Crestview Nursing Home Honors First UMC & Second Saturday Outreach

[Above Picture: A First UMC Second Saturday Outreach volunteer helps a Crestview Nursing Home staff member with the ever popular Saturday morning bingo game. Playing bingo helps the residents with their cognitive skills and provides fun fellowship. The games can also become competitive!]

 

Chair volleyball, bingo, blankets, fruit & cookies deliveries...these are the many ways that our church has been involved at Crestview Nursing Home through Second Saturday Outreach. Our church was recently recognized by Crestview Nursing Home for the many ways that we help at their facility.

One of our church members who is part of this outreach said, "I'm proud of all the volunteers and our church. Congratulations!"

Second Saturday is a ministry outreach that meets on the second Saturday of each month in the morning beginning at 8:30 am at our Crossroads facility, 2095 W. Fair Avenue. From there, several members of our church go out to to serve in our community in a variety of ways such as cleaning up the parks, painting park benches, serving breakfast at Foundation Dinner, making blankets to give to community agencies, splitting wood to give to people who need heat during the cold season, offering free car washes, and volunteering at Crestview just to name a few.

Join us for our Second Saturday outreach. There's something for everyone to do!

Making Christmas Happen!

From wrapping & delivering gifts, to splitting & delivering wood to a disabled veteran, to cookie/fruit delivery, to making blankets for Grace Haven transitional housing, to playing bingo with nursing home residents... Praise God!

[Picture Above: The many volunteers for Second Saturday outreach on December 8. Second Saturday is an outreach ministry of Lancaster First UMC that meets 8:30 am to noon on the 2nd Saturday of each month at our Crossroads facility, 2095 W. Fair Ave. to share in several outreach events in our community.  Our January Second Saturday gathering will be a brainstorming meeting for more ways to be involved in our community. All are welcome to come and share!]

First UMC Community Lunches

Our church serves weekly lunches for those in need every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.  We have different teams helping on each day.  When I have the opportunity, I enjoy serving the meals and eating with the people. 

The local paper ran a story this past week on what it's like to be homeless and how our community lunches are making a difference.  A big thanks to all our servants who provide this wonderful outreach to our community.
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Happy Birthday, Second Saturday Outreach! Born: March 13, 2010

This weekend marks the one year anniversary of our Second Saturday outreach ministry which is based out of our Crossroads facility. On the 2nd Saturday of each month, we gather at 8:30 A.M. at Crossroads, choose among several projects, pray for God to bless our work, and go out to serve.

In just one year, this ministry has been involved in a number of outreach opportunities such as...

• Painting city fire hydrants.
• Building homes and helping at the Habitat for Humanity store.
• Serving at a transitional house for those who have been in prison.
• Partnering with Metropolitan Housing to help people find employment.
• Playing bingo and visiting with nursing home residents.
• Taking fruit and cookies to police and firefighters.
• Cleaning up trash along the bike path and in our parks.
• Helping grocery store customers with their carts in the parking lot.
• Putting in flooring at Foundation Shelters (ministry to the homeless.)
• Putting in flooring at the home of a single parent.
• Providing coins for customers at a laundromat.
• Hosting educational forums on local social issues.
• Packing health kits for Haiti earthquake victims.

Happy birthday, Second Saturday!

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