COMMUNITY OUTREACH UNLEASHED
It was a great day for Community Outreach and for our whole church community last Sunday at the Community Outreach Unleashed event. We want to thank every single one of you who participated and shared great ideas on how to impact our community with the love of Christ. We have gone through all of the ideas that were presented, talked and prayed about them, and have picked out the best/most feasible suggestions. If you were unable to attend this event but do have some other ideas and thoughts to contribute to our Community Outreach ministry, please don’t hesitate to let us know. Contact us by email or by calling the church. We’d love to hear from you!
Our next step, then, is to see these ideas come to life — but we can’t do it alone! We need your help to continue to make this ministry grow and reach people for the sake of Christ. For those of you who are already serving some way in Community Outreach or another area of our church, thank you so much for your gifts of service!  If you are new, however, or simply haven’t gotten plugged into a ministry yet, we invite and encourage you to do so! Let us know what areas you are interested or gifted in and we will do our best to help get you involved!

CAPRA PARK – June 12th, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Next Saturday, we will be doing a huge park clean-up in Seaside at Capra Park, located on the corner of Luzern & Sonoma Avenue. Our goal is to share the love of Christ through ministering to our community’s tangible needs. This includes making a positive impact on the neighborhood in order to enable families to use this park, getting increased patrol, and making the park a safer and more enjoyable environment for the residents of that area. Some of the possible things we will be doing are: painting the play equipment and stairs, moving the swing set, clearing out the weeds, repairing a rock wall, painting children’s games on the basketball court, sifting the sand, and putting wood chips along the front strip. We will be partnering with the city of Seaside, the neighboring community, and other Shoreline volunteers.If you know of ways you can contribute to these needs, please let us know. We hope you can join us for this great service opportunity! Questions? Contact Lacy Spangler or Deb Federico, or call the church at 831.655.0100.

URGENT NEED: SHORELINE FOOD PANTRY is in continual need of food donations! We were hit pretty hard this May and our shelves are almost empty. We’ve had an increase of families in need from within the Shoreline family and the community. Please pray for these, and consider what you can give as well.

What is always/especially needed:

• Condiments (mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup)
• Cereal and evaporated milk
• Canned fruit and vegetables
• Tuna and canned meat  (hash, spam)
• Desserts (cake mixes, jell-o, pudding)
• Meals in a can, chili, raviolis
• Canned tomatoes, tomato sauce
• Pasta and pasta sauce
• Rice, soup, ramen
• Peanut butter, jam and jelly
• Individual size containers of Vienna sausage, dessert, granola bars, and juice

Our food pantry (and clothes closet) hours are always Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:30-2:30p.m., and other hours by appointment only.

PHOTOS of COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Our Shoreline Flickr account is now updated with the pictures from the majority of our Community Outreach events in 2010! Go take a look and see what we’ve been up to! (If you’ve attended any of our events in the past, you might even see a picture or two of yourself being involved, as well!) To go directly to our Community Outreach 2010 collection of photos, click HERE.

Stop by the Community Outreach booth this Sunday to learn more about these and other exciting opportunities to serve.  Questions? Contact Megan Koontz, at 831.655.0100, x338 or Deb Federico at 831.655.0100, x312.