NEXT MEETING: Next meeting is Saturday, January 14, 2012. This meeting is our annual planning meeting. It includes officer elections, interactive suggestions and plans for the coming year, and goal setting. If you have any ideas for ways to help our group grow, both in size and in the abilities we need as writers called to represent Christ, please join us for this time of sharing and fellowship.

Wow, 2011 is gone and the plans for 2012 are already in action. Isn't that amazing? And with this declared as the year that is supposed to end it all, it's time to be about the Father's business. As one member wrote into a beautiful song, we are to occupy until He comes. And, as part of our time occupying our meeting space this month, we will bring the needed supplies to allow members to create and decorate their own name tags. I've noticed that sometimes people feel better when their creative juices can flow into other areas, plus with our hands busy, our minds can feel more creative as we dream up the best plans for our meetings during 2012.

It is time once again to pay dues for the coming year. Remember that first year dues are $30 and renewals are $25. This money goes to our speaker and scholarship fund, plus it helps with the additional expenses during the year such as tipping the Christmas caterer, printing expenses, etc. We have a small gift for everyone who pays their dues now or has already paid for 2012.

Finally, this is your chance to give back to LCW as a volunteer. If you would like to run for any available office, please come early to make sure your dues are paid before the meeting begins. The officers are president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer, plus we could really use a media person and a publicity officer. We are still diligently working toward non-profit status, so if you can volunteer, you will be part of something with growth potential that will look wonderful on your writer's resume.

As usual, we will open the room at about 4:15pm and the critique session will run from 4:30 to 5:30pm with the meeting running from 6pm to 8pm. We hope to see many faces, new and old, and we hope to get many suggestions and ideas for a profitable upcoming year. See ya there!