Outreach Ministries

NEEDS AND HAPPENINGS.....

Volunteers are needed to help in the Food Pantry Monday through Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and on Fridays from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. As of November 6, 2009 the pantry began serving this additional day during the week to meet the ever increasing food needs of our community. Please consider offering one day a month to this effort! Call Barb Dawes at 937-223-2294 to volunteer.

Churches and organizations can now call the East Dayton Food Pantry at 937-223-2294 to ADOPT A FAMILY this year for Christmas!
It is that time again! The Santa Shop is seeking donations. We need new and gently used toys, books, household items and Christmas decorations. We had very nice items last year and it really helped with the success of the sale. It is evident that we will have even more people looking for affordable gifts for their families this year so your donations will be essential. Also, we would like to have more baked goods at this year's sale, so please keep that in mind. The Santa Shop is an Outreach Ministry. It is a sale during the first week of December for the community to purchase Christmas gifts for their families at a very low cost. The sale will be held on December 4th (9:30 to 4:00) and 5th (9:30 to 4:00). Please contact Darlene Palmatier at 299-4038 or e-mail dpalmatier@sbcglobal.net if you would like to volunteer to help with the Santa Shop. Please mark your donations "for Santa Shop" when you drop them off. Thank you for your continued support of this important ministry.

Esther's Closet Thrift Shop

Wednesday and Thursday 10am - 2pm

Esther’s Closet Thrift Shop is named for Esther Grice, a loving and devoted member of the former Oak Street United Methodist Church. She managed the Thrift Shop that was located at the Oak Street Church prior to Oak Street merging with South Park in 1995. Members of the congregation, as well as the community, donate useable clothing items to Esther’s Closet Thrift Shop where it is sorted for seasonal use by the Thrift Shop Ministry Team.

Esther’s Closet Thrift Shop is located on the third floor of the Education Building and is open to the public on Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Janet Lahr Lewis, Missionary

Janet is a United Methodist liason in Isreal and Palestine as part of the United Methodist Church Global Ministries. For more information on her work there, click the link below.

http://new.gbgm-umc.org/Advance/missionaries/biographies/index.cfm?action=results&key=2&criteria=lewis&Submit=Go

East Dayton Food Pantry

Monday - Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday - 10am - 1pm
937-223-2294

The East Dayton Food Pantry provides assistance for persons who live in the area served by the church. The Food Pantry is open Monday through Thursday from 10am - 4pm and on Friday until 1pm. Persons coming to the Food Pantry have received vouchers from area Community Centers.

Volunteer ministry opporunities to share in the ministry of the East Dayton Food Pantry include the following:

Assisting unloading food from deliver trucks - Stocking food shelves in the pantry - Donating food or money for food - Answering the phone in the food pantry - Gathering donations from churches, schools and civic organizations.

Each year the Food Pantry offers a Spaghetti Dinner as a fund raiser and volunteers are encouraged to assist with cooking, serving and selling advance tickets. The dinner will be held this coming Spring, 2010.