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Festival of Sharing
The Festival of Sharing is an interfaith celebration and gathering of resources, is a cooperative response to world hunger, poverty, and injustice and seeks to raise awareness of its causes and to address solutions. The Festival of Sharing promotes and supports projects and programs by providing funding and resource goods. When people of faith come…
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Mission Minute
Festival of Sharing asked churches to send large pieces of solid-colored fleece to Annual Conference this year. We sent 17 pieces of the soft fabric down to Springfield, and we weren’t the only ones! The August newsletter will highlight The World Service Fund. It is our largest apportioned giving fund at $2,395, and it has…
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Festival of Sharing
We’re going to take a little different route with Festival of Sharing this fall. Instead of picking out a kit or pack, we’ve decided to accept donations and give them to Festival of Sharing to use “where needed most”. However, if you want to give something other than money, add seed packets to you list.…
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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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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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Mission Minute
There were so many children and families blessed last year through your generosity. From Valentines, Pony Bird, A Safe Place, Festival of Sharing, the mitten tree, and all the other projects between, you have always been there to help. Thank you for always showing God’s Love to people who are in need! -Frances Deaton Mitten…
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Mission Minute
We are almost to the deadline for our Student Dental kits for Festival of Sharing. Please have items at church by October 4th, so we can put the packs together and get them delivered to Festival of Sharing. In November, we will be hosting the ladies and children from A Safe Place. The ladies will…
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Festival of Sharing
We are hoping to get enough materials together to take 50 Missouri Student Dental Packs to the Festival of Sharing. The items needed are children’s toothbrushes, adult toothbrushes, tubes of toothpaste (at least 6 ounces), and packets of floss. All items need to be unopened, and you can deposit your donation at the back of…
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2018 Festival of Sharing
Festival of Sharing is going through some changes this year, and the set-up for giving is a little different. However, the needs still exist, and this year, we’ll be focusing on the Missouri Student Dental Pack for our Festival of Sharing drive. The goal this year is 3,535 dental packs, which is 613 more than…
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Festival of Sharing at Annual Conference
The Festival of Sharing has posed a challenge to each district with collections at Annual Conference 2018. Each district has been assigned an item that belongs in a Missouri Personal Hygiene Pack. The Gateway Region, where we are in, has been assigned hand towels! Nope, the hand towel doesn’t have to be red like the…