The event will include a delicious meal, guest testimonials, an update about what God is doing at the Crossroads Center, and wonderful fellowship. Individual tickets are $25 each and seating is available in tables of ten attendees. Seating is limited to the first 500 responses. Tickets are available in the church office. For more information call (308) 236-5688.
CRITICAL NEEDS LIST—CROSSROADS CENTER
RESCUE MISSION—KEARNEY
Current census: 23 individuals
After being at our maximum capacity of 27 for a couple of days, we are back to 23 women, men and families. This week we had a follow-up presentation on grocery shopping, a session on improving parenting skills and a staff member from Good Samaritan Hospital gave a presentation on smoking cessation. We continue to seek individuals or groups who are interested in helping our guests build their skills.
Upcoming dates:
April 24th—12:00—Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting
May 4th—Seeds of Hope 1st Annual Gala—6:30 PM—Younes Conference Center— Tickets are available in the church office, at the Center or by calling 236-5688.
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Thank you to all of you for your generous support in so many ways! God bless you!
FAMILY FUN FEST
APRIL 29 – 2:00-4:00 P.M.
YANNEY PARK
Date: Sunday April 29th
Where: Yanney Park
Time: 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Admission is Free and the event is open to the public
Make plans now to attend the Family Fun Fest. The community-wide event is Christian based and for families. Area churches have joined together and local sponsors have proudly presents “Out of the Box” from Maranatha Camp (http://maranathacamp.org/html/OTB.htm). With 25 years of experience in performance arts ministry and evangelism, the Schiros travel promoting Maranatha Camp and Maranatha Ministries using Out of the Box Performance Arts. Along with the Out of the Box performance, you will also find inflatable play houses and carnival foods.
For questions or more information on how you can donate your time or services please contact Tiffany at 293 4687
On Monday, April 23, the American Boychoir will be traveling to Kearney from Colorado Springs. The Worship and Music Committee has volunteered our church to host the boys overnight. Founded in Columbus, Ohio in 1937, the choir has been located in Princeton, New Jersey, since 1950. Its members – boys in grades 4 through 8 – come from around the country to pursue a rigorous academic and musical curriculum at the American Boychoir School.
There are 30 boys in the choir, so we need 15 families who could provide them with lodging and breakfast. To show their appreciation for our hospitality, the choir has offered to do a private mini-concert for the host families upon their arrival at our church. If possible, we would also like to offer them a potluck dinner. They will be traveling to Lincoln the next day.
If you could host two boys (separate beds), please let Sandy McKirahan or Kathleen Johnston know. This is a great opportunity for our church to extend our hospitality to the United States’ premier concert boy’s choir.
KEARNEY CROSSROADS CENTER RESCUE
MISSION
CRITICAL NEEDS LIST
1. FOOD
a. Critical food needs: MILK, cooking oil, cooking spray, dairy products, mayo, salad dressings, sandwich meat, spices (any kind), CHICKEN, PORK!
b. General food needs: fresh vegetables and fruits, pasta, # 10 cans
2. Laundry products for use in “high efficiency” washers
3. Laundry baskets or bags
4. Trash bags
5. Plastic storage containers—4, 6 & 8- quart size
6. Gift cards to local retailers.
7. Food service thermometers
8. Large (up to 20” X 24”) cookie sheets 9. Yard equipment and garden tools for community garden
10. Cleaning products—stainless steel cleaner, dish soap, sponges with abrasive side 11. 12” frying pans
12. Bikes
13. Small chest freezer
14. Large bowls with lids
15. Child-care during meal preparation time so single mothers can help.
Thank you to all of you for your generous support in so many ways! God bless you!
Many of our churches have been asking how can they help those affected by all of these natural disasters. One way your church can help is by supporting the OGHS offering, which provides core funding for the work of Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) around the world.
