Yes, back by popular demand! The youth haven’t had a pasta dinner in several years, and we wondered if the event would be missed… the answer is YES. We want to feed you some pasta! The youth haven’t had the chance to don their classy white aprons, bowties and top hats (not to mention the fake mustaches) and do their best impressions of Italian waiters in a very long time. They are excited to serve you with all the panache they can muster up.
But at the same time, they are going to invite you to cut loose a bit. This time, it’s not just going to be a regular pasta dinner… but a pasta dinner with karaoke! We know that many of you have a song or two up your sleeve, and are just waiting for the right time… with a glass of wine in hand if needed, and your most trusted MPC friends watching appreciatively… are you ready to bust out your best songs?
Well, whether you are ready to sing or just to sit back and be charmed by your teenage wait staff, please plan to attend our great pasta dinner fundraiser on May 21st, 6-8PM. It is unusual for us to have three fundraisers in one year, but this is a very big year and we have a lot of fundraising needs. I’m thrilled to share that we are sending our largest delegation EVER to the Presbyterian Youth Triennium. This huge convention happens every three years, and after years of not sending delegates, in 2013 we made great progress by sending four youth with Katie Morrison. They came back raving about the life-changing experience they had, and they were strengthened in their faith. This year we send ten youth and one adult, and our church alone will make up nearly half of the San Francisco Presbytery delegation. Way to represent! Following Triennium, which is in Indiana, we will have an even larger group go on a mission trip. A whopping sixteen youth and three adults will spend a week working in partnership with community organizations in Chicago. By doing the mission trip so near to Triennium, we reduce our travel costs and our carbon footprint.
We greatly appreciate your generosity in continuing to fund the youth group programs. Not only do we have a larger group than ever before, but we also have more youth who rely on scholarship funds to make these adventures possible. So thank you for changing lives, one plate of pasta at a time.