the journey of ministry.
Thank you all for taking a few minutes to take the quiz. You can also print it and drop it off at the woman's network table on Sunday am's for the woman's network team to "capture" and possibly contact you in the future for other possible opportunities to use your spiritual gifts to serve.
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