Hands-On Mission Opportunities
We will have Hands-On Mission Opportunities at two conference events in 2008...the School of Christian Mission, and our conference Annual Meeting. Click on the links below to see information about the hands-on mission opportunities for each of those events.
Hands-On Mission - School of Christian Mission
July 24-27, 2008
Greensboro College
Hands-On Mission - Annual Meeting
A Celebration of United Methodist Women
September 5, 6 & 7, 2008
Lake Junaluska
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School of Christian Mission |
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Our Hands-On Mission Opportunity for the 2008 School of Christian Mission will be: UMCOR Health Kits UMCOR has expressed an urgent need for Health Kits. Bring your completed health kits to the School of Christian Mission. Encourage others in your local unit and congregation to participate...even if they cannot attend the School of Christian Mission. We will deliver the health kits to our conference Mission Response Center for shipment to the UMCOR Sager Brown Depot. Health kits provide basic necessities to people who have been forced to leave their homes because of human conflict or natural disaster. Health kits are also used as learning tools in personal hygiene, literacy, nutrition and cooking classes. When people gain the knowledge and materials to maintain personal hygiene, their overall health improves. The details for the preparation of a health kit are shown below. Please follow the directions exactly. Include all items; do not add items that are not on the list. Extra gifts, though given with the best of intentions, render a kit unusable and must be removed. Note: All items must be new! There has been a change to the Health Kit list: UMCOR Sager Brown is now purchasing toothpaste in bulk to be added to health kits before shipping to ensure that the product does not expire before they are sent. UMCOR Health Kit
Place these items inside a sealed one-gallon plastic bag. In a separate envelope, please bring a check written to UMCOR Sager Brown for at least $2.00 for each kit to help with the costs of buying one tube of toothpaste, processing and shipping kits around the world. If you are bringing multiple kits, it is fine to just write one check in an amount sufficient to cover all of your kit. f your whole unit is collecting the kits, it will be okay to collect the money and put it all in one envelope to be turned in when you drop off your kits at the School of Christian Mission. Please do not put money envelope in your UMCOR bag. If at all possible, please have kits in a box that can be handled by our women and the total number of kits listed on the side of the box. We are trying to make it as easy as possible to collect, count and transport, our Health Kits. Important: Please do not include any religious, political or patriotic notes or emblems in any kit. Participating in this Hands-On Mission Opportunity will help your local unit to meet Mission Today criteria #23. |
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2008 Information Flyer - School of Christian Mission Hands On Mission Opportunity (PDF) Have a question? Need more information?
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Annual Meeting |
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Our Hands-On Mission Opportunity for the 2008 Annual Meeting will be: Gift to Mission Cards Our 2008 Conference Priority is to implement the "For Christ's Sake, Turn the World Upside Down Initiative" in the area of Public Education. Let us begin by using every opportunity to use a Gift to Mission card to honor that special educator or school volunteer that is making a difference in our schools and the lives of our children. (Bus driver, principal, county commissioner, tutor, coach etc.) There are many opportunities through out the school year that we (or our unit) could use a Gift to Mission card to honor those persons that are making a positive impact in our Public Education school system. Gift to Mission honors someone in her or his name with an undesignated Gift to Mission of at least $5.00. Gift to Mission is one of the five channels of Undesignated Mission Giving. Undesignated Mission Giving supports the total program of mission carried out by United Methodist Women. With your gift, you honor someone, and you make a difference in the lives of women, children, and youth around the world. There are cards for Thank You, Happy Birthday, A Baby, Thinking of You, A Special Day, In the Service of Christ, and Congratulations. At our annual meeting, Gift to Mission cards will be available in the resource room with a limited supply of stamps. If you want to purchase yours before you arrive, buy them through your local unit, or district treasurer, or at a conference event. Gift to Mission
Card Designs
Christmas Gift to Mission Card Designs All Christmas Cards have the following words on the inside: Let us hear Christ's message of hope A gift to mission has been given in your honor through United Methodist Women. To order Gift to Mission Cards
2008 Information Flyer - Annual Meeting Hands On Mission Opportunity (PDF)
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