Congratulations on a fantastic and successful pancake feed! We had over 2,000 served and everything went off without a hitch. Thanks to Scoutmaster Ken and Karlene Elfstrum for the use of the Evergreen Conference Center. If you have tickets, or money from the pancake feed, they are needed so please turn in to the Troop Treasurer, Jim Laschkewitsch by Thursday night or call him at 280-9188. This week, our Scout meeting is a patrol night. Please contact your patrol leader to find out what activity your patrol has planned. The church will be open to meet there if patrols would like. Also a quick reminder that we have our upcoming Winter Camp Feb 17-19, so please get your names on the list if you would like to attend so we can plan the event.

Scout Sunday is Feb. 5th with Church beginning at 11:00 and potluck that will begin at 12:10. Please plan on attending! There will be advancements, and an Eagle ceremony for Bjorn Altenberg. Patrols are responsible to bring the following: Coyotees & Wolves: Salads. Fox: Beverages. Gorillas, Lions, and Hawks: Main Dish. Phoenix and Cobra: Desserts. Please deliver food to the church kitchen by noon. The court of honor with the Eagle ceremony will begin at 1:00.

Faith United Methodist Church will be celebrating Scout Sunday on February 5, prior to our Court of Honor. Church services are at 9:30 and 11:00am, and Scouts are needed to help with the service in various capacities including readers, ushers, and greeters. Please encourage your Scout to attend. Contact Nick Laschkewitsch at 280-9188 if you can help with the services, we still need people to fill in the shift schedule.

This week's Scout meeting will be held at the Tupperware Building/Evergreen Conference Center at 302 27th Street North. We will take a tour the facility and look at the different stations and go through some planning for the upcoming Pancake Feed. Also we are about 300 or so tickets short of our goal of 3000 tickets, so Scoutmaster Ken is reminding us to get out there and sell those tickets! If you need more, please contact Ken at 237-4540 asap so we can get these tickets sold. Remember the camp credit you will get if you sell a book or more of tickets! Please plan on getting your uniforms washed and ready for Friday and Saturday's pancake feed, and try to get your neckerchief and slide together so we look good. Reminder that the pancake feed is Friday from 6-8pm and Saturday from 7am-6pm, and check your shift schedules so you are on time to work.

Troop 214 will hold its first meeting on Thursday night January 5 from 6-8PM (PLEASE NOTE TIME) at the Wallman Sports Fitness Center on NDSU Campus, Centennial Boulevard & 18th St N. Map is attached. We have the gym, and the bouldering & climbing walls, Please come and participate in our fitness challenge!  On January 14th (Saturday) the Troop will be hosting a syrup making project at Faith United Church from 10-12, and will likely end with the testing of the syrup and the pancakes! Please come and help. Ken is sending out a schedule of a tentative work schedule, please let him know if there are any conflicts at 237-4540. Reminder that the Pancake Feed is Friday/Saturday January 27-28 **CHANGE OF LOCATION*** at the Evergreen Conference Center (Tupperware Building) in North Fargo. Please sell lots of tickets and remind people of the Gluten Free night on Friday, and regular cakes on Saturday and the location change.

Update on Troop 214 Christmas Party: You're invited to our annual Christmas Party which will be starting at 4:30 pm on Thursday, Dec 22 at the FM Curling Club, (17th Ave N and 10th St N) http://fmcurling.org. Scouts should bring a clean second pair of shoes to wear on the ice, and we will try to perfect the art of throwing the rock and getting some instruction on how to curl. At 5:45 pm we will end our activity, and return to Faith United Church and have pizza supper & fried ice cream dessert. There is a Scout gift exchange. Scouts do not need to bring any supper dish, but should plan on bringing a gift (non-food) that is in the ten-fifteen dollar range. Camping equipment or tools are a great idea for Scouts. The gift exchange will happen following the meal, and we should be finished by 7:30 pm. Please join us for the final meeting of 2011, and hope to see you there!