Missions

ONGOING:

LOUDOUN HUNGER RELIEF – fourth Sunday – September 22nd

This is one of our many missions to provide food for the hungry. Escalating costs of housing, health care, food, transportation and utilities provide challenges for more and more families to make ends meet. The working poor, senior citizens, the ill or disabled, the homeless, and children are helped every year by Loudoun Hunger Relief. The collection bin for donations is in Driscoll Hall. Although Harmony designates the fourth Sunday of each month for food collection, donations are welcome anytime. Please see the list farther down this page.

• Danville, VA needs help completing the remaining homes that were affected by the hurricane last year.
• Harmony is going down October 11-14 with the Winchester District Mission Team.
• All types of help is needed from experience to no experience – they will use you based on your skills.
• Teams are staying in local churches with kitchen facilities and bathrooms.
• The cost for the trip is $75 per person.
• Joann Ballard is coordinating for HUMC so please let her know of your interest (Email: jballard1902@gmail.comor by calling 540-338-3007)
• The Eastern Shore of NC also has disaster needs and there are other dates for Danville – please reach out to Joann if you have interest in either of these.

SEPTEMBER MISSION EVENTS

LET’S STAND TOGETHER AGAINST HUNGER
September is National Hunger Action month. A copy of the Society of St. Andrew’s 2019 Calendar for Prayer and Action which includes Scripture readings and related reflections or activities, suitable for the entire family, for each day of September, can be accessed here: Prayer Calendar

Missions would like to challenge the congregation to save 50 cents each time you go to the grocery store to donate to Pennies for Potatoes. Change saved can be deposited in the Pennies for Potatoes jugs located in Driscoll Hall, the breezeway, or sanctuary entrance by the choir.

This week, please think about what it means to have enough, through our own God-given means. Our senior citizens and our children are vulnerable—as they depend on others to stand in the gap between their resources and their need for food. Pray for those in our community who struggle to put food on their tables as you continue to use the Society of St. Andrew’s 2019 Calendar for Prayer and Action throughout September.

SEPTEMBER 21st – TOP Event:  Mark your calendar!  Join us in our visit with the residents of Johnson Williams Apt.  This is a church-wide event so all youth and adults are welcome to participate. In addition, this is a great way for students to earn volunteer hours. We’ll take fresh vegetables/produce and hygiene/cleaning products. Depending on the residents’ preference, we’ll play cards or bingo or just share in conversation while enjoying refreshments. It’s like a family reunion each time we visit. Drive yourself or meet at the church at 1:00pm in anticipation of leaving at 1:15 and plan to return to the church at 3:30ish pm. If you can’t attend for the entire time, just meet us there and spend as much time as you can. Address: 301 Josephine St., Berryville, VA 22611.

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UPCOMING FALL OPPORTUNITIES

Gleaning
Mark your calendar for two opportunities to glean produce at local farms this fall. The produce that is gleaned will be delivered to local area food-banks to help families in need. This is a fun activity for the whole family!

• Saturday, October 12^that Marker Miller Farm in Winchester
• Saturday, November 2nd at Macintosh Fruit Farm in Berryville

Cold Weather Shelter (CWS)
We will once again be providing hot meals each Wednesday night from November 20, 2019 through March 25, 2020 to the CWS.  The Loudoun County Homeless Services Center has reopened after a 9 month renovation project and is providing all of its normal services.  This is a great service opportunity for families, friends, and committees to help those experiencing homelessness within our community.

October 2nd – Wednesday Night Dinner
Missions will be hosting a Soup and Salad dinner and for your listening pleasure, entertainment will be provided.  It will be a wonderful evening of fellowship so please plan to join us!  More information to follow.

Volunteer Opportunity
After many years of delivering our monthly donated food items to Loudoun Hunger Relief (LHR), Merc Skaggs is ready to let someone else have the opportunity.  We can’t thank him enough for his long term commitment to this ministry.  This means Missions is seeking a volunteer to replace Merc.  Is this an opportunity for you??  It involves delivering collected food items to LHR in Leesburg once a month, and putting the receipt received in the Missions mail box. If someone has an interest in volunteering to assume this role, please contact Roxanne Tipton at 540-454-4654 or at Tipton04@aol.com.  Merc is also available to chat should anyone considering this opportunity have any questions.

As 1 Peter 4:10 says: “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace.”

 

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