Day 5, Turkey Dinner

Every year Flite Ministries hold two fundraisers.  One is Trash & Treasure which takes place the first week of June, the other is the Turkey Dinner.  The Turkey Dinner is just what the name says.  We invite the entire church and community to come out and have dinner on us (of course they pay for it).  

This years Turkey Dinner is going to happen on Saturday, November 22nd from 4 to 8 PM in the gym.  This event takes lots of preparation and support from everyone.  We have over 400 people prepare and cook the food, plus another 150 actually working the day of the event.  This is a great tradition in the church and has always produced great times of community. 

This year, Flite Ministries is fully in charge of this event and any monies raised will go toward our mission trips in 2009.  If you have never been a part of this event, you are in for a treat.  I have never seen so many people, eating so much food.  We have made some changes this year that will make the event better and easier to put on.  We eliminated using roasters to serve the food and went to using sterno's, which will save on electricity.  We are using warmers to cook the beans and corn, which will save time and energy in the kitchen.  We will also be recycling as much as we possibly can this year, to eliminate our carbon-footprint for this event.  We are also going to be going out into the community and inviting everyone to join us and giving tickets away to those who would like to come but cannot afford the ticket cost.  We are hoping this opens up doors for our church to reach out to those who might be hurting financially.

If you are a member of the Flite Ministries community, then we need your help the day of the event.  We need 150 people to help us prepare, serve and cleanup for this event.  You can view all the jobs here including a description of each job, time commitment and short description of what you will be doing.  Please contact me view the comments on this blog, or email @ rprobus@plattewoodschurch.org to let me know what times you can fill in.