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Location: Albertson Hall at St. Mark’s (502 N Main St Goshen, IN 46528)

Time: 3pm – 7pm on Sunday Nights

• Mission: Discipleship
• Flyer1: Missionary Flyer
• Flyer2: Event Flyer

Event Host: Seth Lohr – 574-208-8018 (please text or leave voicemail 1st)
^ this should be current on this webpage and on the flyer in AH ^

Important Contacts:

• Emergency: 911
• Goshen Police (non-emergency): 574-533-4151
• Elkhart County Work Release (in Goshen): 574-534-2210
• Child Abuse hotline: 800-800-5556
• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: 800-843-5678
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255
• Vanished Children Alliance Hotline: 800-826-4743
• Women’s recovery: SPA ministries

Additional Church contacts:

• Tony Brinson: 574-202-7734
• Seth Lohr: 574-208-8018

3pm – Beginning “Round-Circle Convo”:

• Critical things in the circle conversation:
  • Prayer! Do we have a volunteer for it at the beginning of this event?
  • Flyer: The flyer in the gym has the event host’s name and information about this event: flyer
  • “Sign in“: all work release people should have their papers signed for arrival at the time that they show up. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS. Event Host will sign and be holding on to them until you’re ready to head out – PROTIP, it’s a good idea if you text the Event Host ahead of time if you need to find them for early departure (or if you forget you sheet!): WorkReleaseForm
  • Safety!:
    • 1st aid kit is in the kitchen, on top of the refrigerator. There are also ice bags in the freezer if anyone needs a makeshift ice pack.
    • Important phone numbers are on the church website (see the flyer)
  • Waiver: everyone, including children, must be on the waiver: waiver
    • If you have a child with you, you must sign for them.
    • you only have to sign it once for the entire run of weeks for this event.
  • Parents: We will have materials dedicated for children in the Kid’s Classroom. We also have a no children in the kitchen policy. We also ask that if your kid isn’t in the kid’s classroom that you stay with them at all times.
  • RSO notice: if you are a registered sex offender (RSO), please see the Event Host. This event has children and although our congregation does wish to help and support those re-entering society, there are other opportunities we have that can help keep both our RSO members safe and also the families of those attending.
  • Immediate volunteers: sign your name on the paper: signup sheet
  • Red Team: 3 people to stay ’til 7:15pm and get some ice cream (or we pick up some Wendy’s or something) for helping close down the building – Event Host will run you to work release at the end if needed (you’ll get there by 8pm): signup sheet
  • Miscellaneous: Any weekly updates from the calendar event for this event: Calendar
  • Anything else? – this is the time for people to bring up other things
  • Round-Circle Convo: ends

Programs:

• 3pm – 7pm: volunteers(s): “Kid’s Classroom”
  • Note: this program is new and a Work In Progress (WIP)
  • Kid’s Classroom is located in the same hallway as Room 104
  • About the kid’s volunteers – both volunteers must always be present in the classroom
  • No kid leaves the classroom unless a parent/guardian picks them up
  • Kid’s Classroom Guidelines: BBN Kid’s Volunteer guidlines
• 3pm – 6:55pm: volunteer(s): “Basketball Organizer”
  • Basketball in the gym is limited to adults only, and children may play – at the sole discretion of the Event Leader and/or the Basketball Organizer
• 3:30pm to ~4:30pm: volunteer(s): “Class Leader”
  • Currently: Alpha Series
  • starts in 104 – attend if you want (not required)
• 4:30pm – 6:45pm: kitchen volunteers (led by the kitchen lead):
  • Help Kitchen Lead prep the meal (have it ready at 6pm)
  • Clean dishes
  • Empty trash (if full)
  • Clean counters
  • Hand-clean oven (if necessary)
  • List what got used that needs to be restocked (text it to Event Host)
  • Get a food and soda usage count for what we need to restock next week
  • See church calendar – every 2 weeks we pour boiling water and soap down through the grease trap. Contact Event Leader if you need instructions.
  • Every 3 months we have to empty the grease trap (check the cleaning log in the kitchen next to the coffee pot for details). Contact Event Leader if you need instructions.
  • Report any new stains or things out of place
• 5pm: we eat:
  • Note: we can eat early, but it needs to be a group decision – permitting the discretion of the Kitchen Lead and/or the Event Leader
  • Order of people served:
    • 1st: Kitchen volunteers
    • 2nd: Other volunteers
    • 3rd: Kids, then their parents
    • 4th: Everyone else
• 6:30pm: rest of the volunteers for the following things:
  • 1st: the kitchen volunteers begin eating at this time
  • volunteer(s): “Gym floor vacuum”
    • See Guided Tour of church to find the vacuum cleaner – please go get it with the Event Leader or Co-Lead
    • Report any new stains or things out of place
  • volunteer(s): “Upstairs cleanup”
    • Sweep / general clean
    • Power off the projector in the “movie theater”
    • Report any new stains or things out of place
    • Maybe (?) cleanup the parking lot a little if time and weather permits
  • volunteer(s): “Hallway cleanup”
    • Sweep / Mop
    • Report anything out of place
    • Maybe (?) cleanup the parking lot a little if time and weather permits
  • volunteer(s): “104 Classroom cleanup”
    • Follow room diagram under Guided Tour
    • Tidy chairs (all chairs should match room diagram found on the wall in Room 104)
    • Wipe down tables
    • Make sure TV and lights are off
    • Report any new stains or things out of place
    • Maybe (?) cleanup the parking lot a little if time and weather permits
• 6:45pm: volunteer(s): “Basketball Organizer”
  • After sweeping – get volunteers for setting up gym seating according to the week’s diagram (see Event Leader or Co-Lead) – refer to “gym” under Guided Tour if necessary
• 6:55pm: Event Host will begin signing work release papers for people to leave (except for Red Team). Note: if you need to leave before this time, see the Event Host.
• 7pm Red Team:
  • Walk the used parts of the building to verify they’re empty (Event Lead will get the other parts of the building)
  • Sometimes our normal volunteers miss things . . . so please pick up stuff for lost and found, get any misplaced drink cups, etc . . . and also double check their work
    • Notice anything out of place and fix it
    • Make sure all lights and fans are off
    • Double/Triple check the coffee maker in the kitchen for empty, clean, no old coffee filter
    • Make sure the projector in the movie theater is “off” (flip the off switch on it)
    • Make sure all cleaning stuff goes back where it came from
    • Move any event barriers back to where they belong
    • Get a food and soda usage count for what we need to restock next week

