Brown Bag Auction

Today as I pulled up to the church property, I was thinking to myself, "Oh, no, not again...there's no Bible study??" but then I saw Betty's car. We were both parked in the shade (ha ha) on this very cold day, only 31 as I drove to church. Our children's Sunday school was restarted as of today but not until 9:30. I hoped that didn't keep people away, thinking our adult Bible study didn't begin until then. As it turned out, we had 7 people total, including one dad who had brought his sons for Sunday school. 

After worship we convened in the Fellowship Hall for a potluck and Brown Bag Auction. Members were asked to bring in unusual or 'white elephant' items concealed in a brown bag, marked with a three-word clue as to contents. Brad served as our auctioneer whose task was to entice the bidders. He did a a marvelous job with his hints as to what was in the bag or who would appreciate it, etc.  

Sometimes bidding wars broke out, one time ending up with one man paying $10 for a baggy of red hots candies!!  That's what I call a good auctioneer!  Even the kids had stuff to bid on, with some of us ladies giving them money so they could play along. One of the top prizes was a box of new baseballs which one of the boys bought. All four of the brothers play ball so this was a perfect purchase for them. Lots of fun and good food enjoyed today! 

Kristi got the bag marked "Cinco d Mayo" which was a jar of salsa, some chips, and lovely chip bowl with a stand. I would have loved that, but was outbid. 

 

When the event was over and clean up was underway, one of the boys got busy with the vacuum cleaner, much to my amazement. Such nice kids they are!