Last Night's Meeting

We had another wonderful time. We discussed what our children are not learning in schools any more concerning etiquette at the table, on the phone and in general conversations--and that some of these things will have an effect on their chances for employment.

For instance, after graduating from college and trying to join the job market, employers often invite potential employees out for a working lunch . A working knowledge of table etiquette could be the deciding factor in a young employable's receiving a position in their company.  We agreed that the basics should be taught at home with refinement and support of those skills at school. However, schools these days do not allow time for it as teachers have duty-free lunch and do not sit with the children anymore. Besides that cafeterias and the way the food is prepared  and served is set up to save time and money. The regular cooking staff we had when we were in school may still be employed but the job has changed to "food warmer" as the lowest bidding contracted companies serve prepared foods in Styrofoam containers with plastic "sporks" alongside milk in a bag. The children have a whopping 25 minutes to wolf down their food while their teachers usually have 20 minutes to drop the kids off, eat, then pick them up fro the cafeteria.

Children are not learning basic table settings. Families have busy after-school activities. However, it is up to us as parents and grandparents to keep the instructions flowing. My daughter and I would take down the "good dishes" once a month and have a sit-down evening meal. Even if you take the time to do it only once every other month, it's better than not teaching them at all. We've all got to work on it. In my Brown/Daisy Girl Scout troop I used to teach table setting by having my girls make place mats with the place settings drawn on one side.

Hand outs were passed out for each attendee to use with our young folks. Included in the packet were reminders of using telephone etiquette and conversational etiquette. Again, these things should take future employment in mind. Sister Wicker reminded us that placing weirdly inappropriate names in our email addresses--particularly those that must appear on a resume should be taken into consideration. One can devise email addresses from many free services so encourage young people to set up a separate professional email account for business.

We also spoke of the art of listening when we spoke of conversation. Being able to listen is a Christian act of showing love. Actually listening to another shows that person you care instead of peppering "me-too-isms" and thinking of something to add about yourself while the other person is speaking.

Fellowship dinner will be next Tuesday March 17 at Applebee's on Airline at 6:30PM.
The New Venture production of Annie, we spoke of earlier, when the auditions were underway will be on stage March 27-29, 2020. Bring your favorite youngster. We will go to the March 27 showing for 7:30PM. Please respond if you will attend. You can purchase tickets at this link: https://newventuretheatre.org/annie/

Second Tuesday is Near but Thursday is Sooner

Don't forget that this meeting, March 10, is potluck and that we will bring a young one you know will benefit from our mini- etiquette workshop that this meeting will be. First Lady Izetta Blake will be at the meeting with a plea of volunteerism for the Sisterhood.

Also, I received a request from Sister Izetta to ask all of you to gather with her on Thursday evening, March 5, at 7PM the church about a very important task and help in preparing for a special women's conference. 
~KM

Dinner with MawMaw'

March 10 is our next meeting. Remember,  this is Dinner with MawMaw night. Bring a dish to share and your favorite young person to share it with. We will have a mini-workshop on basic etiquette.
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Last Tuesday's Meeting

If you missed Tuesday's meeting, you missed another good one! For Black Women in History , we looked at a presentation about Ruby Bridges. Did you know the story behind Ms. Bridges attending the William Frantz Elementary School? Did you know there was a test designed to keep her and the six other students who took the test from attending? it was supposed to be too hard but it wasn't.

Did you know that of the six students who took the test,  others went to another nearby white school, two others parents kept their child at the school for Black children and Ruby was the only Black student at William Frantz.

We also discussed other more local desegration stories right here in our community--like why McKinley High School was so important to East Baton Rouge Parish and to Black children in surrounding parishes.

We are going to have an evening dinner together so that the ladies who work during the day can come. Look for the Remind text or email.
We will also attend the next New Venture Theater production.
Our March meeting will be our "Dinner with MawMaw" where we will bring potluck and a favorite young'un for a mini-workshop on etiquette.

Meeting tomorrow

Apologies for not calling everyone for our Jan. 28 outing. I had 2 emergencies in the family. We can try again for later in the month-- or next month.

On February's agenda is Black History and Valentine's Day at our meeting in February we'll enjoy Black Women in History presentations while we enjoy pot luck dinner.

In March another dinner but this time we will invite our young folks out for another MawMaw's Etiquette Meal where we teach and learn about the etiquette of eating out at causal and formal meals among other things. At tonight's meeting we will discuss duties.

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Dinner Time! And a Recap of Tuesday's Meeting

We had a very productive meeting on Tuesday, January 14, 2020! One of the things we decided to have next is a dinner out at Applebee's  on Airline on Tuesday 2 weeks from the meeting at 6:00PM. The reason is that we had late lunches and our sisters who work during th day cannot join us. Applebees' is also centrally located in the city. So consider this your 2-week prior notice and invitation to come to dinner on January 28. Now, don't keep it to yourself! Bring another sister with you. She doesn't have to be on the Sisterhood roll or the Mount Pilgrim roll. Just plan to come out and have fun is sisterly fellowship.
9702 Airline Hwy.

Another topic was the success of the success of the Care Packages for the Homeless Drive and how we can make it even bigger next year! Stay tuned for that!

There are also some movies and plays we want to see together. New Venture Theater has some auditions coming up for Annie so get your favorite local actors to audition!
We are also thinking of organizing and hosting a giant garage sale.We will need the cooperation of EVERYONE to do it.

On February's agenda is Black History and Valentine's Day at our meeting in February we'll enjoy Black Women in History presentations while we enjoy pot luck dinner.

In March another dinner but this time we will invite our young folks out for another MawMaw's Etiquette Meal where we teach and learn about the etiquette of eating out at causal and formal meals among other things.

Guess what? I love you, even when you give me this face back→ ☹ I'm going to still give you ⌣☺...and there's nothing you can do about it!

~KM

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Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at 6:00 PM in the Education Center!

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~KM