Outreach

VOLUNTEER MISSION OPPORTUNITY

Sunday, September 19, 2010 - Friday, September 24, 2010

WHAT: Tornado relief work. We will be working on three new homes. The job needs are dry walling, painting, putting on trim, hanging cabinets, and other detail work. We will also need about 3 cooks. This will depend on the number of volunteers we have.

WHERE: Mena, AR It is about 4 1/2 hours south of Bella Vista.

ACCOMMODATIONS: Dorm housing with rooms for men on one side and women on the other. There are showers and bathrooms are both sides. The kitchen and the dining hall are in the middle. This is at the Ouachita Baptist Camp about 12 miles from Mena. The Baptists will not be charging us to stay there. (We will make a donation to them for their generosity.)

COST PER PERSON: About $100 . This will cover food, VIM tshirt, and construction and supplies costs. This cost will depend on the number of volunteers and food costs.

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO SIGN UP: Contact Dan or Kathy Dunn at 715-6186 or kathycdunn@yahoo,com

Adopt-A-Road

Twice a year we pick up trash along the roads near our church.

Help us keep Bella Vista beautiful all the time!

A big thank you to everyone who picked our roads clean on Saturday, July 24.

Salvation Army

Salvation Army Food Basket

The Salvation Army is in need of lots of food.

Non-perishable food items can be placed in the container by the Fellowship Hall entry door.
Each month the Outreach Committee brings the donated food to the Salvation Army.

In 2008 we donated about 1200 items. With so many out of work and homeless in our area, the need for food exists. You can help by picking up one or two items for the Salvation Army next time you go shopping.

Bella Vista Animal Shelter
Our animal friends are in need of cat/dog/kitten food.

The shelter can also use bleach and large garbage bags.

Donations can be brought to the church (Fellowship Hall entry) or dropped off at the animal shelter.

Read-To-Me Program

Volunteers read to students at Gravette Schools (K - 3d grade) from January through April.

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

CONGO PROJECT

We're helping the Evangelical Free Church in Bella Vista collect prescription bottles to be reused by the missionary they support in the Congo.

There is a box in the foyer to deposit UNLABELED, EMPTY prescription bottles.

COSTA RICA

Ten members from our church went to Costa Rica to help with the building of a church.

CHILI

Work with the Lighthouse of Hope Methodist Girl's Home in Coronel, Chile, continues. Jack Schaible returned from a five-week mission work trip just before the earthquake hit. This was his 7th year there as a volunteer worker since his retirement as a United Methodist Church pastor.

His friends in Chili are okay, but there is damage to the orphanage.

HAITI RELIEF FUND

We received over $6,800 for the relif effort in Haiti.

100% of these fund will reach Haiti through the UMCOR World Wide Headquarters

It's All About Giving

Our people, and their efforts, make us a strong church. We give much because we care much. Approximately $25,000 was raised through various fund raisers like the Homes Tour and the Cookie Walk. Additional private funding and goods were added by members.

Where is the money go... UMCOR, Golden Cross, Philander Smith College, UM Children's Home, Univ of AR Wesley Foundation, Gravette School Programs, Alzheimer's Assn, Seminary Scholarships, Care & Share Store, NWA Children's Shelter, Biloxi Mission, Youth Bridge, Salvation Army, Camp Aldersgate, Women's Shelter, Operation Gratitude (Iraq), Gravette Family, Angel Tree, Chile Mission, VA Chapel Fund and Buy Me A Book (Gravette Schools).

Perhaps more importantly is the labor donated to help serve our fellowman. Church services at Concordia Nursing Home and Village House, Alzheimer Walkers, Habitat for Humanity Workers, Care & Share Store, Meals on Wheels, Salvation Army Kettle, NWA Children's Shelter, Angel Tree, Read To Me School Program, Biloxi Mission Trips, UMW Projects and HUMMER Projects... just to name a few.

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