Lenten Schedule, ARK News Page 6 March Lenten Service Schedule All Services begin at 6:00pm 3/10 - Hackett, Rev. Dazzle Burns 3/17 - Wesley, Rev. James Harris 3/24 - St. Paul, Rev. Zeke Allen 3/31 - Mission, Rev. Steve Poarch A.R.K. News The Backpack Program is moving right a long. We are providing 11 bags to Carnall Elementary and 8 to Cavanaugh Elementary each week and we have mentioned possibly adding 1 or 2 more schools to our list. Thanks to our partnership with the food bank we receive free Backpack Program food items each month which helps offset the costs for the churches and members. We also get a pallet of food each month for minimal costs with Wesley and Cavanaugh splitting the cost of the pallet. This food helps us put food in the Blessing Box more often. If you ever want to donate monetarily to help cover the costs of our Blessing Box food you can give your donation to George Jensen or to Carrie Miller. We are also working out the logistics to partner with the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance to plant a Community Garden at Carnall Elementary. If everything works out, our hope is to plant the first crop this spring. Lastly, within a couple of months we will begin picking up produce from the Farmer’s Market again to place in Blessing Boxes around town. It is my hope that we have enough volunteers that each person will only have to pickup and distribute once a month. If you don’t know about the program, we pickup donated produce from the Saturday Farmer’s Market. Take it back to either Wesley or Cavanaugh, sort it and then distribute it to Blessing Boxes around town. It really is a great way to show love to your neighbors in need. Think about whether or not it is something you might want to do and be on the look out for a sign up sheet within the next month or 2. Wesley UMC Newsletter March 2019 Justin Cates was presented the UMM Man of the Year Award at the Valentine’s Day Dinner hosted by the UMM at Cavanaugh. Congratulations Justin, well deserved! Thank you for all you do.
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