December 22, 2024
Upcoming Events:
December 24 Christmas Eve Celebration, 5:30 pm at Southminster Please bring an inexpensive wrapped gift (dollar store item) as we will play the “Left/Right game”.
December 29, 2024 Pledge Dedication
Oxon Hill Elementary School Students
The students at Oxon Hill Elementary School need scarves, mittens and gloves. Please donate some of these items so the students can stay warm this winter. Please place the mittens, gloves, hats and scarves in the basket in the sanctuary.
Stewardship Update:
Pledges Received – 12 for the General Fund for a total of $46,972. (We are still $101,229 from the goal.) 7 pledges for the Building Fund for a total of $25,236. (This is $29,159 from our goal.) Please prayerfully consider making a pledge so the Session will be able to implement their projects and be confident that both our fixed and unexpected expenses can be covered. Pledges can be placed in a sealed envelope to the attention of Yvonne Hollis, and placed in the offering plate any Sunday. Be sure to put your name on your pledge. Thank you for supporting the needs and programs at Southminster!
Oxon Hill Elementary Family Market
The school has a grant that provides enough food for 100 families from the Capital Area Food Bank. If you are interested in volunteering to help sort the food and distribute it once a month, please let Janis McGeehan know. All adult volunteers will need a background check if you plan to volunteer more than once. Teens are welcome and will receive Community Service Credits. The food is sorted from 2-4 pm and distributed from 4-5 pm. You may assist all or part of that time. The school system website has directions for how to apply. The fee is $61 payable by the volunteer. Thank you to our dedicated volunteers who helped during the 2023-24 school year! The dates for this year are every 3rd Tuesday of the month.
Jan. 21, Feb 18 , Mar. 18, Apr15, May 20, June 17
Oxon Hill Food Pantry: The pantry continues to need volunteers to help sort and distribute food. Please continue to bring canned goods, cereal, peanut butter, jelly, pasta, soups spaghetti sauce, or other shelf stable foods to Southminster any Sunday. Speak to Janis McGeehan to volunteer. Thank you for your continued support to help provide food to our local community.
Warm Nights Program: This project is coordinated by First Baptist in Camp Springs and supported by Southminster and several other local congregations. Our local churches will participate February 10 through 16, 2025. We will help provide bagged breakfast and lunch that week to support the efforts of Prince George’s County to assist those in the county who are without a permanent home. These persons and families are housed in a hotel in the county. Donations of gift cards to fast food establishments near the hotel will be needed. We will collect food donations to pack in the bagged meals. More information is coming!
Flower Fund needs replenishment. Please see Nurture Division
Outreach Division thanks all who have supported our projects this year. Volunteers from Southminster help each month at the Family Market at Oxon Hill Elementary School. Thanks to donations from the congregation, we were able to provide the school with a variety of school supplies. Members are currently donating hats, scarves, gloves, and mittens for the students. Gloves and scarves are still needed. Special thanks to Miss Marjorie, who donated approximately 100 handmade hats that she made throughout the year! Our members have donated grocery gift cards, financial gifts, and food to support Oxon Hill Food Pantry. Donations to the Peace Offering helped us purchase Thanksgiving meals for 2 Food Pantry families. We get to use 25% of the Peace Offering for our local community. So many of you pitched in to set-up, prepare food, serve, and clean-up after our Stewardship Luncheon. Your donations to the Higher Education Scholarship Fund made it possible to give two (2) of our youth members $1,000 to help offset some expenses for their first year of higher education. Your donations to One Great Hour of Sharing totaled $581.51. The Outreach Division thanks you all for helping us continue to support our community and some of the global missions of the Presbyterian Church USA.
Special Offering Dates-
- Joy Gift for PCUSA (November 3 – January 12)
- Outreach Christmas Gift Cards for Oxon Hill Elementary School (November 3 – December 29)
- Warm Nights Gift Cards (January through February)
- Higher Education Scholarship Fund (February through June)
- One Great Hour of Sharing for PCUSA (March 2 – April 27)
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