April 7 at 5:00 p.m.
Present: Mel Reichwald, Darrel Ruege, Pastor Chris Byars, Sharon Raatz

Mel Reichwald opened the meeting with a devotion and prayer.

Old Business Addressed:
40 Days of Kindness: We will plan to continue next Lent.
Ice Cream Social: Set for July 13th after service. Will work in conjunction with CYF to promote VBS at the same time.
Prices from Rank’s: $100/machine with $50/bag of Soft Serve (each averages 75 cones)
Scoop Ice Cream = $26.81/3 gallons of Cedar Crest Ice Cream
Sharon Raatz recommended talking to an alternative: Robert Davis makes his own (Mel will check into this). Own Yoder has a machine through the bakery.
Coffee Fellowship for April is CYF
Continuing conversation about forming a potential Men’s Group

To Address Next Meeting:
Fair Booth Planning
4th of July Float: our team needs to know what kind of help CYF would like on the float. Are they taking lead again? How can we support?

Meeting adjourned with the Lord’s Prayer.
Next meeting: May 5 at 5:00 p.m.

Notes taken by Pastor Chris Byars, Submitted by Dawn Byars

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