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2010 MISSION OPPORTUNITIES - CALENDAR – 2010

We have been given different gifts, but the same charge, to love our neighbors as ourselves. Following is information about some different ways we can help our neighbors, including several mission trips or mission days in which we can take part.

Sunday, March 28
Rev. Donald Marsden
Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship
Works with un-churched, native people in Siberia.
Presentation following worship.
Lunch will be provided.

Saturday, April 24
Rebuilding Together - Annual Home Repair Day
Jobs: Carpentry, painting, yard clean-up
Fun and fellowship
Contact Cindy Reid for directions.

Saturday, May 1
FREE Mission of Mercy Dental Clinic Day - Barboursville Fire House
Beginning at 7:00 a.m.
Plan to serve 500 people in need of dental care on a first-come, first-served basis. Volunteers are needed! Volunteer online at www.vadental.org or call Megan or Dorren at 672-3530.

ORANGE COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
will begin building it’s 25th house in the community.
Volunteers needed: Construction, lunch, fundraisers, and committee members
Contact Cindy Reid or Denise Hall.

SUMMER MISSION TRIPS
Southwest Virginia Trip Sponsored by District 1 - July 25-31, 2010
Home repairs and improvements, Fellowship and worship. Open to anyone 9th grade or older (or middle schoolers with an adult or family member)
Cost: $125 plus travel and food
Registration deadline: May 1

INTERGENERATIONAL MISSION TRIP
Avondale Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, NC
First week of August
Prepare and serve meals at a soup kitchen
Help in a clothes closet
Work with Alzheimer’s patients
Small maintenance jobs and yard work
Open to anyone 14 yrs and older (or middle schoolers with an adult or family member)
Cost: $25 per day plus travel and food
Registration deadline: May 1

LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES
Sheltering Arms Dinner
Second Thursday every month, 5:30 p.m.
Prepare dinner and serve approximately 20 people.
Sign-up sheet in the Narthex

Feed My Sheep
Free lunch once a month
(Usually third Saturday)
Volunteers are needed to bring food and serve the meal at Orange Church of Christ
Contact Donna Mork to volunteer
832-7711 or mork38@gmail.com

Angel Food Ministry
Food is delivered to the Assembly of God Church on the 3rd Saturday
Volunteers are needed from 8:00 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. to unload the truck and re-package the food for each family.
Food orders can be placed at angelfoodministries.com or
call Rod McLeod at 672-2673.

Annual Christmas Bazaar
December 3-4, 2010
Sponsored by the Mission and Outreach Committee
Crafters are invited to share their talents.
Proceeds will go to a mission project.
Contact Shirley Newman at 672-1023 or Sharon Mohrmann at 672-4764 for more information.

DENOMINATIONAL OFFERINGS

One Great Hour of Sharing
Since 1949, Presbyterians have joined with millions of other Christians through One Great Hour of Sharing to share God’s love with people experiencing need. Our gifts support ministries of disaster response, refugee assistance and resettlement, and community development that help people find safe refuge, start new lives and work together to strengthen their families and communities. We will receive the offering on Easter Sunday, April 4.

Pentecost Offering
The Pentecost Offering is traditionally received on the day of Pentecost, May 23, 2010. It provides a direct way to meet the needs of children at risk, youth, and young adults. Congregations are encouraged to keep 40 percent of the Offering to support ministry with children at risk in their communities.

Peacemaking Offering
The Peacemaking Offering was created in 1980 to support the efforts of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to live out a deeper commitment to peacemaking as part of our faithfulness to God. We receive the offering on World Communion Sunday, October 3.

Christmas Joy
A Presbyterian tradition for almost 70 years, the Christmas Joy Offering is one of the four special offerings designated by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to provide congregations direct ways of supporting specific causes that help those in need. Fifty percent of the receipts to the Christmas Joy Offering are distributed to the Board of Pensions for assistance programs that provide support to retired and active church workers and their spouses and families. We will receive the offering on December 19.

2 cents-a-meal
Cents-Ability is a small first step in the battle against hunger and poverty. Congregations invite every member – of all ages – to contribute a few cents at every meal. This simple act is an expression of thanks for what we have received.

Cents-Ability originated in 1976 as “Two-Cents-A-Meal,” a project begun by Presbyterian Women to involve individuals and families in a corporate response to world hunger.

If you have questions, contact:
Cindy Reid, Chair
Mission and Outreach Committee
540-672-3461 or
Denise Hall, Pastor
540-672-4240