A Mission Moment

Bidwell Pantry (Families Forward)
This month's mission is in support of Families Forward, a merger of Bidwell Riverside Center and Hawthorn Hill. The original four programs -- Bidwell Pantry, Child Develop-ment Center, New Directions Shelter, and The Home Connection -- remain, work-ing together to provide compassionate, life-changing assistance to families and their path to self-sufficiency.

The Missons team will be joining with the youth group in their March 10 trip to Bidwell Pantry where they will help organize donations. The Bidwell Pantry helps families put food on their tables and clothes on their backs, reducing the strain the families are experiencing, enabling them to focus on other ways they can help themselves.

Bags for Bidwell
The Bidwell Pantry needs used grocery bags to help pantry guests carry their groceries. The bags can be paper, cloth, or the usual plastic. Since the pantry serves an average of 5,000 individuals a month and each shopper uses 2-3 bags, they need a lot of bags. There’s a tub in the church entryway where you can put your donated bags. We plan to continue collecting these throughout the year, so please keep bringing them in.

Adel (Good Samaritan) Food Pantry.

This month's personal item is toothpaste.
Please place your donation in the marked tub in the church entryway.
Learn more about the food pantry here and here.