Help alleviate hunger in Monmouth.  The Souper Bowl of Caring is transforming Super Bowl weekend into the nation's largest youth-led weekend of giving and serving. Faith's WNL Youth will have soup pots at the exit doors in the church to receive your monetary gifts this Sunday, February 7.  Canned and boxed goods are also welcome and will be given to JamiesonCenter.   JamiesonCenter and Starting Point will receive our monetary gifts.  In 2009, this nationwide event generated $10,382,075 to help alleviate hunger. 

We are excited about this year's famine!  With your help we can make it another great success!  I would like to help the youth have a visual of that amount of children that day each day due to malnutrition by by making a labyrinth of pennies - 29,000 of them.  A coin jar is available in the social hall for you to throw your pennies into.  Part of our famine is to also partner up to do community service.  This year the University of Illinois Extension office will be sponsoring an outreach 3 on 3 basketball tournament for the Hispanic community on February 27 at the 1st Street Armoury.  The youth have agreed to run the concession stand during this event.  We will be making subs to sell, proceeds going to Starting Point but are still in need of meat and cheese to put on the bread.  There is a sign up on the office door.  Finally, to break our fast, we are looking for individuals to plan and prepare a meal for our youth for 6:00 p.m. on February 27.  This would be one way of thanking them for their service as well as it being a great way to close our time together with great food, fellowship, and reflection.  If you are interested in helping with this, thank you!  Sign-ups are on office door.