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8049902667000MINISTRY COUNCILCumberland Presbyterian ChurchMissions Ministry Team 8207 Traditional Place Phone: 901-276-4572 Cordova, TN 38016-7414Fax : 901-276-4578 August 28, 2017Dear Co-Worker in Christ,What can 82 people, 3 ministers and 7 churches accomplish? With your participation in the 2017 Loaves & Fishes Offering, hundreds of people and many families in Oklahoma will have access to food. Even though the United States has many organizations, services and programs to address hunger, there are still numerous children, youth and adults who miss the criteria or eligibility of receiving assistance in the way of food. For many years, the congregations in Choctaw Presbytery have gathered their resources of both food- money and volunteers to help alleviate the rampant poverty in their community. Every Fall, each congregation compiles a list of individuals and families in need of food beginning with Cumberland Presbyterians, family members, members of the Choctaw Nation, co-workers, neighbors and even strangers. Each congregation then submits their list of persons in need to the Choctaw Presbyterial Planning Council who then enlists volunteers from each church to make the grocery purchases and deliver the food.390525081978500Now our Choctaw Cumberland Presbyterian brothers and sisters need your financial assistance. The available presbyterial funds to feed the local community is growing smaller while the need to address hunger multiplies. The past couple of years the presbytery has not been able to maintain their purchasing power and the amount of groceries bought have decreased. Your gifts to the Loaves & Fishes Offering will purchase groceries such as fresh produce and food staples to help Cumberland Presbyterians and many others during the fall and winter months in Oklahoma. Imagine the impact we can make when 82 people become more than 68,000 Cumberland Presbyterians and 7 churches become almost 700. Your church can participate through an offering during worship by encouraging your women’s group to dedicate their monthly offering; asking your men’s fellowship to provide support through their fundraiser; taking up a special offering in your Sunday School classes; and having your youth group and children’s church participate this year. Joining together, we can increase the impact Choctaw Presbytery has in feeding the community by giving others “something to eat” now and in subsequent years. Many of our churches will receive the Loaves & Fishes Offering on Thanksgiving Sunday, November 19. Please return the enclosed order form by September 29 to obtain your Loaves & Fishes boxes or email your order form to jellis@. An order form and additional worship resources can be found on our website: cpcmcorg/mmt/loaves/. Thank you for your participation in the Loaves & Fishes effort this year! Yours in Christ,Missions Ministry Team ................
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