What a Week!

Well, after a lovely coronation, I just came home and reveled in the wonder of it all. Then Lynn started sending me stuff that I needed to know about. I had most of the info but it all of a sudden hit me that this "fun" position just might possibly be a bit of work. Oh well. I guess I will just put my multi task skills to work.
My church, Central United Methodist, hosts an auction every year. It started as a dinner with a few things out on a table for silent bidding. I entered the picture and "took over". Now we have a silent auction, and oral auction and dinner, and entertainment. All for the price of $20 per ticket. Since we do not serve booze, we are able to offer children's tickets for $10. Now it is time to get rolling on preparation for the auction. Actually, I really like to start meetings the second week of January with the auction date set in the mid to late April. I'm behind the schedule this year as we just had our first meeting Wednesday for an April 1st (no kidding) date. I got the Procurement letter revised and mailed to 48 vendors today. I have another 20 letters sitting here waiting to be mailed (ran out of stamps) and I want to send one to various banks in town but need to work on that letter. There is also the letter I send to the Methodist churches in town letting them know about it. My next meeting is next Wednesday. Things will fall in place, but I do get anxious. We only have to raise $3500 this year to make the line item on the budget but I really would love to raise more. Our problem at Central is that we do not have the people who would be able to bid on stuff. We have lots of stuff and it goes super cheap. Our congregation is just not rich. Our people are older and don't need more "stuff". What to do. Any ideas?
The youth ministry is investing in puppets this year. They hope to draw kids in with the puppets. The demonstration we had was very charming (that with professional puppeteers). I hope our amateurs can pull it off. They will be presenting at the Auction.
I finished Sue Grafton's E is for Evidence today. I am waiting for the F book (it is checked out by someone else). The G & H books are waiting for me to pick them up tomorrow.