BEAVER RIDGE UNITED METHODIST
The Church at Karns
Sunday Worship at 10 am
LOCAL MISSIONS
Our community ministries offer help to those nearby. This includes, but is not limited to our food pantry, Second Harvest food distribution, coat giveaway, local school mentoring, and the "I Support the Girls" (which provides undergarments and personal hygiene items for homeless girls & women).
Beaver Ridge UMC is dedicated to missions. We celebrate all types of mission opportunities - from trips to collecting mittens to donating food, and more. You are invited to participate in any or all of these mission opportunities!
Contacts:
Food Pantry - Leslie Little, deanleslielittle@gmail.com
Second Harvest Food Drop - Mary Hunt, acumanager@comcast.net
FOOD PANTRY
Mondays from 1 to 2 pm
Wednesdays 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
in the Education Bldg.
(bldg. closest to Weigel's)
Beaver Ridge Food Pantry serves anyone in the
community in need of help with groceries.
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**A list of needed food items is listed in the church newsletter each month.**
We're All About Missions
Well, the hot weather has arrived with a vengeance. In mid-June, twelve hardy souls travelled up to Marion, VA for our annual Hands-on mission trip to Project Crossroads: Eight adults (Randy Creswell, Joe Dooley, Mark Graham, John McClure, Dean Little, Rebecca Young, Emma Creswell, and myself) and four youth (Ellyana, Abby, Lily and Troy) comprised our team this year. Rebecca and Emma did an outstanding job of feeding us as well as the Crossroads' staff. The primary project for this trip was to repair a private bridge used for crossing the local creek. The bridge was originally built with a metal structure topped with railroad cross ties and planking on top. When we got there, much of the planking was in poor shape and dirt filled in many of the cracks. Upon closer inspection, many of the cross ties were also rotted and needed to be replaced. There were no side rails. Fortunately, no one fell off the bridge ... although I heard there were some close calls. The finished product was completed on Friday and is much sturdier.
A secondary project for the trip was to clean out and organize two of the storage areas at the Project House...getting the contents organized and ready for the upcoming summer's mission teams. Many thanks to the Mission Team for all their hard work!
Summer brings an opportunity for gleaning the Knoxville Market Square Farmer's Market to provide fresh produce for our Food Pantry. Beaver Ridge is a participant in this gleaning under the umbrella of the Society of St Andrew's (SoSA) Tennessee Regional Office. SoSA's Tennessee Gleaning Network coordinates volunteers across the state who rescue food at farms, farmers' markets, and even processing facilities. Volunteers harvest food straight from farm fields when growers are done for the season, collect food that hasn't sold, or package and distribute unmarketable but good produce....such as the sweet potatoes we've received from Concord UMC in the past. Since established in 2010, SoSA has rescued and shared an average of one million pounds of food per year. By gleaning the Farmer's Market, we receive fresh produce at no cost, the farmers get a tax write-off, and our Pantry families get to eat fresh food that they would not otherwise have access to. Talk about win-win-win! So BRUMC has volunteered to glean the Farmer's Market on the third and fifth Saturdays through October. If that's something you'd like to participate in, give either myself or Teresa a call....we'd love to spread the joy!
Blessings to all,
Leslie Little, Missions Chair
Your Donations to KARM Help Others
Anytime is a great time to clean out clutter from your home and garage to donate to the Knoxville Area Rescue Mission. When you drop off your items be sure to tell them you want Beaver Ridge UMC to receive credit. KARM will then give us gift cards to distribute to folks in our community who are in need of clothing and household items.
Let your unwanted stuff assist others and our church ministries!
I Support the Girls is a worldwide non-profit which provides feminine hygiene products, new and gently used bras, new underwear, and socks to those in need. Currently, we have over 60 affiliates worldwide. Since its inception in 2016, ISTG has distributed over 25 million items.
Erica Zuckerman is the director of the Knoxville affiliate. Some of the organizations that have received your donations around Knoxville include Wesley House, BRUMC Food Pantry, Susannah's House, Community Coalition against Human Trafficking, Angelic Ministries, Ladies of Charity, Carecuts, and several schools in Knox, Anderson, and Hamblen Counties. These are just a few of the many organizations that have received your donations.
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If you have any donations, please place them in the labeled bin in the office hallway of the sanctuary building. If you have questions or would like to learn more about ISTG, feel free to contact Erica at 865-660-3687.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Dear Church Family,
Community Outreach has a new email address: beaverridgeoutreach@gmail.com. If you know of
anyone or a community business needing something, please let us know. We are looking for other ways to reach out into the community and meet their needs. Even if others need a space to hold an event.
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We provided the Airbrush Art Cart for our Community Festival on June 22nd. The kiddos really
enjoyed getting their face painted or getting a tattoo! We also ran the BRUMC Information table at the event. We handed out information on the different activities here at Beaver Ridge, provided a display board with some updated photos of current events and included our Karns Community Prayer Walk Display. It was a blast meeting new people and seeing some of our familiar faces! Thanks for everything!
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Next month, our main event will be our Second Annual Booth at the Karns Fair on July 20th. We will pass along information and get to know some of our community members and businesses. Airbrush Art Cart was a business we met at the Fair last year. It is all about connecting with others and growing God's Kingdom. The fair runs from 10:00am-3:00pm with set up starting at 8:30.
If you are interested in working our booth for any amount of time, please contact Suzanne Davidson at
beaverridgeoutreach@gmail.com . There will be a sign up sheet in the Narthex. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Suzanne and Kerri