Feed My Starving Children

Thank you for your great response to Calvary’s participation in the Feed My Starving Children MobilePack Event’s fundraising efforts thus far. In 2010 noisy offering for this totaled $7,364.08. The M&M fundraiser brought in $1,530.96 and some people are still refilling and turning these in. Sunday School kids raised $872 of this amount. Amazing! You will make a difference in helping to feed the starving children in the world as we package food on April 1, 2 and 3 with the food that you have paid for towards filling a semi load full of packaged food for them.

Our upcoming weeklong event is called “Flooding the World with Food.” It will be January 30 - February 6. We are challenging you to bring $1.14 per each member of your family one of those two Sundays. This pays for one bag of six meals, which is what we will be packaging at the event at the Public Works building in April. Any checks should be written to FMSC Event #1104-22 to assure that it goes to the correct event. In addition we would also like you to bring a nonperishable food item to church to go to a local food cupboard (again, per member of the household). Our 5th graders will have soup pots to collect the donations on February 6 and we will have tables set up at each worship service on January 30. There will be grocery carts to collect your food items at each end as well.

This is a community challenge with our efforts primarily targeting churches in our area. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is challenging us to raise at least $5,000 that week, which they will match. This will leverage our efforts in a big way towards our end goal of $51,464 to purchase enough food to fill a semi load full of packaged food. Presently we are at about $24,000 and are striving to be at $34,000 by mid February, 2/3 way through our fundraising. This is when registration for volunteering will open up on line on the FMSC website under North Dakota (http://www.fmsc.org/page.aspx?pid=433).

Thank you so much for remaining ignited in this effort to partner with the Greater Grand Forks community in responding to God’s call to “Feed My Starving Children!”

Jodie Storhaug)

(For questions, you can contact me at
jstorhaug@gra.midco.net or 780-9654.)

Women’s Prayer Group

Join other women together in prayer on Saturday mornings beginning January 15. This group is for women of all ages and will meet every Saturday from 9:30-10:30 a.m. in Holy Grounds. Come for a cup of coffee, conversation and prayer. For more information, contact Joni Tweeten at jtweet 23@hotmail.com

Tie M Up

Saturday, February 12, 9:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m., Fellowship Hall

There will be an opportunity to help others by cutting, sewing and tying. Learn more about LWR projects. Contact Beth Lever for more information at 772-4897 or beth.lever@calvarygf.org

 

Knitting/Crocheting Group

We will meet Saturday, February 19, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon in the church library.

Sewing Club

Bring your handicrafts and join the Sewing Club in the Library on Thursdays, February 3 and 17. We start at 1:30 p.m. and continue until ... We have no set agenda, just an enjoyable afternoon of relaxing and fellowship.

February Book Club

The book club continues to meet over the summer.  Anyone and everyone is welcome to join--come to just one discussion or join us each month!  The group meets in Holy Grounds at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, February 21.  We are reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.

 

Cancer Support Group

Thursday, February 10, 7:00-8:30 p.m.

Calvary Library

(meets 2nd Thursday of each month)

 

Online Scripture Study

Calvary’s lesson study blog gives you a chance to post your questions, insights and ideas on the scriptures each week. The pastors will be popping in to comment, and there are some wonderfully insightful lay people who are sharing their thoughts too.

Http://calvarylessonstudy.blogspot.com

If you have questions on how to use the blog or want a little blog training, contact Sarah Raymond at the church. Also, if you want to get email reminders to participate in the blog, email Sarah at sarah.raymond@calvarygf.org.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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