Outreach: Missions & social justice
Notes of appreciation…
Dear Friends,
Please allow me this opportunity to thank you for your generous gift to Methodist Children’s Home Society made through the Ministry Jubilee program. This gift allows us to continue providing for one of Michigan’s most valuable resources, our children. We know that through Ministry Jubilee your congregation has many choices. You decision to support the children in our care is sincerely appreciated.
Sincerely,
M. Beth Tarquinio, Executive director
Methodist Children’s Home Society
Dear Friends,
I would like to extend my deepest appreciation to everyone associated with West Side United Methodist Church who contributed to the success of your food drive. You gathered 229 pounds of food to be used towards the fight against hunger in Washtenaw County. Every gift to Food Gatherers brings us closer to realizing our mission: to alleviate hunger and eliminate its causes in our community. Thank you for choosing to be a part of our success.
Forever gathering,
John Reed, Director of Operations
Food Gatherers
Dear Donor,
This is to acknowledge receipts of your gifts via the Advance Special of the GBGM to the Bishop Judith Craig Children’s Village. We are very appreciative of your Christ like gesture to the suffering children of Liberia for the past seven years, since 2000. Your gifts have impacted the lives of some 100 children who are orphans very positively. These gifts have given the children hope and life; taken away their sorrows and eased their tensions. May God richly bless you and replenish your resources four-fold in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen!
Yours in Christ,
Rev. Samuel J. Quire, Director
Bishop Judith Craig Children’s Village
Dear Friends,
Please pass along our sincere gratitude to everyone. Thank you for the many, many years of kindness and the countless hours of building!
Patti Thomas Hanks, Development Director
Huron Valley Habitat for Humanity
Dear Rev. Huffman and all Friends at West Side Methodist,
Thanks you very much for the wonderful donation towards our much needed flat bed truck. This along with the overwhelming amount of sheets, pillows, blankets and other gifts your congregation has been sending has allowed us to extend our services to many who may not have received them. Your church and its members have had a vision. It is a vision of a world where children on this reservation no longer go to sleep on the floor, on an old sofa, or a worn out mattress. This is a vision that we at RE-MEMBER share with you. The support you so generously have given us will go far to “bring this dream up into reality, into the real world.”
Shalom and Shalem,
Rev. Keith S. Titus, Founder and Ambassador at Large
RE-MEMBER
Dear Rev. Huffman,
Your congregation’s partnership with Hope Clinic is greatly appreciated! Because of your donation and those of other area churches, Hope Clinic continues to serve those who come to us for help. Please remember Hope and those we serve in your prayers. You will be in our prayers as well. God bless you!
Sincerely yours,
Daniel D. Heffernan, President
Hope Medical Clinic
Dear Friends,
I am writing to thank you for your generous contributions to Cass Community Social Services. The donations of friends like you help to fill the gaps from the funding we receive from government grants. Thank you for making a difference in the lives of people in our city.
Sincerely yours,
Reverent Faith Fowler, Executive Director
Cass Community Social Services
Dear Friends,
A couple of weeks ago I received a list of individuals and church congregations who had sent gifts for support of the UMC Mission in Mongolia, and I wish to respond to your generosity. Thank you so much for your part in God’s work here, as we serve Him. Some of you sent salary support, some of you sent support for the Grace Hospice Program and others sent gifts for the Mongolian Mission program. All of your gifts are needed if we are to keep the services going here. So again, thanks for your part in the UMC Mongolian Mission.
Peace,
Helen M. Shepard
Dear Friends,
On behalf of the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System patients and staff, we would like to extend our appreciation to you for your donation of comfort items and clothing. Your thoughtfulness reflects the concern that you feel for our veterans and for the service they provide to all of us while in service to our country. Without your support, we could not provide for the smaller niceties that make hospitalization more bearable. Your thoughtfulness also reflects the concern and compassion that our community feels for our veterans.
Sincerely,
Beverly Leneski-Cavs, Chief, Voluntary Service
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Ann Arbor
Dear Rev. Huffman and Mr. Hatfield,
Thank you for your generous gift towards the creation of a new Ele’s Place location in the Ann Arbor area. Here, grieving children will find a warm and welcoming place to meet other children their age who have experienced the death of a loved one, and they will learn they are no longer alone in their grief. The grieving children of the Ann Arbor area deserve this support and your gift will help make it happen!
Sincerely,
Sheila Morrison-Patrias, Chair, Founders’ Council
Ele’s Place
Dear West Side United Methodist Church,
Thank you for your year-end contribution to Friends In Deed. Your gift will enable us to continue to extend a helping hand to low-income residents of Washtenaw County. We wish you blessings and peace during this holiday season as you have blessed those in our community who are less fortunate.
With appreciation,
Kirstin Bohac, Program Manager
Friends In Deed