LaGrange District
Monday, February 08, 2010
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Welcome to LaGrange District!Making Disciples for Christ Attention Pastors! Change of Date
Pastors, please take note that the District Ministers' Meeting originally scheduled for Monday, February 1 has been moved to Tuesday, February 9. It will still be held at the Newnan Chapel UMC.
Haiti Disaster Relief Information
Churches in the LaGrange District who would like to help the victims of the Haiti earthquake, can make contributions to UMCOR through the conference treasurers office or the district office. Make checks payable to the conference or the district and mark them "Haiti Relief # 4183". 100% of the money sent to UMCOR goes directly to Haiti. Another thing your church can do is to assemble UMCOR Health Kits to be delivered to people in Haiti. Below is a list of items to be in cluded in the health kits. Once you have assembled the kits, you may deliver them to the LaGrange First UMC (gym building). We are looking for a church in the northern section of the district that would be willing to serve as a second collection point. We will collects the kits until the end of February and then they will be delivered to the Conference Disaster Response Warehouse in Austell. They will then get the kits to the UMCOR Warehouse.
Place these items inside a sealed one-gallon plastic bag:
• 1 hand towel (15" x 25" up to 17" x 27", No kitchen towels) • 1 washcloth • 1 comb (large and sturdy, not pocket-sized) • 1 nail file or fingernail clippers (no emery boards or toenail clippers) • 1 bath-size bar of soap (3 oz. and up) • 1 toothbrush (single brushes only in original wrapper, No child-size brushes) • 6 adhesive plastic strip sterile bandages • $1.00 to purchase toothpaste (NOTE: UMCOR Sager Brown is now purchasing toothpaste in bulk to be added to health kits before shipping to ensure that the product does not expire before they are sent.) Important Kit Assembly Information
• All items included in kits must be NEW items. • Strict rules govern product entry into international countries, it is important that kits contain only the requested items-nothing more. • Do NOT include any personal notes, money or additional materials in the kits. These things must be painstakingly removed and will delay the shipment. Newsletter for Children and Youth Workers
Taressa Thompson, District Children and Youth Coordinator, has put out a newsletter for all those who work with children and youth within the church. At this time, it is being emailed to those persons that she has email addresses for. If you would like to be added to her distribution list, please notify the District Office. Or click here to download a copy of the newsletter. Also, check out our Children and Youth page on this website for information and activities. |