Midweek Messenger

May 10, 2012

Meals Ministry is Ready to Serve!

Several teams of volunteers are now ready to support this ministry. Please get in touch with any one of the contacts listed below if your family would be helped by the Meals Ministry or you know of someone who has a need.

Meals Ministry Team (mealsministry@stmatthews-bowie.org)

Church Office (301-262-1408; sharon.stmatthews-bowie@verizon.net)

Luke 8 Ministry Team (luke8@stmatthews-bowie.org)

Angel Gang (angelgang@stmatthews-bowie.org)

Rev. Ginger (ginger@stmatthews-bowie.org)

Volunteers are still needed to provide meals—to sign up, please email or call Lorri Meadows (lkmeadows@aol.com, 301-262-2592).

Wanted

Items for UMCOR Birthing and Layette Kits. These kits will be assembled during the Spring into Service event on Saturday May 19th. There will be a donation box in the coat room for the following items: receiving blankets 30″-32″ square, newborn gown/sleepers, newborn sweater/hoodies that open in the front, and newborn onesies. All items should be in NEW condition only.

Mission Trip to Mission Central Moved to Friday, June 1^st

The trip had to be postponed because MC staff decided to close early on May 25th. We still need drivers and volunteers to go and help assemble, verify, and pack UMCOR Kits, sort donated clothing, unload our packed truck of supplies, or help out wherever needed. There’s an easy job for everyone; no matter what your age, gender, skill, or strength. Many UMCOR kits, cleaning buckets, and clothing are still badly needed in areas hit by floods, tornados and hurricanes. There are also supplies to be sent to disaster sites and missions in the US and other countries. We will meet in the church parking lot at 7:30 am, carpool two hours to Mechanicsburg, volunteer until 3:00 pm, and return to Bowie by 5:00 pm. Please call Bob Fuller at 202-498-0567, or e-mail him at cfuller432@aol.com before Friday, May 18th to let him know that you can join the team.

Supplies Needed for Our Mission Central Trip

A team of volunteers will be driving up to Mechanicsburg, PA on Friday, June 1st with a fully loaded truck of badly needed supplies and UMCOR Kits for disaster areas around the US and worldwide. Donations of the following items are requested:

Computers, phones, mouse, key boards (NO monitors or printers);
Clothing, shoes, and coats (in good condition);
Small home use medical equipment (i.e. walkers, crutches, canes, wheelchairs);
Furniture, kitchen items, small appliances, stereos, books, and bicycles (NO TVs).

Donated articles will be accepted at the church on Sunday, May 27th. Please place any donations near the box truck in the parking lot or under tables near Fellowship Hall. To arrange to have items picked up at your home or office (Bowie or Crofton Area only) or to deliver items to the church anytime other than May 27th, contact Bob Fuller at (202-498-0567) or Dan Blades (240-463-8662).

Wanted

Greeting card fronts are needed for use during Spring into Service day. New or used, it doesn’t matter! Please leave any that you have in the collection box in the coatroom. Last day for collecting is Sunday, May 13th. No Christmas cards, please.

Huge Plant and Garden Sale

The Guatemala Mission team of Crofton United Methodist Church is sponsoring a plant sale on Saturday, May 12, from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Arundel Volunteer Fire Department, Route 424 and Bell Branch Road. The sale will include perennials, house plants, geraniums, ferns, ornamental grasses, daylilies, hostas, vegetables, herbs, and more and the proceeds will be used for the mission team to travel to Guatemala in June to work with the community of Las Granadilas on education, health, and construction projects.

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