Missions Ministry at Sardis Presbyterian

June 2023

Charlotte Family Housing Outdoor Toy Drive

This year, our VBS children are partnering with Charlotte Family Housing. Charlotte Family Housing serves families experiencing homelessness and the children range in age from young babies and children to teenagers.

July 9 - 16 we will be collecting new outdoor toys for our neighbors at CFH. The whole Sardis family is invited to participate! Donations can be shipped to Sardis or dropped off at the mission corner shelves in the gathering place. Check out the Amazon Wishlist below for their most requested items.

Children will learn about CFH during VBS. Adults are invited to learn from the CFH staff representative during Sunday school on July 9 at 9:00 a.m. in room 210 and on Zoom.

CFH Amazon Wishlist

Pool for School Tools

We will be collecting school supplies for our Pool For School Tools Drive July 23 – August 13. This drive supports our partners at Rama Road Elementary School. Place your donations in the pool in the Missions Corner in the Gathering Place during these dates. You can also use our Amazon Wishlist to order and have your donations delivered directly to Rama Road Elementary School (at checkout, make sure you select Dee Perez’s Gift Registry Address under Other Addresses).

Changing Lives

Sardis Serves Together with Rise Against Hunger

I absolutely love how all age groups are welcomed, encouraged, and put in areas to succeed in the helping process. It is wonderful when we can engage as a whole congregation in our mission activities. As for Rise against Hunger, I am impressed with their approach of, not only helping in emergency situations, but their goal of sustainable community engagement so that they can help lead communities to long term food security. Help now and help in the future.

A huge thanks to the mission team for setting this event up for us to engage in, as well as the congregation as a whole for turning out and raising the goal from 20,000 meals to 30,000 meals. Great job all!

Sincerely,

Andy Lankford

A Book of My Own - Thank You!

Thank you notes from Rama Road Elementary students and families are displayed in the Gathering Place and Missions Corner. We hope you'll stop by and give them a read to see the impact you have made on the lives of those students. We also saw impactful statements from parents on Facebook including:

"This church is setting an example for valuing and empowering the students and staff of Rama!!! So thankful for each and everyone of you!!!"
"Thank you so much Sardis Presbyterian Church! My son came home and immediately started reading his books"
"Love this! The girls were SO excited to show off their books when they got home! Thank you Sardis Presbyterian Church!"

Coming Up...

Be the Cream of the CROP!

Don’t just ‘Dream of the CROP’! Be the ‘Cream of the CROP’! Help make it happen at Sardis on November 12! We need you to help with this fun Sardis Serves Together Event. Please let Vicky Hovis or Brenda McKay know if you would like to join our team or if you have any questions. It’s much fun and a great cause. Knowing that the work you are doing will make significant differences in the lives of our neighbors, near and far, is truly rewarding.

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