Thursday, October 27, 2016

Opportunities to Serve

I would like to inform you of a couple of opportunities to serve in the month of November. First, our church has partnered with Pinewood Elementary School. We are thrilled to come alongside them and help in any way possible. On November 17, they are having a Fall Festival at the school from 5:30-7:00. They have asked us to help them in three ways:
  • First, Pinewood needs volunteers to staff their booths so their teachers can spend time with students and parents. If you agree to volunteer, they would like you to be at the school around 3:00 to help set up. If you cannot make it at 3:00, then do the best you can.
  • Second, Pinewood needs tents (the ones you would set up at a tailgate). They estimate they need around 15 tents. If you would be willing to loan them a tent, that would be wonderful. Their preference would be to have the tents the day before the event. My advice would be to label your tent somehow.
  • Third, Pinewood needs cakes for a Cake Walk. They asked if you could deliver the cakes to the Art Room after 1:30 on the 17th.
You can volunteer to serve in one or all of the above ways. We will have a sign-up sheet at the church if you are interested.

Our second opportunity is to serve in a Community Thanksgiving Meal on November 20, from 4-7pm. Our church is partnering with several other churches in Jacksonville to offer a FREE meal to the people in our community who might not have one this Thanksgiving. The meal will be served in the Jacksonville Lighthouse Charter School Cafeteria. If you would like to volunteer, you can sign-up online at www.jaxsbc.org/thanksgivingmeal. I hope you will plan on volunteering to serve our community.