November
25, 2013
[Pastorgraphs now online at ChristSD.com]
Pastorgraphs: “You Can Help Us Help Others”
Are you
going to do any shopping online this holiday season (and thereafter)? If so,
you can help support the ministries of Christ Ministry Center without
spending an extra dime!
Last week,
CUMMC joined an innovative program called UMCmarket.org. It is a way anyone who
makes an online purchase with any of the major participating merchants (Amazon,
Walmart, Macys, Lowes, Office Depot, etc.) can support Christ Ministry Center.
For instance, Amazon will send Christ Ministry Center $4.50 for every $100
purchase made through UMCmarket!
Here’s how
it works. You register at UMCmarket.org (no cost) and select us (listed as
“Christ United Methodist Ministry Center of San Diego CA”) as the beneficiary
of your online purchase credits. Then, instead of going to Amazon directly
online (or any of the dozens of top retailers), you first go to UMCmarket.org,
and then click on the Amazon logo to shop as you normally do. When you make
your purchase, no matter how large or small, Amazon knows that you want the
4.5% credit to go to us! How cool is that? Amazon and the other merchants will
send us a check each month.
Again, it
doesn’t cost you a penny, but will help us tremendously in our ministry to help
the helpless. You do not have to be a Methodist or live in San
Diego.
For many
years, grocery stores and other local merchants have had similar “scrip”
fundraising programs to benefit schools, charities and churches. This is a new
variation on that old idea.
So if you
shop online, why not let the merchants send a donation based on your purchase
to help the helpless, hungry and homeless?
Go to www.umcmarket.org, or copy this link to
your browser to sign up, free of charge:
The
Christmas shopping season is a week shorter than normal because of the way Thanksgiving
fell on the calendar this year. This Friday starts the mad shopping rush, and
more folks are electing to do their shopping online. What a wonderful gift to
Christ Ministry Center if you support our ministries in this way, this
Christmas and thereafter!
Thank you
very much in advance for considering this simple means of supporting Christ
Ministry Center. And bless you, United Methodist leaders, for creating this
innovative way to support our churches and ministries.
And don’t
forget, you are invited to the Annual Thanksgiving Meal, 12:00 noon to 2:00 PM
this Thursday, sponsored by Exodus Church and others. We anticipate over 300
meals will be served, including many senior citizens, homeless and others in
need from our community.
Devotedly
yours, Bill Jenkins, Pastor
From the
Quote Garden:
On Thanksgiving:
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest
appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”
~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy ~
Christ United Methodist Ministry
Center
“Christ
in the Heart of San Diego”
3295
Meade Avenue - San Diego, CA 92116 - (619) 284-9205
Coming Events
·
November
28, 2013, Thanksgiving Meal – 12:00 Noon-2:00 PM. Exodus will take the
lead for the Thanksgiving Day Luncheon for Seniors and Homeless.
·
New
Paradise Baptist Church will join us for this annual event.
·
Delores
Black, Exodus coordinator, has an aggressive agenda to ensure an excellent
meal, (26 turkeys with trimmings). We expect to feed over 300 people!
·
Crossroads
has provided over 200 bags of non-perishable food items for those in need.
·
Exodus
will coordinate with Brother’s Keeper, and provide men’s clothing and blankets
for distribution.
·
Sunday,
December 1, 2013, Exodus Annual Holiday Musical (3:00 p.m.) at the
Scottish Rite Center in Mission Valley. The Voices of Exodus and Friends of
Exodus expect to have a 50 plus members choir and an attendance at the musical
of 500 plus. This event is free to the public.
· March 5-April 17, 2014 (Lent) “40
Days to Integrity” Lenten 2014 Pathway.
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