August 2021
Howdy All! Been some very dry, hot days of late and I hope everyone is staying cool. Watching the weather this morning, that could change for us by Sunday or Monday. Keep an eye on the weather!
We are about to get busy again. Here are some upcoming Service and Fellowship Opportunities for you to consider:
On Friday, September 10th and Saturday September 11th we will be serving lunch at Missions Ranch to a group of volunteers from Team Rubicon that will be participating in a Chainsaw Certification Class. There should be about 35 people. Team Rubicon is ex-military that respond to disasters throughout the United States. Missions Ranch is the new home to Missions on Wheels and is located at 21943 Bailey Grove Road. This is about 4 miles north of Hwy 105 on FM 149. We will prepare the lunches in the Faith Center Kitchen and then transport to the site to serve. We will cook hamburgers on Friday and then do BBQ sandwiches for Saturday. Please let me know if you would like to participate in serving this event and on which day.
The Cookers have been requested to make and serve 250 of our brisket breakfast tacos on Sunday, September 19th when the Bishop comes to re-dedicate our Sanctuary. There will be a reception for him in the Faith Center during the Sunday School hour. To do this, we need a team to meet at the Faith Center Kitchen on Saturday, September 18th to cook the taco filling and assemble the tacos. We will rewarm them in the ovens prior to serving on Sunday. If you would like to assist with the preparation on Saturday afternoon, September 18th at 3:00, please let me know! We will also need some volunteers to distribute the tacos during the reception.
On Saturday, October 9th we will be serving lunch at God's Garage to the staff and ladies attending the Life Skills Class. As part of their social outreach, the young ladies of the Legacy Christian Academy Cheer Squad will be working with us to make and serve the lunch bags. We will need a couple of volunteers to assist us with this event. Please let me know if you are interested.
On Saturday, October 23rd we will be participating once again in the MUMC Fall Festival (Trunk or Treat) sponsored by MUMC Children's Ministries. We will be breaking out our grill trailer to prepare and serve 600 hotdogs, chips, cookies, and drinks. We will need several Cookers and Wranglers to make this as successful as it has been in the past! Please let me know if you are interested in assisting with this event.
To close out October, we have been asked to provide 100 sack lunches that will be prepared at the Faith Center Kitchen, and then served at Lewis Park on Saturday, October 30th when Compassion United holds their Breakfast in the Park event. We will meet early at the church to prepare the bags, and then transport them to the park for service at 9:30 AM. Please let me know if you are interested in assisting with this event!
As you can see, we have several opportunities in front of us. Please let me know if you would like to assist with any of these events. Thank you all for your continued support and willingness to serve!
Steve Freeman