Author Archives: Shannon Settlemire

Cub Scout Popcorn Update – Form Turn in 10/27 & Early Money Turn in

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Hi All,
We hope you are having an awesome popcorn season. At the round up this week, Mack reminded our pack families that the popcorn form turn in is this Tuesday, 10/27/15, at our pack meeting.
He also announced something new. This year our families have the option of turning in their popcorn money early instead of waiting until 11/24/15. You can turn in as much of your money as you have on Tuesday,10/27/15. Please limit your money turn in to two times during the season. To speed up the money in take process, you can write a check to the pack for your cash.
If you can not get to the pack meeting this week, please contact me to turn in your form and any money early.
 
Take care-
Shannon

Cub Scout God & Family Class #3 – Tuesday, 10/27/15 @ 6:00 pm Mt Tabor UMC 3rd Floor Library

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Hi Everyone,

We had a great time at the God & Family this week. Our God & Family “Pizza” now has a crust (foundation) and sauce (unique ingredients that make our families including our families both by birth and by choice). The boys in our Pineapple group ( Reynolds Bailey, Noah Bridges, Jacob Brown, Hudson Maddux, Zachoriah Moore and Ben Taylor) , did not get to trace their body and draw out their hereditary features – example: I have my dad’s eye color. They can do that on page 10 in their God & Family workbook on a smaller picture or if they want to come early at 5:30 on 10/27/15, I will do a big one with them. Please email me if your child wants to come early by Saturday, 10/24/15.

This coming Tuesday, 10/27/15, we will meet at 6:00 pm in the 3rd floor library at Mt Tabor UMC. I am happy to take the boys downstairs after God & Family class to the Family Life Center for our Pack Meeting.

We are working on our toppings (our talents & gifts) this coming week with Dr. Mark Key from our Mt Tabor UMC clergy family.

Our scripture will be:

  • Moses and Aaron – Exodus 4:10-17, 27-31;17:8-13
  • Timothy and his Family – 2 Timothy 1:1-7; 3:14-17
  • 1 Thessaalonians 3:1-2, 6

I think the pizza (while fun) took too much time away from the class time this past week so I will bring some snacks for the boys this week instead.

Missing classes : We know that the boys will get sick from time to time, but we need to limit the boys’ missed classes to one class per series to receive their award. If you have timing issues, please contact me so I can work with you.

Take care-
Shannon
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10/20/15- Cub Scout Den Meetings, God & Family Class & Popcorn Raffle

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Hello Everyone,

I hope you are all well. This coming week in cub scouts we have our Den Meetings, God & Family Class and our Popcorn Raffles.
God & Family Classes: For those signed up for the God & Family Class, we will meet 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm on Tuesday, 10/20, at Mt Tabor UMC in the 3rd floor library. Please enter through the church office and remind your scout to bring his God & Family Book and Bible, (if he has one). Please have your scout wear his class A uniform.
Den Meetings: Den Meetings will be from 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm on 10/20 as well. Please have your scout wear his class A uniform. Our dens have grown and we have moved our meetings around to accommodate our larger sizes and particular activities, please see the location list below for clarification on meeting locations for this week.
Tiger Den – Youth Commons – making birdhouses
Wolf Den  – Fellowship Hall
Bear Den – Room 306
Webelo I – Boy Scout Room
Webelo II – Room 304/305
I know many of you are new to our pack and may not know your way to the youth commons or the fellowship hall, please come through the church office entrance and we will work with you to help you find your way.
Current sign ups are for The Wake Forest Football Game & Sleepover and Webelo I and Webelo II Camping Trip.  This Tuesday, 10/20,  is the deadline for signing up for the Wake Forest Football Game & Sleepover.
 
Pack Calendar Dates:
10/20/15 – Den Meetings – Den Rooms (see notes above)
10/27/15 – Pack Meeting – Family Life Center <<Turn in Popcorn Order Forms>>
11/3/15 – Den Meetings – Den Rooms
11/10/15  – Leader’s Meeting – Youth Commons
11/12/15  – Pick up Popcorn – Northwest Baptist Church – 407 Petree Road
11/17/15  – Den Meetings – Den Rooms <<1st day to turn in Popcorn Money>>
11/24/15 – Pack Meeting – Family Life Center <<2nd day to turn in Popcorn Money>>
12/1/15 – Airbound Party << All Popcorn Money Due>>
12/5/15 11:00 am – Webelo I Den goes to the Aircare Facility
1/5/16 – Den Meetings – Den Rooms
1/12/16 – Leader’s Meeting – Youth Commons
1/26/16 – Pack Meeting – Family Life Center – Pie Throw
2/2/16 – Den Meetings – Den Rooms
2/7/16 – Cub Scout Sunday – Boys Receive Religious Awards
2/9/16 – Leaders’ meeting -Youth Commons
2/16/16 – Den Meetings – Den Rooms
2/19-2/20 – Pinewood Derby
2/23/16 – 6:30 Pack Meeting/Carolina Raptor Center Visits the pack
Take care-
Shannon

