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Vacation Style with the Food Pantry
It is that time again when you just never know who you’ll see (or not see) at church. We call this season: vacation! Many families are packing up suitcases, crates, and bags for vacations and weekend getaways. Please remember that the food pantry still needs food donations at this time of year. As an easy…
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Food Pantry Needs
The food pantry has three main needs during June. Mildred said they need: canned fruit canned pasta without meat jell-o (Yes, more of it!)
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Mission Minute
Festival of Sharing Fleece is being sent to the Missouri Annual Conference for Festival of Sharing. The fleece should be solid-colored and measure 60″ by 80″. These pieces will then be put together (hand-tied) to form queen sized blankets. If you can provide a piece of fleece (Jo-Ann’s in Festus, Hobby Lobby in Arnold, and…
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Food Pantry Items
This year, we’ve donated 271 regular items to the DeSoto Food Pantry. We’ve also delivered 33 boxed cake mixes for their Easter distribution. That’s over 300 items in just four months. There are also items in the hall that haven’t been taken to the pantry yet. Since we’re doing so well, let’s try something for…
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Where the Money Goes!
Next few on our list! Apportionment Amount Black College Fund $323.00 Mozambique Initiative $450.00 Pastoral Excellence (now called Leadership Excellence) $547.00 Mission, Service, & Justice Ministries $623.00
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College Ministry Update
Please keep our college students in your thoughts and prayers. They will be studying for finals and taking them during the last few weeks of April and the first few weeks of May. Terri Deaton – Maryville University Karleigh Faust – Missouri S&T Meaghan Faust – Central Methodist University Grant Fauth – Truman State University…
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Mission Minute
Remember that wall of money we did last year? It was very successful. In fact, it was so successful that we raised funds in excess of what was needed…to the tune of over $400! After deliberation, it was determined that since the money was originally intended to be used for the Ladies’ Day Out for…
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Devastation in Mozambique
Cyclone Idai: Ways to Respond On March 14, Cyclone Idai made landfall at the city of Beira, Mozambique. The cyclone slammed into the southeast African country as a high-end Category 2 storm with 110 mph winds at midnight Thursday, causing widespread devastation, before moving inland into Zimbabwe and Malawi. Aid agencies fear that as much…
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Mozambique Initiative
St. Andrew’s has pledged $450 annually to the Mozambique Initiative. This is above any of our normal apportionment, and after some discussion, we’d like to get this amount paid before the year gets any older. The Proposal Here is the idea: We are asking that 16 people give $10 each month over the next three…
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Night to Shine Recap
Night to Shine was a blast! There were more guests, more volunteers, and more fun this year. Click on the photos below to view some of the online albums we’ve set up.