Event info:

Things to do during the event:

• Basketball
• Board-games + Card-games (in classroom 104 after the Class ends)
• Coffee! (available through the entire event)
  • “God is good – and God created coffee!” -Seth Lohr
• CnD – a TTRPG
  • Seth Lohr would like to put this together: CnD
  • Text him if interested: 574-208-8018
• Foosball
• Kid’s Classroom
• Library
• Movie theater (see Building Tour for where it’s located or ask the Event Leader)
• Ping-pong
  • Seth Lohr will play you and become very competitive 😉
• Showers are available in the bathrooms near AH
• Video games (in classroom 104 after ~4pm)
  • There *might be other video game consoles added in the future…
• Life story interviews
  • Event Leader (or Co-Lead) can conduct a video interview if you’d like to have your story told by St. Mark’s – see here: Stories

This event “ends” April 16th, 2023 (but may continue as “something else” – stay tuned)

Go to our Google calendar for event details: link (extra updates and notes may be in each week’s notes for the event – please go to latest event)

For those in work release who have the means – donations are accepted for raising funds towards special meals or restocking the supplies in the building that are used by the event. Donations are not required or even expected – but they are appreciated. Please give donations to the Event Host. We do pizza and soda every week if there are no donations

Please see the kitchen lead if you have suggestions for future meal ideas or suggestions (no, we can’t do New York Strip Steak – but we could do biscuits and gravy or tacos or something affordable)

Media:

Photos from the event can be found on the Facebook page:

Pictures and Video of FoF / BBN event: Facebook album

Youtube playlist specific to this night: link

Event Host (EH) responsibilities:

• EH must be:
  • Approved by St. Mark’s to be the Host
  • Someone who can be entrusted with building keys
  • Someone who can sign in/out work release attendees
• Keys you need (Only the EH can hold these / use them):
  • Building master
  • Sound room
• Unlock / lock the building for the event (only unlock the Albertson Hall external door near the kitchen)
• Sign everyone in – hold their forms – sign them out
  • EH must sign to the minute on when people arrive/leave
  • Extra forms are in the containers in the AH hallway
• Sound room (first storage door in the gym):
  • Must always remain locked
  • This is used to store valuables. EH must be the only person to ever occupy this room. Other organizations who use the gym store equipment here – those pieces of equipment must not be damaged
  • BBN attendees will ask for valuables to be stored here. That’s fine.
  • Store/Retrive any Lost + Found items from this room
  • Bicycle pump is in here if it’s needed for the basketball or something else
  • Extra keys that may be needed will be stored on a shelf in this room (for instance, one of the keys to the upstairs room only unlocks with a key that you get from this shelf)
• Assist the Event Co-Lead with the following
  (Pro-Tip: get their phone number if they have one):
  • At the beginning – Run the Beginning “Round-Circle Convo” (EH will likely be doing “sign in” for work release at this time while the Co-Lead reads through the convo)
  • During the event – Co-Lead sets alarms for the above “Programs” and the EH does the same. At the beginning of each program, Co-Lead finds the appropriate volunteer(s) and executes the program.
  • Special note: the gym diagrams for chairs/tables must be followed according to the Administrative Assistant’s wishes (contact them from the following page if you need to know what it should be setup for: Staff). If you can’t get ahold of them then look at the top of this page for “Church Contacts” and call those people.
• In between program executions: Both EH and Event Leader: roam around – checking in on things – but try to have a central “place” that you’re known to be so people can find you. Remember as things come up to “volun-told” people to help you do things. Try your best to not be the one doing things – you’re an aircraft carrier, not an aircraft.
• At the end – While Red Team executes at 7pm:
  • EH walks the exterior of the building and checks all the doors
  • EH walks the interior of the building and looks for people/things out of place