EASTER OFFERING
The Outreach Committee has established these goals for the Easter Offering:

New Church Starts in Russia (Russian Initiative) - $1,000
Helping to create a connection with our church community and a Methodist faith community in Russia.

Interfaith Hospitality Network - $1,000
IHN of the Madison Area serves homeless families by mobilizing religious communities to provide shelter, meals and other needs.

Madison Area Urban Ministries - $1,000
Supporting Family Connections, a fund that assists families in providing transportation for children to visit their mothers at Taycheedah, Wisconsin’s women’s prison.

Madison Hospital Chaplaincy Program - $1,000
Supporting a chaplain who visits non-local United Methodist patients and families in four Madison hospitals.

Please give generously to make a difference in people’s lives.

CHURCH SCHOOL OFFERING
Collecting pennies until June 8! - To support GLOBAL AIDS FUND
SPUMC church school (all ages … both Saturday evening and Sunday morning) is collecting pennies … hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of pennies! We are joining other United Methodist churches in Wisconsin with the hopes of collecting 1 million of those pesky little coins. 1 million obviously adds up … $10,000! Please help the Wisconsin Conference reach this goal. Your donations can be placed in any of the containers found in Fellowship Hall. You are welcome to donate any form of currency; not just pennies. Although containers are separated by age groups, all donations go to the same place. Money is being collected for AIDS awareness, education and prevention. 25% of the monies collected will stay in Wisconsin.

Please empty your pockets in support of this important endeavor. Questions? Please see Amy Davidson, Director of Christian Education.

LOOSE COINS - NORTHCOTT NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE, INC. - January/February/March
Northcott has been serving Milwaukee’s inner-city community since 1961. A United Methodist Ministry, Northcott is a multi-purpose community center providing a variety of programs and services to area residents. The purpose of the agency is to help maintain family stability, lessen neighborhood tensions, and combat community deterioration. Northcott serves approximately 10,000 community residents annually. Here are just a few examples of Northcott’s programs:

• Youth Programs. Provides an after-school program for teens and pre-teens, leadership development groups, summer day camp, basketball leagues, tutoring, and a variety of other educational programs.
• Food Pantry. Operates a pantry which serves over 200 families annually with emergency food. In addition, Northcott provides holiday baskets over Thanksgiving and Christmas to approximately 750 families.
• Gang Diversion. Works with families who need assistance in preventing their youth from joining gangs. Employment. Offer workshops and resources.
• Fatherhood and Parenting. Initiated a "Spirit of the Men" annual summer conference to support men of color in addressing the importance of fathering within a multi-cultural community.
• Drug and Alcohol Abuse. Supports ongoing AA and NA groups and provides referrals to appropriate agencies for neighborhood residents seeking assistance with drug and alcohol problems.

Loose coins means LOOSE COINS! Loose BILLS are not considered loose coins! We only count coins as our LOOSE COIN OFFERING! Many in our congregation save their change throughout the week and then drop all loose coins into the offering plate during worship on the weekend. If you would like to make a special donation to Northcott Neighborhood House (checks or bills), please clearly mark your donation NORTHCOTT.

The Northcott Neighborhood House needs our support. Please give generously.

Campbell's Labels For Education
We continue to collect Campbell’s product label UPC codes for educational tools and supplies for the Red Bird Mission School. The school redeems the donations for their educational needs.

REMEMBER: Front panel product labels are no longer acceptable!

The UPC (barcode) CODE is the ONLY acceptable part of the label we can collect.

Please do your part by cutting out the UPC labels from Campbell’s products and placing them in the Campbell’s Soup Receptacle located on the collection counter in fellowship hall.