Dec 20th Parking

Here are this weeks parking assignments. I went to Value Village to try and find an "Ugly Christmas Sweater" and they are all gone! So, I went online to try and determine what the true definition of an "Ugly Christmas Sweater" was and I couldn't find one. Wikipedia doesn't even have it listed so therefore I am going to define what it is! An Ugly Christmas Sweater is: A Sweater that promotes the idea of christmas or the holiday season. Can be made by anyone as long as the clothing is technically considered a sweater. Meaning it cannot be an "Ugly Christmas T-shirt" or "Ugly Christmas Jacket"

So with the new definition in mind if someone went to Value Village and bought a cheap $2.99 dirty white sweater like someone I know they could make that into a "Ugly Christmas Sweater." Maybe create a theme or something? Let's say a classic Christmas Movie theme like Elf or Bad Santa or Christmas Vacation? Or it could be stuff like Christmas Trees or ormanents colorfully drawn onto the sweater. Or you could just add Christmas flare! Remember the movie Office Space! Just some ideas because I know we can all create some pretty cool stuff and who has an ugly christmas sweater in there closet anyway? See you sunday and remember that we are in competition with the Greeters. They are going to be crushed by our Christmas Spirit!

Smiles are my favorite!

Brian

Dec 13th

Here is this weeks parking info. Should be pretty cold on Sunday so bring the warm stuff! Check out the email that I got from Michelle Peterson and the parking team in Wisconsin at Dave's church. Also, some of you ask what the answers are to some of the poll questions and the Pat, Ryan and Farmer answer is landscaping at Eastside Foursquare! At least that's what Farmer says.

On another note. Barry Glenn and Robbie Rech are going to be stepping up and helping on a monthly basis leading the operations for a day. They are much smarter than I and will run the show great. If anyone else is interested we would love to have you. These positions will be called something like "Lead Parking Enforcer" or "Parking manager on duty."

I will have to be gone during the 3rd shift so if someone on the 3rd shift could help put away cones that would be great. Work calls. have a good one.

Brian

Email from Michelle Peterson with Great Lakes Church

Hey everyone. I got this email from Michelle Peterson in Kenosha Wisconsin and it is from the parking team leader at Great Lakes Church. The passion they have out there right now is inspiring! However I think if I sent you this long an email you'd all bail on me!

Parkers,

Our third and final preview service is approaching this Sunday. I also want to say thanks for doing your job so well. We have gotten a lot of praise for being a friendly church and couldn't have pulled that off it wasn't for friendly parkers ! So keep up the good work, and keep on waving, smiling and whatever else we can do to be genuinely friendly we don't want to "fake it".I know . We also need to be outside right after service to wave good bye and direct traffic, pick-up cone / sign's etc.

Remember to dress for the weather !
We have gotten hand warmers for our pockets.

If you have a rain coat wear it. I will try to remember to bring some contractor bags and duct tape to make some rain coats if needed.
If you have an extra umbrella please bring it, we will need it to help people stay dry and help them to the door.
Sunday Occasional showers possible. Highs in the low 40s and lows in the upper 30s, but we live in Wisconsin so it can change in a moment's notice.

We all need to be at the church at 9am on Sunday!
Our team this week will consist of the following:

Alan Anzalone - You will be on 60th waving to people this week.
Scott Nelson - You will be in the main parking lot showing people what space to park in.
Justin Adams- You will be in the main parking directing also you are in charge of bringing in the cones this week.
Dan Cortez - You might be in with the rug rats i don't know, but if not I want you on the side walk helping people out of cars or hold an umbrella for people if it is raining.
Bill Harvey- you will be at the back entrance telling people to go to the next entrance. You are in charge of bringing in the signs.
Tom Mercier- You will be at Indian Trail entrance, you are going in for worship this week.
Jimmy Routt - You are in with the rug rats this week. Have fun bud, we will pray that you return to us alive and well next service!!!! ;)
Nick Keeran - Will be helping us this Sunday. I don't have an e-mail for him, if anybody knows his e-mail please forward this to him. I will call him if I don't get a response by Friday Morning. We hope that nick will join our parking team on a full time basis once we go live.

Remember Setup is Friday night at 6pm we could use any help we can get!

I need a list of anything (Items or ideas) that you think might be a good Idea to help better our cause. please e-mail this to me.
we will go over this on Sunday, We have already put a small list together.
If you know of anybody wishing or willing to serve in our parking team let me know or bring them and we will put them to good use!!! I will be willing to go out for coffee with them and you. Maybe we can even invite Dave ( just so he can pay! )

I would like everybody to reply to this so I know you have gotten it. If I sent this to your spouse then I don't have an email address for you please send it. Scott I know you have no use for the Internet so I will just send your mail to your wife. My cell phone is 262-237-0107 if anybody cant make it or needs to talk to me feel free to call.

We also should get together one afternoon or night just to hang out. being that we are the real men and women of Great lakes Church we have to do something cool. I don't know if any of you like to shoot but if you do we should go to the range and shoot. I have a couple of .22cal 1 Ruger pistol and 1 Savage rifle. I can get a box of 500 or more rounds and we can go for a few hours. If some of you have bigger and better weapons of mass destruction let me know it will determine were we go. Let me know what you think. Thanks. I was also thinking that a little paintball would be fun. I don't have a PB gun and don't know if they rent them out here. I know of a paintball place in North Chicago, but I don't know much about it. Anyways let me know what you guys want to do. Even if its just to watch a game and have a few beers or a game of hold'em.

If I confused you in anyway with my spastic rambling or poor grammar call me.

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Regards,

Jesse L. Stalman

Dec 7th Parking Assignments

Hey everyone. Here are this weeks parking assignments. http://www.eastlakecc.com/events/ugly-christmas-sweater-sunday/
Check out the upcoming "Ugly Sweater Sunday" I think the parking team will win this one hands down. Start gearing up because we won't be wearing vests or jackets that day but our Ugly Sweaters.

Also, with last weekend being Thanksgiving I wanted to let everyone know how thankfull I am for your help with parking. We have an amazing and very consistent team and I appreciate all of your help. I could write something great about every single person on this team and how much they have contributed. Way back when Pat, Peter and Farmer first started the parking team at the old church I know they couldn't have imagined a team like this. Just think at one point our entire weekend service was about 50 people! We have almost 40 people just on the parking team. Thanks again.