Bazaar Preparations are in Full Swing – Find Out How You Can Join in Now!
Saturday, November 23rd from 9:00 to 3:00 will be our 22nd Annual People’s Church Fine Art Sale & Holiday Bazaar, our largest church fundraiser. Our building will be transformed into a beautiful holiday shopping experience. We expect several hundred people to come through our doors to join us in shopping for unique gifts from 28 local artists and vendors, buying our famous pasties and an array of delicious specialties and crafts that you prepare and contribute.
Please check out all the sign-up opportunities on the Bazaar table in the foyer and on-line and find a spot that interests you. Here are some needing volunteers now:
Make Pasties with Chef Bob. Pasty-making will resume again starting October 18 (chopping and prep) and 19 (assembling and wrapping). No previous experience necessary, and you are truly needed!. Meet other People’s people and help make our famous pasties. Sign Up Here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508054BA9AC22A13-51022278-pasty#/
Join the Yard Sign Brigade – We need 25 for $25. These yard signs and your word of mouth and social media outreach are the best ways to bring new customers to this event. Please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508054BA9AC22A13-51742456-yard or at the Bazaar table and contribute $25 to order a yard sign to help promote this event each year. If you have nowhere to place a sign, please donate it to the church for the publicity team to place.
Assemble Decorative Jars of Bean Soup Mix. Enjoy good company while you spend 2 hours helping to sup-port the Bazaar on Sunday October 27th after church. Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508054BA9AC22A13-51743991-bean
Shuttle Drivers On the day of the Bazaar, we use the parking lot of Centerpoint church (up the road on 10th St). We have a shuttle that goes back and forth between the two churches through the day. If you’re willing to take an hour shift as the shuttle driver, please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508054BA9AC22A13-52265097-shuttle#/
Limpa Bread Have you attended one of Martha Beverly’s Limpa Bread workshops in the past and would like to make loaves to contribute to this year’s Bazaar? Martha will be picking up the rye flour to distribute to the folks making this popular bread! Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508054BA9AC22A13-52265445-limpa
Other Things to Note:
- Look for many more volunteer opportunities coming in November’s newsletter, Friday emails This Week at People’s Church, and on the sign-ups on the Bazaar table in the foyer and on-line. Thank you!
- It’s not too early to plan what you can bake or make for our People’s Specialties tables. This is how the church makes money on the Bazaar and we always sell out! Sign-up sheets by categories of items are available here. If you want to offer a workshop for a craft or food specialty you think would sell well, please contact Melissa, our administrator, and she will connect you with the right folks.
- We will not be offering the Café in the Commons again this year, to devote more space to our artists and vendors. As a courtesy to the artists and vendors and our Bazaar volunteers, we will offer a mini-café in the rear of the church with a limited menu of items for sale. Please note that this is not being offered for general use or for the public.
- Start Promoting the Bazaar! Please share our Bazaar date with friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, and networks. Invite them to meet you to shop locally. Flyers and social media resources will soon be available.
- Look for many more volunteer opportunities coming in November’s newsletter, Friday emails This Week at People’s Church, and on the sign-ups on the Bazaar table in the foyer and on-line. Thank you!