 Norcross First United Methodist Church Monday Morning Mission Mailing
Every life without Christ is a mission field; every life with Christ is a missionary.
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Norcross First & Action Ministries Partnership
Grace UMC Women's Community Kitchen Tuesday, July 15 | 9:30AM - 1PM
Help serve a homemade lunch at Grace UMC to women and children in the process of overcoming homelessness, hunger and poverty. The mission of this program is to provide delicious meals to approximately 40 to 100 women and children.
Volunteers in a cheerful restaurant style setting serve the delicious meals. They not only serve the meals, they also spend some time talking with the women and children and participate in the cleanup of the kitchen.
If you're unable to service, but want to be involved, you can be a mighty help by providing:
* Chicken and broccoli casserole {Recipe and Casserole Pan will be provided}
* mixed salad * dinner rolls
* 2% milk * sweet tea
* chocolate chip cookies * paper products
To volunteer, email:
Carey Logan: [email protected]
Cathy Padgett: [email protected]
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 LAUNCH 2014 - Connect Student Ministry and The Dream House
 LAUNCH is in year three and has grown to be a major mission and service project for Mid Hi, Sr Hi, college aged students and their adult leaders. It's become an annual summer opportunity where students have the chance to impact their community for the Kingdom of God. Over four days, students and adults spent time serving in our community in the name of Jesus.
This year we returned to The Dream House; a respite home for medically fragile children located in Lilburn. Students and adults took on projects consisting of yard work, painting, deck repair, erosion control and various other opportunities to help make The Dream House property an inviting and welcoming place. One of the highlights was seeing students load, move and spread six dump truck loads of mulch.
 This was very worthy project as we came together to serve people we may never even meet. Imagine the constant concern for a parent who cares for a child 24/7; and the anxiety of leaving that child with other people for even a brief period. The work we did helped to communicate that The Dream House is a well thought out, caring, professional ministry; one that parents can feel comfortable about.
Students also stained a home in the Stone Mountain area for an underemployed single mom.
We had a great time serving together and look forward to more opportunities to serve our community in the name of Jesus.
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Click here for more pictures from LAUNCH 2014
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 Flea Market! United Methodist Children's Home Auxiliary July 11 - 12 | 9AM - 4PM
500 S Columbia Drive, Decatur 30030
www.umchildrenshome.org
404-327-5820
Bargain hunters will find treasures including furniture, jewelry, sporting goods, crystal, china, shoes, clothing (vintage too!), baby gear, toys, books and electronics in two clean and organized buildings staffed with friendly volunteers. There will be live music, kids' activities and other entertainment for a festive shopping atmosphere. The sale supports the mission of the United Methodist Children's Home (www.umchildrenshome.org). Shoppers can feel good about finding a great bargain for themselves and helping our community's children at the same time. CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED.
The United Methodist Children's Home (UMCH) is a safe haven for abused children and struggling families, and we have been since 1871. Our mission is to provide redemptive, healing services that bring meaningful change to the lives of children and families. Through all our programs - including foster care, residential programs for youth, and family preservation services - we offer holistic care to children, youth and families. Our goal for everyone we serve is to find their "Forever Family" - what we call permanency. Whether that is through adoption, reunification, staying together or standing on their own, we help our children find their home.
Thru your Faith Promise Giving we are able to support The Methodist Children's Home.
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 Vacation Bible School at Norcross Co-Op
{Volunteers Needed}
- Monday, July 21 & Wednesday, July 23 | 10AM - Noon
- Tuesday, July 22 | 6 - 8PM
All materials provided! To volunteer, contact Karen Ahn: [email protected] | 770-448-4142, ext. 116
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 Norcross Cooperative Ministry Needs
Food Pantry
Men needed - with or without a pickup truck - a couple times a month to help us load cases of food from a grocery store into our trailer. Help is also needed unloading the cases of food and putting the cases on our warehouse shelves at the Co-Op.
