Christmas Party!

Don't forget to bring you favourite ornament to the meeting/party next week to share!  It'll be interesting to see what everyone brings!

We will also be doing the $5 Christmas Exchange!  Always a good time, as we switch, swap and steal gifts from others! ;)

Vesper Service!

NO CGIT on Monday!  Enjoy your long weekend- hope you had a great time, and are able to rest up for the upcoming week on Monday night! :)

As we will only have 2 weeks to prepare for the Vesper Service, it is incredibly important that you are there to learn how the Service will flow.  Please make coming to CGIT a priority on the 21st and the 28th. 

If you cannot make it to the Vesper Service on Sunday, Dec. 4th at 7pm (we will gather earlier than that... but the service starts at 7pm), please let us know ASAP.  We will make sure that your parts are covered, so that we're not scrambling that night to make sure everything will go as it should.

A lot of people look forward to our calming, Christmas service.  It is a huge joy to be able to bring this peace and blessing to others- hope you feel as excited about it as we do! :)

No CGIT on Monday!

Reminder:  There is no CGIT on Monday!  Enjoy your Halloween Plans! :)

Pumpkin Decoration Contest!

Remember to start dreaming up and collecting "stuff" for the pumpkin (gourd) decorating contest on Monday! :) 

Sleepover = POSTPONED!!!

We were unable to get the use of the kitchen for the weekend, so therefore have had to POSTPONE THE SLEEPOVER THIS WEEKEND!  There will not be a sleepover this weekend, please spread the message!

We will be meeting next Monday, Oct. 3rd as usual.  See you in the Craft room at 7pm on Monday October 3rd (NOT Saturday, Oct. 1st!)

SLEEPOVER!!!

Saturday, Oct. 1st
7pm
McClure United Church
Multipurpose Room as we make our Delicious Antipasto to fundraise for the acitivities of our year. 
Youth Lounge afterwards (once our antipasto is chopped, diced, stewed, canned and hopefully sealing!) for sardines, snacks and movies, before sleeping. ;)

We will all be going to the church service(s) in the morning at 9:15am.  We will be helping out a bit during the service!

Please bring:

• a sharp knife to chop
• a cutting board
• a large bowl
• an apron
• sleeping gear
• toiletries
• a snack to share with everyone

(heads up:  We'll be selling the antipasto on Sunday, October 16th, after both services)

Planning for the Future

Hey girls!  Hope this week is going well... what beautiful weather for canoe trips and fun Fall activities! :)  We hope that you've also had an opportunity or two to pass on the invitation to come join our group this week! :)  Thanks to those who were willing to go to the Junior Youth Group to make an announcement tomorrow too!

Here's another opportunity as well, from the Sask. Provincial CGIT committee! :)  The 100th Anniversary Slogan Contest!

Put your thinking caps on ……… 

100 years of CGIT 

We need an anniversary slogan that will speak to people all across Canada.  Reminding them that we are alive and well, and celebrating 100 years of “becoming the girls God would have us be”. 

Please submit all entries to: 

Heather Berriault 

saskcgit@accesscomm.ca 

All submissions must be in by:  

November 15, 2011 

Once our anniversary slogan is chosen, we will then have a contest for the anniversary logo.  The prize is knowing that you created the slogan/logo that will be used across Canada celebrating 100 years of CGIT!

Two Days!

See you soon!!!  Can't wait to kick off a new CGIT year with you! 

PS- our location has changed for Monday night only:  We will be upstairs in the Youth Lounge. Photos and Book Study, and other groups have the main level of the church hopping! :)

CGIT 2011-2012!

Hey girls!  Mark your calendars!  We will kick off our new year on Monday, September 19th from 7-8:30pm in the craft room!! :)  Grab your friends, spread the word, and bring your beautiful smiling faces!  Can't wait to hear your stories about the adventures that summer brought.

CGIT Windup REVISED!!!

So sorry for the delay! Ok, here's the plan!


You are all coming over to MEGHAN's house this Friday night (June 3rd) for a BBQ! Please come anytime after 6:30 and you are welcome to stay til about 11:30pm (if your curfews and parents allow)


We will have hot dogs, hamburgers, smores, the works (and I'll have something for the vegetarians too)


You need to bring:
1) Big smiles! We'll likely be staying in most of the evening. Darn Rain! :)
2) Warm clothes! Bring on the bunnyhugs, sweat pants, jackets and blankets as we're going to have a camp fire!
3) A good ghost story or camp fire story for fire time!


