December 2016 Blood Drive

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We hosted another very successful Red Cross blood drive at our church!  Our goal continued to be 39 pints, but we had 65 appointments and collected 53 pints!  We want to thank the blood donors, the Boy Scouts for assisting in setting up and packing up the equipment, and the...

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Food Bank 2016

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan helps provide food to the hungry in 22 counties in the eastern half of Michigan.  Over 19% of the people in eastern Michigan are food insecure.  There are 400 partner agencies in these 22 counties that work daily to distribute this food.  98%...

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Adopt-a-Pet 2016

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]On Saturday, September 24, a group of volunteers from our church had a wonderful time assisting Adopt-a-Pet.  We socialized their animals, painted a shed and benches, picked up trash, and built storage shelves.  Since 2006, Adopt-a-Pet has found homes for over 3000 cats and dogs and funded veterinary care...

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Empty Bowls 2016

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]On Thursday, September 22, twelve of our members went together to the Empty Bowls fund raiser for the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan.  For $20.00, each person selected a ceramic bowl to take home that was made by local artisans as well as enjoyed numerous bowls of soups and...

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Habitat House 2016

The Genesee County Habitat for Humanity is building 6 new homes in the Flint area this year.  A group of 10 volunteers from our church assisted on Saturday, September 10, 2016.  Our group painted the stairway walls and ceiling, laid a wood floor in one bedroom, leveled part of the...

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Restoring Stained Glass Windows

After several years of work, the very necessary repair of our historic stained glass windows is complete.  Our volunteers did most of the work, but we hired assistance for the large and high Leroy Street windows this year.  The wood frames have been scraped, caulked, repaired and painted.  For most...

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2016 Read and Feed Program

We are happy to report that our Read & Feed program was a great success for our fifth year!  We hosted 30 second and third grade readers from area elementary schools who had been identified as needing assistance with reading.  We hoped to “jump-start” their fall schooling by providing them...

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2016 North End Soup Kitchen

Ten volunteers from our church traveled to the North End Soup Kitchen in Flint on Saturday, June 25, to prepare and serve a lunch to people in crisis.  We served about 70 lunches.  Everyone was very appreciative and we enjoyed our time together.

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Blood Drive 2016

We had another very successful blood drive at our church this June.  Most of the donors used the new Rapid Pass system very successfully.  After a very busy start at 9 am, the arriving donors were processed very promptly the rest of the day.  We had 43 people come to...

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Lindsey and Robbie Carnes Installation

Members of the Lake Huron Presbytery and members of our congregation were privileged to participate in a joyful installation of our new co-pastors, Lindsey and Robbie Carnes, on Sunday afternoon, May 22, 2016.

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