
MISSIONS and OUTREACH PROJECT for LENT
During lent we will be partnering with the Interfaith Homeless Outreach Council to participate in their ‘Adopt a Box’ mission that collects personal care items for men, women, and children in shelters. Suggestions and items requested by the shelter: Soap/Washcloth ♥ Deodorant/Razors ♥ Shampoo ♥ Socks Feminine Products ♥ Comb/Brush ♥ Toothbrush/Toothpaste Care items may be placed in shoe boxes or plastic gallon storage bags and contents labeled for Man, Woman or Chil

Teddy Bear Sunday update - THE BEAR FACTS!
Many, many thanks to Heidi, Carole and Lynn who helped tag, count, and bag our Teddy Bear Sunday bears this past Wednesday. We have a phenomenal total of 182 bears to send to the Osborn Center this week to brighten the lives of and spread love and hope to their young patients! Thank you to each and every person who opened their heart to care for God's youngest children through this project!! ~ Shellie and the TBS Team

LENTEN THOUGHTS (day 1 - Ash Wednesday)
I AM with You: Lessons of Hope and Courage - Loyola Press Ash Wednesday - DAY 1 OF LENT God’s design was to live in harmony with people, where all our needs would be taken care of, and we would have happiness because we would be close to God and in accordance with God's will. But evil, known by most as Satan, and the misuse of our own free will that God has given us, distorted all that. And so, we have the crumbling, the fracturing, the division, the sorrow, the sadness, the