Saturday, March 31, 2012

Great Success for A Night Out!


On Saturday, March 24, Geneva’s sanctuary was once again transformed into an elegant eatery hosting 95 people who purchased tickets for our youth mission trips fundraising dinner and auction.

The evening started with valet and coat check service (even though it was unseasonably warm and not many coats were worn.)  Dinner was served by the youth, which included spicy squash/bean chili, beef wellington or baked salmon, mashed potatoes and peas. Along with serving and busing tables, many youth also participated in the entertainment for the evening.  Steven Daubenmeyer, Billy Stark, Louie Stark, Josh Doering, Jessica Krone, Caitlin Marchand and TJ Lowmaster started us off with a skit called “Out of Focus” that depicted a little bit of what our your group meetings are like. Lauren Arquette shared her talent on the piano with a song called “When September Ends.” Amanda Glass and Nathan Pohl told us a little bit about Washington DC and Cincinnati, the cities where our youth will be serving this summer. Nathan Pohl, TJ Lowmaster, Marilyn McBain, Caitlin Marchand, Amanda Glass, Beth Stark, Madelyn Degener, Steven Daubenmeyer, Lauren Arquette and Drew Degener performed a skit called “Disciple Auditions.” We showed a filmed skit called “Are we HIS Neighbors?” with Louie Stark, Drew Degener, Jessica Krone and Travis Wiggins. Beth Stark, Jessica Krone, Amanda Glass, TJ Lowmaster and Marilyn McBain participated in a skit called “Amazing Grace.” Marilyn McBain shared her talent as well, singing “Blessed Be Your Name.” Beth Stark, Drew Degener and Madeyln Degener performed a reader’s theater titled “A Love Letter From His Love Letter.”. Several Almuni shared their thoughts on youth mission trips via a video, edited by Ian Glodich. One of our youth alumni, Hannah Glodich, came back to perform a song. “Awake My Soul,” with Marilyn McBain and Beth Stark. And finally, Beth Stark closed the show with “A Sailor’s Prayer.”


None of this could have been accomplished without help the help of numerous volunteers. Yummy hors d’oeuvres, a fabulous dinner and a scrumptious dessert were created by Carol Bunch with the help of Barb Berbert, Ella Bastine, Kay Sousa, Dwight Gibson, Sarah Wiggins, and Christy Marchand. Valet service was headed up by Mark Arquette and his expert parking team of Chuck TenBroeck, John Glodich and Jeff (and Zachary) Doering. The volunteers of the Youth Ministry Team (Brian Anderson,  Dan Degener, Mike Graunstdat and Bryan Smith) were essential in pulling off this event. Diana Noble was indispensable in helping to create amazing baskets for the auction. The decorating team, led by Angie Stark, and aided by Anne Degener and Julie Graunstadt created a beautiful atmosphere in our sanctuary. Debbie Krone and Christy Marchand facilitated the silent auction check out process. Stu Delaney and Jeff Doering stepped in to run our sound board and video projections. The parents of all our youth stayed after to help transform the space into our worship area for Sunday.

A big thanks to all of those people mentioned above who took their time, talent and energy to make this night so successful. (Please forgive us if we’ve left anyone off the list.) A special thanks goes to everyone who attended, helped set up, ironed table clothes and napkins, stayed to help clean up, donated auction items and bid on auction items this year. Our silent auction had 42 items or packages to bid on. Along with items in our auction, each youth attending the mission trips this summer donated a service to be auctioned off. Services included babysitting, gardening, cooking, pet sitting, yard work and odd jobs.  Several bids were over the donation value! A generous $3200 was raised from the silent auction alone. The total fundraising from this night netted approximately $4300. Adding our bake sale and Super Bowl sub fundraisers, the youth have raised over $500 toward the cost of their mission trips. Through your generous support many lives will be touched by the love of Christ this summer. 

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