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A good, old-fashioned Methodist picnic potluck dinner. Cold drinks and dessert will be provided; bring a dish to share. |
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Why: |
To welcome Pastor Sharon and her family to the United Methodist Church of Yucaipa | |
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When: |
Sunday afternoon, |
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Where: |
Outside the Fellowship Hall in the Courtyard area; tables and chairs provided | |
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Who: |
Anyone and everyone who would like to welcome Pastor Sharon | |
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With joy, hospitality, grace, love and a hearty appetite! | |
The youth will be having a summer retreat themed: The Five Senses of God at Two Harbors on Catalina Island. The cost is $30 plus enough money for one dinner out. See Amy Bahnson to reserve your place! There will be lots of free time to explore, and you won't want to miss a great time playing in the crystal blue waters and seeing the beautiful orange Garibaldi fish.
Youth from our church have gone on Sierra Service Project trips for over ten years. Read a great article in a Crescent City newspaper that describes some youth and young adult experiences. For more information about Sierra Service Project opportunities for youth, visit their website.
Development programs are needed now more than ever! Your financial gift is needed so the GYTTE staff can continue to train people for transformation. With training in the program areas mentioned above, people can go on to help themselves, their family, and community within their own culture and country, making it unnecessary to cross national borders in search of employment. Please help us serve Mexico and her people.
Give Ye Them To Eat is an approved Advance Special of the General Board of Global Ministries. That means we have the approval of the GBGM of the United Methodist Church to raise mission funds in support of this ongoing outreach ministry. Consequently, we are asking you to seriously consider making a donation, as soon as you are able, so the GYTTE staff can continue preparing people for sustainable living and community service in Mexico.
Ways to Give
| Online with a Credit Card | Mail your Check | Through Our Church |
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Give a gift online by going to www.gbgm-umc.org, clicking on How to Give and Donate Online from the blue menu bar, and typing in Give Ye Them To Eat, #07629A. Credit card gifts can also be given over the phone by
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To send a check by mail, make your check payable
to Advance GCFA and write Give Ye Them To Eat, #07629A on
the memo line. Send your donation to: Advance GCFA P.O. Box 9068 GPO New York, NY 10087-9068 |
Write a check to our church (UMCOY)and write GYTTE on the memo line. Put it in the offering, or bring it to the office. The church will send 100% of your donation to the Advance for the Give Ye Them to Eat program. |
100% of your donation will reach the GYTTE program in Mexico. Thank you. Muchas Gracias.
Even the poorest in our society is rich by global standards. Much of the world subsists on less than $2 a day. How much is that? Well, if you only make $10,000 a year, that's still $27 a day. If you are a teenager with a part time job and only make $5000 a year, that's still over $13.50 a day. Two dollars a day is $750 a year in income.
We that have clean water, shelter, police and fire services, sanitation, daily food, education, freedom to worship, freedom of speech, and government elections are truly blessed. And all that we possess are gifts entrusted to us by God. We have not collected our possessions and wealth, large or small, on our own, but through the grace and circumstances given to us by God. He has created in us our capabilities and intelligence, and all the unique aspects of our personalities that make us individuals. Do we value what God has created in us? How do we show our thanks? God asks that we give a tithe back to Him, and when we are faithful in our giving, He is faithful in supplying our needs. God is good... all the time.
We need to support the financial needs of our own church. The Bible recommends giving 10% of our income, but if everyone would even give an minimum of 5%, our church would have enough money to meet our ongoing needs. We need to remember that this is our church, take ownership, and make the sacrifices that are necessary to support it!
Please help to ensure that our church has a strong financial future so that we can successfully meet the needs of our members and our community. Look from your heart at what you contribute to our church. There are many things that you can contribute in addition to your financial resources... your time, your talents, and your presence. God has greatly blessed us all. Please prayfully consider what you will commit to give back to God, fill in your pledge card, and step out on faith to give God's portion first. I know you will be blessed beyond measure.
The United Methodist Men are working with the Interfaith Community Support Center for the Yucaipa valley (ICSC) to help provide their breakfast cereal needs. The ICSC is open Monday from 11:00am to 3:30pm, Tuesdays from 12:30pm to 3:30pm and Thursdays from 11:30pm to 3:30pm. The ICSC provides up to a 3 day supply of food for local families that need a little assistance to tide them over. Having one central food distribution center allows more efficient collection and distribution of food to those in need.
How can you help? Each time you shop, pick up an extra box or two of cereal. On the second Sunday of each month, bring the cereal to the church. The United Methodist Men will transport all our cereal donations to the center.
What else can you do? Call Susan Walker at the center (797-0007) and volunteer your time, or bring food donations. They have a refrigerator and freezer if you have perishable donations, but call before you bring them to make sure they have room. If you have fruit trees with extra produce, you can bring the fruit in or call the center to have someone come and pick it for you.
They are especially in need of:
| boxed cereal | macaroni and cheese |
| peanut butter | Top Ramen |
| jelly | Tuna Helper |
| canned meat (e.g.: tuna, Spam, chicken) | Jello |
| canned chili or beef stew | frozen entrees |
If your donations aren't too large, you can leave them in the church office during regular business hours. You can also donate cash or Stater Brothers Scrip Cards so they can purchase needed items. They are located behind the St. Francis Xavier Cabrini Catholic Church at 12687 California Street, Yucaipa.
How would Jesus Christ celebrate special occasions if he were here on the earth today? Would he buy lots of presents, or would he get to the heart of the matter? We are on this earth to love and care for each other, and Jesus Christ does walk this earth today... within each of us, in our hearts and in our actions.
This year, we hope that you will find an occasion to donate to a charitable organization and help someone who is truly in need to celebrate Christ! What more precious gift could you give than the knowledge that a family will be able to provide nutritious food and education to their children through the gift of a goat, a heifer, or a flock chickens through Heifer International? Or help World Vision to provide children with sustainable hope for the future in sticken areas of the world? Or help Miracle Garden provide tsumani orphans with ongoing safety and Christian education in India? Or to help a struggling family toward the pride and stability of home ownership through Habitat for Humanity? Or to help lodge families struggling through devastating health problems with a donation to Ronald McDonald House? Or, you could choose to help improve the lives of many of our less fortunate neighbors in Mexico though Give Ye Them to Eat. There are many options for alternative giving... you can even write in your own non-profit organization, such as World Vision or another charity. Whatever your choice, you will be demonstrating Christ's love in a way that will make him proud to call you his own.
When you complete the gift order form and return it to the church with your donation, we will make a customized card, letter or certificate to give that explains your gift. This is a wonderful opportunity to live your faith!
Download
the Alternative Gift Order Form
Every day we have is a gift from God. What we do with that day is our gift back to Him. The hands He has given you are the hands that He uses to change the world, a little bit at a time. Make a difference! Volunteer your time, talents and resources to things that need to be done around church, or to any of the organizations that make a positive differene in the lives of others. If you need some ideas, here are some worthy organizations.
Mahatma Ghandi said, "Be the change that you wish to see in the world." It's easy to criticize, but it's a real challenge to make the world a better place. You can do it! And you'll feel better for it!
