Weekly What’s Happening – July 4, 2010

Remember to ask Patti Meyer, Carol  Johnson, Rev Brett, Bea Cook, Bill Cook about this years adventure a the Oregon-Idaho Conference Annual Meeting.  They all attended this event last week as our representatives.  We also had two folks attend the leadership institute seminars on Friday last week – Rudy Chevalier and Elaine Ledbetter – ask them about that event.

June – The Other Game: Lessons from How Life Is Played In Mexican Villages by Phil Dahl-Bredine and Stephen Hickens.

Book Club meets on the fourth Monday at 1:30 pm at Lucile Stoffer’s home.

    We took 141# of food to the Oregon Food Bank this month.  Our next delivery day is July 11^th.  You may bring food anytime.

·        Clean jars with lids – peanut butter, small pasta sauce, jam or salsa size. 

·        Small plastic animals (less than 2”)

·        Silk flowers

·        Glitter

·        Plumber’s tape

·        Used CDs

 Got Cans?

ReKindle Youth Group is collecting redeemable cans, glass bottles and plastic bottles for their Mexico mission trip in 2011!  We will be depositing them every 3^rd Sunday so please drop them off in the marked bin in the Hub.  Please start saving! Thank You!  From ReKindle’s youth council

Good Samaritans start new mission project of care boxes for deployed people attached to the congregation!

Your help is needed so Christ Church can send these boxes to our military men and women in combat zones.  Our goal is to send boxes monthly.         We need money for postage and buying the goodies, We need people to shop for the items.  Please stop by the table in the Hub for more information.

So save your change and bring it on Sunday, July 11, 18, & 25

Imagine if we could stamp out malaria . . . if all children had the opportunity to grow to adulthood . . . if we could change millions of lives for generations to come.  Imagine No Malaria is an initiative of the people of The United Methodist Church to raise $75 million to eliminate malaria deaths in Africa by 2015.  In partnership with our brothers and sisters in Africa, the gifts and resources shared through Imagine No Malaria will empower an entire continent to achieve a sustainable victory over the disease. We will accomplish this goal together with a comprehensive approach to fighting malaria that includes improving prevention, education, communication and treatment. 

THIS IS A FIGHT WE MUST WIN, BECAUSE…

But despite those grim statistics, malaria is preventable, treatable—and beatable.

OUR GOAL: $75 MILLION. EXPANSIVE PARTICIPATION.

Every dollar counts.  Sharing a gift will make possible critical malaria fighting tools like rapid diagnostic tests, anti-malaria campaigns in schools, new research, and infrastructure improvements—vastly increasing delivery of life-saving care.

MALARIA BREEDS POVERTY.

Malaria is both the cause and result of poverty.  For many African families, earnings that might be spent on food are diverted to pay for treatment and travel to clinics.  When lost productivity is factored in, malaria’s impact on vulnerable populations amounts to an estimated $12 billion annually.

UNITING FAITH AND WORKS.

As United Methodists, we are strong—11 million strong.  We believe the world is our parish. Every life is important to us, and every one of us is important in making this vision real.  In reaching out to people to relieve suffering, we find a revitalization of our own faith and our understanding of what it means to be Christ followers.

WE CAN MAKE MALARIA HISTORY.

Malaria is a devastating disease in Africa. It consumes 40 percent of public health funds, and is responsible for 60 percent of outpatient clinic visits.  The goal is to eliminate deaths from malaria by 2015.  By overcoming malaria’s burden, we will also make significant progress in the fight against other diseases of poverty like tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.

Giving report

Thanks for your generosity.  This week $3910 was dedicated to Christ’s service through electronic and offering plate giving.  (Includes indentified general fund, loose plate and electronic giving)

          – June 6 – $8721            – June 20 – $5447.25

          – June 13 – $4909          – June 27 – $3910

For those of you who would like to read/have a copy of the actual against the prorated budget for Jan-May 2010, copies are available in the church office.