Back to school after summer vacation – what an exciting time for children as they look forward to their new classes, seeing friends and shopping for school supplies! Yet this is also a difficult time for many children in our community…Did you know that in Monterey County:
- There are over 3,500 homeless students?
- More than one quarter of children live in poverty?
- Nearly 70% of students qualify and are enrolled in the Free/Reduced Price Meal Program?
(Based on the 2011 school year, the latest for which data is available)
Shoreline Community Church’s Annual Backpack and School Supply Drive, is aimed to assist the county in supplying children in need with backpacks filled with supplies. We believe every child deserves to go to school prepared to learn! So many of these children face obstacles to their education and development and their families simply cannot afford basic school supplies. Our goal is to provide at least 500 backpacks to these children, but we can’t do it without you! God instructs us to help others and we are praying that he has put it on your heart to help these children.
Please partner with us to serve these children in need. Here is how you can help. Our drive begins July 7th and will continue until July 28th. We need donations of:
- Backpacks
- Binders, Filler Paper and Composition Books
- Crayons, Pencils, Markers and Pens
- Glue Sticks and Scissors (kid-safe)
- Calculators and other supplies that will help our children go back to school, confident that they can do their best without having to worry about not having what they need
Look for the Backpack Drive barrels around Shoreline Community Church. Thank you for participating in this opportunity to help children succeed in school and for meeting a crucial need in our community!
If you would like to help put the backpacks together, fellowship and have a good time, join us on August 3rd from 9a-12p in the Pacific Room at Shoreline.
If you have any questions, please contact Timothy & Kathy Hobbs at: backpacks@shorelinechurch.org.
In His Name,
Debra Federico and Sharon Burwell
Debra Federico
Community Outreach Director
831.655.0100, x312
dfederico@shorelinechurch.org
Finding Peace in the Midst of Cancer
WHEN? Saturday, April 13, 2013 from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
WHERE? Shoreline Community Church (Parkside Room)
WHY? To offer people the physical, spiritual and emotional support they need
- Spiritual Victory in the midst of cancer
- Living in the moment with cancer
- Teach people how to pray for God to reveal His will and perfect peace
- Discuss the cancer journeys of the individual, the caretaker and the family
Event Schedule (times subject to change)
9:00 – 9:10 am Welcome and Refreshments
9:10 – 9:30 am Panel 1. Reaction To The Diagnosis
9:30 – 9:50 am Panel 2. Helpful Tips
9:50 – 10:10 am Panel 3. The Big Picture
10:10 – 10:15 am Raffle No. 1
10:15 – 10:30 am Program Break and Refreshments
10:30 – 11:00 am Panel 4. Caretakers and Advocates
11:00 – 11:15 am Panel 5. Receiving Gifts
11:15 – 11:50 am Q&A
11:50 am – 12:00 pm Final Raffle
We want to take this time to “THANK” all of you that participated in the International School of Monterey Clean Up Day this last Saturday, March 9th. Your heart to serve the Lord was an amazing thing to see and we so appreciated it! God certainly was with us on Saturday and this project was a great Organic Outreach!!!
We would like to share with you the email that we got from Lisa Griffin Burns the Operations & HR person at the school:
“Dear Debra and Andre -
It is just so rewarding when a plan comes to fruition successfully and that is exactly what happened on Saturday!
ISM owes the Shoreline Community Outreach ministry, generally, and each of you, specifically, as well as Sharon, Brad, and Scott, a huge debt of gratitude for your collective dedication and commitment to this weekend’s array of safety, beautification, gardening, and cleaning tasks here at the International School of Monterey. Our joint Saturday Work Day event was blessed with great weather, stellar organization and planning, and such friendly individuals keen on making a difference on our campus. It truly was a special day!
The timing of your outreach efforts was flawless as my colleague, Lisa Wichael-Loomis, and I had been grappling with how to complete urgent safety signage placement. In addition, International Garden Coordinator, Denise Wood, was also desiring to complete ongoing gardening projects in preparation for a grand opening event. Without the intervention and support of your church volunteers, we would not have been able to achieve these existing goals in such a timely and effective fashion.
Debra, it was a pleasure reconnecting with you on Saturday and learning more about the wonderful work Shoreline is doing throughout the Monterey Peninsula community! You truly are making a difference!
