Tickets Go on Sale for 11/16 Kickoff Party
Tickets will be available after Sunday’s service in the Terrace Room for the 2024 Service Auction kickoff party. It will be the first event held in the new Chu Family Hall on Saturday, November 16, from 5PM to 8PM. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Children under 18 are free.
Bidding for the service auction will start in-person during the kickoff party and will continue online from November 18 – 24.
The Service Auction team will take ticket payments in cash, by check, or via Venmo on Sunday. Congregation members can also use Realm. Click “Giving” on the lefthand panel of your home page. On the next page, click +Giving. In the popup window, insert payment amount in increments of $20. Use the pulldown menu to place Service Auction in the Fund box. The online auction platform is open for donations, and offerings must be posted by November 1st.
In addition to selling event tickets on Sunday, The Service Auction Committee will be available to answer questions about the action or submitting offerings online. Please come by to share offering ideas!
If you already have an offering in mind, there is no need to wait. Go to our Service Auction web page, which links to the auction platform and guides you through the process. It also offers answers to common questions.
The foundation of the auction is the donations/offerings. Throughout the years, our members have hosted dinners and parties at their homes, arranged trips to favorite gardens and museums, organized hikes and game nights, invited guests to concerts or favorite restaurants, and offered personal services like gardening, cleaning, or house painting. Auction offerings also include food and artwork people make themselves.
The Service Auction is the biggest fundraiser of the year for the Fellowship, with the money going to the operating budget, but we call it our biggest “fun-raiser” because the activities we share throughout the year build friendships and community.