Help Us Celebrate Graduating Students
We would like to celebrate all those students who are graduating from school and moving on to another school or to adult life. If this describes you or a child of yours, please contact Ann Dorr at moosejasmine@comcast.net with the name of the student. If they are graduating from high school or college, please let Ann know their future plans.
Afghan Family Support
The Zahid family continues to hold monthly “pop up” catering events, providing essential income to the family. The next meal will be on Saturday, April 20th, and the menu will include Afghan kofta (meatballs) or Afghan bolani (flatbread stuffed with potato and leeks; vegetarian) with kabuli palaw (a rice dish) and salad with chutney dressing. Send your order to zahidorders@gmail.com by Thursday, April 18th. Suggested donation is $15 and meals are available for pick up at church from 4–5pm. If you are interested in helping at church (playing with the children, helping during meal pick-up), please contact Allison Roy (allison.h.roy@gmail.com).
WUMC Book Club
Please join the Wesley Book Club on May 20th at 9:30am to discuss, Crying in H Mart, by Michelle Zauner. Contact Gerry Harvey at g.harvey@charter.net for the link. The Wesley Book Club reads a wide range of titles and meets monthly to discuss what we have read. Join us for one meeting or come regularly. If you have a favorite book you would like to share just let us know.
Craig's Doors - New List!
The weather is changing and so is the list of supplies needed for Craig's Doors, Amherst's homeless shelter. New items: towels (most needed!), socks (adult, all sizes), underwear (adult, all sizes), coffee (bulk cans), paper plates, and plastic cutlery. New or gently used and clean: adult shoes, pants, and shorts. They could also use the following new office supplies: copy paper (8.5"x11"), chairs (new or gently used), pens, masking tape, post-it notes, sharpie pens, notebooks, paper towels, sponges, and dish soap. Donations can be placed in the bin in the church entrance.
Volunteers Needed for Not Bread Alone
Each Saturday, Wesley volunteers help at CHD’s Not Bread Alone, Amherst’s soup kitchen. Our tasks are to pick up donated food from Whole Foods (some weeks), make fruit salad, make sandwiches (some weeks), and sort and display donated produce. It is a short time commitment (typically 9–10:30am), but our consistent help is always greatly appreciated. You can volunteer as little or often as you would like. If interested, please email Ruth Harms (erharms@comcast.net) to be added to the monthly emails with the volunteer sign up.
Healing Prayer Group
Healing Prayer continues to be offered by the Healing Prayer Ministry. We meet each Thursday, but we pray all week long. If you have a prayer request of any kind at all, please contact Nancy or Richmond with your request and we will pray with you and for you. We promise you a 100% confidentiality and full respect and to be sensitive to your circumstances.