Ministry Fair

The 2008 Ministry Fair is coming up on August 10 and 17. This is our opportunity to showcase the varied and diverse ministry opportunities and groups that are available at First Church and encourage others to get involved. The Ministry of Motherhood will have a booth and Mendy Barnett and Sandy Perez have volunteered to head up this project. Please plan to stop by and encourage other moms to learn more about our group on these days. If you're available to help at the booth please let Mendy or Sandy know.

60 dozen cookies!

The Ministry of Motherhood was called upon to provide 60 dozen cookies for the Jr. High Youth's summer mission trip. Our moms came through filling a giant cooler with 240 labeled ziplock baggies filled with 3 cookies apiece. They will travel to Texas City, where the kids will be repairing the homes of senior citizens and serving the Lord in that community. Our MOM group is proud of these young members of our church and were happy to provide them with a sweet reward for all their service to the Lord.

2008-2009 M.O.M. Council

Front Row l-r: Ginger Caldwell, Special Events; Mendy Barnett, Past Leader; Elizabeth Clawson, Congregational Care

Back Row l-r: Kelly Pickel, Communications; Heather Leslie, Registrar; Jessica Schock, Friday Leader; Amy Myhand, Thursday Leader; Emily Ahlquist, Sunshine; Kristi Rape', Missions.

Not Pictured: Sandy Perez, Childcare Coordinator.

Monthly Mission Challenge

Our Missions Coordinator, Kristi Rape' has provided the following opportunity for service this summer:

My challenge to each of you is to add $2.00 or more to your grocery bill each month and bring the items to the church for me to pick-up and take to the Round Rock Service Center. If all of us just do this small task once a month, I believe it will go a long way and serve our community GREATLY! By pulling together as a group we will do GODS work in strength and may the Lord bless our gifts each month.

Some items that are needed by the center are…

Canned vegetables (corn, peas, carrots)
Canned soup
Canned beans (green, black, ranch, refried, pork’n beans, baked)
Canned tuna, meats, stews
Breakfast cereal
Pasta (spaghetti, macaroni, lasagna, hamburger helper meals)
Peanut Butter & Jelly
Toilet paper
Toiletry items such as shampoo, soap & toothpaste

During the summer months while we are not meeting regularly, I have placed a large blue plastic bin in the FLC foyer at FUMC. It has “MOMs Missions” on the front of it. Please drop off your bag of items in our bin with your name and how much you spent on the bag (example = Kristi Rape / $2.00). I will collect all the items that you donate and deliver the items every third week of each month. When we go back in September to our regular meetings at FUMC, I will ask that you bring your food donations to your Thursday or Friday class and leave it for me in our classroom or the blue plastic bin in the FLC foyer.