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Guemes Island Community Church Guest Speakers & Events
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Happenings at the Church & in the Community
Storytime with Margaret Read MacDonald
Sunday May 26 from 1:00 - 2:00
at Spirit of Guemes (Community Church)
Margaret Read MacDonald
“a grande dame of storytelling” School Library Journal
Open House Spirit Of Guemes Art Gallery, Island Explorers Summer Camp 2023 Photo Exhibit, Saturday June 8th 10am-4pm.
Sponsored by the Spirit of Guemes, the Island Explorers Summer Camp is a week of active exploration for all ages. Come see what the Explorers found and learned last year.
Additional activites at Spirit of Guemes on 6/8 from 10am-4pm - more details to come!!
Congregational Meeting - June 9th, 2024
Meeting will be immediately after the worship service
(approx 10:30 AM) at Community Church
Topic: Approval of the updated by-laws
The Mini-Shipwreck Sale is still collecting donations!!!
Bring your donations to the Library
Saturdays 10 – 12 Wednesdays 3 - 5 through June
Yes, please
Small appliances, toys, dishes, glasses, housewares, tools, fishing gear,
games, puzzles, most books, bicycles, skis, other sport equipment, lawn
and garden tools, framed pictures CLEAN and in GOOD CONDITION
Sorry, no thanks
Large appliances, clothes, shoes, large furniture, encyclopedias,
magazines, sheets, anything stained, warped, dirty or broken
Mini-Shipwreck Sale --Saturday & Sunday July 6 & 7 at Community Hall
All proceeds benefit Guemes Island Library & Guemes Island Historical Society
What's All the Buzz?- Garden Days with Pollinators
July 1st & 2nd 9:00 - 11:00 am Ages 5 - 15 years
Fun outdoor learning and activities with our talented and knowledgeable islanders. Learn all about pollinators! Make a bee hotel, go on a pollinator walk, plant seeds and flowers, see incredible closeups of pollinators at work, and take fun activities and projects to do at home!
Meet at Spirit of Guemes Gardens and common backroom. Sponsored by Guemes Island Library Story Time Program and hosted by Spirit of Guemes.
Meet other families, celebrate and join in the July 4th Festivities and Parade. Interested? Not too soon to plan!
Send your name/contact and children's name/age to guemeslibrary@gmail.com Subject: What’s All the Buzz?
Playing with Story! Storytelling Made Easy
Saturday August 3rd from 1:00-3:00 PM
With Margaret Read MacDonald
Learn six easy-to-tell audience participation folktales.
You leave ready to tell!
Great for teachers, parents, grandparents, anyone who wants to tell tales to kids
August 3rd, 1:00-3:00 at Spirit of Guemes (Community Church)
RSVP to guemeslibrary@gmail.com
Subject: Storytelling Workshop
Drop ins welcome
Why Poetry- A continuation of Poetry Appreciation with Lisa Charnock
Come meet with us on the first Sunday of the month at the Church to read poems and talk about how they fit into our lives. Everyone is welcome, no experience required! The poems will be provided, just bring your curiosity and your willingness to delve.
We’ll meet from 2:00-4:00. If you can’t make it every month, come when you can! Event is from November 2023- June 2024 (not meeting in January 2024).