Summer of Service 2010
Aug 112010
On August 14 we will have our last Summer or Service Day! This will be a great day! We are going to gather at the church at 9:00. Some people will be going to the Barnabas Network to help them sort through their recent donations. A couple people will remain at the church and cook meals to be distributed to members of our congregation. Everyone else (including the kids) will load up the bus and head over to Glen Haven to host a back-to-school party for the refugees living in the apartment complex. While there, we will fill backpacks with school supplies to be distributed to the kids, enjoy ice cream sundaes, and play games (we even have a parachute!). This day is going to be very fun and we hope you will all join us!
Jul 162010
Our next Summer of Service day is on July 31. It will begin at 9:00 A.M. and end at 12:00 P.M. with refreshments. We will be clearing trails at Kopper Top, a non-profit organization that provides therapeutic horseback riding and animal-assisted therapy for individuals with disabilities. (Because Kopper Top is located at a farm, we will have to drive about 25 minutes to get there, so we should not expect to be finished early, like we were on the July 10 Summer of Service day.) We will also be building a greenhouse at the Community Garden and cooking for members of our congregation. Kids will paint artwork to hang in patients’ rooms at Beacon Place. We hope you will join us for this opportunity! You may sign up in the narthex or by e-mailing Alison Simon at outreach@fccgreensboro.org.
Jul 102010
We have two more Summer of Service days coming up! They are July 31 and August 14. Sign up in the narthex or e-mail Alison Simon at outreach@fccgreensboro.org to join us on those days!
Jul 102010
Our first Summer of Service day is over! We had a lot of fun! If you missed it, here is a short recap of what we did.
We had 22 participants, who succeeded in shopping for and putting together 30 hygiene kits for Church World Service to deliver after a disaster. We also cooked 5 meals of meatloaf, mashed potatoes, green beans, fresh vegetables, and oatmeal cookies to be given to members of our congregation and picked a lot of vegetables. The kids made 30 packages to give to the men at the servant center and walked to a mark on West Market St, picking up trash along the way.
There are paper flowers in the narthex. Everyone who completes service hours this summer should pick one up, write down your name and the number of hours you have done and post it on the bulletin board. So far this summer our congregation has reported over 300 hours of service! Keep it up!
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