McKendree Moms, Dads and More

Mark your calendars for November 13! Free parking in the McKendree Garage, Silent Auctions, Cake Walk and Games for the Kids! Food will be provided!

McKendree Day Care will be closed today. Stay safe and warm today!

For those of you that don't know, McKendree Church is feeding 200 members of the downtown homeless community on Christmas Eve at 11:30. A service will follow. Here is a list of items that we still need for the Christmas Eve Dinner - some of you have said you wanted to help so I am sharing. Please put in the comments if you want to donate something and what it is. I will let the team know and will get you the information you need on where to bring the items (I'm thinking the day care).

7 bags of Pepridge farms dressing
4 lb of turkey breast
2 dozen rolls
sweet potatoes for 120 people
4 - 200 packs of napkins
Gravy
trash bags
butter/margarine: for the mashed potatoes and dressing - 8 boxes; for the rolls - ?
milk (for the mashed potatoes): 34 cups (there are 16 cups in a gallon - so 2 1/2 gallons)
cream & sugar for coffee
if we can, the dressing made with broth, celery and onions is better but it will take 40 cups of broth, a bag of onions and one bunch of celery.

Join us for the Day Care Caroling on Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at 11am. The Day Care children will sing carols on the front steps of the church. We look forward to seeing your smiling faces as we gather together to celebrate the birth of Christ.

Remember McKendree Mom's: MAW Holiday Party Today:
Desserts & Discussion
Noon to 1:00pm
McKendree Daycare 1st Floor
(at the end of the hallway, on the right)

McKendree Day Care is closing at 3:00 p.m. due to the incoming winter weather. The Nashville Christmas Parade has also been cancelled.

A winter weather advisory has been issued for most of the area, including Davidson County. The advisory in Davidson County is in effect from 4 p.m. to midnight tonight. Closing early allows our families and staff to be ahead of the storm.

Please be careful as you travel; a winter weather advisory means that periods of snow, sleet or freezing rain will cause travel difficulties -- please be prepared for slippery roads and limited visibilities.

MAW Holiday Party: Desserts & Discussion
Wednesday, December 11th
Noon to 1:00pm
McKendree Daycare 1st Floor
(at the end of the hallway, on the right)

More information to come in your mail pockets on Monday!

On Dec. 3 and 4, McKendree UMC Day Care is hosting a children's bike drive in partnership with Hands On Nashville! Bring in your used children's bikes (or your neighbor's!) and drop them off in the lobby. Hands On Nashville volunteers will fix up the bikes and give them to deserving kids in the spring. Learn more about this effort at www.hon.org/recyclebikes.

Hands On Nashville Be the change. Volunteer.

Sharing this cute daily report from one of the Young Toddler Rooms: "This morning we went to the roof and checked out the rain. We took several pieces of dark construction paper and sat them on the picnic table to see what would happen. They quickly realized that their paper was getting wet! K yelled "Oh, no!" and G grabbed his paper and headed back to the dry hallway. C simply watched and every now and again would touch one of the drops on her paper and make a long water line. The boys thought this was pretty neat and followed C's lead. Our science project suddenly turned into an art project. We brought the paper back to the room. when lunch was over I made a comment on how their pictures had changed. G looked at his paper and started to cry because his marks had disappeared. :( I promised that the next time it was raining we would go paint again."

MAW Cancelled: Due to all of the traffic issues downtown tomorrow (Wednesday, the 6th), we are going to cancel the MAW meeting. We will post the new date ASAP, but are hoping we can move it to the following Wednesday, November 13th.

CMA AWARDS - Traffic Alerts: Lots of traffic and some road closures on tomorrow. The following roads will be closed as early as 6 am tomorrow (6th) & as late as 4am on Thursday: Demonbreun from 8th Avenue S to 4th Avenue S, 5th Avenue S and 6th Avenue S from Korean Veterans Boulevard to Broadway, 7th Avenue S from Demonbreun to Broadway, and McGavock Street from 8th Avenue S to 7th Avenue S. From 6 am to 10 pm tomorrow (6th), only the southbound lane on 4th Avenue from Broadway to Demonbreun will be open. In addition to the CMA Awards, other events happening in this footprint are ABC's Good Morning America and the CMA's red carpet.

The McKendree MAW Life Group has changed their schedule. We will now be meeting monthly on the first Wednesday of every month from noon until 1:00pm. Our first meeting with this schedule will begin on Wednesday, November 6th. Please feel free to email me with any questions you have about the group. We hope to see you next Wednesday!