An Invitation from HABITAT FOR HUMANITY to Help Build with Others
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We are hopeful that our church members will join others in the New Bern Faith Community to help build homes for hard-working families who have dreamed of the possibility of owning their own home…..folks who will work alongside you in making this dream a reality.
The first FAITH COMMUNITY SERVICE WEEK will take place during the week of JUNE 6-10. Two homes are currently in progress at 1701 and 1703 Aycock Avenue. Perhaps our faith community can complete these structures! ALL skills are welcomed and greatly appreciated! You may call: Buna Cumbie, Volunteer Coordinator for Faith Relations, at: 252-633-9599 x 104, or email him at: bcumbie@cravencountyhabitat.org if you are interested and have questions. Or, new volunteers may apply here: https://cravencountyhabitat.org/volunteer/ Opportunities for morning or afternoon shifts are available. Thank you for considering this challenge. Remember, ALL skills are needed, as well as projects in the ReStore, such as arranging, sorting and pricing items that have been donated. Please consider serving our community alongside the Habitat staff and other volunteers during this special week for Faith Pilgrims! Cille Griffith, On behalf of the Outreach Commission |
Backpack Blessing Builds
Our January Build was an ambitious one--we were packing 5,000-weekend snack bags for the schools in Jones, Pamlico, and Craven Counties. We are now serving almost 900 children who qualify as 'at risk' for weekend food needs. A trip to the grocery store tells the tale...our grocery bills are easily double what they were just a year ago. While these Builds use to supply food for a semester of a school year, Ruth Powers... the chair of Backpack Blessing, tells us they are used up within 6 weeks. So we can expect a new Build event at the end of that time frame....namely the end of February, sobering news.
At least 16 members of our congregation participated in THIS build---Fin Harrison, Marshall Hinckley, Nancy McAden, Teeny Tait, Doug Phelps, Cory Hunter, Pam Gaskell, Judy Griffith, Debby Lifer, Wendy Moeller, Karen Reed, Mike Moman (2), and Linda Staunch. The email sign-in is a bit more complicated than in the past, so I may have missed a name or two.
And a big shout out to Jane Dail, a First Pres Board Member of Backpack who picks up the completed food bins and takes them to our targeted school, as well as participating in the Builds themselves!
Thank you, as always, to First Pres. staff and congregants for your continuing support of time, treasure, and talent in this ministry. We look forward to continuing our support for this ministry which serves Craven, Jones, and Pamlico County school-age kids and their families as we move through 2023 and beyond.
At least 16 members of our congregation participated in THIS build---Fin Harrison, Marshall Hinckley, Nancy McAden, Teeny Tait, Doug Phelps, Cory Hunter, Pam Gaskell, Judy Griffith, Debby Lifer, Wendy Moeller, Karen Reed, Mike Moman (2), and Linda Staunch. The email sign-in is a bit more complicated than in the past, so I may have missed a name or two.
And a big shout out to Jane Dail, a First Pres Board Member of Backpack who picks up the completed food bins and takes them to our targeted school, as well as participating in the Builds themselves!
Thank you, as always, to First Pres. staff and congregants for your continuing support of time, treasure, and talent in this ministry. We look forward to continuing our support for this ministry which serves Craven, Jones, and Pamlico County school-age kids and their families as we move through 2023 and beyond.