Summer Ends & Fall Begins Local Churches Find Innovative Ways to Celebrate the Change of the Season.
Central UMC - ABQ Lowell Elementary Uniform Drive
Central UMC, ABQ held a Lowell Elementary School Uniform Drive. They exceeded even their most optimistic expectation with gifts totaling over $10,000! By doing so, over half of the Lowell kids can start the year head to toe in new wardrobes.
Zia UMC, Santa Fe
First UMC - Clovis Blessing the back packs
Thank you church! Thanks to all your generous donations of school supplies, we were able to take a large load of supplies to our neighboring school, Parkview Elementary just in time for the new school year. And a big thank you to our VBS families who got us started by donating school supplies as their mission project during VBS. If you would still like to donate, please do! Just bring your items by the church office during the week. The following items were donated: 70 composition notebooks 125 spiral notebooks 64 packages of notebook paper 93 boxes of crayons 22 packs of colored pencils 57 packs of markers 71 highlighters 59 pairs of scissors 492 pencils 182 glue sticks 126 folders 45 school boxes 48 erasers 41 boxes of tissue 274 dry erase markers Several misc items including Clorox wipes, pencil pouches, etc. And thank you to a special member who donated individual hand sanitizers for each member of the Parkview staff!
Trinity-First UMC Back to School Bash Back Pack Blessing
First UMC, Deming
Trinity-First UMC continued
Western Hills UMC El Paso
Grace - Almogordo UMC
St John’s UMC, ABQ
Faith UMC - El Paso
St. Luke’s UMC - El Paso
First UMC - Bloomfield First Responder Love & Cookies
St. Stephen’s UMC - ABQ End of Summer Bash
First UMC Hobbs Prayers for Back Packs & First Responders
University UMC - Las Cruces University Community Garden
Grand Falls Union Church
Don’t forget to take photos of your Fall Festivals, Trunk or Treats, & Halloween parties!