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Gay Street United Methodist Church is an official collection point for Midwest Mission!
Collections are by appointment only - click here for more information.
Mary Ann Martin, assisted by Marilyn Hoy, have agreed to run the Midwest Mission Permanent Collection room at Gay St. Both of them are seasoned servants at the mission. Please thank them for doing this important work.
This year-round site has been in operation for a year and a half, and we’ve collected thousands of items from churches around the state, including items from Gay St.
If you’d like to see items and kits the mission collects and distributes, check out the flyer posted on the door of the collection room., which is next to the elevator on the lower level.
Thank you for your cooperation during this time of transition.
Beth Prince
Thank you, congregation, for your generous offerings to Midwest Mission.
Additionally, our Piece Corps has worked diligently to provide cover-them-with-love quilts, which we will also donate from our church. These are single-bed sized quilts that will be sent to areas in need. Each one takes considerable time, skill, and fabric to complete, so thank Piece Corps members when you see them!
Your generosity will be appreciated around the corner and around the world!
SLEEPING MATS
As part of our support ot Midwest Mission, which distributes many kinds of aid nationally and internationally, we are making sleeping mats from plastic bags. These are provided in disaster areas and for homeless people. Currently, we have one loom to use in creating the mats. Beginning this Sunday, April 21, we'll have the loom set up in the parlor. Plarn (plastic yarn) will be available if you would like to weave a row or two on a mat after the 10:45 service.
Two people can participate at one time: one on each side of the loom. Beth Prince will be there to "show you the ropes". It's easy to do. If you don't know how to make a slip-knot, she'll show you how to connect the new pieces of plarn by making the knot.
PLASTIC BAGS
It takes 730 regular-sized grocery bags to create one mat, so save your bags and bring them to church. There will be a collection basket in the parlor and next to the chapel. If you would like to cut bags to make plarn (plastic yarn) at home, please see Beth Prince, or go online to MidwestMission.org and click on "get involved", "patterns", and "sleeping mat". At the beginning of the video about the potholder method you'll see how to cut the bags for weaving. Cutting plarn is the tedious part of the process, so volunteers are needed.
Bags slightly smaller and slightly larger than grocery bags can be used, too.
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