Typically Thursdays, 9:30 - 11AM - If you can help, please call Robert Wood, 678 643-8977.
Clothes Closet Volunteers Needed- Monday, Wednesday & Friday - 10AM - 4PM
- Tuesday & Saturday - 10AM - Noon
You may select your hours and work one hour or more any day. To volunteer, call 770 263-0013. Clothing Needs - Baby Items: Fitted crib sheets, Baby blankets, Baby towels
- Children & Adult Underwear
Please take your clothing donation items directly to the Norcross Co-op on Mitchell Road. Thru your Faith Promise Giving we are able to support the Norcross Cooperative Ministry.
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 Items Needed for Homeless Ministry
Connect Student Ministry collects items to help the homeless on an ongoing basis. Collection bin located outside The Outlet on the park bench on the lower level. Students go to downtown Atlanta and minister on a regular basis and need the following items: - new socks
- travel-size toiletries
- creamy peanut butter; jelly
- small Bibles
- reading glasses
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 Items Needed for the Pregnancy
Resource Center of Gwinnett
During the month of June we're collecting DIAPER BAGS & CHANGING PADS. 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
Thru your Faith Promise Giving we support The Pregnancy Resource Center of Gwinnett.
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 Appalachia Service Project (ASP)
National Short-Term Mission Trip
Where: Appalachia Service Project in Jonesville, VA Trip Dates: Monday, September 22 - Saturday, September 27 Cost: $325/person | Team: We have spaces for 10 people Projects: various home repairs For more info, contact Ken Fikes: [email protected] | 404-583-6916  | | ASP facilities in Jonesville, VA |
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 UMCOR Early Response Team Training
Interested in joining Norcross First's Early Response Team trained and certified to enter disaster sites as an early responder?
Then join us Saturday, July 19 at NFUMC as we offer courses taught by ERT-certified instructors from the North Georgia Conference. At the completion of the training, our team will receive national UMCOR certification allowing us to respond to a US disaster as directed by the North Georgia Conference Disaster Relief Committee.
For first time participants, the ERT training will be held at the Church, July 19 from 8AM-5PM. The cost is $15 for the training book and background check. Lunch will be available for $7.
If your ERT certification has expired, a re-certification class will be offered at the Church, July 19 from 8AM-10:30AM. If it has been over three years since your last background check, the cost will be $8 for a new background check.
To register, contact Rae Myles: [email protected]
{a minimum of 8 participants are needed for each class}
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Pray for the Sager Brown Mission Team
The team will travel to Baldwin, LA Sunday, August 10 and return Friday, August 15. Prayers for the Team: Rick Baird, Brian Bohrer, Cathy Bohrer, Sue Fikes {team leader} and Stephanie Hodgin
- Good health and safety before, during and after our trip
- Guidance for travel plans
- Having a servant's heart during the trip.
- Trip needs {You Can Help!}
UMCOR Sager Brown Work Day | Saturday, August 2 9AM - 11AM | Fellowship Hall Help assemble cleaning buckets and health/school kits, to be delivered by the Sager Brown Mission Team. Donated items also needed for the clean buckets, health and school kits. Collection bin located in the Welcome Center Vending Area. Click here for list of items needed. For more information, please contact Sue Fikes: [email protected]
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 News & Prayer Requests from Christina Crim
Hello all! I hope each of you is doing wonderfully and enjoying the summer season! It is so incredibly hot here in Atlanta but if you are used to it it's not so bad! So much has happened in the last month and I am excited to share it with you! Below this note you can see all of the stuff I've had the privilege of being a part of. Most importantly though is some big news which impacts my term of service and the next chapter of my life. July 31 I will be leaving the mission field and August 31 will be the end of my term of service with The Mission Society. Originally I had anticipated going through December but for a few reasons, I have decided that it would be best to wrap up my field work in July and move on to the next chapter. I promise there is nothing negative going on, but after evaluating many different aspects of my ministry work, it became apparent that in order to finish my term well, I would need to leave sooner than I thought. There was some fear of what would happen next but over the last few weeks, God has given me such a sense of peace about it. My friends and supervisors at CenterForm have been so supportive and encouraging of this as well and we are just enjoying the last few weeks of working together. Honestly, if this had to happen, this is the exact way I would want it to. Click here for full newsletterPrayer Requests- For the next step in my life. Please pray for me as I look for a job.
