Norcross First United Methodist Church 
Monday Morning Mission Mailing
Every life without Christ is a mission field; every life with Christ is a missionary.

Student Ministry Spring Break Mission Teamsbmissionsb
Monday - Friday, April 7-11

Please be in prayer for our nine students and two adults serving at Jackson Park Ministries in Charlotte, NC over Spring Break.

Maggie Carr, Carly Dubay, William Guan, Kylee Hartman, Lynn Hernandez, Danie Nauert, Tammy Padilla, Jessica Seoane, Katelyn Vincent and Liz Nauert, Ric Clark
Mayor Johnson's Summer Book Club books
You Can Help!

Norcross Mayor Bucky Johnson has established a partnership between the city and the Norcross Cluster School Partnership (NCSP) to create a program intended to motivate kids to read this summer.

"Literacy skills are closely linked to the probability of having a good job, decent earnings and access to training opportunities," he explains. "Our teachers set rigorous standards for reading during the school year - keeping those skills fresh during summer vacation puts the kids that much ahead when they return to school in the fall."

The Mayor hopes to motivate children to check out books on their summer reading list, but first the club needs more books.

4,000 books have been donated so far for the Summer Book Club and we anticipate another 4,000+ to come in over the next several weeks.

We need to get the books ready to be used by the students this summer. Volunteers are needed to help place library card pockets in the books, as well as to color-code them for the appropriate age.

We will meet at a building near City Hall. Volunteers needed to work two-hour shifts:
  • Mondays & Wednesdays: 10AM - Noon or Noon - 2PM  
  • Saturdays: 9AM - 11AM or 11AM - 1PM
If you would like to volunteer, please contact Pastor Terri Hoye:
[email protected] | 770-448-4142, ext. 105

Thru your Faith Promise Giving we were able to give $2,500 to help purchase books for the Book Club
Connect Students Minister to Homelesshomeless

On Sunday, March 30, 14 students and four adults from Connect Student Ministries served sandwiches, lemonade and a personal favorite - Tang, to over 100 homeless people.

We spent the afternoon talking, listening and praying with people from the streets of downtown ATL.

It's beautiful to watch as two different worlds collide in the name of Jesus Christ.

To see our students stepping outside the boundaries and into lives that are so different from their own is just amazing.

We had the fun, God got the glory ...
Items Needed for Homeless Ministry: We collect items to help the homeless on an ongoing basis. Collection bin located outside The Outlet on the park bench on the lower level. Students are going to downtown Atlanta and ministering on a regular basis and need the following items:
  • new socks
  • travel-size toiletries
  • creamy peanut butter; jelly
  • small Bibles
  • reading glasses
Items Needed for Pregnancy prcg
Resource Center of Gwinnett   

During the month of April we're collecting INFANT FORMULA
for Pregnancy Resource Center of Gwinnett. Collection bin located in the Welcome Center Vending Area.

We respectfully ask all items be new and/or unopened.


Other Items Needed 
* Baby Bathtubs                 * Mobiles/Play Mats
* Baby Monitors                  * Pack-n-Plays
* Chair-Top High Chairs        * Umbrella Strollers
* Baby Carriers                   * Bouncy Seats 
 
Red Cross Shelter Organizational Meetingredcross
Sunday, May 18 | 12:15-1:15PM | Room 210/212

This meeting is for those who have already received Red Cross Disaster Shelter Training.  

 

It is an organizational meeting so we can be prepared for when we are asked to set up a Disaster Shelter at our church.

 

If you want to know more about Red Cross Shelter Training, please contact Stephanie Hodgin: [email protected] 
Murphy-Harpst Children's Home Workday murphy
Saturday, May 10 | Cedartown, GA
All Ages Welcome 

 

We'll depart at 8AM to the Murphy-Harpst Children's Home. We'll return in the late afternoon. We'll paint, clean, perform general maintenance and carpentry, landscape, yard work and groundwork {and play with the children}. For info, contact Stephanie Hodgin: [email protected] 
Save-the-Date: Estonia/Russiaestonia
Mission Team Interest Meeting

Sunday, April 27 | 12:15PM | Room 214

Estonia, Russia is where Charlie and Miki Chastain serve as missionaries. Watch the 4M for more details!

