Committed to social justice in Nebraska since 1966
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Friends,
The community gardens are almost ready for planting, Annual Conference is just around the corner, and summer VIM teams will be arriving soon! Read on to find out how you can help as we work to eradicate hunger, poverty, and racism in Southeast Nebraska.
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Calendar of Events
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Sunday
May 30th
Peace with Justice Sunday
Established by the 1988
General Conference, Peace with Justice Sunday supports programs that
advocate peace and justice at home and around the world. Since half of
the offerings collected by your annual conference are retained to fund
local peace with justice programs, you can see a difference made
locally. In addition, half of the offering is remitted to the General
Board of Church and Society to help fund U.S. and global work in social
action, public-policy education and advocacy. Put an offering in your church's plate with Peace with Justice Sunday in the memo line.
Wednesday June 9th-Saturday June 12th
Nebraska United Methodist Annual Conference and Youth Annual Conference
Thursday June 10th
"THE CHURCH HAS LEFT THE BUILDING" - MISSION WORK DAY at Annual Conference
Friday July 16th-Wednesday July 21st
Nebraska Cooperative School of Christian Mission, to be held at the Holiday Inn in Grand Island
Sunday October 17th
Stand Up Against Poverty, UMM's final day of service for 2010.
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Summer Mission Teams
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Time is running out! Sign your church group up today to volunteer in Omaha this summer. United Methodist Ministries is an accredited Volunteers in Mission site, and we will tailor a mission experience to your group's needs. All lodging and service sites are arranged for you, full-service! Contact Lisa at 402.898.9862 or lmaupin@bigmuddyumc.org to register your group. This promises to be our biggest year yet!
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Help Pearl Pantry
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We're asking individuals and church groups to collect items for Pearl Pantry this summer. The shelves are pretty bare, and summer's almost here. Kids will be out of school, meaning families will need more assistance. Call Ms. Barb at 402.453.8623 to schedule a time to drop off your donations. Items they particularly need include:
- toiletries: toothbrushes, soap, deodorant,
razors, etc.
- laundry
soap
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Camp Fontanelle Work Day
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Come out this Saturday to help prepare Camp Fontanelle for summer camp. Families, youth groups, UM Men, UM Women, and individuals are needed. Partial listing of jobs includes cleaning A-frames, bath house, spring cleaning in the kitchen and lodges, wood chipping, wood sawing, wood splitting, trail maintenance, tree trimming, mowing, weed whacking, phone-a-thon, and lots of handy man jobs. Bring cell phones, saws, tools, cleaning supplies, etc. Call Trent at 402-459-0686 to get further details.
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UMM Receives Two Awards
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This week Destination Midtown, the Midtown Business Association and the Midtown Neighborhood Alliance selected The Big Garden to receive a Best of Midtown Award. The Big Garden is a network of community gardens located in Omaha, focused on empowering neighbors to grow nutritious food, build community relationships, create safe neighborhood spaces and develop healthy lifestyles.
"Within the Destination Midtown boundaries, there are six Big Garden community gardens," said Jamie Grayson-Berglund, director of community development for the Greater Omaha Chamber. "These gardens bring neighbors together, provide numerous life lessons to participants and beautify the area. The Big Garden is transforming the human, social, environmental and physical landscape of Midtown in so many positive ways---we really appreciate all they do."
In April, UMM also received the Nebraska First Lady's Outstanding Community Service Award for Outstanding Community Service Project. UMM
received the award for its Global Youth Service Day project, which is designed
to bring youth from the metro-Omaha and surrounding rural areas together to
accomplish one significant group service project.
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Calling All Gardeners!
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We need one final push of volunteers to help prep our community gardens for planting. This is a great volunteer activity for families or church groups. Contact Lisa or Jaimee at 402.898.9862 or info@bigmuddyumc.org to find a time that works for you.
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Event Speakers |
Did you know that we can provide your church with speakers on themes of mission and justice? Just give Lisa or Jaimee a call at 402.898.9862 and we'd be happy to set you up.
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On-going Volunteer Opportunities
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Blue Flamingo Thrift Store
Volunteers are needed Fridays from 12-5 at the thrift store, 1716 South 10th Street in
Omaha. Schedule your time for one Friday a month or
every Friday. To
volunteer contact Jaimee or Lisa at 402.898.9862 or info@bigmuddyumc.org.
Blue Flamingo Off-Site Sales
Do you
need a more flexible volunteer schedule and like to spread the message
about Fair Trade? The Blue Flamingo is developing a list of people who
are willing to assist with our off-site Fair Trade sales. To
volunteer contact Jaimee or Lisa at 402.898.9862 or info@bigmuddyumc.org.
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We hope you'll join us in community service this spring and summer.
Sincerely,
Jaimee Trobough
United Methodist Ministries
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