Care Packages for the Homeless and Black Nativity

Don't forget to get others to sign up for donating to the Care Packages for the Homeless drive.  The shortened link for easy sharing is tinyurl.com/homelesspacks

FAQs:

• Can other things can be donated besides those on the list? YES. As long as it is something that can fit inside the gallon size zip-lock bag.
• Can people outside of Mount Pilgrim can donate? YES! I have an SIS (Sister in Spirit) who lives in Florida and she is sending donations by mail. 
• Can people donate money instead? We'd prefer not to gather funds at this time. Perhaps in a future drive we will be set up for that. This time it's about putting your feet and hands to work in the Lord's service. Handling money at this time may take away from the focus of giving. Let's make this a successful drive so that it becomes a tradition in celebrating the REAL reason Christ was incarnated in flesh. Please come out and help us assemble the bags on December 10, 2019 during Sisterhood meeting. You don't have to be a regular attendee or a female to be present and help.
• How will you get the packs to the homeless? There are a couple of very generous men for whom the welfare of the homeless is a personal ministry. The packets will be delivered to one or both of their organizations. Perhaps later we can go out in groups and hand deliver. It's 
• How was the list of items devised? Not only do I have friends who make packets, I researched things needed for homeless packets. The items asked for occur on most lists I found.
• Will the SignUp Genius web site use my email address for marketing? No. You should only receive an automatic reminder from the program. Unless you leave a question in the comments which comes to the drive author --me-- for me to reply to you. My reply will come to your mailbox without my seeing your email address.

If you should have a question or concern about our Care Packages for the homeless drive, please place them in the comments section below this post.

Black Nativity
Remember to order your tickets for the New Venture Theater's production of Langston Hughes' Black Nativity. Choose the Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 7:00 PM showing at this link: 
https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?ticketing=nvt

We will meet in the south side parking lot of the church to consolidate rides for a carpool.

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YSIC,
~KMichael

Homeless Care Packages

Good morning Sisters!

Here are the instructions for our care packages for the homeless:

1. Go to the address below either on your phone, tablet, or computer. Scroll below the intro to find the list of items we need to serve God by serving the homeless.
2. Chose 3 items that you will supply for our packets. If you will notice, if 50 of one item are needed, for example, the slot may say that you should supply 5 of that item while 10 more slots are available for ten more people to sign up to supply 5 of that item as well.
3. After you have chosen 3 places to sign up, provide an opportunity for 10 people to receive their blessings by asking them to choose something from the list to contribute. Message them, call them, talk to them in person. To make it easier to remember the link has been shortened to an easy-to-remember address at https://tinyurl.com/HomelessPacks

    4. Collect the items in time for our next meeting at 6:00 PM on December 10, 2019.                 You  may ask your signers to bring them there instead of hauling to the meeting.
    5. At the December meeting while we enjoy our Christmas meal, and before we do our            annual prayer circle, we will assemble the care packs in gallon-size zip-lock bags.              [We might have time to weave sleep mats from plastic shopping bags. But if that is            something you'd like to start now to include with the packets, click here for the                  YouTube tutorial.] 
     6.  Write an uplifting message on an index card for each recipient. If you'd like to be              one of the folks who helps to deliver the packages I will let you know when one of              the gentlemen who will helping lets me know where it is best to meet them.

Sisterhood Meeting &Thanksgiving Potluck

Tomorrow we will have meeting and our annual potluck to celebrate.
The items for the homeless packets will be discussed again but for tomorrow bring non-perishable items --two meal packs, two cans, or a meal pack and a can-- for our food bank box.

Next month for our Christmas gathering we decided to celebrate why Christ came instead of a birthday for which we expect gifts for ourselves. We will still bring food to munch on while we work joyously in this best of celebrations. For our homeless packets we will complete 24 packets of the following items:

• socks
• bottled water
• gallon size zip-lock bags
• granola bars
• toothbrushes
• toothpaste
• trial sizes of lotion
• trial sizes of non-aluminum deodorant
• trial size soap
• wipes
• peanut butter or cheese crackers
• handwritten notes from us
• dental floss 
• chap-stick
• fruit snacks
• applesauce

YSIC,

~KM

Addendum: I forgot to mention our trip to the New venture Theater production of Langston Hughes' Black Nativity. If you would like to get your tickets on line-- I believe we agreed on Saturday Dec. 14 at 7:30PM.
https://www.newventuretheatre.org/SHOWS%20AND%20TIX/FLEX%20PASSES/blacknativity/

Tonight I will bring my tablet and my laptop so that any of you who wishes to purchase a ticket on line may do so. You can also use your smart phone. Bring your debit or credit card for assistance.

As usual, please forward this message... and make sure that a sister who has neither an email address nor a mobile phone gets the message.