Stacie Johnson
Director of Children's Ministry
Jaxchildren@cableone.net

 Jacksonville First United Methodist Church

109 Gayle Avenue SW
P.O. Box 1025
Jacksonville, AL 36265
http://www.jaxfumc.org

(256) 435- 6021



 


 



Sponsored by the Children's Ministry of JFUMC
Jacksonville First United Methodist Church
109 Gayle Ave, SW,
Jacksonville, Alabama
(Behind McDonald's)
Coordinator: 256.239.6033
Email: market@jaxfumc.org

Who benefits from Children's Market? Everyone!


Sellers: Children's Market helps your families earn extra income by selling your gently used items.  With your help, we are able to offer top quality items such as name brand clothing, baby equipment, books, DVDs, toys, and much more for a fraction of what they would cost at retail.  You'll earn more money than you would with traditional consignment stores or yard sales.   

Buyers: Children's Market helps your families by providing a way complete your children's seasonal wardrobes affordably. Consignment shopping lets you stay within your budget on these items. Many moms sell their children's outgrown clothes and use the amount they earned to buy what they need for the upcoming season. It truly is a great relationship for the entire community.


Our Community: Beyond the relationship of buyers and sellers, Children's Market works with the community to assist with financial needs for families in our area and supports local non-profit organizations through monetary donations and donated items from our consignors. In turn, those charities continue the cycle of helping more families in need. During past sales, we've helped Jacksonville Christian Outreach Center, Boy Scout Troop 19, Sav-a-Life, Parris Home for Boys, Jacksonville First Baptist Church's missions teams, Jacksonville High School Band Boosters, and several JSU student organizations. We've also been a source for our youth to earn money toward their mission trips and other activities through our church. 

If your family is not attending a local church or you are looking for a new church home, we would like to invite you to visit one of our Sunday services at 8:30 am or 10:50 am. Please feel free to seek information regarding Jacksonville First United Methodist Church from any of our church volunteers who are helping at the sale. 


Shop with Us (Free Admission)
Public Sale Dates 
Wednesday, March 7 through Friday, March 9, 10 am - 7 pm daily 

• • • • We'll have New Merchandise from more consignors available on Thursday morning! • • • • 

Half-Price Sale
Saturday, March 10, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm - (half-price on many items) 

We accept cash and credit cards only. Be prepared to show your driver's license if using a credit card.  

Interested in shopping early?  For information on volunteering, including bartering opportunities, read our volunteer information.

Sneak Peek Sale - Tuesday, March 6

Platinum Volunteers- 12:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Premium Volunteers- 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Primary Volunteers- 2:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Consignors - 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
First-Time New Parents & Area Teachers/Staff Preview Sale - 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

New First-Time Parents/Grandparents: Is your first child or grandchild on the way or younger than one year old?  We would like to invite you to be our guest to shop at our Preview Sale on March 6 from 4:00 - 7:00 pm.   Register for our New/First-Time Parent Pre-Sale.   Your confirmation email will be your pass to enter the sale.


Northeast Alabama Teachers and School Staff: Local public and private full-time school teachers and staff can shop at our pre-sale on March 6 from 4:00 to 7:00 pm.  Space is limited to the first 50 people. Register to attend.  





Our traditional spots for consignors are now all full. You can still participate as a Restocking Consignor.

So what are Restocking Consignors? It's something we're very excited to offer!

Due to space restrictions, we only have room for a limited number of people to stock our racks and sales floor before our Preview Sale on Tuesday. We sell so much inventory during the Preview Sale and the first day of the public sale that we need additional inventory to sell for the rest of the week to keep our racks full for shoppers. Traditionally, these consignors end up earning as traditional consignors. We're exciting to bring this feature to Children's Market. We're actively promoting the new merchandise available on Thursday and Friday.

Restocking consignors receive all of the privileges of traditional consignors. You can shop the Preview Sale on March 6th from 3 pm until 7 pm and purchase items for half-price on Friday at 4 pm. To participate with us, you must enter your items into our system by 8 pm on Saturday, March 3rd, but you'll have three extra days to tag and organize your items. Restocking consignors will drop off your items on Wednesday, March 7th between 6:30 pm until 8:30 pm. Restocking consignors will pay a $5.00 fee to participate instead of $7.00 this year.


Any Restocking Consignors who shop at the pre-sale but do not bring their items on Wednesday will be prohibited from registering as a consignor for future sales.

If you have questions, please email or call us (256) 239-6033. If you would like to be one of our Restocking Consignors, please fill out this form.


Consigning with Children's Market - Check out these great benefits for consignors!

· We offer an easy-to-use online tagging system.
· You'll find quality items at affordable prices.
· Consignors keep 75% - 85% of the proceeds for everything you sell with an $7 consignor fee subtracted from your proceeds check. - No upfront costs!
· Our final inventory report helps you track what you sold, picked up, and/or donated to charity (great for taxes!).
· We provide the cardstock and can print your tags for you. Data entry (inventory) service is also available.
· Monitor your sales on the web during the sale.
· Checks are ready in less than a week.
· Shop early as a consignor before the sale opens to the public and for our 1/2 price sale.
· Shop first as a colunteer. The more you work, the earlier you shop at the preview sale and 1/2 price sale.

Read Advice and Guidelines for Preparing Your Items
Join our mailing list.

Volunteer with us! -  To learn about the benefits of volunteering (and there are a lot!), visit http://www.jaxfumckids.org/consignment_volunteers.asp 

Sign up to work through your Consignor Homepage.

Consigning 101 Workshops - Coming in February!

Are you interested in learning more about the growing trend of buying and selling at consignment sales?  Have you considered participating in a sale, but hesitate because it sounds like too much work?Have you tried consigning before and were disappointed with the check you received for the effort you put into getting everything ready?  We can help get you started by introducing you to ways to simplify and succeed in the process of consigning. 

Attend our free workshop and see how easy it is to turn your children's  closets into profits without feeling overwhelmed!(Although we'd love to have you consign with us, attending this workshop does not obligate you to participate with Children's Market.  There are several great sales in our area.  It's important to find the one that fits you best.)

At the workshop, we will provide:

•    An overview of consigning and the various basic tagging systems sales use, from handwritten tags to online data entry systems;

•    Time saving tips for organizing and preparing your items;

•    Visual demonstration on how to prepare/hang/tag your items and the common pitfalls to avoid;

•    Ideas to help increase your profit;

•    Hints for getting the biggest bang for your buck when shopping at a consignment sale;

•    A simple guide for consignment pricing, including those hard to figure out items;

•    A question and answer session.

Here is how it will work: Bring 5 or 6 easy to carry/handle items from your child's closet or toy room that you would be interested in consigning.  We will show you how to prepare, tag, and price those items.  In addition, there will be a brief demonstration of how our inventory system works at Children's Market.  

Come and join us!

At First United Methodist Church, behind McDonald's in Jacksonville

Monday, February 6, 9:00 am or

or our Saturday luncheon workshop at Java Jolt

Saturday, February 19, 11:00 am

The sessions are free of charge.  Light refreshments will be served at the church, but we request that you purchase a beverage or snack at Saturday's session to support one of our local businesses.

If you're interested in attending, please send an email (including your name and which session you would like to attend) to market@jaxfumc.org to reserve your space.  Seating is limited at each session.

You'll be amazed at how simple and fun consigning (and shopping) can be!
 

A Ministry of Jacksonville First United Methodist Church (Jacksonville, AL)