2009 Mission Work
The Mission Committee (Donna DuPont, Lori Shoup, and Julie Whalen) has been working to prepare our “Mission Projects” for 2009. Here are our monthly projects and how you can help Rehoboth reach out to those in other countries and to people in our own backyards:
January | The Souper Bowl/Baden Food Pantry | www.souperbowl.org |
February | Tower of Hope | |
| March | Habitat For Humanity | www.beavercountyhabitat.org |
April | Women’s Prison - | |
May | Heifer Project | |
June | Crohn’s Disease | |
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September | Bright Beginnings Preschool | www.rehobothlutheran.com/Education/BrightBeginningsPreschool |
September | Harvest Home – Soup Kitchen | www.christs-lutheran-beaver-falls.com |
October | Baden Food Pantry | |
November | Fair Trade Global Market | Here at Rehoboth! |
December | Sunday School Christmas Project | To be announced |
We continually collect food donations for CAST (Churches Are Serving Together). These are non-perishable items that are not opened or out-dated. The following items are needed all the time: canned meat (ham,salmon,spam,chicken), jelly, and canned fruit. Also accepted are laundry and cleaning supplies and personal products such as soap, shampoo, and toothpaste. There is a basket located in the narthex.
The Mission:Action ladies also accept sheets, blankets and layette items any time of the year. They have been sewing and assembling quilts for many years. Look for the Mission:Action basket.
Rehoboth also supports the Yellow Ribbon Girls. This organization sends “treats” to our service men and women serving in Afghanistan and Iraq. Each month a different snack is requested. See the bulletin or newsletter for details.
Donna DuPont continues to collect aluminum cans for our Senegal missionary friends. The cans are recycled and the money collect is used for children’s immunizations.
We will begin to collect and recycle used cell phones to be donated to the Women’s Center of Beaver County.
We are continuing to increase awareness of a program utilizing GoodSearch ( www.goodsearch.com ) which is a search engine on the Internet. Each time someone goes to this website and uses their search engine (powered by Yahoo), they donate about a penny per search to a charity the user designates. We recommended supporting one of the following charities: Lutheran World Relief, Lutheran Disaster Response, The One Campaign, Heifer International, Habitat for Humanity (Pittsburgh branch), Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, or even our very own Rehoboth Evangelical Lutheran Church. In 2008, Rehoboth earned $11.50 from 941 searches. Now with their new option of GoodShop (www.goodshop.com) Rehoboth earned $1.49 in 2008. Even pennies can add up to make a difference.
Thanks to the many people who so willingly give to our mission projects. We are making a difference.
