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We’re not kidding about needing potatoes…
The food pantry item we’ll be collecting in July is canned potatoes. You can pick up cans of whole potatoes, diced or sliced potatoes. Make sure you drop off a couple of cans of potatoes on the table at the end of the hall. And because you might need a reminder, here’s your potato joke…
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Helping the home bound with our June food pantry items
The De Soto Food Pantry currently serves about 25 clients that are home bound. These clients get some special items, and we’re focusing on those for June. Please drop your food pantry donations off at the table near the kitchen door. Each household should consider bringing each of the following: If you’d like to order…
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Camp is coming
During the month of May, we asked for contributions to take to the Missouri Annual Conference. Thank you for your generosity. For the month of June, we are asking for contributions to support youth going to camp. The camps are a fun week of interaction with other youth. It is filled with activities and worship.…
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Mission Minute
April’s Mission Minute Results Your generous donations of over $800 to the senior lunch payoff program will enable many seniors in the 2023 class to fully participate in graduation activities. They can walk in graduation with their classmates, hear their name be read, and walk to the podium to receive their diploma in front of…
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Helping the Food Pantry with Helper
During April, we’re looking to collect 100 boxes of Hamburger Helper for the Food Pantry. They are currently running low on it, and if you can pick up 2-4 boxes at the grocery store, please place it on the table at the end of the hall. And Chicken Helper and Tuna Helper would be fine…
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Mission Minute with students in mind
The short effort to raise funds for Brendan’s Friday Backpacks in March raised $542! We’re continuing to keep the focus on students in April, but we’re focusing on some older students this time. During April, we’ll be collecting funds to pay off past-due lunch bills for some of DeSoto’s seniors. If seniors at the high…
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A quick March Mission Minute
Brenden’s Friday Backpacks serves 166 children through Vineland Elementary and about 50 children through the DeSoto Head Start program. The program, originally started in 2011, sends kid-friendly foods home with children each Friday. The intent is to keep children fed over the weekend; children who would otherwise be without breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Each elementary-aged…
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Festival of Sharing Update
The 2022 Report of Giving for Festival of Sharing is now available and shares a viewpoint of our combined efforts over the last year. Of course, there are also many experiences and pictures that continue to tell the story of churches and communities working together. If you’d like to see the full Report of Giving,…
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See the good
Dear family at St. Andrew’s, We can not thank you enough for your monthly donations and your very generous gift of all those amazing cookie morsels! Because of you all, we were able to help 133 families (257 individuals) with our extra special Christmas goodies. You all are a huge blessing to your community and…
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January Food Pantry Item & Goal
We’ve set a new goal for January. Our item for January is canned protein. Please bring your canned tuna, chicken, etc. to the table at the end of the hall. If you’d like to make a monetary donation, you can do that by noting the amount with the memo “food pantry”. Our goal is to…