April
2008
Prayer
Calendar Mission Minute:
As
I look back over the year, I hear the word joy.
In April and May, I heard joy in the voices of the families able to
plant vegetable gardens because Seeds of Bounty Programs had seeds.
In July, I heard joy in the laughter of children at Camp Fort
Blackmore for vacation Bible school.
In August, I heard joy from parents when they received school
supplies for their children.
There is joy in my office as I open cards, I’m ready to sing,
“Joy to the world, the Lord is come!”
--Nancy
Tomlinson Hobbs, church and community worker, Big Stone Gap, Virginia
When
I read in the Prayer Calendar the statements of missionaries, deaconesses
and other Church workers around the world I realize how far the money we
in the United Methodist Women and the local Church give through pledges
and special donations goes to help across the world.
We may gripe about the high cost of gasoline, but we have a car to
drive from one location to another; we fuss because our doctor or dentist
cannot see us on a moment’s notice, but many people do not even have a
doctor or dentist to visit, and their medical care is what the local
healer can provide. We
remodel our homes, or buy bigger ones, but millions of people across the
world are sleeping under bridges, in tents, or just on the open ground.
How truly blessed we are in our little corner of the world, and
blessed that we have means to share with those who are in such desperate
need.
As
I type up this column the United Methodist Women are busy preparing Wesley
Hall to receive all the donations of clothing, pots and pans, books and
other things we have discarded, but feel that others can use.
And that is true, what is one man’s trash becomes someone
else’s treasure. Maybe
it only costs 50 cents, but if it is a treasure to you or to me it is
worth it. I do
hope that you have contributed your “trash” (not really) and have come
and purchased “treasures.”
Thought
For the Day:
Courageous
people aren’t fearless--they just take action in spite of their fears.
--Anon.
Peace,
Alberta
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Purpose
of the United Methodist Women:
The
organized unit of United Methodist Women shall be a community of
women whose PURPOSE is to know God and to experience freedom as
whole persons through Jesus Christ; to develop a creative,
supportive fellowship; and to expand concepts of mission through
participation in the global ministries of the church. |
