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At St. Matthews and The Rock, there are many ways that our
members attempt to reach out in love to those in need. Yet, there
is much more that we would like to do. To that end, we are bringing
some intentional order to our various care ministries, and expanding
the team of people involved in these ministries. Listed below
are a number of areas that are an existing or emerging part of
our “Care Ministries”. Please read through the descriptions
carefully. If there are any area of this ministry that you would
like to be involved in, please check it off on the section to
the right, tear it off, and drop it in the offering plate. If
you have any questions at all, please don’t hesitate to
speak with one of your pastors. Thank You.
Thanksgiving Baskets-This is a seasonal outreach opportunity
that can involve donating food, helping to pack boxes for delivery,
or assisting with the food delivery.
Christmas Giving Tree-This is also a seasonal outreach
opportunity. This includes purchasing and donating specific requested
gifts for area children. Monetary gifts are also helpful for
this program.
Angel Tree-This outreach is similar to the Giving tree
with the exception that these are gifts donated specifically
for the children of parents who are incarcerated.
Operation Christmas Child-This is a seasonal outreach
through Samaritan’s Purse (a Franklin Graham Ministry).
This is primarily an outreach opportunity for our children to
donate small items which are packaged in shoe boxes and distributed
world wide at Christmas time.
Transportation-For this area, we are in need of people
who are willing to be on call to provide transportation in a
short term or emergency situation. In this area, we need both
drivers, and a coordinator who would make calls to line up volunteer
drivers.
Meals-From time to time, we will provide meals following
a person’s surgery, the birth of a child, or some other
short term need. If you would be willing to prepare a meal on
occasion as needed, or would be able to deliver a meal prepared
by someone else, you could help with this outreach. We are also
in need of a coordinator to schedule meal deliveries.
Soup Kitchen-A couple of times each month (one on a
Friday afternoon, the other on a Monday afternoon) we provide
a team of workers to prepare a meal at the Sunshine Soup Kitchen
in Derry. This generally runs from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM. This is
open to both youth and adults.
Visitation-This category can include visiting people
in the hospital, elderly visitation, new comers, etc. This area
will involve some training and preparation. It could be either
periodic or scheduled visitation.
Hope Ministry-This is an outreach that involves providing
modest home improvements, or repairs, for the elderly, low income
families, or single mothers.
Food Pantry-At both St. Matthews and the Rock, we help
provide food for needy families. The donation of either canned
(or boxed) food, or cash to purchase perishables, can be made
at any time. However, on the first Sunday of each month, we will
have a basket out for our “Wesley” offering to assist
with food or other emergency needs.
Telephoning-From time to time we have need for someone
to make phone calls to connect potential volunteers to ministry
needs. If you are not shy about calling people, and would like
to help as needed in this area, please sign up.
Emergency needs -Rarely, but occasionally, all sorts
of emergency needs emerge that don’t necessarily fall into
an established category. In these times we need people who are
willing to be called on short notice to help in some specific
way. If you would be willing to be on call to help as needed,
as you are able, please sign up for this area. |
