The Beacon May 2014 Issue | Page 2

Vacation Bible School Crystal Sebben is our Children’s Ministry coordinator and will be our Vacation Bible School director for 2014. On Thursday, May 8, 2014 @ 6:30 p.m. Crystal will be having a meeting for all those interested in helping with this year’s VBS. She will have the curriculum that we will be using on hand and all those attending will also help set the date for this year’s VBS. So, come and enjoy a meal at our God’s Kitchen (5:00 p.m.) and then stay for the meeting. Stamp Out Hunger Every second Saturday in May, letter carriers in more than 10,000 cities and towns across America collect the goodness and compassion of their postal customers, who participate in the NALC Stamp Out Hunger National Food Drive — the largest one-day food drive in the nation. Led by letter carriers represented by the National Association of Letter Carriers (AFL-CIO), with help from rural letter carriers, other postal employees and other volunteers, the drive has delivered more than one billion pounds of food the past 20 years. Carriers collect non-perishable food donations left by mailboxes and in post offices and deliver them to local community food banks, pantries and shelters. This year, the Key Largo Post Office and the Tavernier Post Office will be collecting for the Burton Memorial food pantry. On May 10, 2014 we will need volunteers to meet in the fellowship center of Burton Memorial as we unload (tons) of food from the Key Largo Post Office. We will be unloading from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. On May 12, 2014, we will need volunteers to meet in the fellowship center of Burton Memorial as we unload more food from the Tavernier Post Office. We will be unloading from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. African Well Project The Burton Men’s Group is sponsoring a project to build wells in Lofa County, Liberia. This is an incredible opportunity to save lives and souls. We will be building wells for villages that have no wells or reasonable access to clean water. Water-borne illness is a serious problem in this area. The first two villages designated for wells are Kpayea and Gbarsulome. We will be following up with much additional information. Meanwhile, please pray for this joyful project. United Methodist Women – Challenge Members of The Congregation To A Match