What's Happening at OPUMC

ORANGE PARK UNITED METHODIST MEN

ARE HAVING THEIR

27th Annual

Bar-B-Que Chicken Dinner

Sunday, June 1, 2008

10:30 AM to 1:00 PM

Cooking by the “HOLY SMOKES”
Dine in / Take Out / FLC GYM

1/4 Chicken
Cole Slaw
Baked Beans
Roll / Drink
$7.00

Deserts: Pies, Cakes, Cookies, other sweets
available at the Methodist Women’s Bake Sale

For tickets or information contact Ridge Corbin
264-1596 (H) or 779-6067 (W)

Aflame for Kids Mentoring Program

What does Aflame for Kids involve?

One caring adult spends one hour per week with one child at the school
The mentor completes applications for church and school
Mentors select the best day and time for their schedule
Teachers select the children and match as best they can with mentor schedule and interests
There will be a brief training and bag of supplies given
Mentors select a church member as a prayer partner
During the hour mentors assist with work given by the teacher, play a game, and share interest in the child's world
They offer praise and support
Substitutes are available for the occasional mentor absence
Work is during the school year only; no summer mentoring

*YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A PILL!!!*

We are collecting your used little brown bottles to send to 60 underdeveloped nations throughout the world.

Here is how we're doing it:

Take your empty bottle
Remove the labels
If you have difficulty doing this, just be sure your personal information is removed
Bring the bottles (with caps) to the Family Life Center and place them in the white basket at the bottom of the steps to the second floor.

So far we have collected almost 4,000 bottles since Easter and sent them to the PET (Personal Energy Transportation) Project in Green Cove Springs to be sent overseas on Mercy Ships, and other ships that provide medical aid to other countries. These bottles (plus medical supplies, clothing, personal needs etc.) are used to "take up space" in the crates the PETs are packed for shipping.

If you are not familiar with PET - they are hand operated wheel chairs (with bicycle chains that can be turned by hand to transport the individual with amputated legs over dirt roads etc.) The web site is www.petflorida.org for more information.