The Presbytery of Maroondah has decided to invest in some materials that can be used by uniting church congregations, agencies and schools within the presbytery in order to assist them in promoting themselves and the wider Uniting Church in their local communities.
We Have:-
Two Uniting Church Flags & Flagpoles.
Four Uniting Church Polo Shirts.
Two Uniting Church Umbrellas.
A range of Brochure Holders as well as
a selection of Uniting Church and agency Brochures.
The Presbytery Banner.
We also have
Two folding tables and folding chairs
(some locations they
will be needed) .
A folding gazebo (also doubles as
something
to hang publicity on, some locations do not provide a shelter - it has
a length of velcro around the top to attach posters to).
Second thoughts, looking at the local municipal structural
requirements for temporary food premises
"A Food Stall should consist of a roof and three walls covered with
plastic sheeting, vinyl or other aproved material"
Any thoughts of using the Gazebo for a Pancake Day Stall or Sausage
Sizzle may need to consider local food handling requirements
A small whiteboard (for those last
minute
notices).
Some storage crates.
A Hand Trolly (at some community festivals
parking is some distance from the site).
A display board, with velcro compatible surface. (See instructions on
how I made it)
Some flashing lights (you may also need a clip on bedlight if the
display is placed
in a dark corner).
Following
several stalls in conjunction with the children & family worker
from Croydon UC where she provided activities for children I realised
these are essential ingredients to encourage families to stop and look.
Kitty Litter tray ($2 at Reject Shop) bubble mix 1 part Morning
Fresh Dishwashing detergent (original, one part sugar and 6 parts
water, I mix it in 2 litre milk bottles. Bubble blowing wands ($2
in supermarket, add dowell for long handles). The second item to
include is some sort of prepared coloring or other craft work with the
name of your congregation and an appropriate text for the children to
take home preferable on light cardboard. Advertise the Children &
Family activities at your congregation
See DoorHanger.doc, put the name of your
church on it and get children to colour it or add smiley stickers or
whatever decorations they like (discourage "Keep Out" or other similar
messages not in keeping with your ethos).
Possible venues include municipal community festivals, church fetes & car boot markets, street or shopping centre stalls. We would encourage uniting church congregations, agencies and schools or groups within them to borrow the material as part of their promotions.
Some locations may not need all resources but we invite groups to select what they wish to borrow. We are also open to suggestions for improvements and additional materials we should hold.
All items would fit in a station wagon although the folded Gazebo needs about 1.5 metres room length. It will easily fit in a Tarago Van. While we would like you to collectand return the kit delivery can be arranged with the Presbytery as well as some assistance in developing your use of the display.
For further information and bookings
please
contact me at feedback@maroondahpresbytery.unitingchurch.org.au
Resources
I have developed as Word documents. Some
A4 poster I have laminated and
attached velcro dots on the back. Most of these contain my
understanding of statements I have seen, please advise any improvments,
corrections you may wish to suggest.
Brochure (pdf format,
suggest you select print then page scaling - none)
What is the Uniting
Church?
Some statements I have retrieved from brochures etc.
Uniting Justice
Statement. (from a statement on their web site)
Vision of Uniting Church
(from a fridge Magnet).
UnitingCare overview. Developed from Brochures and policy statements
etc.
UnitingCare Agencies working within
Whitehorse Municipality. (From what I have learned from them).
Pictures of some individual posters with links to download single word documents for that poster.
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Name Tags master I have
used based
on Self Laminating
Pouches (68 * 111 mm) purchased from The Reject Shop packet of 8 for
$3.00.
Lanyards about $2.50.
Stickers to lable
equipment.
When I advertise the
stall at Uniting Church functions.
A4 instructions on
using the resources we have.
Display Boards - how
I made them
Reverse UC Logos -
(100kb pdf A4 sheet 12 logos) for
use with Iron on T Shirt Transfer Paper, the results are not as good as
embroidered ones but you can get some reasonable priced polo shirts
($6 at The Reject Shop) and make your own. [The Reject Shop supports some UnitingCare Agencies].
Various Brochures are avilable from National, State offices or from Agencies for use as handouts.
Return to the home
page.
The approximate cost to date
UC Flag $85
Flagpoles (Conduit) $24
Polo Shirts $120
UC Cups $30
UC Umbrellas $60
Folding Tables $140
Gazebo $90
Folding Chairs $26
Hand Trolley $40
Storage Crates $18
Brochure Holders $200
Velcro $60
Display Boards $140
Laminating Pouches $30
Small Polly Tarps $10
Rope Lights $22
A3 Whiteboard $35
Assorted Stationary etc $25
Total About $1120
I
have also added some bubble making materials to attract children
(6 parts Water warm, one part sugar, One part Morning
Fresh Original Detergent)
One Kitty Litter Tray and some bubble wands, lengthen the handles with
dowell.
Return to the home
page.
This is an example of the stall set up at
Vic/Tas Synod 2004.
Resource Kit at the City of
Whitehorse Spring Festival 2004 Display boards as a stand alone
display Stall at Cowes Phillip
Island Uniting Church Fete (I have a holiday house down there and
support their
church) Get your Clergy into the
corporate gear How about some Uniting Church
information at a Pancake Day Stall at your local community market? Return to the Presbytery home
page.
The Kit packed up and ready to transport.
Old Timer's Fete Alice Springs (well I could only fit a few items in
the
luggage for our holiday, Flag, a few posters, a strip of
Velcro and some brochures).)
The Display is behind the Clown, had a good chat with him at Flynn
Memorial the next day after worship.
Telling my story about the Church.
