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Help Us Help the Homeless this Winter

Hypothermia Center at Pender

Week of January 12-19.

PLEASE NOTE: Everyone is invited to attend a short Hypothermia Center Information Session this Sunday, Jan. 12th at 12:15 pm.

Help us be a blessing to the homeless in our area.

Look for the signup sheets at the Welcome Center in the Narthex. For further information email Dave Cacner or Priscilla Van Steelant.

The following donations are also appreciated:

Motel favors (soap, etc.)
Combs
Toothpaste & toothbrushes
Feminine hygiene products
Towels & washcloths (new/used)
Clothing (extra large & up), coats, shoes, socks
Backpacks & duffel bags
Snacks
Plastic shopping bags

Please feel free to drop off your donations in the Church Office.

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Posted by MaryO on January 11, 2014 in Get Involved!, Missions, Pender UMC

Tags: Backpack, coat, combs, duffel bags, feminine hygiene, homeless, Hypothermia Center, shoes, shopping bags, snacks, soap, socks, Toothbrush, toothpaste, towel, volunteer, washcloth

2013 Christmas Offering

17 Dec

The Pender 2013 Christmas offering will be split 50/50 between UMCOR US domestic relief and the Pender Altar Fund.

UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) — 100% of donations received go directly to relief.
The Altar Fund is administered by the pastors and is used to help people in need in our own community.

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Posted by MaryO on December 17, 2013 in Christmas, Get Involved!, Holidays, Missions, Pender UMC, Posts of Interest

Tags: Altar Fund, Christmas, Christmas Offering, community, domestic relief, offering, Pastors, Pender UMC, UMCOR, United Methodist Committee on Relief

Bless our Faith Promise Missionaries this Christmas

07 Dec

Please sign Christmas Cards for our Faith Promise Missionaries supported by Pender by stopping by the area near the coat racks on Sunday.

Help us fill the cards with your signatures!

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Posted by MaryO on December 7, 2013 in Christmas, Get Involved!, Holidays, Missions, Pender UMC, Posts of Interest

Tags: Christmas cards, Faith Promise Missionaries, missionaries, Pender Missionaries, Pender UMC

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Christmas Celebration at the JDC

06 Dec

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Posted by MaryO on December 6, 2013 in Christmas, Get Involved!, Holidays, Missions, Pender UMC, Posts of Interest

Tags: Christmas Party, Fairfax County Juvenile Detention Center, JDC, Juvenile Detention Center, Pender's Prison Ministry, Youth

Help the Philippine Typhoon & U.S. Midwest Tornado Victims

23 Nov

In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan and the tornados in the midwest, the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is actively mobilizing resources to respond to these disasters.

You can give monetarily to UMCOR’s relief and recovery work in the Philippines by making checks payable to Pender with UMCOR Relief #982450 noted on your check.

You can give monetarily to UMCOR’s relief and recovery work after the recent tornadoes in the Midwest in the United States by making checks payable to Pender with UMCOR Relief #901670 on your check.

All of your gift, 100 percent, will be used to help those in need.