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Alcott School Ministry Update
In December
our hospitality team provided a lovely morning coffee and breakfast
foods for the Alcott staff. Shana Burnett, the principal at Alcott,
presented our volunteers with a certificate of appreciation for an
“outstanding partnership that enhances academic achievement for
children.” This partnership has indeed exceeded both the
expectations of the Alcott staff as well as ours here at the church.
As our lives have become interwoven, God has provided a connection
of love and grace that has nurtured all those involved — the
children, the Alcott staff, and our faith community in countless
ways. This truly is an amazing community of generous people. Many of
you have served as weekly tutors for children in K–5th grades.
Others have provided staff support, coordination of all the
volunteers, and numerous special projects have grown out of our
connections with one another. Some of them include:
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The
sweatshirts collected at Advent by Candlelight and at the 3:00
service on Christmas Eve, along with the many coats and boots are
keeping the children at Alcott warm this winter.
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Wider Church
Outreach provided funds for a wonderful computer lab which opened
this fall.
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A grant from
the Filmer Foundation has given us the funding and opportunity to
provide the children with a field trip to see the play,
Lion
King.
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The Filmer
grant has funded four hours of music and art therapy per week
provided by Variety FAR.
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A third
portion of the Filmer grant has made possible a new Writer’s
Workshop program which will culminate in an author’s day and a
compilation of the pieces written by children from kindergarten
through 5th grades.
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Many
of you have prayed for this ministry and some have supported it
with financial gifts.
What began as
a vision of mission outreach without either a committee to back it
or a line item in the budget, has blossomed into a ministry of
presence blessing both our community of faith as well as Alcott
Elementary School. If you would like to learn more about
opportunities to participate, please contact either Kathy Nyberg at
248-644-2096 or Cindy Merten at 248-644-2087 ext. 145.
Click here to view our
Alcott
Ministry Brochure
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