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A Hope and A Future
United Methodist Cooperative Ministries/Suncoast, Inc. |
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| Greetings! | |
Thanksgiving is here again - how did the year go by so quickly? I know many of you are wondering the same thing as your lives have been busy, too.
The beauty of the Thanksgiving holiday for me is the opportunity to slow down for a while to reflect on the many blessings we received from God during the year. We had many new volunteers join our ministries, bringing their unique gifts and talents and enriching us all. We had advocates in the community, telling people about the work we are doing and finding new connections to organizations and agencies wanting to work together to better serve those in need. We had the financial support from grantors and donors to provide and expand services to the community. Best of all, no matter what difficulties or obstacles we may have encountered along our journey, we had the assurance of knowing that God's blessings would allow us to meet them all in His time and His way.
We wish you a joyous Thanksgiving, filled with reflection on the many ways God has blessed your life.
Grace and Peace
Pamela Qualls
"From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another." John 1:16
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| Please update your address book! |
Just a reminder that we are no longer using our Verizon email addresses.
Please update our general email address to contact@umcm.info.
For staff email addresses, go to our website at www.umcm.info/staff.Thank you! |
Coming Events
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November 20, 9:30 - 12:00 pm
"Ditty Bag Sorting Day" -
Preparation and Counting
of Ditty Bags for
Distribution to Homeless- Serving Agencies |
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| Ditty Bags About to Hit the Streets | |
On Saturday, October 23, UMW members of the Gulf Central District came from all over the five county area to Pasadena Community Church (UMC) for their Annual Meeting. Along with them came the ditty bags they and members of their churches had stitched, filled, and packed for the homeless and farm worker's children.
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Big thanks go to the youth of Pasadena Community Church who unloaded bags at
the UMW Annual Meeting. |
This Saturday, November 20, more volunteers will come together to count the bags and sort them for the homeless-serving agencies who will distribute them over the holidays and throughout the new year. One group that receives bags, The Pinellas County Coalition for the Homeless, recognizes how important the bags are to the people who receive them - the coalition uses them as incentives for those on the streets to assist in the annual census of people in need.
To learn more about the part ditty bags play in the work of the Pinellas County Coalition for the Homeless, click here.
To learn more about the ditty bag project, click here.
Thank you to the members of the United Methodist Women, Gulf Central District for your many hours of leadership for the ditty bag project this year! |
| A Dream Come True |
September 14, 2010 became a monumental day in the life of Edith Meek when she was sworn into United States citizenship.
Edith, 42, was born in Missiones, Argentina. She came to the United States in 2001 on a tourist visa. While visiting, she met her husband, David Meek, in Hollywood FL.
Click here for more... |
Volunteer Spotlight
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 Members of the North Pinellas Woman's Club, Inc., a chapter of the General Federation of Women's Clubs International, are in our Volunteer Spotlight. For the fifth year in a row the chapter has held a Fall Fun Party for the Families Learning Together Program at the Union Street Learning Center. This year parents and children were invited to make a costume, have a costume parade and trick or treat around the party room.
Click here for more...
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| Two Ways to Show Your Support this Holiday Season |
We have two opportunities during the rest of 2010 for you to support our vit al service, education, and advocacy ministries:
Purchase Christmas Cards! The students of the Children of the World Preschool donned Biblical era costumes and posed for an adorable Nativity Christmas Card. The cost of a set of cards is $10, and you receive 12 cards and envelopes. On the right, you can see the front of the card. To learn more about how to buy cards, click here.
Donate and Watch Your Dollars Double!Once again this year, an anonymous donor is matching all donations made to United Methodist Cooperative Ministries/Suncoast between November 25 and December 25 up to $15,000! Click here to learn more. |
Preschool Thanks
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We'd like to thank two great organizations that have recently provided grant awards to the Children of the World Preschool to upgrade equipment and facilities.
The preschool is one of the recipients of the 2010 IBM KidSmart Early Learning Program Grant through the Early Learning Coalition of Pinellas County and the Association of Early Learning Coalitions. The KidSmart Early Learning Program integrates technology into the interactive teaching and learning activities of pre-kindergarten classrooms. The Young Explorer TM complete computer system is the centerpiece of the grant.
The Community Foundation of Greater St. Petersburg has made a grant award of $3500 to the preschool to upgrade cooking facilities, replace a damaged storage shed, and add mulch and sand to the outdoor playground. Click here for more.
 Staff at the Children of the World Preschool were touched when they received a card from the family of a student. The card read:
"Queremos agradecerles muchisimo por todo el apoyo, la dedicacion, y carino que le brindaron a nuestra hija en su primer mes en el pre-escolar. Ella lo esta disfrutando mucho. Les agradecemos de todo corazon."
Translation:
"We'd like to thank you very much for all the support, dedication and love you have offered our daughter in her first month of preschool. She has enjoyed this experience very much. We thank you all from the bottom of our hearts."
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| Info | United Methodist Cooperative Ministries/Suncoast, Inc.
1625 Union Street
Clearwater, FL 33755-1363
(727) 442-6881
www.umcm.info
contact@umcm.info
(Please note email change)
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