Missions Opportunities

BAGGED LUNCHES FOR THURSDAY CAFÉ

Watch for a Sign-Up to donate lunch items or volunteer to help make bagged lunches in the church kitchen at 10:30 on Thursday, November 20. 

THANKSGIVING FOOD BASKETS

We invite you to contribute a Food Basket with non-perishable canned and boxed items needed for a family’s Thanksgiving meal. In addition, we ask that the basket may include a Gift Card or Gift Certificate for the family to purchase a turkey. To ensure timely delivery before Thanksgiving Day, please deliver your basket to our church kitchen by noon on Sunday, November 23 . These will be given to people in Worcester through Pernet Family Health Services. In lieu of a basket, feel free to pack your items in a reusable shopping bag or storage bin!

Suggested items to include:

Box of Stuffing Mix, Box of Mashed Potato or Scalloped Potato Mix, Canned Vegetables, Canned Cranberry Sauce, Gravy Jar or Mix, Dry Mix for Rolls or Breads, Pudding or Pie Filling, etc.

If you would like to donate a gift card for a turkey without making up a basket, we invite you to drop it off at the church office in an envelope marked Thanksgiving Food Baskets. Gift cards can be from Stop & Shop, Price Chopper, Price Rite, Walmart, VISA or Mastercard. 

GRAFTON FOOD BANK

Please remember our neighbors in need, especially at this time when funding for food assistance programs has been cut, and during the government shutdown. We will be bringing your donations to the food bank on a weekly basis.

NEW COATS FOR VETERANS

The “Buy-Give-Get” promotion is back at Ocean State Job Lot! Together we can help veterans in need stay warm this winter by donating new winter coats through “Buy-Give-Get”.

Go to any Ocean State Job Lot store and:1. Buy a winter coat for just $452. Give the coat you purchased back to the cashier, and Ocean State will make sure it’s delivered to a veteran in need.3. Get a $45 Crazy Deal Gift Card – free! You can then use the $45 Gift Card any day afterward (not on the same day as the coat purchase) for any items you choose, and a veteran receives a brand new winter coat!! If you cannot get to Ocean State Job Lot in Westborough or Whitinsville, but you wish to participate, please put a check for $45 in an envelope marked Coats For Veterans and drop it at the church office or give to a member of the MOC. We will purchase the coat and give you the Gift Card. 

WHITE SOCKS FOR WORCESTER FELLOWSHIP

As the cold weather approaches, homeless and at-risk adults are in great need of clean, dry white socks. These socks protect their feet from getting cold, getting wet, getting blisters, or getting foot ailments that can send them to the emergency room. During the months of November and December, we would like to collect as many pairs of men’s and women’s large white socks as we can! Please help us by bringing new pairs of white socks to the church – there is a bin in the kitchen labeled “Socks for Worcester Fellowship”.

CHRISTMAS GIVING TREE

The Christmas Giving Tree will be set up on Saturday, November 29 in the Fellowship Hall. Our family of faith wishes to bring some cheer to families and children in Worcester through Pernet Family Health Services, and to residents of Crescent Manor Nursing Home here in Grafton! Please take a tag, purchase a special Christmas gift item, and place your gift (unwrapped or in a gift bag with the tag attached) in the Sanctuary by Sunday, December 14.What a wonderful way to share the joy of this Christmas season!

Blessings to all!The Mission Outreach Committee

Sue Howell, Barbara Gow, Donna Caracino