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TML COMMITTEES & ACTIVITIES

Budget Shop—As a member of this committee, you will be asked to volunteer some of your time at the Seven Dolors Budget Shop.  The Budget Shop staff as needed will contact you.

Coffee & Donuts—Coffee, juice, fruit and donuts are served after the 8:30 and 10:30 Masses on Welcoming Sundays (2^nd Sunday of each month).  Workers arrive early to make coffee, cut fruit and set out donuts.  They also serve after Mass and clean up.

Cookie Carousel—(1^st Saturday in December) All members of the parish are asked to contribute cookies to our Christmas cookie sale.  As a member of this committee, you will be involved in the other activities of the sale.  The Cookie Carousel is held on the 1^st Saturday of December each year.

Craft Group—This group meets on the 4^th Monday of each month.  Meetings are held in members’ homes and individual projects are worked on while everyone socializes.

Devotional Leader—A brief devotion is presented at each TML meeting.  This can be a reading, scripture, music, personal experience, etc.  Volunteers are needed to present such devotions.  The coordinator may be contacted for help with ideas or topics.  Our church library is another good resource.

First Friday Vigil—On the first Friday of each month, St. Thomas More Church has a vigil from 5:00 pm – 11:00 pm with exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.  This is a quiet time of prayer, reflection and adoration.  At least one person should be present at all times when the Blessed Sacrament is exposed. TML has agreed to have someone from our group present between the hours of 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm.  Please indicate if you would be able to commit to regular attendance, or if you could be called as a substitute.

Funeral Dinners—All members of the parish are called on to help provide food for funeral dinners.  As a member of this committee, you will be asked to work/serve at the funeral dinner (usually from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm on the day of the funeral).

Hostesses for TML Meetings—Each TML meeting requires hostesses.  Hostess duties are:
1)  Act as a welcoming committee to each new woman attending the meeting.  Make them feel welcome by introducing them to someone that they could sit with.
2) Set up table at entrance of Werth Hall with sign-in sheet and nametags.
3) Set up refreshment serving area and clean up after meeting.
4) Prepare and serve refreshments at meeting.
5) Inform Vice President of any changes in hostess schedule.

International Students’ Nursery—As a member of Church Women United, TML takes its turn in October to furnish sitters for pre-school children of the foreign students’ wives as they attend weekly language classes and other activities at the First Presbyterian Church, 801 Leavenworth.  Paid nursery employees are present, but we need 3 or 4 volunteers each Tuesday from 9:30 – 11:00 am.  Your pre-schooler may accompany you and play with the other children.

Kitchen Clean Up—This committee is responsible for general cleaning in the parish kitchen and will meet as a group at least once during the year to perform this clean up.  If the need arises, you may be contacted more than once.

Manhattan Emergency Shelter—As a participant in this activity, you will prepare a main dish (usually a casserole) to serve 15-25 people.  This dish must be taken to the Shelter around 5:00 pm on the 11^th of the month.  The coordinator will contact you as a reminder when it is your month.

Prayer Bags—These are handmade, quilted bags containing materials for use by small children during Mass.  This committee is responsible for filling/replenishing the bags and making sure they are set out and put away after Mass. 

Prayer Chain—This committee takes part in a telephone chain in which requested prayers/concerns of parishioners are passed along.

RCIA/RCIC Reception at Easter Vigil—This committee plans and hosts a reception for the RCIA and RCIC participants following the Easter Vigil Mass.

Reception for Confirmation—This committee plans and hosts a reception following Confirmation Mass for St. Thomas More students.  This committee often consists of parents of students who will be confirmed the following year, but anyone is welcome to help.

Reception for First Communion—This committee helps the Religious Education Coordinator set up, serve punch and cookies, and clean up after the First Communion Mass.

Reception for High School Seniors—This committee plans and hosts a brunch before the 10:30 Mass on graduation weekend.  This committee often consists of the parents of high school juniors, but anyone is welcome to help.

Rosary Leader—The rosary is prayed in the chapel 15 minutes before the start of each regular TML meeting.  Volunteers are needed to lead the rosary before each meeting.

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