Messiah Stories of Hope choose hope & connect to joy May 14, 2020

Thank you for sharing ways that you find joy at home, spread it to others and keep living in hope and faith. Here are some stories from this week! Share your story here.  Photo: Sisters "Stopped by to take a picture of the girls at the fountain after leaving the Monday Drive Thru." 

COVID-19 MATCHING FUND DRIVE Wow Messiah! You really stepped up this week with donations! We have now reached 72% of our $50,000 goal raising $36,015! We're so close! If we meet our goal, we will raise a total of $100K to help Messiah maintain its ministries, programs, operations and Preschool. Your donation goes twice as far! To donate now click here and choose Covid-19 Matching Fund Drive for your giving type. Thank you so much for your support!

Pastor Bob and Pastor Jay offered Drive Thru Communion and Blessings last Thursday. Nearly 130 people received this sacred gift. They plan to offer this again the first Thursday in June.

Worship from Home on Sunday, May 17. Hear the message I am the Resurrection and the Life. Worship All Together with other Messiah friends at 8:30am and 10am or Anytime after as services remain on our website. We have Kids and Jr. High messages along with activities and discussion guides plus much more! It's all available here on our Worship Now page .

"Beautiful service as usual, especially loved the song, 'Give me Faith'. Would be good for baptisms."

"Enjoy seeing families participating in the services." 

CROSS PHOTOS Thanks to everyone who has taken pictures this week! We're hoping for every person/family that is able will drive by and take a photo in front of the cross and fountain. After you take the picture send it here or post it on Messiah's Facebook page .We will put together a slide show showing Messiah Love ! Be sure to include the name of everyone in your photo. Thanks in advance for your participation!

REGISTER FOR VBS! FOCUS VBS will help kids dive deeper into their faith. Kids will have a blast as they discover how to trust in what they CAN’T see because of what they CAN see by putting the FOCUS on God and His amazing plan for us. We’ll explore these four ways we can FOCUS on God: Hear, Pray, Talk, Live.   This will be a super fun week from the comfort and safety of your own home and we'll be with you every step of the way! You will receive a package of crafts and activities. We will have a dedicated VBS website with daily age appropriate videos for the kids and all the information you’ll need to make it fun. We’ll send daily email reminders and have updates on Instagram @messiah_kids and @messiahylpics so be sure to follow us! VBS is for Pre-K through 6th graders. Cost of $20 per child and $5 for each additional child in the same family includes t-shirt and all materials. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

"Even though the No-Sew Blanket Night was canceled, we still made them in spite of social distancing and delivered to Crittenton." "I delivered an additional 13 fleece blankets to Crittenton today. We did not let Covid keep us from making them at home. Crittenton was so thankful and expressed gratitude to Chicks with Sticks and Messiah."

MONDAY DRIVE THRU We had a special Mother's Day Drive Thru this week and gave carnations to all ladies. Thanks for your continued support of Caring Hands Food Pantry. We'll be back next Monday 9-11am with a some special guests from last year's VBS! You won't want to miss seeing them and we'll have gifts for the kids. Plus, there's always donuts! Come see us. It's going to be fun! Here is the list of needs Caring Hands Pantry has provided this week .

From Caring Hands Pantry: "Such a blessing to receive your weekly contributions. They truly make all the difference! You guys are the biggest champions we have. We love Mondays!"

"The swings were closed off at the park, so they assembled a new swing at home to use!"

JOIN MESSIAH'S TEAM This year's Walk in happening in your city, on your street, at your pace! Register to walk whatever distance works best for you from 3K to 21K. Join our team on May 30. Our goal is to raise $10,150 to sponsor a clean water well. Click here for info and to donate or join.

FREE PIZZA PROGRAM Our pizza program has been growing and feeding hundreds of people each week! If you and your family could use a slice of help during this financially difficult time, or if you know of any essential workers that could benefit please let us know here. Order a free individual size pizza on us (up to five per family). Pizzas can be picked up on Mondays at Messiah at 5pm. Please share with anyone! Order now to receive Monday. Click Here to Order. Click here to donate to this program and choose Pizza of God for your giving type.

Did you know we have page on our website dedicated to providing helpful videos and resources to you during this time? We just added some helpful information from one of our Partners in Ministry, Dr. Melissa Huy, Clinical Neuropsychologist that she generously provided to us. Click here to visit this page.

"Turned our entire living space into a movie theater using every chair, blanket, duct tape and string of Christmas lights. He included homemade brownies at his snack bar."

"The most walking Emily has ever done."

"Spent days drawing for the school yearbook contest. Last week he found out he won!"

"Drive by Mother's Day Parade at Villagio of Capriana Senior Living Community. First time seeing my mother-in-law in two months."

"This Box of Fun was delivered to Brody before his oral surgery. It's brought an incredible amount of joy! We're in pre-op and he's wearing yesterday's gift. I have a feeling I'll be using today's gift once they take him back!"

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