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Outreach
Lunch with the Pastor
Once a month, 10:50 a.m.
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Lunch with the Pastor is a free monthly meal prepared by Kathy Perkins and the Kitchen Crew during the school year for any student at the Escanaba High School. Pastor Scott and the crew welcome and interact with the students to let them know they are valued and that Central is a safe place for them. Cookies and bars as well as additional hands are always needed. Check this month's schedule for the date. |
Bay College Dinner
One Monday in the fall and spring, 5:30 p.m.
The congregation provides dinner to the students and staff of Bay College at the invitation of the Bay College Campus Ministry. Volunteers are welcome to help prepare and serve food, then enjoy dinner along with the students.
Loving Fingers Quilters
Tuesdays, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
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The Loving Fingers Quilters make quilts for Escanaba and Marquette Hospice and anyone we know who would find a little comfort in a quilt. Our group is young and old, sewers and non-sewers. Please join us for a day, a morning or an afternoon of good friends. |
Food Pantry
To assist those in need through the Savlation Army Food Bank, please bring nonperishable items to our pantry in the Narthex. The number of families who need the aid of food assistance programs is increasing locally due to rising food costs, fuel costs and home heating prices.
Alliance Against Violence and Abuse (AAVA)
The AAVA is a local shelter for people who are making the transition from an abusive home. Please bring donations of sheets, towels, diapers, and cleaning supplies to the tub in the Narthex.
God's Country Cooperative Parish
Central collects new and gently-used clothing for God's Country Cooperative Parish, a cooperative of seven churches in the central Upper Peninsula: Engadine, Germfask, Grand Marais, Hulbert, McMillan, Newberry and Paradise. The cooperative serves underprivileged families in a 250-mile area. The following items can be placed in the tub in the Narthex: Sweatpants (up to size M for children), socks (all sizes), new underwear (up to size 10 for both boys and girls), boots (all sizes), snowpants (infants to adult sizes), winter coats (all sizes). For more information, see the God's Country Cooperative Parish Website.
CROP Hunger Walk
One Sunday in the Fall
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CROP Hunger Walks across the country raise money for hunger programs locally and world-wide. Walkers obtain pledges from family and friends, then choose a 1-mile, 3-mile or 10K walk. In Delta County, the Salvation Army, St. Vincent de Paul and Voices for Youth benefit from money raised through our CROP Hunger Walk. International projects include CARE, Heifer International, and Project HOPE. See the Church World Service Website for more information about CROP Hunger Walks. Check the church schedule for this year's date and time. |
Heifer International
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Central raises money each year for Heifer International through a monthly "Noisy Offering" and Sunday School offerings. Heifer International is a global nonprofit group that works with communities to end hunger and poverty and care for the Earth. Established in 1944, Heifer has helped 9.2 million families in more than 125 countries move toward greater self-reliance through the gift of livestock and training in environmentally sound agriculture. The impact of each initial gift is multiplied as recipients agree to give one or more of their animal's offspring to another in need. See the Heifer International Website for more information. |
Equal Exchange
You can help build a better world for small farmers by purchasing some of the coffee and tea displayed in the church Narthex. Equal Exchange is a democratically organized, worker-owner cooperative, founded in 1986 to pioneer a new model of trade built upon fairness and stronger relationships between farmers and consumers. When you purchase Equal Exchange coffee, tea, chocolate, and other products, you join a network that enables farmers in Latin America, Africa, and Asia to stay on their land, support their families, plan for the future and care for the environment. Through Fair Trade we can create a more equitable world. See the Equal Exchange Website for more information.
Mitten and Giving Tree
During Advent, Central sponsors a mitten tree. You are invited to bring mittens, hats and scarves to hang on the tree to be donated to the Salvation Army. There are also paper mittens with items to purchase.
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