U.M.W. NEWS

United Methodist Women News

The United Methodist Women pledged $250 a quarter this year to Interchurch Social Services.  Angie Richards, our treasurer, has taken that amount and will buy the needed foods.  There will be no UMW meetings in July and August.  

                                                                                                                        ~Peg  McCracken          UMW President

Rummage Sale Report

Thank you to all in the church family who helped make this year's rummage sale a tremendous success!!  Thanks to all the people who donated baked goods or rummage sale items and the people who set up and worked at the sale. We were able to generate our second highest sales in the last five years.  The Bake sale made $268.14 and the Rummage Sale total was $982.09 for a total profit of $1,250.23!  This money goes toward our numerous mission projects both here in Mt. Vernon, but also in other areas in Ohio, the United States and the world
Many people ask what we do with everything we have left.  We ask representatives of the following groups to come in on Thursday afternoon to take things that their organization could use:F.U.F.F., Foster grandparents at the Mount Vernon Developmental Center, Central Church of Christ Children's Program, Mt. Vernon Players, and       Danville Interchurch.  This year we also gave things to Kelly Gardner for a garage sale she is having.  The money will go for expenses they have in adopting a little boy from China.  Anything left after those groups came in was boxed up and Frank Austin came in to pick it up.  Their church has a storage facility where they sort and organize things and they are then taken to various shelters or to those suffering from a disaster.  As you can see, we try to make sure everything that is donated finds it's way to someone who can use it!          ~Angie Richards

United Methodist Women Mission Giving for 2007

Dorcas Seed Project       $   200

Project Noah                500

Gay Street UMC              600

ISS (from Agape)            1,000

Gift to Church family         1,000

Red Bird Mission School       300

Hospice                   300

New Hope Early Ed. Found.     300

Children’s Connection         300

New Directions              300     

The total amount given so generously by the United Methodist Women to do Christ’s work is:  $5,050.00  !!!

Agape Meals

            The United Methodist Women serve meals after funerals and memorial services held at the church.  Last year twelve meals were served.  Norma Siekkinen and Peg McCracken coordinate the volunteers, donations of food and buying of supplies.  This is an outreach of the UMW that is done with love to give families and friends some informal time together at a difficult time.

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