SUMC - Beyond the Walls

More than a Day!

Great Day of Service 2008 — Posted by beyondthewalls @ February 27, 2008 13:16
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This year’s Great Day of Service is really starting to come together.  We have added some new agencies and activities this year that are really exciting. Safehouse Outreach is an urban ministry reaching out to the homeless and providing real help.  Wish4Me assists disabled individuals find the resources they need. Click here to check out the list of agencies and the web links to learn more about them. 

One of my favorite images of GDOS is of Saturday morning when we all meet at the church as we prepare to go out and serve for the day.  The worship center is filled with over 500-strong volunteers – all wearing their GDOS t-shirt , of course!  There is an excitement and electricity that you can just feel.  People are buzzing around making their final preparations for the day and the noise level starts to rise. Tommy stands up and focuses the group as we prepare to share communion together.  How appropriate and perfect this act is.  Communion is the ultimate celebration of total serving and sacrifice that our Lord gave to us.  As we receive the bread and wine – the gift of Christ – we are filled and whole.  Because He loved us, we love others.  Because he served us, we serve others.  Everyone is now ready to start their day.  We are united as the true body of Christ.  Look out world….here comes Sugarloaf UMC!!!!

Get your registration in!  Make it More than a Day!
Sarah Hove
Great Day of Service Leader 

Pueblo Pintado, NM, 2007 Mission Trip

Pueblo Pintado, NM, 2007 Mission Trip — Posted by beyondthewalls @ June 04, 2007 19:58
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From July 14 to July 21 our SUMC team is working with members of Duluth United Methodist Church at the Pueblo Pintado Community School located on the Navajo Indian Reservation in the Northwest corner of New Mexico.  Mission work for the team includes Vacation Bible School, a sports camp, construction, and community events.


Mozambique, Africa, 2007 Mission Trip

Mozambique, Africa, 2007 Mission Trip — Posted by beyondthewalls @ June 04, 2007 19:48
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From June 9 to June 21 our SUMC team will be in Mozambique, Africa, at a small fishing village on the Indian Ocean called Chicuque.  The team will be building an AIDS clinic as part of the Chicuque Rural Hospital that will provide voluntary testing, a counseling center, and will be the center of home based care. 


Pass Christian, MS, 2007 Mission Trip

Pass Christian, MS, 2007 Mission Trip — Posted by beyondthewalls @ June 04, 2007 19:33
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From June 6 to June 10 our SUMC team is working with Restoration Point Foundation to restore homes damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.  Restoration Point Foundation is a young, non-profit organization focused on rebuilding and restoration in the wake of disasters utilizing volunteer labor and skills and is currently operating out of Pass Christian, MS, the heart of the hardest hit area.


Great Day of Service 2007!

Great Day of Service 2007 — Posted by beyondthewalls @ February 20, 2007 10:45
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Our Great Day of Service 2007 is fastly approaching!  March 24th is only 32 days away and counting down!!!  I am so excited about all the agencies we are going to serve again this year.  It is so rewarding to contact some of our "annual visit" agencies and hear their excitement when we say we want to serve then again.  Our church is so well thought of - both in the hard work we bring to our projects and the joy of Christ that shines through us!  At last count, we had over 30 agencies that we will be serving in our community!  

I have a wonderful team working diligently behind the scenes to insure that this year's GDOS is a huge success.  Lucy, Panda, Donna, Darla, Tami - I love you guys!  Whoever said that "Rome wasn't built in a day" didn't have this crew working for them! 

Registration forms go out this weekend, and I know you will find a place to serve.  Our theme "Touch and Be Touched" is so appropriate.  I always feel that our GDOS day is one in which our church is absolutely, 100%, without a doubt, a day where we are doing exactly what God has called us to do.  Please don't miss out on serving with us on March 24th.  Whether as a volunteer, project captain, or prayer partner...Touch and Be Touched!

Love in His Name,

Sarah Hove 


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From Lori Cotter's March 21, 2007  "SUMC - SK Update"

"Our little BLASt missionaries have also been building a wall of cereal for the North Gwinnett Food Co-op.  To date they have brought in 127 boxes of cereal to go on the empty shelves at the co-op.  We have challenged them to build that wall to 150 boxes.  Can we do it?  You bet we can!!!  Don't forget to bring those boxes in this Sunday so we can celebrate how together as the Body of Christ we can do great things!"

 

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Photo from our day at Interfaith Outreach...


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Photo of the PB & J Drive by the SUMC Pre-school...


 


Welcome!

General — Posted by beyondthewalls @ February 19, 2007 10:15
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Welcome to our Sugarloaf United Methodist Church - Beyond the Walls blog site!

 

 


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