Offering Distribution for OGHS:
The theme this year for the One Great Hour of Sharing is “Sharing Brings Joy to Others, to God, and to Us.” (2 Corinthians 9:6-9). The OGHS offering is received during Lent, especially on Palm Sunday, April 1 and Easter Sunday, April 8th. For more information about the OGHS, please go to www.pcusa.org/oghs.
CROSSROADS CENTER RESCUE MISSION UPDATE
Our most critical needs are as follows:
1. FOOD
2. Phone cards
3. Laundry products for use in “high efficiency” washers 4. Laundry baskets or bags
5. Trash bags
6. Plastic storage containers—4, 6 & 8-quart size
7. Gift cards to local retailers
8. Food service thermometers
9. Hand sanitizer
10. Large cookie sheets (up to 20” X 24”)
11. Yard equipment and garden tools for community garden
12. Cleaning products-stainless steel cleaner, dish soap, sponges with abrasive side 13. 12” frying pans
14. Bikes
15. Small chest freezer
16. Large bowls with lids
Thank you to all of you for your generous support in so many ways! God bless you!
CROSSROADS CENTER RESCUE MISSION UPDATE
Our most critical needs are as follows:
Thank you to all of you for your generous support in so many ways! God bless you!
SHEPHERD LEADERS’ COFFEE
Sunday, March 4, 2012
The Deacons are hosting a coffee for the Shepherd Leaders immediately after the worship service in the library on Sunday, March 4, 2012. Please come as we share ideas on how to care for our members (flocks) and learn what it means to be a Shepherd Leader. We promise not to keep you long!
Shepherd Leaders for the 2012 year include: Bev Gustafson, Kathy Gappa, Sara Sup, Suzzie Bresley, Germaine Oldfather, Barb Andersen, Thea Houser, Barb Friskopp, Joan Hartman, Susan Ingram, Georgia Byrn, and Karen Diestler. A BIG Thank You goes out to all of you for your help in supporting our church!
WEAR GREEN…
…BRING GREEN
Sunday, March 18 Following Worship Service Family Life Center
Please come and enjoy an Irish meal on Sunday, March 18th! This event will be happening right after the worship service. The Deacons are asking for your support.
We are raising money to assist one of our own members, Dirk Shultz, with a treadmill, something that he uses every day and is in sore need of replacing! We look forward to seeing you on this lucky day!
Menu:
Irish Stew
Rolls & Butter
Assorted Pies
CROSSROADS CENTER RESCUE MISSION UPDATE
Greetings from the newly opened Crossroads Center Rescue Mission!
Some have made awesome progress in a short time; some are reluctant to be part of the 4-phrase program we are implementing. Some are pitching in and working hard to prepare food and keep the building clean; others are slower to participate. Almost everyday there have been devotions in the morning, Bible study in the evening as well as daily group meetings and individual meetings with our program director, Pam Tillman, and our guests. Also, several sessions of the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University have been presented thanks to Pastor Dave at Hope Evangelical Free Church. Other volunteer leaders have presented daily courses on identify theft, food preparation and nutrition, coping skills and several other relevant topics.
And, each day God sends or calls individuals to seek our services or assist us in a variety of ways! It is a powerful and awesome experience to be involved is this Mission “to give glory to God through the helping of people!” Many Christians from many area congregations over a multi-county area have made financial donations, offered prayers on our behalf, and given donations of their time, talent and goods. Fundraising events have been held or are underway! The excitement is very encouraging to the Crossroads staff and guests!
And, now that we are open, we are better able to answer the most frequently asked question: “What do you need?” Our answer comes in the form of a critical needs list which we will attempt to update routinely for you. Hopefully, this will help guide you to answer the question when asked by the members of your congregations and the community.
Our most critical needs are as follows:
1. Food—eggs, milk, fresh fruit and
vegetables, pasta, dried beans, cheese and
canned foods especially in #6 or #10 cans.
2. Transportation for guests to medical
appointments, jobs and job interviews, and support group meetings.
