for Mid-Hudson Love INC’s 2nd Annual Cookie Walk on Saturday, March 27th. Bakers are needed to bake 4-5 dozen (or more!) home-made, specialty cookies. We would also like to have a couple of volunteers to coordinate delivery of the cookies to Poughkeepsie United Methodist Church on Friday, March 26th between 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. People are also needed to help at the event: set up Friday from 3:00 – 7:00 p.m. and during the day from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Sign-up sheets are at the Welcome Kiosk in the Fellowship Hall. CONTACT Karen Gomba  for further information or visit www.mid-hudsonloveinc.org.

This is a great way to find out more about the organization and its wonderful ministries. It will be held on Sunday, March 14th from 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Fishkill. It’s a casual drop-in Open House with tours of the Personal Care Pantry every 15 minutes, and light refreshments available. The Annual Meeting at 4:15 will include inspiring testimony and exciting challenges, and if you’ve been volunteering and have not been to a training session, or you’re open to becoming a Love INC volunteer, join us at 3:15 or 4:45 for one of our Volunteer Orientation sessions. CONTACT Karen Gomba for further information or visit www.mid-hudsonloveinc.org.

There are some additional ways that you can contribute to our CMP ministry, besides actually working on homes. Please consider volunteering to help with one of these positions:

 Expense Tracking Coordinator– work with our site leads to keep track of our onsite expenditures, fill out expense forms, make sure receipts are turned in, and report to the CMP team on expenses for each site.

Lunch Coordinator:  - make sure that the work teams have lunch provided

Donated Material Coordinator - keep track of what has been donated or offered to CMP in terms of materials, appliances, cars, etc. and where they are.

Site Evaluator- do technical evaluations of work to be done on new site applications

Visitor Coordinator - make sure we have a visitor for each new site. CMP visitors are people who go to new sites to spend time with and listen to the resident.

 Sign up on your Connection Card. If you have any questions, please CONTACT Karen Gomba or Kevin Warren.

ONE:  It is cold and dark and Jill, Kyle and I are leaving the hospital after his last surgery.  We cross over the Sprain Brook Parkway and come to a long line of cars.  This never happens this late at night.  Horns start blaring.  Cars start swerving into the on coming lane.  It is our turn.  I pull around the lady sitting in her Audi frantically trying to start it.  My son just had major surgery and we needed to get home.  Jill hits me on the arm and tells me to turn around.  Long story short, I take up another lane as I move in beside the Audi, hook up to her battery and get enough juice for her to get out of the middle of the road so she can wait for her friend.  Even with hoods up, flashers blinking and me standing outside with a flashlight, cars blare their horns and give us dirty looks (Too dark to see any other jesters!).  Thirty minutes and we are on our way. Read more »

Sawyer Goerg is collecting children’s vitamins (chewable & drops), prenatal vitamins, Tylenol/Motrin (liquid, infant drops, & chewables), disposable diapers (loose or full packs), gently-worn infant clothing, and baby formula. She will be traveling to the Dominican Republic with HRC in July and these supplies will be handed out at the Women’s Health Clinic. There is a collection box in the fellowship hall and in the upstairs hallway near the elevator. CONTACT Sawyer Goerg with any questions.

Tidbits of Mission at HRC

Matthew 5 reads:

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” 

Multiple ChristCare groups and other Bible Study groups are asking a simple question, “How can we be Christ in this world through our missional life and service.  Can you imagine 35 ChristCare groups doing missional service regularly?  The community would not know what hit them!

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”

Did you know that Loving Stitches made 25 sweaters for Guidepost’s third world project.  13 prayer shawls were prayed and stitched for people in need.  153 hats, mittens and scarfs were made for the Homeless Shelter.  15 baby blankets were delivered to Care Net.  20 lap blankets were made for local nursing homes.  Countless squares were made from “leftover yarn” for Warm Up America.  All this by only 13 gifted knitters and those who graciously donated yarn! Read more »

Mauricio LaBorde is looking for soccer donations Used or New for an up coming trip to an orphanage in Haiti.This includes uniforms, cleats, socks, and any other soccer items. They can be left in the blue bin in the stairway at the front of the church (leading up to the choir room/second floor.) CONTACT Mauricio LaBorde.

Nancy Herrmann’s ChristCare group is planning a missional service to benefit the House of Faith Women’s and Children Shelter in Beacon. Members of the group will be in the fellowship hall between services on Sunday, February 7th collecting items that are currently needed at the shelter:

* used winter coats in all sizes for women and children

* new pajamas, robes and slippers in all sizes for women and children

* twin sized new bed sheets, blankets and vinyl bed liners

* bed rails for children

* pre-paid phone cards for safely calling home to their loved ones

* vaporizers and humidifiers

* diapers, wipes, liquid tylenol

Nancy Herrmann with any questions.

Join us next Sunday, January 24th at 12:15 in the sanctuary to learn about upcoming trips to Peru (in March) and Katrina (during spring break). They’re gonna rock! CONTACT: Bruce Pearson

Can you commit to one two-hour time slot per month (day of your choice) to serve the Lord by visiting Mid-Hudson Love INC clients? We are in need of site visit teams, to visit clients prior to making furniture deliveries. Please go to www.mid-hudsonloveinc.org and click on News/Events for more information and consider whether you or someone you know might be able to help with this important ministry. We rejoice that God has given us the privilege of serving Him, for Jesus tells us, “Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me” (Matthew 25:40).