Mt. Tabor UMC – GREAT DAY OF SERVICE
Saturday, September 11
8:00 am – breakfast in the Family Life Center of the Church (gym)
9 am to Noon – work at Sunny Side Ministries doing yard work and spreading straw. Class B uniform. Bring gloves, hat, sunscreen, water bottle. Transportation to and from venue provided.
About Noon – pizza lunch in Fellowship Hall (room adjoining kitchen area)
4 hours Community Service Hours for rank advancement. (An additional hour can be had if you help set up on Friday at 6 pm).
Contact Church Leader Mark Noyes (Eagle Scout Parent, Former Troop Leader) if you plan on attending.
noyesma@aol.com (or 971-1485)
Troop meeting will be tomorrow at 7 PM in the Alspaugh Worship Center. We will be having the election of the new SPL.
See you tomorrow.
The “Kickoff” meeting of Troop 934 this year will be 7:00 PM tomorrow at Leinbach Park (across the street from MTUMC). The troop will be providing pizza for the Scouts. We will be hearing speeches from all SPL candidates for this year. Elections will be the following Monday. Class B uniform (Scout T-shirt) for tomorrow (except for SPL candidates).
Any Scouts needing advancement signoffs need to bring their Scout Book tomorrow. Those needing a Scoutmaster Conference and a Board of Review for rank advancement may get them at our next meeting on Aug 30. Our first Court of Honor will be on Sep 13 (remember, no meeting on Labor Day).
Due to a scheduling conflict with the Parks and Recreation department, fall kickoff is being postponed 1 week back to August 23rd instead of this coming Monday the 16th. The event will still be held at Leinbach park on the 23rd at the same time. We look forward to seeing you then.
Dylan’s Eagle Scout fundraiser will take place on Saturday, August 7th at Mount tabor United Methodist Church. Dylan’s fundraiser is a car wash taking place from 9 AM to 5 PM. Bring water and clothes you can get wet in. Lunch and water will be provided. Please contact Dylan by texting him at (336) 813-3055 to let him know if you can come and when. You do not need to stay the whole time, but please let Dylan know.
Dylan’s Eagle Scout fundraiser will take place on Saturday, August 7th at Mount tabor United Methodist Church. Dylan’s fundraiser is a car wash taking place from 9 AM to 5 PM. Bring water and clothes you can get wet in. Lunch and water will be provided. You do not need to stay the whole time if you come out to help
Hope your summer off from weekly meetings has been refreshing. The troop goes to Camp Raven Knob this coming Sunday, Jul 18 (Mt. Tabor HS at 11:30). Families can apply for tickets to visit for the Wed night CRK campfire (https://www.ravenknob.com/ to make reservations if you want to come). There will be a summer camp packing party this coming FRIDAY, Jul 16 at 6:30 outside the QM room. Only STAR and LIFE scouts going to camp are asked to attend the packing party (everybody else gets a break).
Jonah Runyon will be having a second set of Eagle workdays on Friday and Saturday June 18th and 19th from 3-6 PM. We will meet at Simon’s Community Garden located at 1922 S Martin Luther King Jr Dr. to continue work from last weekend.
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When you get to the enterprise center, turn into the parking lot behind the building and the garden will be in the fenced area. We will be constructing and mounting a roof to the sign-in kiosk and making the tabletop for the sinks, as well as installing sinks and hopefully running plumbing. Be sure to bring your own gloves and a water bottle. Snacks, water, as well as extra gloves and eye protection will be provided.
Jonah Runyon will be having his Eagle Scout project workdays on June 12th and 13th from 3-6 pm both days. We will be working at Simon’s Community Garden located at 1922 S Martin Luther King Jr Dr.
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When you get to the enterprise center, turn into the parking lot behind the building and the garden will be in the fenced area. We will be building a sign-in kiosk and washing sinks for the garden. We will be staining the wood and working with concrete, so be sure to wear clothes you don’t mind getting super dirty. Please bring gloves and safety glasses, as well as a water bottle. Snacks and water will be provided.
Our final Court of Honor will be this coming Monday, Jun 7 at 7 PM in the Alspaugh Worship Center at MTUMC. Immediately following the COH will be a mandatory summer camp orientation meeting following the COH for all FIRST TIME camper scouts/parents.
Finally, Patrol Advisor Coordinator Jeff Gardner has asked all scouts to participate in a survey about scout patrol meetings and youth leadership expectations. Please have your son (with your help as needed) to complete the survey (copy and paste into your favored browser): https://ia4t84c0ay7.typeform.com/to/ulqbsOsX