3. Phone cards
4. Paper products
5. Laundry products for use in “high efficiency” washers
6. Laundry baskets or bags
7. Trash cans – large and small – and trash bags.
8. Personal hygiene products
9. Cleaning products
10. Plastic totes
11. Food storage containers – 4,6, & 8 quart size
12. Baby monitor
Also, please pray for our guests as they work back towards independence and for their spiritual growth.
UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRY PASTA DINNER FUNDRAISER
Sunday, March 4
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
First United Methodist Church
4500 Linden Drive
Freewill Offering
Sponsored by: First Presbyterian, First Christian, Faith United Methodist, and First United Methodist Churches of Kearney
DESSERTS NEEDED
United Campus Ministry needs 8 desserts for their Pasta Bar Fundraiser on March 4, 2012 at First United Methodist Church. Please sign up on the sheet in the Narthex or contact Rose in the church office if you can provide a dessert. Thank you!
Thank you for your continued support of our Mission “to give glory to God through the helping of people”. Nineteen people currently call Crossroads home and have begun work on getting their lives back on track.
Our most critical needs are as follows:
canned foods especially in #6 or #10 cans.
support group meetings.
Also, please pray for our guests as they work back towards independence and for their spiritual growth.
Lenten Lunches are held every Friday at Noon during Lent. The lunches are sponsored by the Kearney Ministerial Association and are open to everyone. The theme this year is built around We Are Called…. The community is invited to the Fellowship Hall of First United Methodist Church, 4500 Linden Drive. The cost for the lunch is $5 per person, with a portion of the proceeds being given to local missions. The first service will be on February 19th.
Thanks to everyone who donated food and money for the youth group’s Souper Bowl Sunday food drive! Some youth group members delivered the donations to the new Crossroads shelter in Kearney on Feb 8th during WNL.
SHEPHERD LEADERS’ COFFEE
Sunday, March 4, 2012
The Deacons are hosting a coffee for the Shepherd Leaders immediately after the worship service in the library on Sunday, March 4, 2012. Please come as we share ideas on how to care for our members (flocks) and learn what it means to be a Shepherd Leader. We promise not to keep you long!
Shepherd Leaders for the 2012 year include: Bev Gustafson, Kathy Gappa, Sara Sup, Suzzie Bresley, Germaine Oldfather, Barb Andersen, Thea Houser, Barb Friskopp, Joan Hartman, Susan Ingram, Georgia Byrn, and Karen Diestler. A BIG Thank You goes out to all of you for your help in supporting our church!
The youth group is hosting a SouperBowl Can drive collection at the church. Donations will be given to our local food pantry. Please bring non-perishable food items to church. We will have an area in the Narthex available to collect the items. We are collecting items now through Souperbowl Sunday which is February 5th.
On Monday, April 23, the American Boychoir will be traveling to Kearney from Colorado Springs. The Worship and Music Committee has volunteered our church to host the boys overnight. Founded in Columbus, Ohio in 1937, the choir has been located in Princeton, New Jersey, since 1950. Its members – boys in grades 4 through 8 – come from around the country to pursue a rigorous academic and musical curriculum at the American Boychoir School.
There are 30 boys in the choir, so we need 15 families who could provide them with lodging and breakfast. To show their appreciation for our hospitality, the choir has offered to do a private mini-concert for the host families upon their arrival at our church. If possible, we would also like to offer them a potluck dinner. They will be traveling to Lincoln the next day.
If you could host two boys (separate beds), please let Sandy McKirahan or Kathleen Johnston know. This is a great opportunity for our church to extend our hospitality to the United States’ premier concert boy’s choir.
Lenten Lunches are held every Friday at Noon during Lent. The lunches are sponsored by the Kearney Ministerial Association and are open to everyone. The theme this year is built around We Are Called…. The community is invited to the Fellowship Hall of First United Methodist Church, 4500 Linden Drive. The cost for the lunch is $5 per person, with a portion of the proceeds being given to local missions. The first service will be on February 19th.
