Local Missions during COVID-19
St Matthew’s is continuing to do local missions during COVID-19. Below is a list of Local Missions and their status. Going forward, we will continue to find safe ways for our congregation to support the community. Please watch the Midweek Messenger, church Alerts, and Circuit Rider for how you can get involved. Items can be donated or requested for delivery if you are unable to safely come out. To request this or if you have ideas on ways that we can serve the community or safety concerns, then please contact Missions@stmatthews-bowie.org.
| Local Mission | Status | How You Can Help | POC |
| Bowie Interfaith Pantry/Emergency Aid Fund | Ongoing | Please put Bowie Food Pantry donations in shopping cart in the coatroom. Consider being a (reimbursed) shopper for the pantry; email the pantry at bowiefoodpantry@gmail.com. | Margie Pekala and Lorri Meadows |
| The Little Free Pantry (LFP) | Ongoing | · Please volunteer to be a stocker and/or shopper.
· Please put donations in LFP directly or into bin in coatroom (separate from the Bowie Food Pantry shopping cart). · Please disinfect handles and wash hands before and after interacting with LFP. |
Marian Eisinger and Bob Fuller |
| Sharing of Essential Supplies with Congregation and Community | Ongoing | · Take only what you need and share extras you might have at the table in the Narthex. Hard to find supplies like toilet paper, paper towels, masks, hand sanitizers and disinfecting wipes are needed by many in our congregation and community. Request delivery or pickup at Missions@stmatthews-bowie.org
· EEC is requesting washable children and adult masks; families receiving masks will donate to the Bowie Food Pantry. · Masks congregation and the LFP can be left on the essentials supply table in the Narthex |
Bob Fuller and Marian Eisinger |
| PG Men’s Shelter Meal (3rd Sunday each month) | Ongoing | Since this is an everchanging situation. Work with Linda and the Shelter for guidelines for delivery. | Linda Cooper |
| Bowie Supportive Housing Corporation (Alpha & Beta House) | As needed | Please continue to support as you have in the past. Specific needs as they arise will be put in Midweek Messenger and Circuit Rider. | Dave Miller and Gary Allen |
| CHAMP House | As needed | Please continue to support as you have in the past. Specific needs as they arise will be put in Midweek Messenger and Circuit Rider. | Dan Blades |
| Knit Wits | Working individually at home | The Knit Wits continue to work on projects at home, making colorful hats. | Beverly Landymore |
| Mission Central | Opening Soon | Please continue to support as you have in the past. Specific needs as they arise will be put in Midweek Messenger and Circuit Rider. | Bob Fuller |
| FISH | Pandemic Hiatus | FISH will need volunteers (Drivers & Callers) when they restart | Ray Denmark |
| Merry Methodists | Pandemic Hiatus | Continue to provide Merry Methodist collected items such as toiletries, cards, and stickers in Coat Room bin. | Phyllis Jensen
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| Christmas in April | Canceled for 2020 | Dan Blades |