Service and Outreach

Hey ladies!

We only have two weeks left and Imogene and I just wanted to spell out very clearly what service and outreach opportunities are still in the works for our two remaining weeks of mom's H2H. We know it's quite a few things and everybody can't do everything so please just pray about where the Lord wants you to contribute.  The bright side is we definitely have plenty of opportunities to bless people and be the hands and feet of Jesus! The items in red are especially important over the next couple of weeks.

SHERRY K.- Sherry K. (mH2H member and small group leader) is having surgery today (Mon.) on a brain tumor the doctor's discovered last week. Her family is in need of meals in the coming weeks. The web site to sign up for bringing Sherry and her family a meal is www.takethemameal.com. Please comment here if you are interested in blessing them in this way and we will email you the password to sign up take a meal. Please especially be praying for Sherry and her family.

Meal Mamas-our church has a meal ministry and is alway in need of homemade meals for the freezer so that they can bless families in need. Each Wednesday, we have pans provided for you to package your meal if you would like to participate. You can see the approved recipes and other details here on the Meal Mama blog. You can bring your meals to Bible Study on Wednesday and put them in the freezer in the Nursery Building. This is a continual need that you can be part of throughout the year!

Food Bank-our church's food bank is another continual need in which you can participate throughout the year to help families in need. As the holidays are approaching, the food bank needs our help even more. You can see the needed items and guidelines here. The Food Bank bin is located outside of the Discipleship Center. If it happens not to be there, you can bring your food to Bible Study and Amy A. will see that it is delivered to the appropriate place. This is also a great way to get your children involved in outreach. If so, we'd love for you to get creative and take a picture of your kid's w/ your food bank items and send the pictures to us so we can share them!

Nursery Worker's Gift- last week, we began passing around a card to sign and an envelope for small contributions (even as little as a dollar) to go towards a gift for our 4 Wednesday morning nursery workers. If you have children in nursery care, please keep this in mind when you come to study this week. It is the last time we will collect money because we will be presenting them w/ the gift on November 16 (the following week).

UPDATE and Change of plans:
Adopt a Family-Each Christmas, our church hosts an Adopt A Family program for families in need. Mom's Heart to Heart was going to adopt a few families as a service project this season. Unfortunately, the wish lists for our families will not be available before our study ends on Nov. 16. Therefore, the program has requested that we collect toys over the next couple of weeks in lieu of fulfilling the family wish lists. The program will use those toys to supplement and fill in gaps amongst ALL of the families. Sooooo....over the next couple of weeks if you could bring one toy (or whatever the Spirit leads), we will collect them and they will be donated towards this year's Adopt a Family! It is exciting that these toys will reach not just a few families but many!

If there are still questions, please let us know so we can clarify!

Look forward to seeing you on Wednesday!
Imogene and Hannah