Collins Memorial United Methodist Church
Food Pantry
The
following is from Jeanie Tidwell:
"As
I went grocery shopping this week, I met a young woman.
She heard that I belong to Collins Memorial U.M.C..
With tears (she said they were tears of joy and gratitude) she told me of
both she and her husband being out of a job – no food in the house. She came to Collins and met a lopvely
lady whose name was “Cindy.” She
didn’t know the last name but she said that Cindy saved their lives – she
had applied for food stamps but they told her it would take 30 days to get them
started – that Was the rule no exceptions.
She came to Collins and there was no 30 day waiting and Cindy made her
feel like she was happy to help them. Thank
you Cindy from this lady and all of
us for making the world a better place for all of God’s children."
Overview
of our Food Pantry 2011
We have had an
incredible year! God’s blessings
have been abundant. Thank you for
your time, your talents, your prayers and donations.
We are making a difference in our community.
God is so good. Please enjoy
our summary:
Total
Deposit
$21,378.41
Total
Expenditures
$19,546.41
Grant
from N.
We served 13,584
families who came at least once.
Average per
week
283
Largest
number served
358
Smallest
number served
92 (snow & ice)
Total
pounds of food given
300,029
Our
average weekly cost per family
$1.25
Cost
per pound is .058 cents (we buy from the Atlanta Food Bank).
Volunteer
hours are 5,792 of 18 volunteers each week.
Many of the
volunteers are from our church, others are from other churches in the community.
Wednesday
Worship:
9:00 AM weekly:
Average
attendance 160
Week of
Thanksgiving 227
This spiritual
journey each week is filled with song, praise, prayer, and the Word.
We even have a Wednesday Choir – you are invited to join us!
All of this is
to God’s glory.
Cindy
Corona and Mona Mathis, Food Pantry Co-directors
The food pantry has become a significant ministry that the church is proud of. We have a good staff composed of members of the church, and we are getting regular volunteers from the community and other churches.
We are aligned with the Atlanta Food Bank and follow their guidelines.
SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAYS;
Worship is in the Sanctuary
The Food Pantry and Clothes Closet are in the Fellowship Hall
9:00 AM Worship - This is a 30 - 40 minute informal worship service in the sanctuary. We sing, hear solos, devotional, and Altar/prayer time.
9:30 AM to 12 noon - Food Pantry hours.
Clothes
Pantry
On the first Wednesday of each month, we also have a clothes pantry available at which people can also get any clothes they may need.
If you would like to view one of the devotionals given at a Wednesday Worship, click the link below. It is a .wmv file and you will need Windows Media Player on your computer to play it (most computers have this).
Video: Devotion_Sept 8, 2010.wmv
We had a guest solo entitled "His Eye is on the Sparrow." Just click the link: His Eye is on the Sparrow.wmv
On September 8th, our District Superintendent, Rev. Dr. Coy Hinton visited with us and gave the prayer in the following video, (click on): Coy Hinton's Prayer.wmv
This is an audio (Mp3) file if you do not want to download a video file. Audio files do not take as long to download: Weds Sept1 sermon.mp3
