Auction Eve

On my old site, I offered a four-part series on how to do benefit Auctions a churches. Upon re-reading that entry earlier this week, I was surprised at how confident I sounded. Don't get me wrong, the last few days have gone really well -- quality donations coming through, youth showing up to do set-up tables & chairs, lots of buzz at church, etc. -- but I can't help but feeling a little uneasy about how it's all going to go.

This is the point where my more pious readers will tell me to "let go and let God"...or to rely on the Holy Spirit to intercede. Those people are right...and I will give both of those things a try. I also know that there will be some nervousness that will keep me motivated and on-my-toes in the next 20 hours and 27 minutes.

In case anyone is interested, here's a run-down of the items that will be bid on tomorrow night. I intentionally included duplicates to reflect multiple donations of the same kind of thing.

• 2 dozen cookies each month for a year
• 2 tickets to Iowa FB game
• 2 tickets to “The Color Purple”
• 2 tickets to “The Color Purple”
• Quilted table topper
• Handmade greeting cards
• 2 dozen cookies each month for a year
• Sage Restaurant - $50
• Great Clips – 2 adult haircuts
• Dairy Queen – Ice Cream Cake
• Overnight babysitting
• Yard work (4 hours x 3 youth)
• Evening of babysitting
• Prize-winning bird wood carvings
• Christopher’s Restaurant - $25
• Movie & wii night for 4
• Children’s Dance Party for 15
• 30-minute clarinet lesson
• DM Playhouse “Page to Stage” package
• Soccer clinic for 5 kids
• Fern
• Hand-made lamp
• Refinished dresser
• Prayer shawl
• Tastefully Simple basket
• YMCA – 6 month membership
• Overnight babysitting
• Hummingbird feeder w/ nectar
• Pool party for 12
• Handmade earrings & jewelry
• 4 movie passes – Jordan Creek
• 4 hour cooking lesson for 1-2 kids
• Spalding 88369 Basketball Hoop
• 5’ x 5’ Oak Entertainment Center
• Indoor / Outdoor family portrait sesson w/ 16” x 20” wall portrait
• Dinner for 4
• Amercian Girl Doll Tea Time
• The Bake Shoppe - $25
• Tender Touch Floral & Gifts - $25
• 10 doz homemade cookies
• Folk Art wall hangings
• Soliel Spa gift package ($150 value)
• Fleece blanket
• Summer BBQ for 12 kids & parents
• WHLC ties & coffee mugs
• 4 beginning guitar lessons
• Anniversary party music entertainment
• Child’s birthday party music
• Carpetball Party for 10 children
• 2 hours interior design consultation
• Portable basketball hoop
• Upright piano
• Fleece blanket
• Handmade necklace
• Climbing lesson for 2 at Climb Iowa
• Custom beaded jewelry
• Senior Picture portrait session w/ 16” x 20” & 18 wallets
• Leather-bound daily planner w/ scripture
• T-shirt quilt (your t-shirts)
• Lace tablecloth
• Spoon holder
• 3 wall pictures
• Dinner & a movie for 4
• Hummingbird feeder w/ nectar
• “BubbaKeg” 52oz thermos
• Overnight babysitting
• Vacation Stress Relief (housesitting)
• Carpetball Party for 10 adults