Text Box: November 2008 Text Box: town hall caroling or singing event which could provide cookies and cider. Ms. Curtis added that this event could possibly be held in conjunction with a gift wrapping event. Other activities mentioned included a community yard sale, a car wash, and providing assistance with laundry, recycling or pets. Councilwoman Robin Kogelnik said she thought the outreach effort was "great" and thought that a holiday toy collection center or a gift wrapping event would be of interest to many town residents, especially if several religions or traditions were involved. Mayor Beers agreed that the Town had to be careful about sponsoring events that could be perceived as religious in nature. In response to a question about the size of the church and the location of its members, delegation members said that the church had about 20 members scattered in Maryland, Virginia and the District, about the same number as five years ago. The church can hold a maximum of 200 people. It has classroom space, Ms. Draize said, and added that the town would be welcome to use any of the rooms in the church. .After Mayor Beers indicated that the town could be willing to work with the church after it decided on a holiday proposal, Ms. Arber inquired about the possibility of an open house at the church, a place at least a few councilmembers admitted they had never entered. The delegation departed with the intention of preparing a specific proposal for further consideration by the council. Text Box: Three members of the Glen Echo Baptist Church outlined to the Glen Echo Town Council at its October meeting an outreach activity the church is interested in pursuing.. . William (Bill) Cannon, a town resident in the 1970s, described the visit of the group as a "fence-mending operation" and added that they sought "to make amends" with the town for several things that had been allowed to happen previously that would not take place today. Anne Curtis, the wife of Pastor Ed Curtis, said the church sought to build trust with Glen Echo and serve the community. She said that the purpose of the visit was to brainstorm with the council about some ideas for community service. Church member Susan Draize added that the purpose of any activity would be purely outreach and not an effort to pull people into the church. Mayor Debbie Beers began by mentioning the historical problems associated with maintenance of the church and its annex and trimming the shrubbery along Vassar Circle. She noted that there had been "a big improvement in the past few years.” In response to a comment about homeless people that had been previously sheltered in the annex, Ms. Draize stated that such an arrangement would never happen again. Several ideas were proposed by the church delegation and the council as possibilities. One that generated some enthusiasm by the council was a church-sponsored December Text Box: CHURCH DELEGATION SEEKS TO SERVE COMMUNITY By Dave Chitwood