April Birthdays *
04/03 Shirley McGuiness
04/03 Merle Crew
04/07 Dennis Price
04/07 Curtis Swift
04/10 John Koontz
04/11 Jim McCall
04/12 Frances Zimmerman
04/13 Randy Smith
04/14 Jessie Ragsdale
04/14 Jesse Maurer
04/16 Ryan Ruspil
04/17 Ann Dorn
04/19 Jeanne Christianson
04/22 Lexi-Anne Taddeo
04/29 Janet Barnes* Don't forget the
Finishing Touches birthday fund to help with those little and
important extra touches that are not otherwise in our Annual Budget! |
MEN’S BREAKFAST
...meets every Friday morning at 7:00 AM in Mayflower Hall. We
collect donations that pay for the food. Each man may take a turn
cooking. All men are welcome.
Call Merle Crew (243-3103) if you have questions.
Bagels & Books
....meets Sat. April 19th at 9:00 AM at
a NEW LOCATION: “Cups” Coffee House at Hospice on North 12th St (27
Road). This month we will be reading and discussing Innocent Man by
John Grisham (a true story).
Copies will be available at Borders & Books. To learn more about
this group, call Nancy Price (523-0133).
 We will be
serving at Homeward Bound, Community Homeless Shelter, on Wednesdays
April 9th & 23rd. If you are willing to volunteer, please
contact Chuck Holmgren (#245-5870).
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ONE GREAT HOUR of SHARING
Our members and friends have contributed generously to this special
fund -- so far in March, through Easter, we are sending $1,350.50 to
the Rocky Mountain Conference office.
One of the mission
programs that was supported in 2007 is a great sign of the times:
Investing in Women and Children through Microfinance!--OGHS partner
Freedom from Hunger’s Microfinance and Health Protecton (MAHP)
initiative. MAHP is working in five microfinance institutions in
Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, India and the Philippines to develop
new combinations of microfinance and health-protecton services.
These packages include health savings accounts and emergency loans,
supporting local sellers of health care products, enrolling
microfinance borrowers in health insurance programs and making
service contracts with local health providers. Safeguarding health
is a way to alleviate chronic hunger.
OGHS is pleased to
partner with Oikocredit, ECLOF, and Freedom from Hunger, to provide
microfinance opportunities for women around the world.
[from One Great Hour of Sharing 2007 Mission
Report in Feb-Mar 2008 United Church News]
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