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Pender ReGift Thrift Shop Volunteers

Hello!

Thank you for your interest in Pender ReGift Thrift Store—a ministry of Pender United Methodist Church. We are a non-profit extension of Pender’s Outreach Center ministry which assists many individuals and families in need of a helping hand.

We sell donated goods from our Outreach Center drop-offs and pick-ups, and also from a junk removal company that provides us better quality furniture, electronics, and other items: 123Junk is a company that minimizes what goes into the landfill helping us to recycle and reuse unwanted items.

Working with Fairfax County, Western Fairfax Christian Ministries, and other programs Pender’s Outreach Center ministry provides clothing, furniture, kitchen and household items free of charge to those in need. Through our Thrift Store, Flea Market, and Boutique sales we are able to support Pender individuals desiring to make disciples of Jesus Christ through short-term mission trips both domestically and internationally.

If you haven’t already visited the store/warehouse please come out, take a look around, and discover how you might help our ministry. Our hours are 11am – 7pm Monday thru Thursday, and 10am-6pm Friday and Saturday.

We have opportunities in volunteer coordination, sales, cashiering, pricing, sorting, furniture pickups and deliveries. I’d also be happy to tell you everything you would like to know about our activity and facility, please let me know! Please come out at any time for however long you can.

Currently we are looking for two long-term volunteers, with specific (yet flexible) assignments:

Electronics Expert to evalutate and price electronics
Furniture Repair Trainee; Miss Ruth is willing to teach you!

We are also looking IMMEDIATELY for

Volunteer Coordinator
Big Boy Volunteers
Clothes Sorter Volunteers

Contact ReGift@PenderUMC.org for additional information.

Where are we?? 4447-C Brookfield Corporate Drive in Chantilly (past the Post Office)

Click here for driving directions!

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Posted by MaryO on May 13, 2013 in Get Involved!, Missions, Pender UMC

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Happy Mother’s Day

12 May

Mother’s Day is today, and we hope you’ll take some time this weekend to pay respects to your mother–or if that isn’t possible, to somebody in your life with who embodies the grace and wisdom we associate with godly mothers.

With the holiday in mind, we present several resources from Bible Gateway for mothers:

Sheri Rose Shepherd recalls a memorable outreach moment she experienced with her son.
At our blog this week, we looked at some of the most famous mothers in the Bible.
Night Light for Parents, aimed at both moms and dads, is one of our newest devotionals. It offers a daily reflection on the challenges and opportunities of raising a family.

What’s a mom’s greatest responsibility?

A reflection from the Mom’s Devotional Bible challenges mothers to pass on to your children your faith in Jesus.

Pass It On

2 Timothy 1:5–7

Additional Scripture Readings: Deuteronomy 6:4–9; 1 Peter 3:15

Who introduced you to Jesus?

Perhaps it was a college roommate. Or your husband. Or a friend from a local women’s group. Maybe it was a minister or a youth group leader. And maybe, just maybe, it was your grandmother or even your mom.

What another did for you, God is asking you to do for your children: Pass along your faith in Jesus. How?

Make church a priority. Find a place of worship that welcomes children and works to make Jesus real to them. Then make it a point to attend regularly. Your children will grow with God as they bond to a place and to the people who teach them each week.
Set a “Jesus Time” at home. Take a few minutes each day to read together from the Bible, to pray for each other and to allow for questions about God. Keep it simple and short; make sure such times are age-specific and practical.
Use the teachable moments in the day. As you plant the garden, shop for groceries, take a walk, go about your daily chores, listen to your children and respond to their questions with information about God in the everyday.

Someone introduced you to Jesus. It’s now time for you, Mom, to pass it on to your children.

Help Wanted!

11 May

After shopping at the Flea Market and Boutique Saturday, please stay and help us put everything away. Our volunteers will greatly appreciate it, and remember…many hands make light work! Cleanup begins at noon on Saturday.

Our Fellowship Time Committee is looking for more volunteers so this ministry can continue to serve our Pender Church family and visitors. If you are a member of a group, please discuss a time that your group can take a Sunday and sponsor Fellowship Time. The more hands to serve, the easier it becomes. A sign will be posted to display the group’s name to encourage membership in the group. If your group has an upcoming event, this could be a way to advertise your event – signs can be posted during Fellowship Time. Contact Lisa Bryda for details here

The Pender Flea Market and Boutique is This Week (pendernews.org)
Get More Involved at Pender (pendernews.org)

Items of the Week for WFCM

10 May

Western Fairfax Christian Ministries is in great need of the following to distribute to the needy in our area:

Donations can be left in the blue grocery cart in the coat rack section.

May 12th Sermon ~ “Jesus-Savior and Lord” (Philippians 2:8-11)

10 May

May 12th Sermon ~ “Jesus-Savior and Lord” (Philippians 2:8-11)

We believe in Jesus. But what do we believe about Jesus? There are two titles that must be acknowledged in our lives about him, Savior and Lord. We don’t use those titles much today so what do they mean? Let’s see this Sunday.

“And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death-even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” (Philippians 2:8-11)