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2013 Outreach Goals

 
If you've read my previous posts, you know that my ultimate goal for Outreach at St.Matt's is to ENGAGE as many people as possible.  For me this means involving more people, within St.Matt's and in the community. So when setting 2013's detailed goals, we kept this at the forefront.  I wanted to share the 3 specific goals we have for Outreach this year, keeping in mind that we fully intend to support and grow our existing programs such as ACTS, Backpackpack Buddies, LINK, etc...

1) 2nd Saturdays at St. Matt's - On the 2nd Saturday of selected months, we will provide a hot, nutritious meal to the community. There will be no charge, however, donations to support Outreach will always be accepted.  We will include an ELL class, babysitting and activities for the kids. Plans are underway to have our first 2nd Saturday Dinner on April 13.  Dinner will be 4:30-6:30pm.  ELL classes are scheduled for 5:30-7pm.

2) Youth Outreach Band - We believe music can spread a lot of joy.  We also know that we have a ton of talented youth at St. Matt's.  We want to bring those talents together with outreach, to go out into the community as never before.  If you have a youth in your family that would be interested, please email me at Abbrennan2@gmail.com.

3) 200+ Average Page Views of this Blog - Communication is so important in reaching goals and growing any ministry.  We know we cannot reach everyone on Sunday morning.  If we can get 200+ people reading this blog on a regular basis, then I know we are getting the word out.  So please, sign up for email updates or better yet, contact me at Abbrennan2@gmail.com and ask me to include you on the email updates of this blog.  I'd love to know who is out there!

Thanks for your support of our mission in 2013!!! 
Annette

Annual Community Easter Egg Hunt

I'm so excited about Spring at St. Matthew's.  There are so many fabulous ways to get involved. One of my favorites is the Annual Community Easter Egg Hunt that we host at Briar Patch Park.  This year we will have it on Saturday, March 23. The event will run 10:30am - 12:30pm and will include 2 Easter Egg Hunts for various age groups from 0-10.  We will have our resident Easter Bunny on site, engaging the children and passing out treats. Matt Harmon will be taking professional pictures which will be distributed the week after the event.  My team leader, Nancy Yahner, will sponsor a professional face painter once again...always a hug hit! And there will be crafts, games and more....

Beginning the week of February 24, we will be collecting individually wrapped candy.  So please pick up a few bags next time you are at the store. We could also use plastic eggs to fill, since many of them go home with the kids each year.  And most of all, we would love to have you volunteer the day of the event.  We need lots of people to make this a successful event!  We will start setting up at 8:30 that Saturday morning.  I will have sign-up sheets in the Parish Hall on February 24.  Thanks as always.  Please contact me at abbrennan2@gmail.com if you have any questions.