Open Hearts news

Open hearts folks and friends:   Good news :  YOU ARE LOVED --  no strings attached!  

 

Celebrate : We send off our $250 from offerings this year to RMN offices in Chicago early December to keep RMN offices and ministries alive!  General Conference is coming spring 2012 in Tampa, FL

We start raising funds for next year's commitment in December!  We are an official Reconciling community of Reconciling Ministries Network!   www.RMNetwork.org 

 

1 )  Nov 12 -- LOVE YOU NEIGHBOR Event, 10 am to 2:30 pm, Trinity UMC,  511 N Elm, G Island:

story telling, meet reconciling friends, share stories with delegates to General Conference spring 2012, no cost, freewill offering for lunch!   

 

2)  Baskets of LOVE Silent Auction for two HIV AIDS funds, Thanks to all persons creating baskets : if you can give Items for our GROUP Baskets --  they are due Nov 27 to Maureen Vetter, she will make them Nov 28:  Silent auction starts at the Awaken service, World AIDS Day worship Nov 30, 6:30 pm, First umc, Capital Ave, G island, ends Dec 11 at noon at Trinity UMC, G island :  Susan Goodman from Central Health Center will share at the Awaken service

Wed Nov 30 -  If you want to help Mandy or Maureen with the Baskets, let us know!

 

If you have items to share for the Open Hearts HOLIDAY BAKING BASKET you can share: baking items to maureen vetter by Nov 27 :  such as whole wheat flour, oats, chocolate chips, sprinkle, baking cocoa, vanilla, pie pan and other items - i will furnish some cookie cutters - hoping to get nativity cookie cutters if i can find them!   

 

Also there will be an - Angel Basket for UM4GI HIV AIDs task force - if you have items to share :  we have an angel doll with wooden wings made in MN and two pillar candles, angel magnet so far!

 

3) Dec 3, 11:30 to 1 PM Christmas POTLUCK Lunch, Gathering place Trinity UMC - see earlier emails for details -  Bring foods and tableware to share -  BRING Multicolored RAINBOW YARN, cotton four ply or individual colors of the Rainbow yarn in 4 ply cotton as gifts for HIV AIDS (someone is making Rainbow washcloths this winter to sell next summer for UM Global AIDS fund)

 

We will have 2012 CLAB Calendars for salef or $9, give Christmas Offerings, Rainbow RMN lapel pins $5 as a fundraisers -  See you at the christmas POTLUCK lunch!   Baskets of Love, tour of the new remodelling, challenge for stories this winter !  See the Storyteller doll!

 

Thanks everyone for the help on HIV AIDS projects with World AIDS Day coming Dec 1 -  Gifts of LOVE CARDS are available for alternative holiday giving to friends/family and KNOW YOUR STATUS HIV AIDS Testing Site cards with dates, times, location to share with others :

28 persons were tested for HIV AIDS at the Health Fair two weeks ago at Old Walnut.  We are very glad as many people have not been tested - KNOW YOUR STATUS -  Peace  Maureen and Mena