Here are the wonderful things our church has been doing during the first few months of 2017:
-The March special missions offering benefited the Weekend Backpack Ministry and Midwives for Haiti. The total of the offering collected was $1,835!
-The Weekend Backpack Ministry continues to buy, pack, and distribute food for 30 students at Ginter Park Elementary School. The children take the food home to have over the weekend when free school breakfasts and lunches are unavailable. Supporting this ministry financially is an on-going challenge and opportunity, and efforts will be underway soon for fundraising. (If you have expertise or experience in this area we especially want to hear from you about how you might help this important ministry! We also need volunteers to do each of the various pieces of work that helps make this ministry happen each week. Click this link to sign up to help!)
-We continue to provide dinner once a month to 25 teenagers and their leaders at Side-by-Side. For several months this year we will also provide dinners for a smaller leadership group at Side-by-Side too. People interested in helping provide food for these monthly dinners simply sign up to help. (Email if you would like to get involved!)
-The church steadfastly continues its partnership with Oregon Hill Baptist Center, primarily by bringing non-perishable food items for the Center’s Food Pantry.
-The Page Turners Book Club met to discuss Ordinary Grace and will meet again in May to discuss The Life We Bury.
-The Youth created Easter votive candle holders to help fund-raise for Baptist Youth Camp expenses. Candles are still available for purchase! (Email if interested!)
-In June we will collect a special mission offering to benefit Journey Partners and Camp Alkulana!
-In May we will host a breakfast for our homeless friends at the Oregon Hill Baptist Center. Also, the children of the church are helping to create snack bag gifts for each of those we feed that morning. (If you are interested in helping cook a dish or provide items for the snack bags, please send an email!)