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Lent and Easter at Relief UMC
Palm Sunday, March 29, 11:00 am
Holy Thursday, April 2, 7:00 pm
Good Friday Children’s Easter Eggstravaganza, April 3, 1:00-3:00 pm
Tenebrae Service, April 3, 7:00 pm @ Mt. Olive UMC
Easter Sunrise Service, April 5, 6:30 am, breakfast immediately following the service
Easter Day Service, April 5, 11:00 am
Potato Bake and Filling the Freege
This past Sunday, March 22, we enjoyed the annual Potato Bake after church. We gathered in the fellowship hall and enjoyed a lunch of baked potatoes with all the trimmings you can imagine, along with the wonderful sides brought by everyone else. Not to mention the amazing desserts. Thank you Millie for getting everything organized and all the folks who helped you out.
After all the eating and fellowship, we got together and helped make sandwiches. We put that together with homemade soup to fill the "Freege" at Abundant Life Church in support of our Loaves and Fishes ministry to help feed those in our community who are struggling financially and don't have enough eat. Thank you Lynn for leading this ministry and everyone who participated.
Ash Wednesday
It was a very special time at Relief as we marked the beginning of Lent with a first-time opportunity for members of the church and the greater community to participate in this solemn day of repentance by receiving ashes in the early morning outside the shelter as they were on their way to work. Our pastor, Rev. Kathleen Haynes, was in the parking lot and, as the faithful drove thru, she shared the "Penitential Prayer of St. Ambrose of Milan." She administered the ashes and admonished each individual to, "Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return." Ecclesiastes 3:20.
After that, volunteers from the church, had coffee and donuts ready to send them on their way. It was a wonderful day as, not only members at Relief, but members of other denominations were there, as well.
Volunteering at the Our Family Center
Mission Committee members come together the 2nd Wednesday of every month and volunteer to help with crafts at the Our Family Center. This month the folks there worked on St. Patrick's Day projects; magic boxes filled with candy. If you would like to be a part of this community outreach, talk to Elwanda.
Filling the "Freege"
We made sandwiches and homemade soup to put in the Freege after the Potato Bake, March 22
The Loaves and Fishes program at Relief United Methodist Church, begun by the Witness Committee, was started so members of the church could come together regularly to prepare meals for the "freege." CCAP has installed refrigerators and pantries at three locations in Winchester. The freege — a combination of the words "free" and "fridge" — is an outdoor refrigerator filled with donated food and, along with the pantries, are open 24 hours a day Those who are struggling financially can take whatever they need to feed themselves and their families. If you would like to get involved or just want more information, let Lynn know.
The picture is the results of the efforts from Sunday, March 22.
Craft Night
Craft Nights are every second Wednesday at 6:00 pm.
Crafters, and anyone wanting to learn a craft, come together each month for fun, fellowship, and sharing of snacks as they work on their own projects and help each other with theirs.
Here are just a few of those who were there this month. And, as usual, the men have their own table where they discuss important issues and solve the problems of the world.