- A dear friend of mine back in Kazakhstan, Veronica, the little girl who came over to my apartment when her grandma came to cook has fallen terribly ill. Please pray for her, her mom, and her grandma, Luba. This is such a beautiful family!
Thru your Faith Promise Giving we are able to support Christina Crim.
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Praises and Prayer Requests from Travis & Lorna Curry
PRAISES:
- We are excited to have the Christianbury family here to serve for 2 weeks. They arrived safely from Maryland.
- Saturday there were 78 baptized in the river. It was awesome with singing praises to God. The weather was cold and windy and the water was cold but the people were singing and thankful! The one lady in the picture could not stand but she was assisted into the water to be baptized!
- We thank God for our home church, Norcross FUMC and all they do for us prayerfully and financially!!! We love you guys!
- We thank God for the Stateside board, The Mission Society, our prayer team and all of you who have answered God's call to be a part of this ministry at Children of Zion!
PRAYER REQUESTS:
- Travis' mother is in home hospice now. Please pray for her and the family.
With Love and Appreciation,
In His Service,
Lorna and Travis Curry - Serving Christ in Namibia Africa - Children of Zion Villages
http://tlcinhisservice.blogspot.com/
Thru your Faith Promise Giving we are able to support Travis and Lorna Curry.  Items Needed for Namibia Our July Namibia team will take these items to Travis and Lorna Curry. - Children's swimsuits {all sizes}
- New or gently used Bible covers
Collection bin located in Welcome Center Vending Area
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 Short-Term Mission Trip
Ruben Dario, Nicaragua
December 27, 2014 thru January 3, 2015Team led by Shelley Carr and Glen Mitchell. If you are interested in being part of this team, contact:
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 Estonia/Russia Mission Team
To serve on this team, please contact Pastor Terri Hoye: 770-448-4142, ext. 105 | [email protected]Charlie & Miki Chastain serve in Estonia/Russia and are supported thru your Faith Promise Giving.
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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]
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Schools are waiting for Churches to Step Up
and Offer Good News Club in their Schools!!!!!
I remember 20 years ago when we tried to get the schools to allow the churches to offer the Good News Club in our local elementary schools. Time and time again, the door was clearly closed until now. Now there is a waiting lists of schools who want to be able to offer the Good News Club but they cannot find a church who is willing to step up and commit!
Currently, we are hosting the Good News Club at Beaver Ridge Elementary. Stripling Elementary School, which is also in our school cluster, is ready to have the GNC offered at their school as well! We would love to be able to send a team to Stripling on Thursday afternoons from 2PM - 4:45PM and Beaver Ridge Elementary Wednesday's from 2:30 - 4:30PM.
Testimony from Merrily Lake who serves on our Beaver Ridge Good News Club Team.
It has been my extreme joy to work with the Good News Club at Beaver Ridge Elementary this year. Every Wednesday afternoon, after school, a group of us from NFUMC teaches a group of children ranging from kindergarten age to fifth grade. This is a program sponsored by Child Evangelism that gives us the freedom to go into public schools and share the gospel of Jesus Christ. The kids are all excited every week when we see them and can hardly wait to begin the program. Of course, they have snacks first which contributes to the excitement. We have small group time at the beginning where the children quote their memory verses and write out their praise and prayer requests. They place these requests in a can labeled "God Can." Last week a child asked me if she could talk to me privately. She said her mom wanted us to pray about a certain situation in their home. It was my privilege to pray for her right there in the hallway of a public school. She also wrote the request down and put it in the "God Can."
