Women’s Christmas Brunch

• 9:30am you will arrive through Alexander Entrance. Grab a name tag and check seating chart. Add your brunch item to the hallway tables, your gift your tables designated area on the stage and then find your seat. Welcome to serve yourself hot coffee, hot chocolate, juice or water.

• 9:45am Welcome, prayer, & brunch will open

• 10:30am Speaker

• 10:50am Favorite Things Gift Exchange

• 11:30am Closing Remarks

1. A favorite (or any) brunch item to share. If it has nuts please indicate with a note. It’s a dish that is intentionally Gluten free, please mark and add to the designated GF table. Welcome to also note dairy or vegan of you’d like.

2. You’re encouraged to bring a favorite brunch item to share and a $10 gift that reflect something that is a favorite of yours. And be prepared to share briefly why it’s a favorite.

   1. Example: The Botanical Gardens is your favorite destination in St. Louis so you bring a plant or book from MoBot to exchange.

   2. Example: The oven mittens you use are a favorite tool in your kitchen so you purchase a pair to exchange.

   3. Example: Mustard yellow is your favorite color so you bring clothe napkins that have a mustard yellow design to exchange.

Memorial women with the vast majority over 18. A few guest of Memorial women. And usually 1-2 dozen younger ladies (ages 4-18).

Each table will sit 8 and there are between 10-12 tables of women.

You are able to indicate the two women hosting a table that you would be most comfortable sitting with on your registration.

Upon arriving you will also be able to see right away who the other 7 women at your table are and if there are any open seats at your table.

Each woman at your table who brought a gift will participate (if someone forgot a gift, there are a few extra, just see Julie Robinson).

The person who’s birthday is the closest (in days before or after) to Christmas, Dec 25th will start the exchange. They will pick a gift from the table’s designated area and open it. Upon opening it, the bringer will share why it’s one of their favorite things. The person who just shared will then pick a gift and the cycle continues.

If there is a break in the cycle, just pick someone to start again.

There will be a separate table for foods that are Gluten Free.

And anything with nuts should be marked.

Feel free to contact Julie Robinson, Women’s Discipleship Coordinator, by email julie.robinson@memorialstl.com or by phone 260-251-1427.