Helping Hands Ministry
Dear Mission Leaders,
January 2012 Helping Hands Update
Isn't it a privilege to be a part of God's I am blessed to think that we are co-workers with Christ in the ministry of Missions.
As we support the cause we play an important part.
As you may know, Bro. Snodgrass and Bro. Truitt are preparing to return to India to minister to the dear brethren there. They will be filling extra suitcases with special gifts for the orphans, widows and pastors. This is our opportunity to be HELPERS. By sending an offering you may count it as ‘ boxwork’. Actually, it’s an easy way to send a ‘box’. Just collect an offering and send it to Bro. Covington. Mark it ‘Helping Hands Project’.
God bless you as you labor in your local ‘mission field’.
Shirley Fogleman
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Our local congregation is working on flat rate boxes for India. The people
are excited to be involved in this project. If you are interested in
sending a box here is a list of possible items.
Artificial sweetener
Peanut butter
Baby asprin
Ibuprofen
Tylenol
Fruit rollups
Beef jerky
Sugarfree koolaid packets
Band aids
Sticky notes
Pencils
Pens
Candy- peppermint, butterscotch, M&Ms
Vitamins -adult, children's
Spam and meat in foil packaging -vacumn
Coffee
Trail mix
Chewing gum
Granola bars
Summer sausage
Antibiotic ointment
Hairband and clips
Raisins
Crayons and coloring books
Thank you, dear ones, for your cooperation and generosity on the Christmas project. I know I can count on you to come through again.
God bless you,
Shirley Fogleman
Christmas Project 2010
The Missions department is asking churches to help support the efforts for this years Christmas project. To view the poster click here. If you would like to download the poster to post in your church, download a PDF file here: Chrismas Poster
PLEASE SEND OFFERING BEFORE DEC. 10th Mike Covington, 655 West Cherokee Road, Duncan, OK 73533
Project for 2009-2010
Box Work Information
Projects Competed- Report 2008
1. Bible for India: This is an every year project. $3.00 US will put God’s Word in their native language in the hands of the people who attend our churches, their new converts, etc. in India. This is a good project for your Juniors, Youth, etc. to be working on.
2. Christmas Project: This year Bro. Pinapati would like our Christmas offering to go towards providing a nice clock with a picture of Jesus in the face, for each of the churches in India. For the national pastors, many of them need a good watch. The widows greatest need, besides their monthly stipend for some rice, is a new piece of cloth for a sari dress. And Bro. Pinapati would really like to provide the orphans with a set of clothes that would be a uniform for the orphanage so they could all dress alike for public presentations. So encourage your people to raise a good Christmas offering and send our warmest wishes and blessings to our brethren in India.
3. Water Wells for Thirty Villages: The main Helping Hands project for this year is to provide wells in some of the villages where our Christian people live in India. Many of them have to walk for miles to get even their drinking water. At least 8 villages and the orphanage are very needy of a well. These wells will have to be over 200 feet deep in order to reach sweet water (not salt) and will cost about $700 US each. This may sound very humanitarian but Bro. Pinapati feels that many people will come to know the Lord through this effort, besides being a great help to our Christian brethren. Jesus was very concerned about thirsty people – we see Him with the Samaritan woman at the well taking advantage of her physical thirst to tell her about the Living Water available for her soul. Let's follow His example. If every one of us will do our best, with some sacrifice for the cause of missions, we can provide this great blessing for many thirsty folks.