Glen Avon Presbyterian Church

MISSION OF THE MONTH: April 2013

Mission of the Month for April is Renaissance Transitional Living Program. This program is an outreach to 16-21 year olds. Renaissance helps youth gain self-sufficiency by providing a healthy environment, support, and resources that promote independent living, wellness, stability, and personal growth. We can support this program by providing gift cards for grocery stores or discount stores (such as Super One, Cub, Walmart, Target). These gift cards can be in small amounts; even a $5 card is helpful, as staff members help young people learn to budget money and shop for bargains at discount stores and thrift stores. They also teach residents to cook for themselves. Some of the items needed are pots and pans, plastic food storage containers in various sizes, kitchen linens, such as dish towels, dish cloths and pot holders. There are currently 6 residents, so they are requesting small, helpful household items in groups of 6 (such as 6 hand held can openers) which can be sent along with these 6 residents as they transition out of the program. Please put donated items in the blue bin in the north narthex.

We can also give monetary donations to this Mission by making a check to Glen Avon Presbyterian Church and clearly marking Renaissance Transitional Living in the Memo line. Please clearly mark any donations on the Memo line so the church bookkeepers will be able to know your wishes as to where the money should go. Thank you for your generous giving!

Thank you for all the food contributions and money donated to the CHUM food shelf in the month of March! These contributions blossom immediately with the matching gifts given by MN Food Share programs and other foundation giving.

Luke 6:38 says, “give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap.

For the measure you give will be the measure you get back.” (RSV)

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