Lifechoice Baby Bottles

20 06 2008

Hey Element Church! We were one of many churches that were able to partner with Lifechoice Pregnancy Center through the month of May and June in helping to raise funds for their ministry. We encouraged you to take a baby bottle they provided and fill it up with loose change over the month. If you were able to take a bottle, please make sure and get those back to Element this Sunday. We need to get them turned in to LIfechoice as soon as we can. Lifechoice is a wonderful ministry to mothers who are in need of help in making a decision about the life of their unborn child. Lifechoice is one of the local ministries that Element chooses to support financially as well as with our effort and time. Thanks Lifechoice for all you guys do! Hope our baby bottles can make a difference.

Following Christ,

Jeff


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Element Church — Community Involvement

22 01 2008

I have a great opportunity to join a community partnership that will give us GREAT connections into the needs of people in our community. I’ve been invited to begin attending the Laramie County Community Partnership meetings each month. “The mission of the Laramie County Community Partnership is to maximize resources and influence change to improve conditions of wellbeing for people in Laramie County.” All sorts of different non-profit groups, need groups, community organizations come together to (as the mission statement says) maximize resources and influence change…They deal with family and social issues, homeless issues, alcohol and tobacco issues, etc. I am VERY excited to get my hand into something like this and begin to learn more about how we can “maximize resources to influence change”. I am convinced that churches don’t need new programs, we need to unite with those already going to help maximize their effectiveness. I need to be better at getting involved in stuff like this, so I couldn’t say no when invited to attend.

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Element Church — New Community Partnership

22 01 2008

I announced (briefly) on Sunday a new partnership that we are thrilled to be a part of. Needs Inc. here in Cheyenne has asked us to be a part of a brand new program they are starting to try and keep the food pantry stocked. Needs Inc. is a non-profit organization that helps fill the needs of many low income families here in Cheyenne. It seems there are always certain items they can’t keep stocked in their food pantry and they know the frustration of going to the grocery store and you may not even know what the food pantry needs. SO, they have developed “The Can Man Program” to try and help this problem. Element Church is proud to be the first church on board with this program and we have been asked to be the “spaghetti church”. Instead of just asking the community to “bring food” to the pantry, they are going to ask specific organizations to bring specific foods to the pantry so as to make sure they have the right variety of food to give out to needy families. One of our goals as the Element team is NOT to create our own new programs, but to partner with those that are already going. Needs Inc. NEEDS our help, so we are going to give it. What we are asking of you Elementers, is that when you go grocery shopping, to pick up one can of spaghetti sauce and one bag of noodles. Needs has asked for 25 oz. jars of sauce and 1 lb. bags of noodles. This ensures consistency in what they are able to put in the distribution boxes to the families. You can pick up some general information about Needs Inc. at the e:connect table on Sunday mornings. In this very small way, we can begin to help feed the hungry in our community. If we need to, we will add more items to our list of what we will provide. Lets BLESS THE SOCKS OFF of Needs Inc. with what God can do through us!

Following Christ,

Jeff

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