Missions Ministries Report 2015
- SPECIAL MISSIONS: (Total $11,731.00) Holston Conference—($7,845 – Donations to ALL 38 Conference ‘Specials”—UMCOR/Int’l Advance/U.S. Advance/Conference Advance); Holston Home for Children ($1,740—sent directly to HHFC, not through Conference); God’s Pit Crew ($1,500—Winnie Lee Lindsay Fund through Trustees); Gideon’s International – (Collected $437); Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Shoebox (S&H Fees $209 – filled 47 shoeboxes)
- LOCAL MISSIONS: (Total $22,119.84) Tri-Area Pregnancy Center (Baby Bottles-$833.44 & Christmas Eve-$945); Operation Heal Our Patriots (BBQ-$1,034); Delp’s Angels (Fire Tragedy-$2,634); Nursery School Sunday ($403); Girl Scout Sunday ($250); God’s Soup Kitchen (Plastic Gloves & Baggies); Hope House of Galax ($2,400); Free Clinic of Twin Counties ($500); FCA Clubs of Galax & Carroll ($400); Prison Ministries-River North Independence ($500); Carroll Co. After-Prom ($50); Health & Welfare ($12,370.40-This is the local assistance we give on Tuesdays.)
- OTHER: KID JUNCTION – Raised $6,161.38 – not including value of bookbags, supplies, coats, and other donated items. BACKPACK BUDDIES—Collected $851.48 (not including any checks made out directly to Backpack Buddies) ANGEL TREE – Supplies for 46 ‘Angels’ POCKET PRAYER SHAWLS TO GOD’S PIT CREW – Several hundred ‘Pocket Prayer Shawls’ have been made by our ladies in the Knitting/Crochet Ministry to be included in “Disaster Buckets”.
Thank you ALL for living up to Hebrews 13:16 in 2014 — Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.