The Deacon “Warming Tree” Committee took the wonderful donations to the S.A.F.E. Center on Thursday, December 29, BEFORE the snow storms came this year. Thanks to many of our congregation’s members and their children.
We were able to deliver the following:
9 Blankets, throws and 1 beautiful hand- crocheted afghan
13 Girl’s mitten and hat sets
18 Boy’s mitten and hat sets
18 Winter/Scarves or warm muffler 1 pair leggings
2 pairs warm night booties
18 pairs warm mittens/gloves
The Deacon’s Committee of Diane Panowicz and Ruth Slominski would like to thank each of you who contributed to the S.A.F.E. Center project. If you have other coats, mittens, gloves, blankets and other warming pieces, please contact either Diane or Ruth and they will see that they are delivered to the S.A.F.E. Center’s office very soon, so that they will be given to those who need them to stay warm this winter too. Thanks, bunches! May God Bless each of you and may each of you stay warm also!
The Mission Committee has designated that Dimes for Mission collected January through March be sent to the Relena and Tommy Myers family to be used for the camp as they see fit. The Myers family are members of our congregation who moved to Canada to be directors at the Gracefield Christian Camp and Retreat. This camp is a Presbyterian sponsored church camp. The camp relies on donations and funds from their presbytery in Canada and from camp registration monies. They are always in need of funds to replenish supplies, maintain buildings, and help with the many costs involved in running a camp. The Myers and big brother Toby are expecting a baby girl and have plans to move back to the states in the next six months where they are looking at some different ministries in western Nebraska, Rapid City area, and Colorado.
The youth group is hosting a SouperBowl Can drive collection at the church. Donations will be given to our local food pantry. Please bring non-perishable food items to church. We will have an area in the Narthex available to collect the items. We are collecting items now through Souperbowl Sunday which is February 5th.
The Mission Committee has designated that Dimes for Mission collected January through March be sent to the Relena and Tommy Myers family to be used for the camp as they see fit. The Myers family are members of our congregation who moved to Canada to be directors at the Gracefield Christian Camp and Retreat. This camp is a Presbyterian sponsored church camp. The camp relies on donations and funds from their presbytery in Canada and from camp registration monies. They are always in need of funds to replenish supplies, maintain buildings, and help with the many costs involved in running a camp. The Myers and big brother Toby are expecting a baby girl and have plans to move back to the states in the next six months where they are looking at some different ministries in western Nebraska, Rapid City area, and Colorado.
The “Tree of Warmth” will be located in the Church Narthex waiting for mittens, caps and scarves to decorate its branches. Also donate any new or good condition, laundered blanket or blankee (any size) so that we the congregation of First Presbyterian of Kearney may spread warmth and love to others in need this holiday season. The items that are placed on or around the tree will be donated to The S.A.F.E. Center, bringing warmth to the giver and the recipient. Join in the true spirit of the season by remembering Christ’s admonition to take care of one another.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to Operation Christmas Child by either donating a shoe box or volunteering to help. This year’s goal was set at 8,000 boxes from this collection site at our church. 8,011 boxes (up about 100 boxes from last year) were donated, packed into shipping cartons, loaded on the one long semi-trailer, and shipped to the distribution center in Denver, Colorado. The boxes will be sorted and delivered to children around the world.
Thanks again to all who made this mission outreach project a community success!
BUILD A BOX
If you didn’t participate in Operation Christmas Child Shoebox during the National Collection Week. It’s not too late to participate! Build a Box is available online through December 31.
Follow these steps:
1. Go to samaritanspurse.org/occ.
2. Choose from a variety of gifts.
3. Upload your photo and letter.
4. Your donation of $35 or more will cover gift items and packing and shipping costs.
We will deliver your box to a child overseas. Pray for the child who receives your gifts. We will notify by email of the country destination of your gift.
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