October 2024

Ministerium Social Outreach and Planning Meeting
October 3, 2024
Doug Lamb Conference Room, CPOW

Welcome: Doug Lamb

Introductions:

Community Updates:

Informational Updates:

·       UCEA- Doug Lamb

o   Community Cupboard of Elizabethtown- Steve Knox

§  Monthly Military meal boxes

§  Turkey Giveaway in December at Etown Mennonite

o   CPOW- Tammi

§  Serving more community members in all of the programs

§  Always looking for volunteers to help with building maintenance and cleaning. Will be sending out a list of opportunities soon.

§  Would like to come speak at your church or Sunday school to share about what UCEA does.

§  Looking for translators for the Clothing Barn customers with Arabic and Spanish.

§  Pray for the community members that enter the property would feel God’s presence when they come and healing. Also pray for protection for all staff.

·       ECHOS

o   Starts the Winter Shelter 12/1.

o   Will be sending out volunteering ideas for their organization this winter…not including the shelter volunteers, but maybe your church would like to make a meal or two for the shelter guests.

·       Greif Share-

o   Located at Conoy Community House

o   Mondays 630-8pm

·       Updates

o   Pray for Bruce McCracken- has found out he didn’t have a stroke, but Myasthenia Gravis. Pray healing for him.

o   Pastor’s Spiritual Enrichment and Breakfast will be at The Marriage Hub at The Elizabeth from here on out. If you have more questions about that, please reach out to the ministerium at outreach@etownministerium.com

o   Let Us Worship Event- Saturday 10/5 @ 2pm at the Harrisburg Capitol.

o   Paul Swanger’s wife has been through hip surgery this week.

·       Closing Prayer- Various