Mark your calendars now, and plan to attend our Church Picnic! Saturday, August 17th, 4-6p.m. 

We will provide chicken, and need you to bring the extras!  Please return the sign up and let us know where you will help! Many hands make light work. You can also sign up on Facebook. Please return signup sheet to the church office. 

click for a sign up sheet that is printable

Mark your calendars now for Saturday, September 28, 2019 for the Kensill Fund for Hope Auction starting at noon. It is a great time of fun and fellowship, but, most importantly it is the annual event our church holds to contribute to the Kensill Fund for Hope, the fund used to provide scholarships for students who participate in the ministries of the Mid-Town Parish United Methodist Church in North Philadelphia.

 We will again have delicious chicken Bar-b-que for sale that day.

 What can you do to help?

Donate new or gently used items for the auction; think of services, dinners, food or activities you can donate (we will print up certificates for these); talk to friends with shops or businesses to solicit donations; and let a Mission Committee member know if you would like to help with the auction in any way. We would greatly appreciate help before and during the day of the auction.  Later there will be sign-up sheets in the Narthex. 

Donations may be placed in the choir room beginning in July and on the stage in Fellowship Hall beginning in September.  In addition to Sunday drop offs when the church is open,    

Our thanks in advance for your continued support!   

The Mission Committee

 

"On my most recent trips to India, word “got around” that I had arrived. A good number of our graduates whom we call HOINA Tigers called me, visited me, telephoned me, and emailed me. They brought me up to date on where they are now and what they are doing. They thanked me and said they are praying for HOINA and all of us as well as America and its wonderful, generous donors. Thankfully, I was able to accomplish much in the short time I was overseas on this trip, just about seven weeks, rather than my usual three months.

While in India, I had an idea. We have 24 acres, and we are surrounded by high cement walls as many properties there are. Since I am a retired art teacher and I know that our students are not offered art classes in school, I decided the children needed art to develop the right side of their brains. Besides, looking at high whitewashed walls is boring. We broke up into teams of two and three. The children drew their ideas on the walls with pieces of charcoal, and then the children began painting their wall space. We have a few murals left to do, but about three-fourths of them are finished as you can see in the photos this month. The 12- to 21-year-olds did this work.

We then invited 40 teachers from their schools to come for tea and be the judges. We gave awards to both the first place boys’ team and the first place girls’ team. (See photos for details.) Many teachers said it was a difficult task for them as so many were excellent. Since some of the murals weren’t finished in time for the judging, those students will complete their projects once the summer holidays arrive in May. Our children will spend March finishing their school year as they prepare for April’s annual exams. The break in May will be welcome just as summer vacation is here in the U.S."

 

http://www.hoina.org/