President Kayla Mudge opened the meeting, Deb Koeneman led the Pledge of Allegiance, and John Pennypacker gave a Thought of the Day.
“Lord, I hate buttermilk.”
And “Lord, I hate lard.”
“And Lord, you know I don’t much care for raw white flour.”
“But Lord, when you mix them all together and bake them, I do love warm, fresh biscuits.”
"So Lord, when things come up that we don’t like,
When life gets hard,
When we don’t understand what you’re saying to us, help us to just relax and wait until you are done mixing.
It will probably be even better than biscuits. Amen”
Within that prayer, there is great wisdom for all when it comes to complicated situations like we are experiencing in the world today. Stay strong, my friends, because our life is being mixed with lots of things that we don’t care for…….. relax and wait until the mixing is done.
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Today’s guests were Dave and Tara Dakus (Gilbert RC). There were also several Zoom attendees, including Angelia Mudge-Long, Ron Johnson, and Pai Bethea.
For today’s raffle, the winner of the small pot was Jeanie Morgan. She did not draw the Ace of clubs , so the pot carries over.
The March Mesa West Rotarian of the Month is Pam Cohen.
Next, Andy Bradford collected Happy Bucks and announcements:
- Harry Grossman was happy that a new Whole Foods is within walking distance of his condo and that a new Costco is opening nearby
- Eric Silverberg was happy that Tara and Dave were here and that the blood drive went well
- Dave Bacus was happy that John Pennypacker paid for his lunch
- John Pennypacker was happy to donate in honor of his grandson’s birthday
- Dick Myren was happy to donate for himself and Rod Daniels
- Blaise Vitale was happy to have gone on a great vacation where he got in some volunteering, and he brought an auction item with bourbon and chocolate
- Deb Koeneman was happy that she and Ed were contributing to the sponsorship program
- Jeanie Morgan was happy that she won the raffle
- Pam was happy for our Zoom attendees
- Erwin was happy to have had many house guests recently
- Ed Koeneman was happy that the Spring Olympics is this Saturday
- Andy Bradford is happy to have fewer kids living at home
- Warren Williamson was happy to tell his weekly joke
Next were announcements of upcoming events:
- Ongoing : Sponsorship Program – PLEASE PARTICIPATE by asking people you know to donate or donating yourself
- April 4 – Spring Olympics and canned food collection for the food bank
- May 1-2 - the District Conference. There are volunteer opportunities from 3-5pm on May 1st. Please come to the volunteer event even if you don’t attend the whole conference.
The speakers today were Jim Schmidt and Colleen Coons, who talked to us about what they are doing at the District level. They emphasized adaptability, flexibility, and the importance of a unified district governor line. They have created roles and responsibilities documents, training, and procedures to help future district governor lines. They are also working on documentation and procedures for the district committees. The end goal is to be able to better support clubs within the district.