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 Backpacks Available for Needy Children and Youth
Thanks to the generosity of the members of the Florida Annual Conference and Children's Harvest UMCM again this year has wonderful, sturdy Backpacks filled with supplies for needy children who could not otherwise afford such as they prepare for return to school. UMCM will have available 150 Backpacks for distribution to local churches in our District who are planning back to school events for needy kids. The packs will be available at the Union Street Office around the first part of July. They will be distributed on a first come basis to local churches. If your church is in need please call Barry Greer, UMCM Volunteer Coordinator at 727-442-6881 for instruction on pick up and availability. |
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 Grant Writing Seminar To Be Offered
HOW TO GET THE $ TO STOP HERE, UMCM's New Grant Writing Seminars for pastors, church staff and laity is coming up. UMCM will be hosting 2 half day Grant Writing Seminars on August 16th, and August 21st. 9:00 to Noon. Session #1 on August 16th will focus on how to find the bucks you need to expand your church's ministry and session # 2 will focus on how to write a successful grant and hang on to what you get. Cost of this two-day seminar is just $30 per person. The grant writing seminars will be held at Skycrest UMC, 2045 Drew Street, Clearwater 33765. Advance Registration Required. To register call UMCM at 727-442-6881. Checks should be made out to UMCM (Memo: Grants Seminar) and mailed to United Methodist Cooperative Ministries, 1625 Union Street, Clearwater, Fl 33755 |
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 Volunteers Needed for Hispanic VBS at Union Street
Volunteers are needed to assist with the first ever Vacation Bible School for bi-lingual children at Union Street UMC in Clearwater, July 16-20th. According to UMCM's Executive Director, "All of us can remember the joy and fun we experienced in our lives attending a Summer Vacation Bible School. For many it was where we first learned about our faith and how to apply that to our young lives. For others it was a safe place where we were loved, nurtured and introduced to the life of the church. So many children in our neighborhoods today have little or no exposure either to the faith or to a loving church family. Here is a great opportunity for churches to join together and help provide a witness to children in need." If you, your youth group or Christian education department would like the opportunity to make a difference in a child's life by volunteering to assist with VBS please contact, Pastor Nancy Mayeux at Union Street UMC in Clearwater at 727-442-9300 today!
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Adults to Tutor English Needed 
UMCM's Literacy Services is in dire need of 20 adults willing to be trained as ESOL (English Speakers of Other Languages) volunteer tutors at Clearwater and St. Petersburg sites. ESOL Volunteer tutor Training is 15 hours and a commitment of 3 hours per week at one of our ESOL sites and participation in in-service training. The ESOL Training and teaching materials are free. The next face-to-face ESOL Workshop is scheduled at Union Street UMC, 1625 Union Street, Clearwater 33755 on August 20, 22, and 24th from 9:00-3:00 pm.
Make a difference in someone's life today that will last a lifetime! To get information or enroll in the upcoming ESOL Training please visit our web site or contact Jan Setzekorn, Director of Literacy Services at 727-442-6881. |
Feeding Teams Report Homelessness on the Rise
UMCM Feeding Teams report that over the last month they have seen a dramatic increase in the number of working poor and homeless seeking a hot evening meal at our St. Vincent de Paul Feeding Ministry in downtown St. Petersburg. Doug Brown, Feeding Ministry Coordinator reports, "Usually our teams feed seven nights a week between 200 to 225 persons but now we are serving 270 many nights! This is putting a real strain on our teams in regard to not only volunteers needed from the churches but on their financial resources to buy, prepare and serve nutritious food. The price of food has gone up so more financial resources are needed to meet the growing need."
UM Churches currently involved in UMCM's Street Ministry/Feeding Ministry are Pinellas Park, Palm Harbor, Oakhurst, Clearview, Heritage, First St. Pete, Gulfport, St. Luke's, Allendale and Riviera. If you would like to help our feeding teams financially to meet their growing needs donations may be sent to UMCM, 1625 Union Street, Clearwater 33755 with a notation Homeless Feeding.
Doug also reports that the ministry needs new men's T-Shirts in medium or large and toiletries (soap, toothpaste, deodorant, tooth brushes). These items may be dropped off at Pinellas Park UMC. Please mark them for Street Ministry. |
Jobs Available!  For more information on how you can become a part of the UMCM team, visit our Employment Page on our website. New opportunities are posted!
- Assistant Secretary
- Teacher
- Child Care Aide
- Computer Lab Coach
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Quote of the Month 
A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.
-Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel |
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June 18
7:00 PM-9:00 PM
Program Committee Meeting
@ Pinellas Park UMC
June 20
10:00 AM-12:00 PM Moms and Tots Play group
@ Union Street Office
June 21
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Public Relations Committee
Meeting
@ Union Street Office
June 26
Summer Camp Field Trip to Florida Aquarium
June 26
11:00 AM-1:00 PM
UMCM Resource Committee Meeting
@China House Restaurant
For more information on UMCM events, visit our Events Page |
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Baby Bags are Here! 
We are pleased to report that we have "Baby Bags", bags filled with newborn goodies. Our Union Street Youth volunteers packed rattles, bibs, bottles and more into decorative bags to distribute to families in need. For more information
call 727-442-6881. | |
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