The Committee for Mission & Outreach will meet again on Monday, April 16 at 7 PM in the Fireside Room.
Adult Mission Trip to Aid in Hurricane Cleanup
Recycle Inkjet & Laser Cartridges
Shoebox Ministry Mitten & Hat Tree
Thank you for Collecting School Supplies & the Valley of the Moon Children's Activity
New Orleans Hurricane Recovery Work Group
Trip Date: Sunday, July 15-Saturday, July 21, 2007
Cost: $750 – approximately (plus an “n95 respirator”)
Would you like to join the Community Church work group going to New Orleans to help with Hurricane Recovery as part of the UCC disaster response and recovery ministry?
We will fly to New Orleans on Sunday and rent a van. We will be staying at St. Paul’s UCC Church, sleeping on cots and/or twin size bunk beds with air bed mattresses. You need to bring twin sheets or sleeping bag and pillow and a n95 respirator which costs about $45. As a group we will prepare our own meals. Laundry facilities are on site. We will work Monday through Friday with Wednesday afternoon off. Several options of tours will be available for Wednesday afternoon.
Both skilled and unskilled workers are welcome. You must be able to work in a hot, humid, buggy environment and tolerate group living! Participants must be at least 16 years of age. “Flexibility and patience are key for the success of the experience” says the UCC website. Further information visit www.ucc.org/ministries/volunteer/hurricane.htm
If this sounds interesting to you, pick up an application in the church office. $400 must be paid with the application and the balance is due by April 30. (Some financial assistance may be available.) The trip is being planned by those interested in going.
If you have questions, call Joyce Cox.
Collections for The Living Room
The Living Room in Santa Rosa provides the only available daytime shelter to homeless women and their children in the Santa Rosa area. Mission & Outreach wishes to honor and support them in their work. We ask your help in filling our donation box this month with these needed supplies: gloves, coffee, feminine hygiene products, diapers, baby bottles and the ever useful dollar. Look for the donation box in the church entry and please give generously to help at-risk women and children in Sonoma County.
SEE’S Candy Sales to benefit
Habitat for Humanity
Community Church is nearing our pledged commitment to the Sebastopol Habitat for Humanity Faith Build, a build happening right here in Sebastopol this summer. Thank you for your generous support of the Mission & Outreach candy sales and your help in getting us closer to our pledge goal! Coming up - Easter candy, available after church on March 25th and April 1st – so please keep a place in your Easter baskets for the candy that helps build houses! Buy a delicious Easter Egg and help support Habitat for Humanity – what a delicious way to offer your support!
Habitat Rummage Sale March 31
Mission & Outreach is joining forces with our Youth to have a Rummage Sale!! So please consider items you no longer need or want and set them aside to donate to this worthy cause. There will be two evenings to deliver items to Memorial Hall just before the Saturday sale on March 31. Donating your time to help with sorting and tagging, as well as time during the sale event will be greatly appreciated.
The BIG SALE will be on Saturday, March 31 in Memorial Hall. Please save your stuff to donate to the sale and watch for dates you can bring your items to Memorial Hall just prior to the event. If you have questions please contact Mary McMillon 823-2867
School Supplies for Local Students in Need
Thank you for participating in our drive for school supplies for Lincoln School! We collected tons of crayons, binders, pens, pens, scissors and more for the students, all thanks to your efforts. You get an A+ for your efforts!
Thank you for participating in our Christmas in July campaign. We collected socks, shorts, bus tickets, movie passes, shirts, towels, toiletry articles and more to deliver to the Homeless Services Center in Santa Rosa. The items were very much needed and the center appreciated the summer delivery - one of their busiest times of the year!
On July 21st, twenty-five children and counselors were treated to a hot dog and watermelon picnic at Armstrong Woods. It was the beginning of our real hot spell and the redwoods were a perfect place to hang out in the shade.
After lunch, the group was met by two docents from the Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods. They took the group on a hike through the grove and stopped to show us interesting trees, facts about the grove and where the bats live during the day. The children were energetic and really enjoyed the outing.
Thanks to Mary McMillon, Dave and Suzanne White and Jim Dempsey for all the help on the 21st.
Recycle Ink Jet & Laser Cartridges
Recycle your inkjet and laser cartridges at church! Mission & Outreach is now collecting your empty cartridges to help support Habitat for Humanity and their local build in Sebastopol this summer. Bring your empty inkjet and laser cartridges to the church office and help Mission & Outreach recycle and raise funds at the same time! In just over one year we raised $900 for SOL just by collecting empty cartridges – let’s top that as we collect for the Sonoma County Habitat for Humanity.
Shoebox Ministry & Mitten & Hat Tree
Thank you for your support of the Mission & Outreach Hat, Socks & Scarves Tree and the Shoebox Ministry. 192 warm socks, scarves, warm hats and gloves and 77 Shoeboxes were delivered to the Homeless Services Center!
