March Outreach Opportunities!

MN Food Share Month:

All your donations to the Groveland Food shelf this month are matched so GIVE GIVE GIVE! Look for the Special envelopes in the church pews this month. Your cash donations go further because food can be purchased at the Food Bank for pennies per pound. Make checks to Groveland Food Shelf this month! Thanks!

STORYTELLING AS AN OUTREACH TOOL: March 15

All are invited to the Jackman room, Sunday, March 15, from 12:15- 1:30, to celebrate WORLD STORYTELLING DAY and to get some ideas on using storytelling and listening in your Plymouth outreach volunteer work and in your own family and home.

Our new drop-in coordinator, Larry Johnson, is a storyteller, and with his wife, Elaine Wynne, brought the

predecessor of World Storytelling Day to the U.S. from Scandinavia in the early 90s, and then helped shape the new World Storytelling Day in 2003. On or around March 20 this year, people all over the world will gather to explore the power of story in BEING A NEIGHBOR. We are pleased as Plymouth Outreach Effort to be a part of that at: www.freewebs.com/worldstorytellingday

Please RSVP to Larry Johnson at 612-977-1282 or larryj@plymouth.org

Third Sunday Meal: March 15, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Come help serve this hot meal to our neighbors in need. Families welcome. Contact Kim Lutes @ kikrlu@aol.com

Outreach Potluck and Conversation: March 16, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

All are invited to dinner in the Jackman room to join in an evening of sharing food and conversation around the programs of Outreach at Plymouth. Meet others, share why you care & discuss future strategies of connection our Faith with Action. RSVP to Connie Marty @ conniem@plymouth.org

Heading Home Plymouth March 8 & 22 after worship

Take Five Minutes to send a message to your elected official. A table will be in Guild Hall with all the information you need to advocate to End Homelessness. From now until the end of May the Heading Home Plymouth team will offer opportunities on a national, state and local level to use your citizenship to speak on behalf of the needs of other. Budgets are being cut for programs that effect the more vulnerable in our society. Come to the table and speak out for the common good of all. To receive action alerts via email contact Connie Marty at: conniem@plymouth.org

Homeless Shelter Tour March 22, 12:15 – 3:00 p.m.

Join this tour of our neighborhood shelters and discover the world of the homeless. Talk to staff, see services offered, hear real stories and learn about how our community is responding to Ending Homelessness. Cost $10 for box lunch and speaker expenses. Limited spaces in the church van. Reserve a spot by sending a check to Connie @ the church (1900 Nicollet Ave S. Minneapolis, MN 55403) or stop by the March 8 Take Five Table in Guild Hall. Make checks out to Plymouth Church with Shelter Tour in the memo line.

Sign up now to volunteer for Night on the Streets April 24

We have 80 volunteers signed up but need 150!!! Opportunities: Set-up and tear-down, Registration (various tasks), Dinner and breakfast service, Parking lot directors and security, Activity coordinators, Guides for small groups, Box assembly. It is really fun to see 350 young people in our church parking lot engage in the issue of youth homelessness and make a difference! Join us! www.nightonthestreet.org or Contact John Maday at: deefreez@hotmail.com

Plymouth Rain Garden & Caring for Creation update:

Spring is coming and so will new sprouts on outdoor plants! Do you want to spruce up our rain garden on the south side of our church building for spring? Contact Tom Anderson to assist at: tomPand@yahoo.com

The Green Festival/Sustainable Living Fair is being organized for May 31 after church. If you want to host a table with action ideas for this event, contact Katie Dailey at: dailey.katie@gmail.com