Today’s Bible Verse
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,” –Ephesians 5:25-26
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News from the Pender ReGift Thrift Store
Pender ReGift Thrift Store is an outreach ministry of Pender United Methodist Church. Originally formed as “The Outreach Center,” which still operates at 12401 Alder Woods Dr., Fairfax VA 22033, the thrift store was started because the outgrowth from the at-church location.
We accept gently-used material goods. They can either be brought to the store during business hours, or taken to the church’s pod at any time. If you need a pickup, then you need to complete our online donation pick-up form, and your pick-up will be scheduled.
Our nonprofit mission is to be a witness by distributing material goods to those who need them. We have worked with both governmental and nonprofit organizations to maximize our distribution effectiveness. We’ve distributed locally, nationally, and internationally. We helped quite a few people establish households after being homeless or institutionalized.
Our store helps finance our operations, but as yet, our store has yet to cover all costs. Last month, your generous individual donations helped bridge the gap.
There is too much for me to do it all by myself. Currently we are actively seeking volunteers for marketing, for pricing and sorting, for deliveries and pick-ups, and to help mind the store.
If we cannot sell an item, or find a good home for it, we will recycle. Recycling is a distinguishing characteristic of our nonprofit. In addition to traditional recycling of cardboard, paper, plastic, and aluminum, we also recycle for metal, electronics, wood, and hardback books.
We hope that you will support our cause by shopping, volunteering, or donating.
Thanks!
Director
JLU (Jesus Loves You) Jr. Youth Group ~ 4-6th graders
All 4-6th graders are invited this Sunday at 5 – 7 pm to meet outside the Church. Come prepared to get WET (bring towel and change of clothes)!
Our outreach project is a FREE car wash. This is our final meeting for the year and we would like to celebrate our 6th graders graduating to SR. Youth Group.
Waterplay
Ice Cream
End of Year Video
Don’t miss it!
First Annual Volunteer Appreciation Party
Join us after Church on Sunday, May 26,
at the Pender ReGift Thrift Store
4447 C Brookfield Corp. Dr
Chantilly, VA 20151
1:00 – 3:00 pm
Come and help us celebrate that the store has been open for a whole year, meet the volunteers who have helped make it a success, and enjoy light refreshments and good music.
The Regift Thrift ministry’s volunteer signup is now active and has been updated with new information for 2013 so please check on the link below to the online signup sheet and volunteer to be a blessing to everyone that visits our shop! Click here.
Related articles
- Pender ReGift Thrift Shop Volunteers (pendernews.org)
Happy Mother’s Day
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
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.
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