Thru your Faith Promise Giving we able to support the Chastain's
Pray for Pastor Saeed Abedinisaeed

American Pastor Saeed Abedini remains in a hospital room instead of a prison cell.  As we reports in mid-March, Pastor Saeed was taken from Rajai Shahr Prison to a hospital where he has received and continues to receive medication.

Family members reported that a physician actually examined him yesterday. He is still suffering from internal injuries he received in prison.

 

There's no word on how long Pastor Saeed will remain hospitalized. Family members who were able to visit with him this weekend said it's clear the time he has spent in the hospital is a significant improvement over how he was being treated in prison.

 

According to his family, he is receiving meals and medicine - but the much-needed surgery to address internal injuries has not yet occurred.

 

We continue to pray for Pastor Saeed - that his health will improve and that he will be re-united with his wife and two young children who live in the United States.

 

We also remain hopeful that in addition to getting the medical care he so desperately needs, that Iranian officials display the kind of humanitarian treatment that often accompanies the start of the Iranian New Year which began on March 21. This is the time of year when the Iranian government frequently offers clemency to prisoners of conscience.

 

As you know, Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif recently told the media that clemency for Pastor Saeed could be possible. It is our hope and prayer that such action occurs. It is a critical time to stand in support of Pastor Saeed. Pray for him. Sign the petition for his freedom at BeHeardProject.com.

Share his critical plight with everyone you know.   

 

It is time for this 33-year-old U.S. citizen to come home. It's time for him to be reunited with his wife, Naghmeh, and their two children, Rebekka and Jacob.

News from The Mission Societyms
As we approach Easter, President Dick McClain urges a fresh look at Matthew 28, offering that there is an interesting pattern here, a message for Jesus' followers-all of us. Let's be sure to not "subcontract" this privilege to missionaries or pastors, Dick says. It's for all of us. Practice this in a conversation this week. See what God does.

Judy* is a Mission Society missionary and a nurse who serves in northern India. The hospital in which she works provides medical care for 11 million people. She previously served for 14 years in Central Asia. Here Judy shares some of the hard lessons God has taught her during her first two years in India. Read her story and be encouraged by what God can do with ordinary people who desire to serve Him. Full story


Brian and Jesse Monda are serving as GreenLight interns in Peru for one year. Here they share what they have learned during the last few months and how their time in Peru has impacted their lives. Full story


Venkat is a missionary in India who serves among Hindu students on a college campus.

He shared with us how The Mission Society's training had a profound impact on him and his ministry, and ultimately the kingdom. Full story


Martin and Tracy and their seven children serve as missionaries in Trujillo, Peru. In Peru they are involved in children's ministries, discipleship groups, and church planting. The Reeves recently celebrated 10 years of ministry in Peru. Here Martin shares the triumphs and challenges of cross-cultural ministry and how they have seen God at work. Full story
Donate Clothes & Shoes for Missionsclothesdonateclothesclothes
 
Your donation of children's {and juniors'} clothes, shoes and toys, clean and in good condition, can help someone go on a mission trip when sold at local consignment sales.  
 
You may bring items to the church and place in the collection bin in the Welcome Center Vending Area.

For info email Liz Nauert: [email protected] 
Donate Old Cell Phonesphone
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This ongoing fundraiser collects old cellphones to raise money for upcoming mission trips. Drop-off in the collection bin located in the Welcome Center vending area.
For info, email Evangelism Co-Chairs Shelley Carr & Julie Eskridge

Perimeter Churchchurchoftheweek

Pray for their Young Families Retreat in early May. Pray for their speaker, Ty Bryant and all of those who will attend. May it be a meaningful, purposeful, Christ-filled weekend. 

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Contact:
Pastor Terri Hoye, Pastor of Administration, Missions & Evangelism
770-448-4142, ext 105 | [email protected]