Andre, you are inspirational in the manner in which you dedicated countless hours to planning for this weekend’s event. Your organizational thoroughness was amazing and I so appreciated your reassuring, can-do approach. Your ability to assess our project needs, gather the needed manpower, supplies, and resources, and be fully prepared in less than a week’s time was quite remarkable. Thank you so much!
Please extend my thanks onward to Sharon, Brad, and Scott, for the pivotal roles they each played in this weekend’s event. We so appreciated their efforts and enjoyed working with each of them.
So, on behalf of ISM, our students and staff, Lisa, Denise, and I extend our warmest thanks to Shoreline Community Church for choosing ISM as an alternate park clean up project this weekend. ISM has a great community of parent volunteers, but our efforts this weekend would not have been achievable without your support. Bottom line!
Best regards and I look forward to working with you again in the future.
Lisa Griffin Burns”
In His Name
Debra Federico and Sharon Burwell
Debra Federico
Community Outreach Director
Shoreline Community Church
dfederico@shorelinechurch.org
831.655.0100, x312
Whether you are creative or not, join us for some family fun as we make Valentine Cards for our Military Troops, Cypress Ridge and Windsor Monterey Care Centers, Gateway Center and Park Lane. What we really want to do with the cards is to let the recipients know that not only does Jesus love them but we do too! We will meet in the Pacific Room (1108) at 9:30 a.m. on January 26th where we will start the day with prayer, bagels and donuts. Then on to creating the cards with a few games thrown in to our time together. Clean up and finish is slated for 12 p.m.
Then the real blessing for us is delivering the cards to Cypress Ridge and Windsor Monterey Care Centers on February 2nd from 9:45-11:30 a.m. (meet at Cypress Ridge 1501 Skyline Dr., Monterey). And then, on February 14th from 10-2 p.m. to Gateway Center and Park Lane. The joy on their faces as they see the beautiful cards and know that someone cares about them is absolutely priceless. If you have never had this experience you are missing out on what life is about!
To be a part of any or all of the events, just sign up at the Connection Center
or email Shannon Krueger
Thank you for your interest in partnering with Community Outreach!
Debra Federico and Sharon Burwell
Debra Federico
Community Outreach Director
Shoreline Community Church
dfederico@shorelinechurch.org
sburwell@shorelinechurch.org
831.655.0100, x312/302
Community Outreach Thanks You!
December 6, 2012
We so very much appreciate all your hard work this past year with the Shoreline Community Outreach Ministry. Without your dedication and support, and God’s direction, we could not have accomplished everything that we did in 2012…
Women’s Shelter Visits * l-Help
Cypress Ridge and Windsor Monterey Care Center Visits
* Shoreline Food Pantry * Men’s and Women’s Clothes Closets * Card Ministry
Community Outreach Advisory Team * Benevolence & Hope Ministry Team *
Care & Concern Ministry * Heart to Home Ministry * Bridge Builders
Valentine’s Day Card Making for Care Centers, Shelters, Gateway Center and our Military Overseas * Easter Egg & Candy Drive for Migrant Workers * Sea Otter Classic *
Dorothy’s Kitchen * Backpack & School Supply Drive * Rebuilding Together:
Frank and Emma Aguillon * Get on the Bus * Bags of Hope * Bless Our Local Schools *
Triathlon at Pacific Grove * CHOMP Blood Drives * Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon *
Organic Outreach Conference * Trunk o’ Treat at the Shoreline Halloween Family Festival * Placemat Making for the Thanksgiving Dinner at Monterey Fairgrounds * Salvation Army Red Kettle Kick-Off * Operation Christmas Child * United Way Christmas Card Signing for
Military Overseas Salvation Army Bell Ringing * Christmas Caroling
*Angel Tree * Care Centers
Christmas Party * HOPE Christmas Party for Monterey County Shelters
Women’s Shelter Christmas Party *
I-Help Christmas Dinner and Party * Care & Concern * Heart to Home *
Monterey Co. Reads Program * Safe Place
This year, we helped 1,428 households (2,969 adults and 1,704 children; 4,273 people total) at the Shoreline Food Pantry, 913 women and 742 children at the Women’s Clothes Closet and 380 men at the Men’s Clothes Closet
We are excited to introduce our new Team Leaders: Jesse & Gloria Pinon, Diana Martinez, Nacho Halcon and James Carter
We hope God blesses your Christmas and brings you exciting things for the New Year! We look forward to working with you in 2013.
In His Name, Debra Federico & Sharon Burwell
Community Outreach Ministry
Shoreline Community Church
