Category: What’s New

On Wednesday, June 20, GMC welcomed Kalli Simon as the leader of our new Fitness Group! Kalli’s high energy and enthusiasm is so infectious. On the first day, the mood our participants quickly changed from hesitant and reluctant to excited and joyful. The next week, one of the participants from the week before came to GMC just to participate in the group!

Not only is Kalli a superstar workout leader, but she also took the initiative and contacted Whole Foods to see if they would donate some reusable water bottles for participating members. Whole Foods agreed and was very supportive! Thank you, Whole Foods, and thank you to Kalli for reaching out to them!

Read on to learn more about Kalli, why she wanted to come and volunteer at GMC, and how to get in contact with her!

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Help the homeless while sampling great dishes at this year’s Taste of Georgetown on June 2, 2012!

Georgetown Ministry Center will be kicking off this year’s Help the Homeless campaign with Taste tickets and a VIP lounge for those who register. Escape the heat and the crowds during the Taste when you register to participate in Help the Homeless and receive the following perks:

• VIP Lounge: enjoy your tastes in Georgetown Ministry Center with access to seating, refreshments, restrooms, air conditioning, and WiFi

• 3 Taste Tickets: every registrant will receive 3 Taste tickets, a $15 value!

• Skip the ticket line! We’ll be selling tickets at the regular prices, too.

• a Help the Homeless t-shirt

• the great feeling of doing good and helping those less fortunate in your community

Come kick back in our center with GMC staff and friends. All you need to do is register yourself and as many as you can from your party on the Help the Homeless website. Pick up your Taste tickets on June 2 starting at 10:30 am in Georgetown Ministry Center (map and directions). Early birds will beat the crowds and be first in line for the tastes they want!

If you can’t make it to the Taste, you can still register and be a virtual participant. We will be live tweeting the event (twitter.com/gmcgt), so you can still feel like you’re there!

Let us tell you about Sandra…

…master crocheter and designer. She is the fastest crocheter in our Knit and Crochet Group, completing baskets in a hour, sweaters in a day, and blankets in a weekend. The beauty of Sandra’s pieces is that they are so artistic and organic; she doesn’t follow patterns, barely worries about counting stitches, and lacks no inspiration. Give her a hook and some yarn and she’s off, drawing ideas from what she sees in nature, on the street, and in magazines.

April Showers, Baby Showers!

We are happy to kick off our first online craft auction this spring with Sandra’s adorable baby blanket and booties! These would make a great present at a baby shower. Want them? Place a bid below in our online auction!

Happy bidding!

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Monday knitting class, Tuesday house meeting, Wednesday tai chi workshop… the usual programming is only the beginning of everything we have planned for this week. Here’s a little preview:

Wednesday evening, students fromThe Gathering ministry group at Georgetown University will be providing dinner for our guests again. (Click here to read about the last dinner.) This time, they’ll be bringing pizza along with their musical instruments, and they hope to have a jam session with our guests.

On Thursday, Georgetown Ministry Center will be closing at 2pm. We are repainting our walls a happy “Lemon Chiffon” color. Would you like to help? Feel free to drop by; we should be painting until 6 or 7pm. If you can, shoot Stephanie an email (stephanie@gmcgt.org) to let her know you’re coming.

Friday is when we usually show a movie using one of our small computer screens. This week, however, we are showing the movie on a big screen at Georgetown University, where students from The Corp will be providing a delicious, catered lunch.

Stay tuned for recaps and pictures of all these wonderful events!

If you are a fan of our Facebook page, you probably saw that we want to repaint our walls a warmer color. We were choosing between these colors:

We put blocks of each color on our wall (what a conversation starter that was!) and let everyone ruminate on what would look best for the center: what would look warm and inviting, reflect light, and go well with the gray accent wall in our kitchen.

Today, we voted during our House Meeting and the winning color is… LEMON CHIFFON!

HELP US PAINT!

On Thursday, April 12 at 2pm, we are going to start taping and putting down drop cloths. Come by and join GMC staff and members. We will work until the early evening (6 or 7pm). This might turn out to be a two-day project, so stay tuned for another painting day if you can’t make it on April 12.

PLEASE RSVP if you plan on coming – send Stephanie an email (stephanie@gmcgt.org) or RSVP on our Facebook event page!