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Amigos DaysA project of the United Methodist North Texas Conference. This is a mission to enhance the relationship between suburban churches and the less fortunate inner city churches. Each year we repair a church facility or a home near the church where the owner is incapacitated or unable to pay for the repairs. For more information contact Rick Billings.
Family PromiseFounded in 1988, this mission provides hands-on outreach within a church facility. This mission, led by Craig Jacobs, is being considered at First Church Plano. If approved, the mission provides space for up to 5 homeless families (all pre-screened for safety) that will stay in our church for a week at a time every 3 months. There are many details to consider (insurance, space, transportation, meals, etc.) but this option allows families to stay together under a church roof (home in the inn) while our members could provide direct assistance to these people in need. Visit the Family Promise website for additional details.
Food Pantries: God's Food Pantry and Plano Food PantryOur church collects both canned and dried food each week which is then delivered to the pantries. God's Pantry is in need of volunteers to pick up donations from local food stores and to deliver food to the homebound. Volunteers are also needed to sort and repackage bulk dried foods at the pantry. For more information contact Kit Johnson. http://www.godsfoodpantry.net/Plano/Home/
Golf Tournament
We want to invite you to participate in the 8TH Annual, First United Methodist Church Plano Charity Golf Tournament. This years Golf Tournament will sponsor God’s Food Pantry, Samaritan Inn, Assistance Center of Collin County, Community Cares Clinic, Journey of Hope Grief Support Center and City House. It will be on August. 31, 2010 at the Twin Creeks Golf Club located in Allen. Tuesday, There will be an 8:00 a.m. shotgun start. Find the forms here to register your team, sponsor the tournament or volunteer. Habitat for HumanityWork continues on Habitat House. We’re nearing completion. Interior trim is installed and the interior is painted. Cabinets and countertops were installed last week. The exterior is nearly painted. Next up is hardware installation and landscaping. Clay and Kathy Richmond did a wonderful job handling FUMC-Plano’s turn as the hospitality team on 9/20. Lunch included home-cooked barbecued pork! We received special thanks for the great effort. We are on track to finish the house in October. So far, we’ve provide more than 90 -person days of work, with more than 40 different folks from FUMC-Plano participating. As we move into the final month of construction, we are looking forward to planning the next house. FUMC-Plano’s share is $8-10,000. Once all the partner churches have raised the $65-70,000 needed, we will start the adventure again. Contact Pat Thompson. Plain-O Helpers"Seniors Helping Seniors" Provides assistance to seniors and others in need in the Plano community with minor home and yard repairs. Staffed by senior volunteers from local area churches who focus on health and safety issues in the home, these services are provided at no charge to the recipient. For more information contact Bill Downs at wtdowns@verizon.net.
Plano SantasThis is a city-wide effort to serve up to six hundred disadvantaged families cleared by the Assistance Center of Collin County. Individuals and classes at First United Methodist Church Plano adopt families for Christmas presents. Santa provides thirty days of food. We make deliveries to the families on the Saturday and Sunday before Christmas. Project TransformationA project of the United Methodist North Texas Conference. This program combines the energy of college students who lead activities with children in grades K-5 with reading, language and communication skills, and to experience the love of God. Activities are led by college students (interns) who are interested in the ministry. Our church supports the Summer Camp program (June/July) by providing volunteers to read one-to-one, meals for interns and families, books, snacks and other supplies. For more information contact Karen Pritzker at phillippritzker@tx.rr.com. http://www.ntcumc.org/ProjTran/ Quilts for KidsGroup formed in March of 2000. The group has made and given away more than 1,000 quilts, hats and throws to hospitals and clinics. They meet on the second and fourth Tuesdays in the Youth Lounge for quilting and lunch from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. New project: make 100 articles a month for newborn babies at Parkland Hospital (2nd Tuesday). For more information contact Charline Chronister. School Shoe MinistrySeven Plano churches have joined together to provide shoes for disadvantaged children screened for us by The Assistance Center of Collin County. For more information contact Dave Dunbar. Samaritan InnThe Samaritan Inn is a homeless shelter located in McKinney. Our church provides the evening meal once each month. We also help provided much needed supplies. For more information contact Martha Hamilton. http://www.thesamaritaninn.org/
School Supply ProjectWe support Resurrection Lutheran Church on this worthwhile project of helping disadvantaged children begin school with all their supplies. Supplies and dollars are welcome contributions. For more information contact Elaine Nunez. http://www.rlc-elca.org/ssp.htm
Shoe BankThis mission collects new and gently-used shoes for children, men, and women. It is separate and in addition to the Summer School Shoe Ministry which provides shoes for school age children. Finding a need among the homeless, this program was begun in 1989 to put shoes on a few hundred homeless men living in downtown Dallas. Today the program provides shoes for over twenty thousand people both here and abroad! We have a drop box here at FUMC (located next to the Missions Box) and The Shoe Bank will accept both new and gently-used shoes for children, women and men. Visit www.shoebank.org for additional details. Contact Bill Marquard.
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