I look forward to being with these kids and my co-workers every week. It is such an opportunity to reach children for Christ and to love them and pray for them. I am thankful God opened this door for us at this school. Hopefully, the door will be opened at other schools in our area. We need to reach children with the Good News of Jesus Christ while we still have the time. "I must work the works of Him who sent me while it is day. The night cometh when no man can work." John 9:4
The Fall Festival was very exciting to be a part of this year. We had a Good News Club table setup where the children could do crafts that explained the plan of salvation. The children who came to the table where I was working made a bracelet with different color beads on it. Each color demonstrated a different aspect of the plan of salvation and how to give your life to Christ. It was a wonderful evening as many, many kids made bracelets and heard the GoodNews message of Jesus and His love for them. All I could say at the end of the evening was "praise God for such an opportunity."
Training and curriculum is provided but we are waiting on volunteers to serve in this ministry.
Good News Club Pictures Here
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity or to sign up to be part of the GNC, contact Pastor Terri Hoye: [email protected]
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 Summerour Success Summer Program
What is Success Summer?Success Summer is a program Summerour Middle School has designed for rising 6th - 8th Grade students to help prepare them for a successful upcoming year at the school. Through this program the teachers have prepared a program to preview the materials for the upcoming year, while introducing and implementing high-order thinking strategies to help students succeed in their Fall semesters and testing. Writing and literacy will be emphasized throughout the program. This year the program will incorporate a World Cup theme, designed to engage and motivate students throughout the program. When is Success Summer?Success Summer runs Monday - Thursday, July 7 - 17. Teachers' hours are 8AM - 2PM and the students' hours will be 8:30AM - 1:30PM. There will be a World Cup viewing part to kick-off the event on Saturday, July 5 at 5PM. How YOU Can Help?- Help Serve Breakfast: We'll serve provide and service breakfast the week of July 14.
- Be a Mentor: The teachers' would like to have one-on-one mentors for their students during the teaching instruction. They will keep the classroom size to no more than 20 students. The teachers' will provide worksheets and activities to help the students engage in the curriculum. Mentors can commit to one day a week or more depending on their schedule.
- Help with the July 5 World Cup Kick-Off: Help coordinate our Popcorn, Snow Cone and Cotton Candy machines at this event.
- Volunteer for the July 17 Celebration: Plans are being made to have a celebration at the end of the event.
- PRAY: Please be in prayer as to how God can use you in the Success Summer Program to help change the life of a student.
To volunteer, please contact:Carey Thompson: [email protected]Shelley Carr: [email protected]Julie Eskridge: [email protected]Pastor Terri Hoye: [email protected] Return to Top
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 Help Us Stuff the Bus: School Supplies Drive 2014
July 6 - 28 {Help make the start of the school year special!}
Schools Supported:
Berkeley Lake Elementary Beaver Ridge Elementary School
Pinckneyville Middle School GIVE West
Simpson Elementary School Norcross Elementary School
Stripling Elementary School Peachtree Elementary School
Summerour Middle School
Click here for supply list
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 Norcross July 3 Dunk Tank Event
Downtown Norcross | 5PM - 9PM
Proceeds for the dunk tank will go to charity.
Volunteers Needed: Help collect money, chase balls and help the smaller children throw balls. The only skills required are enthusiasm and the desire to have fun!
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 Christmas Bow Making Class
THIS Thursday, June 26 | 2PM & 7PM
Join us in the Fellowship Hall as we make bows. These bows will be used in December for our church gift wrapping outreach event in Downtown Norcross. Class is for beginners and experts - all welcome! Contact Carole Cline for more info: [email protected] | 770-368-1763
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 Please Pray for Our Church of the Week
St. Patrick Church Pray they make wise decisions regarding programs and worship offerings for the Norcross Community.
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Pastor Terri Hoye, Pastor of Administration, Missions & Evangelism
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