Check out the Outreach Committee Bulletin Board for Alternative Gift ideas.
ALTERNATIVE CHRISTMAS GIFTS:
There are opportunities to honor someone special with gifts to the Pastor’s Discretionary Fund (PDF), UMC Mission Shares, and for Sierra Leone. The PDF allows our pastor to support people quickly to meet an immediate need, including in crisis situations. Mission Shares, sometimes called apportionments, connect our church to the wider, global church, by funding important ministries any one church could not do alone. Mission Shares support resources within our Annual Conference, as well as UMC missions and ministries around the world, including missionaries, medical and food programs, scholarships, and so much more. Osterville Church is blessed to be a contributing member of a Partnership of Churches that support children, hospital patients, families, and high impact programs in Sierra Leone that save lives and equip families.
HELP A LOCAL REFUGEE FAMILY:
A young family from the Congo is living in Osterville. The mom is in need of weekday (but not daily) transportation from Osterville to Hyannis to her job at Home Depot. Please let Patty Morell know if you can help, even occasionally.
Contact Patty Morell at pattymorell@comcast.net for more information or donate online HERE.