GARAGE and BAKE SALE

Saturday May 12

8:30 – 11:30 a.m.

Central’s Missions and Outreach Committee

welcomes donations in support of our

local/national/international missions projects.

Please bring items that are GENTLY USED,

CLEAN and IN GOOD REPAIR.

NO ELECTRONICS will be accepted.

Toys, books, garden stuff (plants), games,

baked goods (no nuts), kitchen stuff, music,

clothes, crafts, furniture, other.

Please bake muffins for us to sell with coffee and tea.

Items may be dropped off at the church

Friday May 11 9 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Please contact Denise McClellan for more information

dmcclell@uoguelph.ca or 519-658-5857

Proceeds from the sale will support our missions including, Rachel’s Children’s Home an orphanage for the child victims of Africa’s AIDS crisis.

Come early to find hidden jems. The sale will be held in the Church Hall and will be held rain or shine.

Would you like to know how you can get involved?

Would you like to know how you can help Central give hope to 50 children?

We can arrange to have a speaker come to your event. We have a large team of  volunteers who have experienced Maputsoe first-hand. Each of us has our own story to tell. Each of us can give you a very personal glimpse into our Mission at Rachel’s Children’s Home.

For more information or to arrange a speaker, you can contact us at rachelshome@cpcmail.ca or you can contact the church office at (519)  623-1080.

There will be books, crafts, baked goods, toys and much more.

Rachel’s Home is suffering through a food crisis. In response, we’ve brought back the In & Out box program. Each envelope identifies an item of food that you can buy for the children at Rachel’s Home.

This is how it will work. Please pickup an envelope from the out-box. An item and its price will be written on the outside. Place the money for the purchase in the envelope and return it to the in-box.

These items will be such things as a jar of peanut butter or a box of macaroni. Prices will range from $1-$5. You can of course, choose to double up your order. Every little bit helps!

Each week, we will gather up the returned envelopes and add the purchased items to our regular order at the SPAR in Ficksburg.

Flower Basket Order Form 2011

I’m no brick-layer or electrician. I’m no carpenter or teacher, I’m not a leader. I’m not a lot of things that this mission needs.

I guess I am someone who said yes. Admittedly, it was a doubtful and reluctant yes; but, it was a yes nonetheless. I lacked faith in my own abilities. In fact, I still do; but to say yes, to surrender, is to trust that you will be provided with what you need, when you need it.

So, there are 27 of us. Some of us bring specific skills and talents. All of us bring heart and a willingness to say “Yes”. I guess I do have something that the mission needs after all.

I’ve always felt a certain sense of guilt about singing the offering hymn “A bleak mid-winter’s night”.

What can I give him,
Poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd,
I would bring a lamb.
If I were a wise man,
I would do my part.Yet what I can, I give him.
Give him my heart.

God has been so generous to me. I felt I was being ungrateful by implying that despite everything he has given me, friends, family, and an easy, comfortable life, I somehow had nothing.

Now, I think I might get it. In terms of the specific talents and skills needed for this mission, I am the subject of that song. I don’t have the talents that some of the others do; but,I can still contribute simply by giving what I do have. I can work hard. I can be a grunt.  I can give my heart.

I guess I don’t have to feel guilty any more.

This was written by a member of our team prior to the 2009 mission. You don’t have to be a tradesman or a teacher, a preacher or a leader. You just have to be willing to listen to God’s call. You just have to give your heart, your strength and your mind over to showing God’s love to your neighbours whether their around the block or halfway around the world.

Currently, there are 50 students in the school and 4 teachers. We are also sponsoring 7 students at boarding school and 4 students at university. One student is in a gifted program and hopes to become a doctor. Our first student will graduate university next year with a degree in nursing. This will have such a positive impact on Lesotho as the next generation begins rebuilding a country devastated by AIDS.

As sponsors, we provide tuition as well as money for housing, food and expenses. Without Central Presbyterian Church’s support, education would be unattainable for these young people and they could only look forward to a bleak future.

We also continue to support the orphans at Rachel’s Home by providing milk, bread, peanut butter and vitamins. Sometimes this is the only food they receive in a week and so it is vital to their health.

Unfortunately, Hilda’s health is not good and she needs surgery. A temporary manager must be found to run the orphanage and school while she is recovering. We hope and pray for her and her health. Hilda is the backbone of Rachel’s Home and she needs to be strong.

Please pray for Hilda, Godwill and all the children. We are making a difference in so many lives. The orphans we help now, will continue to help others as they become educated.

Thank you for your support.

Flower Basket Order Form 2011