Our meeting started with the virtue of the week, “Awe,” presented by Ken Weaverling, and a prayer by Kay Hoaglin.
Club Announcements:
Cindy Yerington did a recap on club requirements for getting the blue badge. Members must work as greeters, join a committee, and give their classification speech. There are a lot of open spots for meeting roles currently, so don't hesitate to get in touch with Cindy to get signed up.
Greg Ciesluk requested evaluators for STRIVE essays to be turned in. Please contact Greg if you are interested.
Guests today:
Toni Gliem joined Brandon for the meeting this afternoon
Ibrahim Rashid an advocate for Faribault area youth joined the meeting
Fellowship:
George Wickstrom shared the moving focus and history of the “four-way test” and how impactful it can be in every moment and interaction we have with others as Rotarians.
Mark Kenny is just happy to be here today after the icy roads this morning.
Brent Peroutka is choosing to focus on the beauty this winter has been other than the cold and endless amounts of snow
Keith Kramer is excited for Strive
Dick and George attended the midterm for District 5960.
Dick mentioned Kelly Nygaard is doing well in Stillwater and plans to join Rotary
Dick also spoke about speaking with new members and looking towards sending someone to Camp Ryla for leadership training
Dr. Huston shared thoughts from the Rotary District Mid-term meetings. Dr. Huston shared one idea: totaling the number of people impacted by our various service projects and works in our community.
Dr. Huston also shared tales from his recent skiing trip, seeing it as the first time he had not fallen over a two-day trip in quite some time.
Greg had a great birthday celebrating it at home with his new wife and friends
George spoke about the 4-way test and how we are all responsible for ourselves
Kurt spoke about celebrating birthdays and the funeral service for Jim Crowl at 1st English