HAPPENINGS AT FAITH UMC
December, 2022
The week of November 21-27, 2022
Eleven Morrison Elementary School families received food from the Faith UMC Food Ministry program to supplement their meals during the week of the Thanksgiving school holiday. These families included the 13 students who are recipients of the weekly back pack snack foods provided by Faith and food insecure students in families that were identified by the school counselor. Food was provided for four families of 2, one family of 3, four families of 5, one family of 6 and one family of 9 for a total of 46 persons. Of these 46 persons, 28 were children. A total of 420 pounds of food were provided to these families. $313.52 was spent from the food ministry account for food items not donated by the congregation during our October canned food collection. Shopping has already begun to provide food for these families for the Christmas holiday break.
Food items that were included for a family of five
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Morrison school personnel accept food delivered by Faith UMC for Backpack program students and other food insecure students.
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Collect-October Ingathering Exceeds Goal!!!
For 2022, In-gathering activity entitled Collect-October, the UMC Northwest District set a goal for churches to do one more than they did in the 2021 ingathering. In 2021, Faith UMC collected “Bucks for Books” and collected $775, which purchased 152 books. So, our goal in 2022 was to collect one more than 152 items of food.
During the month of October, we have been collecting canned food items that Faith will use in Thanksgiving and Christmas food boxes for students at Morrison elementary school. WOW!!! The Faith Family outdid themselves by donating 524 items which totaled 484 pounds of food- not only ONE more but more than THREE times as many items as in 2021. Thank YOU, Faith Family.
We will be using food ministry funds to purchase additional holiday and fresh items to be added to those items you donated for the holiday food boxes..
JOIN US FOR FAMILY FUN NIGHT ON NOVEMBER 2ND!
Join us for Food and Fellowship. We will be serving dinner in the Fellowship Hall, have several games in the Faith Cafe, Craft activities in the Art Room, and a movie in the Theatre with popcorn served. Family Fun Night will be from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. Come join in the fun!
The week of Oct. 31st - Nov. 6th, 2022
Treats from Faith on Halloween
On Halloween afternoon, volunteers from Faith distributed 100 treat bags to students leaving Woods Elementary and Chaffin Middle School as a part of our after-school snack program. These bags included a bag of chips or Cheez-it Snap’d, Halloween pretzels, meat/cheese stick, fruit gummi snack, M & M’s, cookie treat, Skittles, and a flyer promoting our First Wednesday Family Night event on November 2 from 6 - 7 pm. The outside of the bags was decorated with a message: Treats not Tricks from Faith United Methodist Church and included the poem, “Christians are like Pumpkins” along with a no fear scripture from Matthew 10:31.
On Halloween afternoon, volunteers from Faith distributed 100 treat bags to students leaving Woods Elementary and Chaffin Middle School as a part of our after-school snack program. These bags included a bag of chips or Cheez-it Snap’d, Halloween pretzels, meat/cheese stick, fruit gummi snack, M & M’s, cookie treat, Skittles, and a flyer promoting our First Wednesday Family Night event on November 2 from 6 - 7 pm. The outside of the bags was decorated with a message: Treats not Tricks from Faith United Methodist Church and included the poem, “Christians are like Pumpkins” along with a no fear scripture from Matthew 10:31.
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The week of September 4th - 10th, 2022
School Supply Drive for Morrison Elementary Exceeds 600 Items
During the month of August, the Faith Outreach committee asked the congregation to donate specific requested school supplies for the students and teachers at Morrison Elementary. Morrison is one of two schools in the Fort Smith School district that receive backpack snacks each week from Faith’s Food Ministry partnership with the Community Services Clearinghouse Meals for Kids program.
Response to this donation request was outstanding. The Faith Family donated the following items:
216 glue sticks
66 boxes of crayons
172 dry erase markers
76 pocket folders
39 canisters of disinfecting wipes
$50 was also donated and after consulting with the school counselor, these funds were used to purchase 40 water bottles which is a needed item for students to use the water filling stations that have replaced water fountains. That’s a total of 609 items, valued at approximately $470.
Thank you, Faith Family for your support of this outreach to Morrison Elementary School!!
During the month of August, the Faith Outreach committee asked the congregation to donate specific requested school supplies for the students and teachers at Morrison Elementary. Morrison is one of two schools in the Fort Smith School district that receive backpack snacks each week from Faith’s Food Ministry partnership with the Community Services Clearinghouse Meals for Kids program.
Response to this donation request was outstanding. The Faith Family donated the following items:
216 glue sticks
66 boxes of crayons
172 dry erase markers
76 pocket folders
39 canisters of disinfecting wipes
$50 was also donated and after consulting with the school counselor, these funds were used to purchase 40 water bottles which is a needed item for students to use the water filling stations that have replaced water fountains. That’s a total of 609 items, valued at approximately $470.
Thank you, Faith Family for your support of this outreach to Morrison Elementary School!!
School supply items collected by Faith UMC and donated to Morrison Elementary.
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Additional water bottles purchased with our cash donations.
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Morrison Elementary staff are delighted to receive school supplies from Faith UMC.
Left to right: Custodian, Dennis Bolton, Brenda and Bruce Vick, Faith UMC Outreach Committee, Counselor, Sherri Ray, and Principal Britney Watson
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The week of August 28th - September 3rd, 2022
Poem by Dee Burger
We have a poet among us! Dee Burger has been a member of Faith United Methodist since June 28, 2015. Are we just now learning she writes poetry? May her words have a blessing to you today.
We have a poet among us! Dee Burger has been a member of Faith United Methodist since June 28, 2015. Are we just now learning she writes poetry? May her words have a blessing to you today.
Doris Taff turned 90!
Doris Taff, here pictured with her daughter's, celebrated her 90th birthday on August 28th at a family gathering. Doris has been a member of Faith United Methodist Church since July 9, 2011. She currently resides at Methodist Villiage in Fort Smith. Happy 90th Year, Doris!!
We've been giving out Snack Packs this week.
Our folks have been giving out snacks to the students that gather in our parking lot to be picked up after school this week. On Monday we gave out 17 bags, Tuesday 49 bags and Wednesday 60 bags. We anticipate giving out even more on Thursday and Friday. We are encouraging students and their parents to come to our Family Fun Night next Wednesday.
Our folks have been giving out snacks to the students that gather in our parking lot to be picked up after school this week. On Monday we gave out 17 bags, Tuesday 49 bags and Wednesday 60 bags. We anticipate giving out even more on Thursday and Friday. We are encouraging students and their parents to come to our Family Fun Night next Wednesday.
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