Ministry to the Larger Community
The Mission and Service group has remained active throughout the summer lull. In June members volunteered an afternoon of service to a MyPlace cookout at Patton Park. MyPlace is an organization for at-risk and homeless youth. They just ended a two year pilot program and are now moving forward, knowing what works and what doesn’t. There are several programs under the umbrella of MyPlace, such as Gen Y (the community center), DramaInk (the teen drama theatre), Club Pulse (teen night club), and Achievers Academy (accredited high school). They have an “adopt a solider” program, as well as a guitars not guns program. Learn more about this worthy effort at www.myplacewnc.org.
In July we began to serve dinner at the Rescue Mission. This service will be an ongoing commitment the second Saturday of each month. We supply four servers (no training needed) for the evening meal which runs from 5:15 to approximately 6:30. If you would like to be on the list of servers contact Mark Fagerlin or Roy Harris and we will add you to the rotation.
Also in July, we heard about opportunities to serve the “Feed the Kids” program at the Fellowship Supper. We will discuss possible involvement at our next meeting. If you were in church on July 17, you heard Roy Harris talk about our support to the Hunger Walk sponsored by the Hunger Coalition. The walk will be coming up in October. If you are not a walker, we will tell you how you can support this effort in an upcoming issue and with a Minute for Mission in church.
So far this year your mission dollars have gone to support Faith Link, Interfaith Assistance Ministry, Rescue Mission, Habitat for Humanity, Sixth Avenue Clubhouse and the Burma Freedom Fighters. More designated distributions are scheduled for the remainder of the year.
The next meeting of the ministry is scheduled for August 24 at 10 am. All are welcome.
