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Pender Fall Flea Market and Boutique: October 24-26

Transform lives by helping Pender turn our donated clothing and other items into funding our Men’s and Women’s support of short term mission trips and other service projects. Help Pender help others, especially now in this uncertain time.

Main church setup: 20 October, immediately following the 9:30 service

Pricing and more setup: Throughout the week

Sales: 24-26 October

Signup for the Boutique in the Narthex and as cashiers and grill cooks for the Flea Market online at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080C4CACAB2A1-flea

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Posted by MaryO on October 15, 2013 in Get Involved!, Missions, Pender UMC

Tags: Boutique, Flea Market, Pender Men, Pender UMC, Pender Women, volunteer

The Naomi Project

09 Sep

The Naomi Project is a free, confidential, interfaith program sponsored by the Virginia Council of Churches. It matches one volunteer with one pregnant or newly parenting woman in a mentoring friendship that extends through the pregnancy and the baby’s early development.

If you would like to volunteer to be a mentor, contact Laura Greenspan at 703-860-2633.

There is a special need for Spanish speaking volunteers.

The next training will be on Saturday, October 5 at Falls Church Presbyterian Church located at 225 E. Broad Street, Falls Church.

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Posted by MaryO on September 9, 2013 in Get Involved!, Missions

Tags: interfaith, mentoring, pregnant, Spanish, The Naomi Project, Virginia Council of Churches, volunteer

The Pender Regift Thrift Store Will Be Open on Labor Day

27 Aug

The Pender Regift Thrift Store Will Be Open on Labor Day, during normal business hours (11AM to 7:00PM)

The ReGift Thrift ministry’s volunteer signup is active so please click on the link below to the online signup sheet and volunteer to be a blessing to everyone that visits our shop! http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080C4CACAB2A1-pender.

Pender ReGift Thrift Store is an outreach ministry of Pender United Methodist Church.

Our nonprofit mission is the distribution of material goods to the poor, locally, nationally, and internationally. We are the only church around with a 5,000 sq ft warehouse and a loading dock. Working with for-profit, nonprofit, and government partners, we maximize our nonprofit potential. Our thrift store supports our nonprofit mission. We are family friendly.

Being thrifty, seeking value, or frugality, are all generally given a bad rap, but in this tough economic climate, you can defend your right to be smart.

Our thrift store, offers a wide variety of unique items. Our furniture includes beds, couches, sofa beds, office chairs, tables, desks, cabinets, filing cabinets, baby furniture, and lawn furniture. All upholstered items have been sanitized in accordance with government regulations. Our gently-used clothing has been carefully sorted and sized. We have a wide variety of accessories including hats, shoes, purses, belts, and scarves. Our electronics department has a wide variety of computer equipment, including keyboards, monitors, printers, microwaves, and other small appliances.

We carry big appliances such as refrigerators, freezers, stoves, washers, and dryers. We have toys, sports equipment, linens, and lawn tools. Our books and media include DVDs, CDs, audio books, fiction, nonfiction, classics, a wide variety of children’s chapter books and early readers. We specialize in books for teachers and students. Our nonfiction books are organized including cookbooks, spiritual books, personal finance books, history and biography. Bibles are always free.

Phone: 703-378-7371

Address: 4447 C BROOKFIELD CORP. DR

CHANTILLY, VA 20151

E-mail: regift@penderumc.org

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Posted by MaryO on August 27, 2013 in Get Involved!, Holidays, Local News, Missions, Pender UMC, Posts of Interest

Tags: baby furniture, beds, belts, book, cabinets, clothing, couches, desks, dryers, electronics, filing cabinets, freezers, hats, Labor Day, lawn furniture, lawn tools. Bibles, linens, ministry, Nonprofit organization, office chairs, outreach, Pender Regift Thrift Store, Pender United, purses, refrigerators, scarves, shoes, shopping, sofa beds, sports equipment, stoves, tables, toys, United Methodist Church, volunteer, washers

Necklaces and Earrings: Terry Havens Gone Wild

27 Jun

More from the Pender ReGift Thrift Store…

Uh, if you don’t know, Terry Havens is our associate pastor’s wife, so when we’re talking about going wild, it ain’t That Wild. On the other hand, if you saw the earring and necklace boards that she has created and filled with her handiwork, you would understand that she has certainly outdone herself this time!

Like Saundra Sandrock, Terry has volunteered her time, talent, and materials to us for free, to benefit our mission and the thrift store. She has suggested more-than-reasonable prices, with necklaces for $5 and $6 and earrings going for $2 and $3 a pair.

You better come quick! Terry’s ideas on display and marketing have already been effective. I wasn’t even able to take pictures before holes developed in the board by pieces being sold.

Thank you, Terry!

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Posted by MaryO on June 27, 2013 in Get Involved!, Missions, Pender UMC

Tags: Charity shop, crafts, Earring, Jewellery, jewelry, Necklace, Pender Regift Thrift Store, Rev. Kevin Havens, RevKev, shopping, Terry Havens, volunteer, wedding

News from the Pender ReGift Thrift Store

10 Jun

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!

Maryann Weber

Director