Missions - Powell Valley Covenant Church

WORLD MISSIONS

Tim & Helen Smith ~ Missionaries to Equatorial Guinea, Africa

Covenant World Missions ~ www.covchurch.org ~ world.mission@covchurch.org

Operation Christmas Child ~ A Project of Samaritan's Purse
www.samaritanspurse.org ~ occinfo@samaritan.org

The purpose of Operation Christmas Child (OCC) is to share the joy of Christmas and the love of Jesus Christ with hurting children around the world. For the past few years, Powell Valey Covenant Church has participated in this exciting ministry and we can take part in this unique project again this year. Ways to participate include:

Gift wrap a shoe box (wrap lid separately) and fill it with age appropriate gifts for a boy or girl. Bring the shoe box to church on Dedication Sunday in November (usually the 2nd Sunday). In October, flyers giving full details of how to complete a box are available on the table in Fireside Room or log on to their website shown above. A supply of Powell Valley postcards will be on the table -- feel free to use these to send a personal note to your gift box recipient.
Donate funds to help pay for shipping costs to send gifts to children around the world. Send check payable to OCC ~ Samaritan's Purse, 801 Bamboo RD, Boone, NC 28607.
Pray for the OCC ministry. Pray for the child who will receive your special gift. Pray for the staff and volunteers who are involved in the logistics of this project as they process the boxes and prepare them for shipment around the world.

(National collection week is in November, but you can personally send completed boxes year-round to the above address)

In 2006, Samaritan's Purse was able to reach more than 7.6 million children in over 100 countries with the message of God's love through OCC. In 2007 Powell Valley people provided 126 boxes. Gresham Free Methodist Church (GFMC - 3101 SE Orient Drive ~ 503-663-9146) will be the East County collection site during the November 2008 collection week. As a service project, the Powell Valley Youth Group help as collection hosts at GFMC on Wednesday evening of collection week. If you have any questions, please contact our 2008 OCC Coordinator.

HOME MISSIONS

Bethany House ~ www.bethanyhousenet.org
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Bethany House provides a loving home and services to single, pregnant young women. At the present time, they are requesting donations of the following items: Paper towels, toilet paper, orange oil, bathroom shower spray, frozen juice, large kitchen garbage bags, all sizes of zipper lock plastic bags, canned corn, aluminum foil, 409 cleaner, liquid laundry detergent. If you can supply any of these items, please make delivery arrangements by contacting 503-667-8409 or bethanyhouse@runningblue.com.

Blanket Coverage ~ Mission to Homeless in Portland
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Donation barrell can be found on stair landing for new or gently used/clean
blankets, pillows, coats, hats, socks, mittens, scarves and personal hygiene items
For donation questions or more details, please contact Dan Griffith 503-703-3322

Chaplain Harold Fuller ~ Mt. Hood Medical Center
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The volunteer department of Mt. Hood Medical Center is recruiting courtesy cart drivers to transport visitors from the parking lot into the hospital and vice versa. Volunteer orientation training and a four (4) hour committment per week is required. Volunteers would receive a meal at the end of the shift. Contact hospital volunteer department for more information ~ 503-667-1122.

Common Thread for Christ ~ Ministry Service Group
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All ladies are invited to wok a "tapestry of fellowship and love" by learning, teaching and getting to know one another in an informal setting working together on ministry projects. Please come planning to help with items we are working on:

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Bethany House ~ baby blankets
Blanket Coverage & The Father's Heart ~ hats/mittens/scarves/ski-bands
Covenant Missions ~ rolled bandages (from ripping sheets) are sent to mission hospitals
PACE ~ baby bibs/hats

Covenant Women Rip 'N Rollers ~ Ministry Service Group
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All ladies are invited to help work on home and foreign mission projects as we fellowship together. We usually meet on the first Thursday of each month. Please bring a sack lunch; dessert & beverage are provided. See calendar menu tab for more details. Please come planning to help with items we are working on:

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Covenant Missions ~ rolled bandages (from ripping sheets) are sent to mission hosptials
Eyeglasses ~ donations of used eyeglasses are sent to mission hospitals
Wycliffe Ministries ~ unique, cancelled postage stamp donations are sold for fund raising purposes