REACHING
OUTWARD
A
monthly publication of the Central
Christian Church Outreach
Committee
May,
2007
Outreach
Committee Goal
To
promote and educate our congregation
on the
outreach programs so that
each
member of CCC will be motivated
to
directly participate in one or more of our ministries during the
year.
WHAT'S
GOING ON?
Special
Disciples Offering coming up on Pentecost Sunday, May 27.
This
offering goes to help new church starts. One of these new starts that
will benefit from these gifts is a church that will be in the Oak
Hill area. They will meet on Sunday evenings. Elliot Richmond, who is
part of the License Mentor Group that meets at CCC every month, will
lead this new fellowship. If you would like to participate as a
“seed
family”, please contact Lee Williams and she will put you in
touch
with Elliot. A seed family is a family who already belongs to a
disciples' church, but who agrees to attend the new fellowship until
the new church can build up their membership. Since the new
fellowship will meet on Sunday evenings, the seed family can still
participate fully in their home church.
Children's Clothes Closet: Jan McLendon and the Chi Rho
group have started to collect clothing (0-3 months to 10 years). The
closet area in the Parlor has been cleared and cleaned and is ready to
for the clothes. Remember, that excess clothing will be stored off
site. Once we have stocked our shelves, we will contact the school
district and get back on the list that schools use to call and locate
clothes for needy families. We appreciate Chi Rho's dedication to this
project.
BBA
Assembly in Kerrville Items:
*
Work Shop on Kids Hope USA: An
inspirational workshop on this awe inspiring ministry to elementary
school age children was presented in one of the work shops. Their
theme is “One child, one hour, one church, one
school”. Kids Hope
USA partners with Buckner Children and Family Services to mentor kids
and make miraculous changes happen for these children and their
families. A presentation is available for more information on this
worthwhile program.
*
Ministries Center at Koenig Lane CC: Rev.
Frank Goldsmith at Koenig Lane Christian Church is in the planning
stages of developing a Ministries Center based on the model of our
BBA Disciples Center in San Antonio. Lee and Nikki Williams will be
participating in this project. If you are interested, please contact
Lee.
Micah
Items:
*The
April Shower benefiting Micah 6 Food Pantry on Sunday, April 22 was
a great success. We collected enough canned food for two car trunks,
bought $40 worth of T-shirts and a cash gift to Micah 6. The folks at
the pantry were truly grateful for your gifts of love and dedication
to this ministry.
*Micah
6 Board meeting on May 7. Minutes will be
available for
review. One item coming up: The Services Network Committee will be
organizing a retreat so that the member churches can come up with
ideas on how to better serve our neighbors with our various
individual church ministries.
*Food
Pantry - Every Thursday & Saturday. To volunteer,
contact
Gail Acree at 462-1614. Volunteer and Information forms are available
in the CCC Volunteers' Office and at www.micah6austin.org.
If you
are interested in a guided
tour you can join Lee Williams on a fourth Thursday at 2pm at
University Baptist Church (back door – 22nd
and
Guadalupe).
Lunch
Kits were assembled by the CWF ladies at their meeting on
Wednesday, May 9th. Thank you, ladies, for your
participation in this ministry. They brought supplies and assembled
32 complete lunch kits and 8 partial kits.
On
Monday, July 9, 9-1pm at Caritas Soup Kitchen we are
responsible
for having 10 folk to help in the kitchen. Please consider
volunteering! Contact Betty Alexander at 345-2693.
CCC
OUTREACH TEAM
DOMI:
Betty
Alexander – 345-2693
Tom
Maser – 351-7384
CARITAS
SOUP KITCHEN:
Betty
Alexander - 345-2693
MICAH
6:
Lee
Williams – 694-9847
Gail
Acree - 462-1614
BBA
MINISTRIES & CROP WALK:
Jackie
Baker – 796-4496
TEXAS
BIBLE CHAIR:
Mike
Moore – 689-9990
ADULT
CLOTHES COLLECTION:
Jo
Ann Colson – 301-8225
Robert
Larry Talley (hats)
YOUTH
CLOTHES COLLECTION:
Jan
McLendon – 443-7383
Chi-Ro
Sunday School
STAND
DOWN:
Ian
Stahl – 422-4410
SPECIAL
OFFERING ENVELOPES:
Marge Cone (T, TH – 476-6941)
LUNCH
PACKS, HEALTH KITS, FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE:
Lee
Williams – 694-9847
CWF
(lunch packs)
WELCOME
to OUR NEWEST OUTREACH TEAM MEMBERS:
GAIL
ACREE AND GAY BENTHALL