Here's the most important part: See Meghan's address in the email she sent! :)


Remember, this plan is weather permitting...if the weather doesn't cooperate, we will come up with a new plan and let you know as soon as possible.. as posted here :)


Have a great week and hope to see you Friday!!!


Jen =)


I believe you all have my phone number and my email is j.lyons@shaw.ca

2010-2011 HipHipHURRAY!

What a fabulous evening of joy and love. I truly feel like this was the best Mother Daughter Tea yet... because I think tonight we truly captured what CGIT is really about...

Lasting friendships...

...deep connections...

... calm and compassionate support...

...wonderful women....

Thank you so much for letting us be part of your lives. We are honoured to get to spend the time with you, and are blessed by the friendships we have created together over the years. Thank you for being such amazing women in this crazy confusing world. You are making the world a better place.

We are honoured to have been given such a wonderful gift, not only to us, but to the world, for doing such an easy, and fun job. If you want to check the gift out, click here. It is incredible beyond words.

Thank you.

Mother Daughter Tea!

Hey girls!

Remember to bring your mothers/special guests to the Mother Daughter Tea next Monday, May 16th at 7pm. Don't worry about coming too early, but please be there at 7pm so we can start! :)

Please let us know if you won't be able to attend at the last minute, so that we can fill in our role! :) Remember to send in your pictures to Jen of past CGIT days if you have any, and bring snacks if you signed up to bring them.

Super excited to celebrate with you all in style- I'm glad I just got a new dress! :)

Let us know if you have any questions! :)

Remember...

Good Morning!

I'm finally getting to this, as promised!

Remember to send in your pictures and your blurbs for the powerpoint! ;) Please send them to Jen by email j.lyons@shaw.ca (You can also email me if you missed Monday's meeting and have no idea what I'm talking about!)

Thanks!

Video link

On Monday we talked about the movies "Ruby Bridges" and "A Classroom Divided" as part of our discussion around the International Day to Eliminate Racism. We wanted to show you the videos for "A Classroom Divided" but couldn't due to technical difficulties. =) However, if you would like to watch this very powerful video for yourselves, here is the link:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/

Accessory Exchange!

Please remember to bring whatever you would like to "trade in" and exchange on Monday for the meeting! Feel free to bring bags, purses, jewelery, clothing, hair accessories, etc. to trade. Spread the word! :)

Golden Rod

Hey girls...

We have been asked to jot down a few sentences about our group for this spring's edition of the Golden Rod. Some of the things they're looking for include: What we have done this year, what we enjoy doing, what you like about CGIT, why it's fun, etc. Feel free to include anything you'd like to say about our group! If you could just post a comment to this blog with your thoughts, I'll collect them together and get them off to the Golden Rod committee. Our Deadline is March 1st.

Thanks! :)

V-day Mani/Pedis!

Its almost Thump Thump Day (get it? Thump, thump? Like a heartbeat?) and that means its Mani/Pedi time for CGIT! We have a HUGE (and I mean HUGE) supply of nail polish but please bring your own nail file for hygenic reasons. Treats of some sort will be there, so come ready to relax and to pamper yourself!

See ya then!

CONGRATS!

All done finals! :) Nice work to those who had a long week! Hope you're taking the time to celebrate and sleep.

Reminder: Bring your knitting back on Monday, Jan. 31st so that all the pieces can be put together to make a scarf! Really hoping that everyone enjoyed learning as much as I did- I've already started my own scarf project... in red! :)

REMINDER!

No CGIT on Monday. Study hard.. and then take a break to knit away your worries. :)

I'm positive that you are doing wonderfully in all that you are doing! Enjoy proving what you know to your teachers! :)

Knitting times 2!

Hey girls!

Just a reminder to bring your knitting needles if you weren't at last Monday's meeting!! :) We're going to go strong to try to get our scarf built! :)

Nice Knitting! :)

Way to go, Girls! We surprised our knitting experts by doing so well! :) We're on our way to being pros! :)

If you missed last night's meeting, but can come next week, please do and bring your 4.5 needles!


SO. MUCH. FUN! :)

Knitting...

We are ON for next week! Bring your needles! :)

Happy New Year!!

Hopefully we'll see everyone tonight and get caught up on the adventures you had during your break!

Just wanted to let you know that next week we'll be learning to knit! For this project we've brought in some experts to help us (because we are learning to knit too! ;)), but everyone will need Size 7, same as 4.5 mm, knitting needles (either single point needles or circular needles). Please let us know ASAP if you don't know anyone who might be able to lend you these, so that we can ask around to other sources as well.

See you tonight! :)