Our Mission Ministry is asking for donations of school supplies for inner city children whose families cannot afford the cost: # 2 pencils; pens - blue or black ink; pocket folders - plain and 3-hole punched; marble composition books; rulers; school scissors; glue sticks and bottles; colored pencils and markers; sticky-back notes - 3"; pencil sharpeners; pencil boxes and pouches; pink erasers; yellow highlighters; notebook paper - wide-ruled and college-ruled; spiral notebooks - wide-ruled and college-ruled; 3-ring binders (I"-2"); crayons - 24 count; calculators; combination locks. Please bring donations to FUMC by this coming Sunday, Aug. 29 so that supplies can be distributed prior to the start of school. Labeled boxes for donations are located outside the Nursery.
UMCOR is seeking financial aid for the people of Pakistan, who suffered a devastating flood on August 1. We can support UMCOR's response with a gift to International Disaster Response, UMCOR Advance #982450. Click here to go to the on-line direct giving form.
There's no need to let the overflow from gardens go to waste: bring it to church! Every Sunday during fellowship hour, fresh vegetables are available for the taking, in exchange for a donation to the Albany United Methodist Society (AUMS) for their emergency food pantry. In addition, "unsold" veggies have been taken to AUMS or to Interfaith Partnership for the Homeless. Nothing has gone to waste!
Need a gift for someone special - or some new ideas for your
kitchen? Don't miss out on the chance to buy a copy (or two, or three)
of our FUMC cookbook, The Melting Pot. It's only $12 a copy! (Lovely hand-crafted
wooden stands are also available, also for $12 each.) Click here to download an order form, or call or email Church Office (churchoffice@delmarmethodist.org or 439-9976). Proceeds benefit the Capital Region Food Bank.
The
August edition of our monthly Telescope newsletter
is available here.
"Finding a Firm Foundation," Rev. Janice Palm's sermon from Sunday, August 22, is available here. Our archive of newsletters is available here.
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