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Park View Community Mission - More than Wednesday Night


Most of you know about Wednesday night at the Park View Community Mission. Approximately 150 people are fed each week and the worship service is one of the most exciting in town.

What you may not know is that many more people are helped every week with boxes of food to get them through the month. Approximately three tons of food delivered by the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank are distributed each week to thousands of people who receive a helping hand of groceries once a month.

Even people eligible for food stamps will only be able to get two weeks of groceries from a store. Park View Community Mission provides enough nutritious food for people to have balanced meals for two weeks (twice the amount of most food pantries). Typical food boxes include, canned and dry goods; frozen meats; fresh produce in season; bread; eggs; juice; milk; baby food and formula if needed; and personal hygiene items.

The stories are tragic as single mothers, the homeless, those who are unemployed or underemployed, people living on disability, and senior citizens receive desperately needed help and hope.

Park View Community Mission needs your help. We have to buy much of the food we give away from the food bank. Even though we pay less ten cents per pound, when you purchase over 340,000 pounds of food a year for more than 16,000 people, it adds up to a lot. We also need help handling the food and the work load.

Whether you load or unload a truck, prepare boxes of food, take registrations, work in the clothes closet or distribute pampers the opportunities are abundant for anyone who can donate an hour or even a day to this vital ministry.

For people gifted in business, organization, marketing or grant-writing you are needed to be on our finance team to help us solicit funding for this community ministry that is offering help, offering hope, and offering Christ.

Email Rev. Phil Showers for more information: Phil2_13@yahoo.com.

Good News to Celebrate

 

Hello Larry, some good news. We have recently been blessed to now have in our midst a pianist. Further, we have had a 40% increase in our attendance as our average numbers at Hales Ford were 18 and now for the past three months has been increased to 24 -30. But the greatest news, is we have had two new converts and two new members added to the church.

We will soon finish our first church budget as so far as an appropriate business model is concern, and we hope to install a wheel chair ramp and side walk, which leads to the basement fellowship hall.

 

God is truly working through those who are willing and who trust. Pray for one man's possible call towards the office of lay leadership. There has been a commitment to sponsor two children one by New Hope and the other Hales Ford for the "back pack food ministry".

Finally, there has been a commitment to move towards a choir and also a missionary team. I can't tell how uplifting this all is and to know that God has granted prayer request and gracefully still provides hope and encouragement when it needed most. Thank you for all your supportive guidance, patience and encouragement.

Rev. Kelvin Edwards, Pastor of Kelly Charge -- kaeservant@yahoo.com.

 

Lynchburg District Resource Center - Bring Some/Take Some

 

The Lynchburg District Resource Center is officially up and running. Just off the Narthex at Court Street UMC is a room that is filling up fast with books, small group study material and assorted information. Mell Davies will be there most Wednesday mornings to help you with questions. But don't wait until Wednesday, come anytime.

The rules are simple:

 

• If you see something you like - take it.
• When you are finished using it -- bring it back.
• If you have something to share - bring it.
• If you took something previously but didn't use it - bring it back.

For more information contact Mell Davies at: teacher1@SowingSeedsofFaith.com