Mission

We will be carrying on our Pound Out Hunger campaign for several weeks through July. Just a few cents buys a great deal of food for those in need. Watch for the person after services holding the donation container, then watch the graph on the bulletin board each week as your donations toward much needed food goes up!

Thank you to all who brought in Tornado Relief items for buckets and the monetary donations as well. These folks may be needing our help long term as time goes on. We will keep you informed.

Thank you for the donation of 550 pounds of potatoes that were taken to Lakeside in June as part of the Annual Conference's love offering. Many will be fed with your donations.

Please talk to Pastor Kurt or a mission team member if you are interested in the adult mission trip to Henderson Settlement on 9/26 - 10/2. Congratulations to our youth on their successful mission trip in June.

During July and August, please bring in school supplies that we will distribute to local schools. Lists are available on the back tables in the sanctuary.

We are involved in lots of missions, both close to home and far away. Our missions committee is a resource for you to be involved in missions wherever God is calling you.

Thank you all so much for your kindness and generosity. If you would like to help on the mission committee, bring some thoughts and ideas. We meet at 6:30 p.m. on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. We would love to have you!

Campbell's Labels

The Henderson Settlement is continuously collecting UPC labels from Campbell products. A full list of products is available on the bulletin board outside the office. They use these to provide needed transportation. They are only 493,246 labels away from a new minivan. (It takes 1,600,000 labels to receive a minivan!!) Please help out if you can.

Jerusalem Twp. Food Pantry and Food for Thought

We will continue collecting toilet tissue for the Jerusalem Township Food Pantry, and peanut butter, jelly, sandwich bags, and plastic gloves for Food For Thought, to help with the lunches they put together.

Additional mission opportunities include (but are not limited to):

	Habitat for Humanity,
	Restorative Justice Prison Ministry,
	St. Louis mission for feeding homeless,
	Friendly Center to provide for inner-city residents,
	A partnership with Central United Methodist Church to learn and grow together, and
	Collection of supplies for disaster victims.

Besides these on-going projects, we are involved in many short term mission events, such as underwear collection and even sending mission teams to impoverished parts of our country.

Do you want to get involved or do you have an idea for a new mission initiative? Contact Kristi in the church office at kristin@christumcoregon.org.