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December 8! Christmas Banquet Coming Soon
It is coming up on Sunday, December 8, 6:00 pm at the Timber Lodge Steakhouse, 13050 Aldrich Ave. So. in Burnsville. They have a very nice party room that will give us some privacy and very delicious menu. selections.
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We have engaged a remarkable entertainer, Greg Anderson, a blind singer and keyboard artist, who will lead us in a sing-along as well as regale us with an amazing assortment of sacred and secular Christmas selections. Yes, he does requests.
Please make your menus selections and reservations using the tear-off at the bottom of this letter, or on the sign-up sheet circulated in class, or by phoning Ross or Karin Olson,
612-824-7691, 5512 14th Ave. So. Minneapolis 55417.
(This is the date of the gift wrapping for Angel Tree. It might have been a conflict but the Angel Tree Committee arranged to have their event in the early afternoon right after Sunday School.) See map below.
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DIRECTIONS TO TIMBER LODGE
If going south on 35w, exit Burnsville Parkway via Cloverleaf
After turning 180 degrees and coming to a stop light, turn left
Go one block west on Burnsville Parkway and turn left on Aldrich
Continue on Aldrich until you see Timber Lodge on your right.
Pull in, stop the car, turn off the ignition, open the door, get out, right foot, left foot, etc, ...
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Suggestions for
Sunday Topics
Lord willing, Professor Easterwood will finish our study of the book of Romans some time in this epoch (or is it "dispensation?")
What do we want to do after that? Please put on your thinking caps, or loosen your neckties, and consider which frontiers of ignorance and apathy need to be pushed back. (If you don't know and don't care, then I guess you don't need to bother.)
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Menu Choices For Timber Lodge
Meal Plus Entertainment
The Viking 12 oz Sirloin Dinner $17.00
Northern Lights Chicken Dinner $15.00
Walleye Filet Dinner $19.00
Atlantic Salmon Dinner $20.00
Christmas Cookies Will Follow
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*********************************************************Tear off reservation**************************************************
Name________________________ Menu Selection___________________
Name________________________ Menu Selection___________________
Please Pay In Full Make Checks Out To "Agape Class" Enclosed ____________
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Class Structure and Future
Stretching back to the ancient times when Agape was the nameless class that had fallen into the generation gap, a pattern emerged from our chaos . Class officers have been elected periodically, usually serving until they die (emotionally) in office, after which they are
generally replaced by fresh bodies and recycled. Officers have
included chair or co-chair (sometimes a couple and occasionally a
dynamic duo such as Mary Anderson and Joy Fleming.) There has also been a treasurer (or co-treasurers) and social chair or co-chairs.
Currently, Ross and Karin Olson have been co-chairs for longer than they can remember (5 and 1/2 years according to the records). Paulette Goodman - with moral support from Bob - has been
Treasurer. When Jon and Mary Londborg could no longer fill the role of Social Chairs, and they must have been irreplaceable, because no replacements were found.
Unlike the political world of recent memory, where it seems like
everybody wants to be in charge, running in Agape is mostly FROM not FOR office. Feelers and other various probes have come back empty. Perhaps it is time to return to those days when it was a
badge of honor to not be part of any "organized group."
Perhaps the best we will be able to do is come up with the person who hates the job the least, like the fellow who said, "If drafted I will not run, if elected I will not serve, and if I serve, I promise to not
enjoy it."
An offering plate is passed every Sunday, but perhaps most do not know why. We have had a tradition of giving gifts to missionaries who have come out of our class. We have also helped subsidize
Banquet tickets for those who might find it difficult to pay. But the fund has been dwindling and may not be able to cover the expenses. The question arises, is it time for a change, perhaps eliminating the gifts. The Outreach Commission does give Christmas gifts to all
missionaries supported by the church. Perhaps this is enough.
But Agape needs to define itself and discuss its future. Stay tuned!
Ross and Karin are retiring from their posts on December 31, 2002 and hope that by that time, either leadership emerges, or the roles will be found to have been superfluous.
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