Church of the Good Shepherd United Methodist

UMYF - February 14, 21, & 28

5:00 p.m. - Middle School

6:00 p.m - Senior High School

High School Mission Trip

United Methodist Relief Center

Charleston, South Carolina

July 24 – Aug. 1 (Sat-Sun)

This year the high school youth will be participating in a summer mission trip to South Carolina.  On this mission trip we will be joining forces with the Wilmington United Methodist Youth Group.  Together we will travel to The United Methodist Relief Center (UMRC) in Charleston, SC where we will work as volunteers for a week.  We will be staying at the UMRC’s volunteer house for the week.

About UMRC

The United Methodist Relief Center makes long-lasting changes in peoples’ lives by repairing and rehabilitating substandard housing and providing new housing for very low income families. Working to relieve the chronic housing problems of the rural poor in South Carolina, UMRC provides home improvements ranging from installing wheelchair ramps to moving entire houses.

These homes often contain sagging floors and leaking roofs, and some even lack indoor sanitary facilities. UMRC offers hope for a healthy and safe shelter - one of the most basic of human needs.

As a faith-based organization, we emphasize the process of the work as much as the results. Our organization seeks to renew hope and ease depression in the families we serve. We find that by bringing volunteers together with people who need their help, we can revitalize the faith of everyone involved.

For more information on UMRC go to http://www.umrc.org/aboutus.html

Youth Salad Bar Fundraiser

Come eat and help support the high school mission trip to South Carolina.  The last Sunday of every month the high school youth will host a soup and salad bar for the entire church directly following Sunday School.  Two types of soup will be provided along with all sorts of salad mixings.  We will be asking for a free will donation that will be used to cover the youth’s travel expenses.

If you are interested in attending any of these lunches please put your name on the signup sheet on the youth bulletin board each month.  This in no way means that you must come or that you cannot come if you have not signed up.  This will just provide us with an estimate of how much food we should provide.

If you are interested in helping with these lunches by providing some homemade soup, please contact Sarah Atkinson.