DESCRIPTION
OF YULE FEAST COMMITTEES
Decorations:
Early
Saturday morning, transforms sanctuary into medieval banquet hall and decorate
Family
Room. Set up Herald posts and exterior lights, hang
banners, place greenery and fruit on tables purchased by Salad Committee,
after Table Setting Committee has covered tables with paper covering. Remove decorations Sunday after church. Communicate with Set-up Committee, Saturday
Cleanup Committee and Sunday Cleanup Committee to coordinate timing.
Set-up:
Set-up will be handled by the MPC
Men's Team. Thursday evening turn and lift pews in sanctuary and set up
tables. On Saturday,
after dinner
or Sunday
Communicate
with Decorations and Clean-up Committees to coordinate timing.
Table Setting:
Actual work time on Saturday between 10 and 11:30
after Set-up and before Decorations
Committee
have completed their tasks (communicate to ensure timing is coordinated). Cover tables with paper covering; put on plates,
cups, salt & pepper and lanterns. Place
garbage bags for Clearing Committee to use during clearing. Set out serving dishes, pitchers, and other
misc. items required by Serving, Wassail, Salad, Wine & Beverage and Coffee
& Tea Committees.
Serving: Each
committee member is responsible for two tables; acting as a runner by bringing
additional food as
needed.
Meal served between 6:30 and 8:00 p.m.
Clearing: Clear
tables after dinner. Remove plastic
bags (put in place by Table Setting Committee earlier) with
garbage
scraped from plates.
Yule Log: Arrange presentation of Yule Log.
Clean-up: Saturday
clean up Family Room & kitchen; after closing sweep breezeway, sweep floors
in Family
Room, kitchen & sanctuary. Remove all items from tables in sanctuary. Box fruit, discard greens & table coverings
in appropriate recycle bins. Place
lanterns on table in Family Room for boxing and storage.
Clean-up sub-committee: prepare and deliver left-overs to homeless shelter
(make arrangements ahead of time).
Wassail: Purchase apple juice (for spiced cider and
juice to tables) and ingredients for wassail and spiced cider.
Starting
at 12:30 p.m. on the day of Yule Feast, committee members prepare wassail
and let it simmer from 1:30 p.m. on; serve wassail and spiced cider during
pre-dinner hour in Family Room. Communicate
with Coffee and Tea Committee to ensure equipment needed is not being used
by their committee at the same time.
Bread: At least
10 people are needed to bake 4 loaves (each) of bread at home; recipe provided.
Bring bread to
Family
Room by 5:00 p.m. Saturday.
Appetizer: Committee
prepares spiced nut appetizer from provided recipe and brings to Family Room
by 4:30
p.m.
Saturday.
Salad: Committee meets from 12 – 3 p.m. on day of
Yule Feast to prepare salad. List of
ingredients to pre-order
and
purchase and quantities will be provided to Committee chair for bulk purchasing.
Salad Committee is responsible for table fruit.
Fish: Individual
committee members prepare provided recipe of fish course (quiche with shrimp
on side) and
brings
to Family Room by 5:00 p.m. Saturday. Suggested
1 out of 4 quiches per table be prepared without shrimp for a non-meat dish
at each table.
Fowl: Individual
committee members marinate and cook chicken at home. It is suggested that individual
committee
members purchase chicken drumettes & submit receipt to chairperson for
reimbursement. Recipe and quantity
provided. Committee brings cooked chicken
to Family room between 4:30 and 5:00 p.m. Saturday.
Meat Sub-Committee: Builds the cook-pit, helps with cooking and disassembles
cook-pit on Sunday after church.
Roasted Potatoes: Committee members prepare roasted potatoes (recipe
provided) and brings to Family room by
5:00
p.m. Saturday.
Dessert: Committee
members prepare Cherry Cheesecake recipe (recipe provided) and brings to Family
room
by 5:00 p.m. Saturday.
Gingerbread People: Using their own recipe or one provided by Chairperson,
committee members prepare
gingerbread
cookies and brings to the Family room by 5:00 p.m. Saturday.
Coffee &
Tea: At least 6 people are needed to prepare and
serve. Communicate with the Wassail
Committee to
ensure
equipment needed is available.
Wine & Beverage: Provide and place wine, apple juice (apple juice purchased by Wassail
Committee) and
water
at tables.
Childcare/Nursery:
Coordinate and help nursery staff, feed and oversee
children 5 and under in the nursery.
Photo/Video: Committee
members record event with photography and video throughout the night of Yule
Feast.
Costumes: Coordinate and assist in Costume Clinic, and
provide information for costumes and rental locations.
Pageantry: Coordinate
Magi Game in Sanctuary after dinner.
Reservations/Table
Hosts: Take reservations during Family Hour and from
office, assign seating, coordinate with
determined
table host(ess)s, and prepare end table signs.