EASTER CANDY SALE
This is a yummy fundraiser that helps pay the insurance bill. Won't you please help? Gertrude Hawk candy may be purchased from a special Easter brochure from a church school student or youth group member. Checks should be made payable to GVUMC (NOT Gertrude Hawk!). Do not include any sales tax. Orders must be returned to Mrs. Fawcett no later than .


CAR WASH
Hosted by the Youth Group of the Green Village United Methodist Church. This event will be held from 11:30 am until 1:30 pm at the church located at 500 Spring Valley Road in Green Village. Proceeds from this fund-raiser benefit CUMAC and all donations are welcome.


BLESSING OF CREATION
The purpose of this service is to be "witness to God's and the church's love, care and concern for creation. As we recognize our mutual interdependence with God's creatures, the chruch's witness of stewardship is strengthened".

If you have not attended this service, you have missed a fun service. You're invited to bring your pets, plants or other living things to be blessed. This is a service that children "beg" to attend, so please bring your children, grandchildren, friends and others. If it should rain, the service will be held in Fellowship Hall.


YANKEE CANDLE FUND-RAISER
Please support the Green Village United Methodist Church with a purchase from the Yankee Candle Fund-Raising catalog. Yankee candle products make excellent gifts for any occasion including holidays, birthdays, anniversaries and house-warmings. The brochure is available by contacting a church member or online at Yankee Candle. Checks should be made payable to GVUMC. Orders will be delivered 2 to 4 weeks from the last day of the sale.


FIRE FIGHTER'S SUNDAY
Service at 10:00am. All area fire fighters and auxiliary members are invited to join in a special worship service in a special worship service. Members of the Green Village Volunteer Fire Department provide fire safety tips, along with a look at a real fire truck for the church school children. This is one of our Sunday School childrens' favorite Sundays. It always gives our children an opportunity to see how we "do" the word of God in the world. Everyone is invited to join together in a special coffee fellowship after the service.


UNICEF
The Church School students will not only be out for treats, they'll have their UNICEF boxes with them! We hope they will be brought back jingling! Start saving your extra change now; a little goes a long way. This is a wonderful way for children to help children.

We will also have a UNICEF box in Fellowship Hall for the adults to fill. Why not drop in the loose change you have with you each Sunday. You'll hardly miss it.

Remember, October is UNICEF month and October 31 is National UNICEF Day!

VETERAN'S DAY
A service and laying of the wreath is held at the Memorial Stone on the green in Green Village at 11:00am. Come and join us.

HOLIDAY BAZAAR
This annual event is our biggest fund-raiser. Included are:

Children (age 5 to 9 years) - In this age group, we are collecting one boys and one girls pajamas in each size. If you would like to donate pajamas there are some ways you can help:

You can buy pajamas for a child between the ages of 0 and 9 years. We ask that you wrap the gift and attach a card listing the child's age and sex (i.e., Girl - Age 7).

You can take a tag from Fellowship Hall with a specific request on it, buy that item, and return it to Fellowship Hall.

Don't like to shop? You can make out a check to the church and in the memo write "PJs for Children". We will make the purchase for you.

Feel free to attach a note or card for the child.

All pajamas need to be brought to Fellowship Hall by December . Bridges Outreach will deliver them to the shelter.


HOT DOG SUPPER
Join your neighbors at the church at 4:30pm for hot dogs, chips and hot chocolate. It's free, it's fun and it's fellowship. The Chatham Brass Quintet will be on-hand to play during the supper. Afterwards, we sing Christmas carols to celebrate the season. Shortly before 6:00pm, we take a short walk down the luminary-lit road to the Green Village Fire House where we await Santa's arrival.


SOLDIER ANGELS - Ongoing
The Youth Group is collecting items for our deployed soldiers. Suggested items are:

Food Items Beef Jerky Canned Fruit (w/pop-tops) Chex Mix Chocolate Candy Dried Fruit Gatorade Powder Granola/Cereal Bars Hard Candy Instant Soups Kool-Aid (w/sugar) Microwave Popcorn Nuts Pudding Cups Slim Jims Spices/Condiments Summer Sausage Trail Mix Tuna Packs

Toilet Articles Body Lotion Chapstick Cough/Cold Medicines Eye Drops Foot Powder Razors Shave Gel/Foam Sun Screen

Other Items Antibacterial Wipes Batteries Books CDs Cooling Bandannas Disposable Cameras DVDs Frisbees Magazines Nerf Balls, etc. Playing Cards Water Guns Word Puzzles

DISASTER RELIEF EFFORT - Ongoing
If you would like to donate money directly to a humanitarian agency, this can be done through United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). UMCOR is the not-for-profit humanitarian agency of the United Methodist Church.

Since 1940, UMCOR's mission - providing relief in disaster areas, aiding refugees and confronting the challenge of world hunger and poverty - has helped heal the hurts of humanity. UMCOR maintains a corps of trained disaster response specialiss for quick reinforcements of national efforts, and keeps a supply of relief materials in warehouses for dispatch when and where required. 100% of you money goes directly ot the disaster area.

If you would like to participate in this work, you may send a check, payable to "Green Village United Methodist Church" and write in the memo area "UMCOR". The church will forward your tax-deductible gift.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!