Cub Scout God & Family Classes Next Week, 10/20/15, 6:00 – 7:00 at Mt Tabor UMC

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Dear All,
We had our first God & Family Class last Tuesday Night. It was great fun for all of us. Our class was led by the always entertaining Pastor Andy Lambert from the Mt Tabor UMC Clergy. We will meet again next week, 10/20/15, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm at Mt Tabor UMC in the 3rd floor library. Please enter through the church office and follow the signs. We will take the boys on to their den meetings after the God & Family Class. Please remind your scout to bring his God & Family book and his bible, if he has one.
You may remember from my earlier message that this series uses the parts of a pizza to explain God’s plan for strengthening families. We talked about the “Crust” (foundation) of our Pizza (family) last night.
This week’s homework is one of the following three options:
(1) Have your scout explain the mezuzah (door hanger) to your family. Talk about what is important in your family’s Christian beliefs.
(2) If your family doesn’t currently say a blessing before meals, this is a great time to begin. A blessing or grace shows the importance of our belief in God and Jesus Christ. If you don’t know a table grace, try this one: God, we thank you for this food. We thank you for Jesus Christ. We thank you for loving us. And we thank you for our families. Amen
(3) Do something fun together with your family this week. Play a board game, take a walk, take a hike together or something else fun.
Next week, Mt Tabor’s Children’s Minister, Susan Ewing, will be working with us as we get into the “sauce” of our pizza.
The scripture we will use is:
Ruth & Naomi – Ruth 1:1-18, 4:13-17
Baby Jesus is taken to the temple – Luke 2:21-24, 40
I will stand in again for Stacy Stevens with help from Carmen Bridges (thank you, Carmen).
See you next week.
Shannon

Cub Scout Leaders’ Meeting & First God & Family Classes – This Week 10/13/15

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Dear All,
I hope everyone is well. We had a great parent & son camping trip this past weekend.
This coming Tuesday, 10/13/15, is a leaders’ meeting. There are no den meetings; however, the first God & Family classes begin at 6:00 pm in library located in the cub scout rooms on the third floor. Please enter through the church office as already mentioned in the email the God & Family participating families received. Just a reminder that the attire for the God & Family Classes is your scout’s class A uniform.
Pack Calendar Dates:
10/13/15 – God & Family Classes Begin – Den Rooms
10/13/15 – Leader’s Meeting – Youth Commons
10/20/15 – Den Meetings – Den Rooms
10/27/15 – Pack Meeting – Family Life Center <<Turn in Popcorn Order Forms>>
11/3/15 – Den Meetings – Den Rooms
11/10/15  – Leader’s Meeting – Youth Commons
11/12/15  – Pick up Popcorn – Northwest Baptist Church – 407 Petree Road
11/17/15  – Den Meetings – Den Rooms <<1st day to turn in Popcorn Money>>
11/24/15 – Pack Meeting – Family Life Center <<2nd day to turn in Popcorn Money>>
12/1/15 – Airbound Party << All Popcorn Money Due>>
1/5/16 – Den Meetings – Den Rooms
1/12/16 – Leader’s Meeting – Youth Commons
1/22/16 – Pack Lock-in – Mt Tabor UMC
1/26/16 – Pack Meeting – Family Life Center – Pie Throw
Take care-
Shannon

God & Family – First Class

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Hello All,
This coming Tuesday, 10/13/15, Scout God & Family Classes begin! We meet at 6:00 pm in the Library which is located upstairs in our temporary scout meeting location. Please enter the church through the office door. The boys need to wear their class A uniform. I know 6:00 pm can be hard to make but please try to be on time.
We have twelve scouts signed up to participate. We will be splitting into two groups to work through the class materials. One group with work with a member of the Mt Tabor UMC Clergy while the other group will work with one of our Pack Leaders. Then we will rotate the boys.
Each boy will be given a workbook. Please bring this to every class.
This week, our bible verses will be:
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
Matthew 28:1-10
John 3:16
We will be talking about building a strong foundation for our lives focusing on faith and family. The course uses the components of a pizza to symbolize the parts of our lives so our part this week is the crust!
I will be standing in for Stacy Stevens, our pack coordinator, this Tuesday, see you then.
Take care-
Shannon

