Both Serve Saturday (feeding the homeless at Dorothy’s Kitchen) and the Convalescent Home visits in the last two weeks were great successes. We were blessed to have new workers join our team. As the team grows, so can the lives we impact for Christ.   As reported previously, our Food Pantry is in the final stages of readiness.  We have a new refrigerator for that usage and two enthusiastic coordinators, Bob and Sherri Peters. All that’s left to do is go shopping and ask you to pray if God wants to use you in this great, hands-on ministry. We are now inviting people to volunteer for 2 hour shifts on Tuesdays and Thursdays (hours yet to be determined).  Call 655-0100 or contact dfederico@shorelinechurch.org or jatwell@shorelinechurch.org if you want to be considered for a position with the Food Pantry.  All volunteers will be fully equipped and trained.

Also this last week we introduced our e-newsletter, “The Community Outreach Minute” to our team members.  We will be emailing them out on a weekly basis to keep people abreast of what’s happening in our department, but also of upcoming service needs. If you aren’t getting one, and would like to, please call Jennifer at 655-0100 or email at jatwell@shorelinechurch.org. Not only will this save some trees, we will be able to get up to the day news out to you, and it’s just one more place to hear about Community Outreach. For our friends that aren’t online, we will always have some printed copies at the booth on Sundays. Also, we are always open for new and creative ideas for where/how our team can serve. We value your imput and want to encourage service through many different channels that are appropriate for the church. Please feel free to contact either of us and we will bring your ideas to our advisory team. We’re here to serve Jesus and the church, our community and you!