On Monday, June 2, Outreach had its final meeting before the summer. The short “wrap-up” meeting was preceded by a pot-luck supper at the church – a first for our Outreach Committee. It featured great food, as all pot-lucks do, great conversation, and general good fellowship among its hard-working members.
Our esteemed leader, Sheila Thomas, celebrated her birthday that week, and to mark the occasion Jean Ross made a birthday cake, which was our dessert. The cake was magnificent, so expertly decorated that when I first saw it I thought it had been purchased at a bakery. Great work, Jean!
The minutes of that short meeting highlighted some of our most recent activities:
Pastoral Care: Cards were sent or phone calls made to those of our members who are ailing and unable to get to church.
Community Living: Outreach members delivered a hanging basket, flat of flowers, soil, gardening gloves and crafts to the Community Living group home on Wellesworth. Plans were tentatively made to host a craft party in the Fall.
Work Party: Two hours were spent on May 27 cleaning and organizing the downstairs closet (where the tablecloths are.)
Cash support was given:
$1050 from Loonies for Lent, plus an additional $600, was sent to the Food Bank in May.
$300 to Change Her World.
$200 to Reaching Up will be sent in the Fall.