Cub Scout Den Meetings This Coming Tuesday, 10/6/15 & More

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Hello Everyone!
I hope the popcorn sales season is going well. 🔥Please be advised our popcorn sales reporting process has changed this year. Instead of reporting in your popcorn sales each Sunday as we have in years past, just bring in your popcorn forms to each meeting and our popcorn team will tally everything up and enter the boys in the prize drawings based on their sales. 🔥
This coming Tuesday, 10/6/15, will have cub scout den meetings. We will be meeting in the same rooms as this past Tuesday.
These are listed below:
  • Tigers (1st grade) – Room 301
  • Wolves (2nd grade) – Fellowship Hall
  • Bears (3rd grade) – Room 306
  • Webelos I (4th grade) – Boy Scout Room 120
  • Webelos II (5th grade) – Room 305
At the end of the meetings, we will hold the Popcorn Round Up which is when we check the boys’ sales progress and have our prize drawings in the Youth Commons room 113 in the old scout area.
Hopefully, those signed up for the Big Sweep all received my earlier message that it has been postponed until 10/10/15 due to weather. Most of us that were signed up for that event are also signed up to attend the Parent/Son Camporee on 10/10/15 so we will not be able to participate in the Big Sweep this year. If you still want to participate in the Big Sweep and will be available on 10/10, please let me know.
Pack Calendar Dates:
10/6/15 – Den Meetings – Den Rooms
10/13/15 – God & Family Classes Begin – Den Rooms @ 6:00 pm
10/13/15 – Leader’s Meeting – Youth Commons
10/20/15 – Den Meetings – Den Rooms
10/27/15 – Pack Meeting – Family Life Center <<Turn in Popcorn Order Forms>>
11/3/15 – Den Meetings – Den Rooms
11/10/15  – Leader’s Meeting – Youth Commons
11/12/15  – Pick up Popcorn – Northwest Baptist Church – 407 Petree Rd
11/17/15  – Den Meetings – Den Rooms <<1st day to turn in Popcorn Money>>
11/24/15 – Pack Meeting – Family Life Center <<2nd day to turn in Popcorn Money>>
12/1/15 – Airbound Party << All Popcorn Money Due>>
1/5/16 – Den Meetings – Den Rooms
1/12/16 – Leader’s Meeting – Youth Commons
1/22/16 – Pack Lock-in – Mt Tabor UMC
1/26/16 – Pack Meeting – Family Life Center
If you are new and this is confusing, please contact me and I will help you.
Take care-
Shannon

Big Sweep Has Been Postponed from 10/3/15 until 10/10/15

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Dear All,
I wanted to let you know that I received a message today that the Big Sweep originally planned for this Saturday, 10/3 is now postponed until the next Saturday, 10/10.
Unfortunately, 10/10 is the Saturday of the Cub Scout Parent/Son Camporee. I know that like me, many of you are signed up for both the Big Sweep and the Parent/Son Camporee. The official pack activity for the weekend of 10/9 – 10/11 will be the Parent/Son Camporee. However, if you are not planning to participate in the Parent/Son Camporee and would like to go to the Big Sweep, please let me know.
Take care-
Shannon

Big Sweep Details – 10/3/15

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Dear All,
I hope you are all well. Thank you for signing up to support our community by cleaning it up!
Currently, our pack has 38 people coming to the Big Sweep next Saturday, 10/3/15. I received our assignment last night. We have been assigned to Washington Park. We are to meet in a parking lot off of Broad street (please see my note below). We will be joined by local families, the Washington Park neighborhood association and a group of students from the School of the Arts.
I sent back a message asking for clarification on the meeting location and some other details. As soon as I have the answers to my questions, I will send them out to you. One of my questions was about attire for this event. As of right now, we will be in class B (cub scout t-shirts) with other details to follow from the KWSB (Keep Winston Salem Beautiful) team. Additionally, right now the weather looks good for next Saturday, mostly sunny with a high of 65 degrees. However, things can change so we will monitor it and leave messages as appropriate.
The KWSB  team is planning to have donuts in the morning and at the conclusion of the clean up there will be Cici’s pizza and water. The pack will be bringing hand sanitizer, paper towels and first aid kits as well as other supplies.
The KWSB team is providing gloves and trash bags.
I know Saturday mornings are hard for all of us but let’s meet at 8:45 am. We have some safety information to go over with the boys before we begin. Based on the information that came from KWSB, there will be at least 78 people in Washington Park volunteering that morning so the earlier you can get there the better for parking.
Click here for a waiver to be signed and returned to me at the den meetings on Tuesday (9/29). If you are not able to attend the den meetings, let me know and we will make other arrangements for the wavier. I will have some paper waivers at the sign up table on Tuesday as well.
I will post this information on the website and will add the details to the Big Sweep Webpage on our site.
Take care-
Shannon