Mission Opportunities
Many mission opportunities are available through both campuses of St. Thomas. Please take a look at additional local missions at the Manassas campus as well.
You can drop off donations for BOTH Food Pantry & DC Homeless at the Sunday Services. Use the labelled purple container in the back of the sanctuary. We will insure they get to the Manassas site.
Habitat for Humanity's A Brush with Kindness
Ongoing ministry opportunities are available in our local area with Habitat for Humanity. There is general carpentry and yard cleanup to be done. All skill levels are welcome. For more details, please contact: Tim Grembowski (703-753-7471). This is a wonderful way to share your time & talents and great way to meet people in our congregation & community.
Gulf Coast Mission Trip
The START committee is organizing a Mission trip from Jan 31 to Feb 7th to the Gulf Coast to repair/build hurrican stricken homes. Contact Cliff Farrar, team leader @ (703) 794-8441. This is another wonderful experience to share your talents & energies in a variety of ways such as meal preparation, leading devotionals, or leading & assisting on a repair crew. Believe it or not, they are addressing hurricane Katrina damage in 2005 (I recall), not the 2008 hurricanes.
HOMELESS MISSION TRIP TO DC
Date: Jan 4th
Time: 6:45pm - 12 midnight
We will be meeting at MST at 6:45pm and going in conjunction with Epicenter UMC from DC. We will provide meals for at least 120 homeless people sleeping on the streets of D.C., along with clothing, hygiene kits, Bibles and Christian literature.
We can take no more than 11 people so sign up fast. Register by emailing or calling Wanda Moreau at davidandwanda.moreau@gmail.com or 703-881-0742.
Each participant is asked to bring 20 snack meals consisting of:
1 sandwich (ham/turkey, etc and cheese, should have two slices of meat and one slice of cheese, (no PB&J or condiments),
1 piece of fruit (like apple, banana or orange)
1 small bag of chips
1 cookie
1 drink (bottled water and/or soda)
Please pack each of the items into a plastic grocery bag.
The general congregation can help by providing complete hygiene kits consisting of: Shampoo (hotel size), Soap (hotel size), Toothbrush, Toothpaste (small tube), Deodorant (small), One Disposable Razor, Face Cloth, Lotion (hotel size)
Doantions of coats, blankets, shoes and health kits are welcome. Please no other items at this time. Please place items in the marked box in the back of the service.
Please pray for the 12000 homeless people in DC and those going that we can touch hearts and hands. |
