Health Kits for Haiti

This morning, the Missions Committee organized an effort to assemble Health Kits from donations received over the past week (see the list of items in last week's post).  Adults and kids came together around the table at Fellowship Time following Worship to pack about twenty Kits, which will be sent to UMCOR and will make their way to Haiti or another area as the need arises.

For more information on United Methodist efforts in Haiti, see Earthquake in Haiti: The Church Responds.

Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
     - 2 Corinthians 9:7

Special Offering for Haiti

This Sunday, during worship, the congregation joined worldwide prayers for the people of Haiti and for the relief efforts underway following the disastrous earthquake last week.  The HUMC Missions Committe presented information on UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) and how we can contribute to their efforts which are already underway.  Monetary donations are still being accepted at the church as are items for care packets. There is a box in the foyer to collect items which will be assembled into packets next Sunday (January 24).  If you can contribute one or more items (limited to list items below) please bring them to the church by Sunday.

Health kits provide basic necessities to people who have been forced to leave their homes because of human conflict or natural disaster and are also used as learning tools in personal hygiene, literacy, nutrition and cooking classes.  Kits include the following items:
1 hand towel (15" x 25" up to 17" x 27", No kitchen towels)
1 washcloth
1 comb (large and sturdy, not pocket-sized)
1 nail file or fingernail clippers (no emery boards or toenail clippers)
1 bath-size bar of soap (3 oz. and up)
1 toothbrush (single brushes only in original wrapper, No child-size brushes)
6 adhesive plastic strip sterile bandages
$1.00 to purchase toothpaste

NOTE: UMCOR is now purchasing toothpaste in bulk to be added to health kits before shipping to ensure that the product does not expire before they are sent.
Please be sure all items are new!

Church Library/New Materials/January

The following materials have been added to the church library and are ready for check out. They can be found on the recent acquisition table located just outside the door to the Senior Adult Sunday School classroom.

Fearless by Max Lucado
Heaven by Randy Alcorn
Holding on to Hope by Nancy Guthrie
How to Prepare Sermons by William Evans
Into the Den of Infidels by Living Sacrifice Book Company
Iran Desperate for God by Living Sacrifice Book Company
The Purpose of Christmas DVD Study Guide by Rick Warren
Transforming Evangelism by Henry Knight
DVD's
The Eric Liddell Story Torchlighters Heroes of the Faith
The Gladys Aylward Story Torchlighters Heroes of the Faith
The Jim Elliot Story Torchlighters Heroes of the Faith
The John Bunyan Story Torchlighters Heroes of the Faith
The Perpetua Story Torchlighters Heroes of the Faith
The William Tyndale Story Torchlighters Heroes of the Faith
The Purpose of Christmas DVD Bible Study by Rick Warren