A Resource for Alternative Christmas Gifts 2016

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A Resource for Alternative Christmas Gifts 2016 Financial Assistance Gas Gift Cards Help ease the burden of transportation costs for someone in our congregation who is struggling financially by giving a gift card for gas purchases.

Grocery Gift Cards Contribute to the health and well-being of a fellow congregant by giving a gift card with which to buy groceries and other essentials.

Local Missions First Care Women’s Clinic (formerly Cobb Pregnancy Services) The work of this ministry is dedicated to lifting the burdens of women and men who, despite their circumstances, choose life for their children. First Care helps provide what is needed at the beginning of a pregnancy, mentors men and women, and shares the gospel of Jesus with all who come through its doors. Good Samaritan Health Center of Cobb Extending hope and healing, Good Sam’s mission is to spread the love of Christ through quality medical and dental healthcare to those in need. Serving its patients’ basic human needs while also addressing their spiritual needs, Good Sam provides affordable and comprehensive care for the uninsured, working poor. The Extension: Men’s & Women’s Centers The Extension is a licensed residential recovery program serving homeless men and women of Cobb County who suffer from alcohol and other addictions. It offers them another chance. In addition to substance abuse counseling, The Extension provides residents with educational opportunities and life skills training. Club 3:30 Each school day, 30-35 latch-key children attend Club 3:30. They are tutored, fed, and loved by volunteers from our church and community. No longer just an after school program, Club 3:30 reaches beyond tutoring and seeks to meet the immediate needs of these children and their families in areas such as food, clothing, and transportation.

Regional Assistance Disaster Assistance: Hurricane Matthew Presbyterian Disaster Assistance acts as a missional arm of the PCUSA and is involved in mission relief in the hardest hit areas of Hurricane Matthew’s path. Be a support to the PCUSA’a efforts to aid our neighbors.

Foreign Missions Mexico Mission Trip Support our youth of FPC Marietta as we return to Renacimiento to build homes in the summer of 2017! Students pay their way, but we need to raise funds for the building materials. Would you sponsor our trip by symbolically purchasing cinder blocks for $10 a piece? Missionaries - Ongoing Needs for Programs Thomas and Judy Harvey, Oxford, England - PCUSA Missionaries. Tom is the academic dean of the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies (OCMS), which is known for its engaged, relevant and practical research that brings Word and life together through research to transform individuals, communities and nations. Anne Dayanandan, India— PCUSA Missionary. Anne organizes the leadership program for women from Dalit villages at Ewart College. She enables these first-generation collegians to learn music, English, and martial arts and to share Christian life through daily devotions, Bible study, and linkage with the Student Christian Movement of India. Steve and Kathy Womack— Wycliff Bible Translators. Steve & Kathy celebrated 30 years with Wycliffe in 2014. They’ve served in South America and Africa. Now from North Carolina, Steve facilitates the assignment of staff to and from Wycliffe locations in sub-Saharan Africa. Steve trains the Human Resource workers assigned to Africa in Personnel systems. Kathy has been involved in the mentoring and training of Wycliffe staff in Africa and now at the Wycliffe training center, JAARS, in NC.

A Different Kind of Christmas Order Form 2016

GIFT



Your Name:



Address:



City: ______________________ State: ______



E-mail (or phone):



DONATION AMOUNT Please circle your choice

Financial Assistance Gas Gift Card Grocery Gift Cards

Zip Code:

H = In Honor of R= In Recognition of M = In Memory of

PERSON(S) IN WHOSE NAME(S) THE GIFT IS GIVEN

$10 25 50 Other ___ $10 25 50 Other ___

Local Missions First Care Women’s Clinic Newborn Onesie 2 pk. Newborn Clothing Set Infant Winter Coat Infant Snow Suit Car seat

$10 $35 $35 $70 $50 75 100

Good Samaritan Health Center of Cobb Patient prescriptions/month $10 15 20 25 General patient care $25 50 75 100 The Extension Program materials for one resident $25 Bus transportation for job seeking resident 10-ride local pass $18 31 day local pass $72 General Needs: Men’s Shelter $20 30 40 Other ___ General Needs: Women’s Shelter $20 30 40 Other ___ Club 330 Family Night Supper Support After School Snacks General Needs

$5 10 15 Other ___ $10 $10 20 30 Other ___

Regional Assistance Disaster Assistance

$10 20 40 Other ___

Foreign Missions Mexico Mission Trip Block donation

$10 per block

Missionaries Anna Dyanadan Thomas & Judy Harvey Steve & Kathy Womack

$20 40 60 Other ___ $20 40 60 Other ___ $20 40 60 Other ___

Would you like a personalized notecard to give to the individual or group you are recognizing? ____ Yes ____ No Notecards may be picked up at the Front Desk three weekdays after this form is received. Please return completed form and check (made out to FPC) to the Christmas box at the Front Desk, or mail them to FPC, Attn: A New Kind of Christmas * 189 Church Street * Marietta, GA 30060. Please write on the check memo line: Another Kind of Christmas. Order forms will be collected through Sunday, December 18th.

Make a Difference in Someone’s Life This Christmas