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Holiday Baskets
The
holiday season is fast approaching, bringing with it the
gathering of families and friends for the holiday
feasts. For some families in our community,
Thanksgiving and Christmas are just two more days
without enough food on the table. For many
families in our area, the need for food is even greater
this year than most.
Our
church has provided
holiday baskets to needy families for many years.
Families register at Fishline in Poulsbo. Fishline
provides us with a list of families and family size. We
decide what food goes in the boxes and how to set the
boxes up for each family on the list. So its time to
start thinking about and working on our tradition of
giving Holiday Food Baskets to the needy in our
community.
We plan
to collect a special Holiday Food offerings in November
and December. These funds will be used to purchase
perishable food from the local markets and to supplement
non-perishable food that is donated. Also a drive for
non-perishable foods, including dry and canned foods
will be collected before Thanksgiving and before
Christmas.
Normally, we feed 30-50
families
on each holiday. Each of the baskets will contain
enough food for several days after the holiday. This
amounts to $20-$45 per basket, depending on family size
which varies from one to 10 members. Please put “For
Holiday Baskets” on your checks and please give what you
can to the food drive and the special holiday offering.
We are providing this
information to give each of us a chance to get that
extra contribution figured into our budget. We are a
caring and concerned congregation and thinking of others
is a tradition and mission of our church.
The following is a list
of non-perishable items needed for the baskets:
Canned goods
Dry goods
Fruits and vegetables
Dressing mix, pastas, macaroni and cheese
Soups and stews
Hamburger Helper / Tuna Helper
Tomato sauce
Tuna
Rice-A-Roni
Peanut butter, jelly/jam
THANK YOU for your
thoughtfulness and generosity.
The Holiday Basket
Committee
Great Coffee and Great Stewardship Too!
From
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Convenient online ordering and home
delivery! Simply choose “Suquamish United Church”
when prompted.
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Suquamish United Church receives $4 for every bag of
coffee sold.
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If
100 people order two bags per month, that will be
4,800 per year and the church will receive
$9,600 per year. Every year.
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Plus, we will have donated $4,880 to support vital
environmental work in Costa Rica.
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...While supporting many small growing and roasting
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Order TODAY!
Total Experience Gospel Choir
Coming
to our church on October 22!
This is
a benefit to raise money for the Cowling Creek Project.
The Friends of Miller Bay is raising money to purchase
and preserve 18 acres of critical habitat. The site is
located one mile north of Suquamish and is home to the
largest cedar tree in Kitsap County.
1:00 -
5:00 pm Workshop (learn to sing like a
gospel singer)
Suggested donation: $10
5:00 pm
Dinner
Suggested donation: $10
7:00 pm
Concert
Suggested donation: $12
All
three
Suggested donation: $30
For more
information on the Cowling Creek project, see:
www.friendsofmillerbay.org.
We have raised over $200,000 so far! Questions:
Niki Questor
(phone 297-7449).
Halloween Eve Worship
For the
worship service on October 30, we will be joined by a
Wicca High Priestess.
Wear
your costume to church, and let’s have a little
Halloween fun!!!
