An Evening at the Tropics
April 18, 2009
The Gala is an evening of Giving Thanks to our Savior for all He has done for us and that Luther Prep exists to train workers to tell that Good News to others.
THEME: An Evening in the Tropics
COST: $65 per person
(of which $40 is a tax deductible donation to LPS)
$125 per couple
(of which $75 is a tax deductible donation to LPS)
$500 per table of 8
(of which $300 is a tax deductible donation to LPS)
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES:
DINNER SPONSORSHIPS (3 available) $2000 each includes 8 seats, 3 bottles of wine for you table, half page program ad, 1 year LPS website recognition, signage at the gala, 2 season passes to all home sporting events
PRINT SPONSORSHIPS (2 available) $1500 each includes 4 seats, 2 bottles of wine for your table, quarter page program ad, 1 year LPS website recognition, signage at the gala, 1 season pass to all home sporting events
SOCIAL HOUR SPONSORSHIPS (2 available) $1000 each includes 2 seats, 1 bottle of wine for your table, quarter page program ad, 1 year LPS website recognition, signage at the gala, 4 event passes
LIVE AUCTION/BARBERSHOP QUARTET SPONSORSHIPS (2 available) $500 each includes 2 seats, signage at the Gala, 1 year LPS website recognition, business card size program ad
DECORATION SPONSORSHIPS (4 available) $300 each includes 2 seats and signage at the gala
PLACE AN ADVERTISEMENT IN OUR GALA PROGRAM
business card size ad $15
quarter page size ad $25
half page size ad $50
full page size ad $100
For Sponsorship details please contact Steve Cantwell, Procurement Chairman or Debbie Rothe, Associate Director of Mission Advancement at LPS
SCHEDULE:
4:30 pm Passed Hors d' oeuvres and BRAND NEW "BLIND SILENT AUCTION"
7:00 pm Prayer and Welcome
7:15 pm Catered Dinner served by our students
8:15 pm Program/Live Auction/Entertainment: NEW M.C.: WELS Member Chuck Garbedian and NEW "EASY DAYS" Barbershop Quartet entertainment!!!
ENTERTAINMENT: Again, the LPS Strings, Guitars, Piano, Jazz, and more......... are preparing to WOW you with amazing entertainment during your "Evening in the Tropics"!
"EASY DAYS" Barbershop Quartet: While the quartet was formed to compete and has placed 11th in Sacramento, CA and in the Top Ten in Illinois, their focus is and always has been on entertaining their audiences. They have established a reputation as a fun quartet to see and hear featuring a fast paced show filled with interesting arrangements of familiar songs in a breezy style of communicating with the audience that sets them apart from other barbershop quartets!
Q. 1. What is the annual "Gala"? This is the first I've heard of it.
A. The Gala is an evening of: Christian fellowship, hors d'oeuvres, silent auction, elegant dinner, live auction, and live entertainment. Included in the price of a ticket is a small donation to support the mission of LPS! The event will be held at Luther Prep on April 18, 2009, from 4:30 -9:00 pm.
BUT... This event is not limited to one physical location! It is an event in which literally thousands of people can participate. It will not only include those who attend the event, but those who cannot attend have the opportunity of donating items for auctioning, sending financial gifts, and joining in the fun of the auction online!
Q. 2. What is the MISSION of Mission Advancement?
A. Mission Advancement Offices were established at each of the four synodical ministerial education schools, as directed by the synod in convention in the summer of 2005. The four ministerial education schools are: Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in Mequon (training pastors), WI; Martin Luther College in New Ulm, MN (training pastors and teachers, staff ministers); Michigan Lutheran Seminary in Saginaw, MI; and Luther Preparatory School in Watertown, WI (college prep education for future pastors, teachers, staff, and lay ministers). The goal of these offices is to advance the mission of the schools. This goal is achieved by supporting past alumni of the school, sharing the story of LPS through publications and presentations, and creating opportunities for people to worship God through the joyful stewardship of direct financial support.
Q. 3. Why a Gala and Auction?
A. The Gala presents a unique opportunity for anyone who wants to support the mission of ministerial education and gives them the window to do so with whatever God-given talents they have. Finally NOT ONLY with money!
For example: we have a WELS food specialist assisting in making appetizers, WELS businesses donating their consumer goods and gift certificates to be liquidated into a cash gift for LPS, WELS parents using their wood working and handcrafting gifts to create a gift for the auction (quilts, cards, furniture and much more!), WELS ladies and men with organization skills working on the planning, WELS owners of cabins and boats and vacation homes willing to lend out a week to another WELS friend and donate the value of that to LPS, WELS World Missionaries giving us a "taste of their country in mission baskets" or decorations, and on and on and on!
The time, talents and treasures these folks have are going to financially benefit Luther Prep's mission in a way they never could without the Gala and it's silent and live auctions. And those who can give financially now have a specific opportunity to do so as well.
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Gayla Tropical Event":
I do not see the efficacy of the Word in this Gayla Tropical Event.
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Gayla Tropical Event":
This is truly disgusting.
This is NOT RIGHT.
WELS is no longer WELS.
Where is the leadership?
How has it come to this point?
This is offensive to both members and non-members.
WELS has gone the way of the world.
I am embarrassed and ashamed.
WELS = WI$CON$IN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN $YNOD
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Please repent.
