Iowa United Society of Friends Women http://www.usfwiowa.com Theme: "Woven Into a Tapestry of Love" Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:42:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en © admin admin Theme: "Woven Into a Tapestry of Love" No No Foreign Mission Support http://www.usfwiowa.com/foreign-mission-support/ http://www.usfwiowa.com/foreign-mission-support/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:19:08 +0000 Margaret Good http://www.usfwiowa.com/foreign-mission-support/ Excerpt from 2007 Year End Reports:

Other than financially, what ways do you support foreign mission workers?

Prayer; birthday cards; gifts; letters; postage stamps; emails; hats for newborn children as Save The Children project;  Christmas boxes to Samaritan's Purse; volunteer to help packing for Samaritan's Purse distribution; soup labels to Mowa-Choctaw; hospitality to mission workers while on deputation

]]> http://www.usfwiowa.com/foreign-mission-support/feed/ Local Christian Service Projects http://www.usfwiowa.com/sharing-of-ideas/ http://www.usfwiowa.com/sharing-of-ideas/#comments Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:39:55 +0000 Ethel Watson http://www.usfwiowa.com/sharing-of-ideas/  
Excerpts from 2007 Year End Reports
 
Other than financially, what ways do you support local mission workers and/or Christian service projects in your area?
 
Babysitting so moms can have Bible study; Diapers to pregnancy assistance; Soup labels & Box tops for Education; Helped with music and lessons for Mesquakie VBS; Birthday cake and receptions for preschool; Host birthday party for Training School Boys
 
Comforts and quilts made for Quakerdale, Quaker Heights Camp, for family in emergency situation, homeless shelter and children’s hospital; lap robes & walker bags & clothing protectors for nursing home; lap robes for dialysis
 
Give instructional lessons on baking and cooking monthly with 4 Jr High girls; Monthly meal at homeless shelter; Cookies for Quakerdale Ranch and Mesquakie Camp; Deliver meals to seniors
 
Giving to and serving at community food pantry; Salvation Army bell ringers; Helping pack and give out SHARE Iowa; Roadside Cleaning; Volunteer at Quaker Heights Camp; Nursing home visits; Help at crisis intervention services
 
Bags of cosmetics for homeless shelter; Used kitchen and household goods for local domestic abuse agency; personal items for women’s shelter
 
Christmas Caroling to nursing homes and shut-ins; Adopt-A-Family gifts; Hat and mitten tree; Holiday meal to needy family; Samaritan Purse shoe boxes
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