Our
Deacons are a very busy group of people. The most visible
thing you see them do is greet worshippers and collect the
offering on Sunday mornings.
But they do so much more than that!
The
first Sunday of each month at Hope Church is "Family
Emergency Services" Sunday. Our Deacons encourage
all to
participate by bringing gifts of non-perishable food
donations. (Place your items in the shopping cart outside
the Sanctuary.)
You can also
contribute money to the Deacons' Fund. With your gifts,
we are able to help support many worthwhile organizations, such
as:
Above and
beyond your monetary donations, there are many ways you can be of
service to these organizations by offering your time, energy, and
talents. For example:
Anchor
House needs male volunteers to work as mentors to the young
men in their program. Please call Don Cox (863) 665-1916
if you can help.
Meals
on Wheels always needs drivers to deliver
meals. They also need help in the kitchen, thrift shop,
and other areas. Please call their office (863) 299-1616
if you can help.
All the
other other agencies and organizations we support also rely
greatly on volunteer help. Please consider assisting in some
capacity; you will truly be blessed!
The
bloodmobile makes regular visits to Hope Church to make it easy
for you to donate blood. When you do, the Hope Church
account is credited with your units of blood.
When you or
a family member needs blood, you can tap into Hope's account (even
if the recipient has never given blood!). To arrange for this,
please contact Peggy Ann White (863) 324-6747 or Marsha Long (863)
324-6307. If neither are available, contact the Church
office.
Hope Church also sponsors numerous community organizations and
events by opening our
doors to them:
- We host Girl Scout,
Cub Scout, and Boy Scout Troops, and their leaders' meetings.
- The
Winter Haven Alcoholics
Anonymous (AA) support group meets weekly.
- The
Winter Haven Narcotics Anonymous (NA) support group meets
weekly.
- Autism
& Asperger families meet the last Tuesday of each month.
- An aerobics class is held twice a week.
- Vocal
students of Mrs. Rebecca Price have lessons each week.
- The AARP
provides tax preparation assistance during February and March
-
We are an official voting
location for part of Winter Haven.
Please see
This Month at Hope for dates and times of these meetings.
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