March sales at The Shop   were just under $3800.  This is a huge number and represents a great comeback from our February slump.  People have been buying the spring/summer merchandise like there is no tomorrow!  Although we are very well stocked in most areas, we welcome additional donations of linens, such as towels, as well as men's wear, especially light weight jackets.

 

We thank all of you who continue to shop, donate  and support the UMW Resale Shop.

 

Kathi Thompson

 

Spring has arrived, at least on the calender.  The Shop is ready, and from the sales since last Friday it looks like most of us are getting ready for the warmer weather.  Stop by and check out all the new items.  If you are doing some spring cleaning why not donate items, we are looking for Spring and Summer items right now.

Spring Has Arrived at The Shop

The shop closed early on Wednesday to sweep winter away in welcome Spring!

 

Friday The Shop will re-open at 9:00 with all spring merchandise.

Come check us out.

 

 

Happenings this month

 

March 7th 6:00 p.m. in the parlor book discussion

Plain Wisdom  by Cindy Woodsmall and Miriam Fland

 



 The Shop's Bag Sale is going on now until the 13th.

We will close at noon on the 13th and reopen on Sat. 16th

with new spring items.

 

Food Pantry  request the following items by March 18th for the Easter Season.

french fried onions, Jello, canned fruit, Kleenex, canned spaghetti sauce,

macaroni & cheese, peanut butter, and canned pasta.

 

March 20th at 6:00p.m. Karen Custer-Jankowski has ask for our help filling

plastic eggs for the Easter Egg Hunt on March 30th.

 

 March 28th  Maundy Thursday Breakfast  

A continental breakfast will be served followed by a service with Bonnie Albert

speaking about Ubuntu, I am human because you are human.  Please RSVP to your

circle chairperson or to  umwvalpofumc@gmail.com

 

Save the Date:  May 5th, 1:30  in Fellowship Hall $5 per person

Mother Daughter Tea.

 

 

 

Hurry! Hurry!  The bag sale is here!  That means Spring is just around the corner!

Friday, March 1st, starts the first day of our bag sale to deplete the Fall/Winter

merchandise.  The bag sale schedule is as follows:

$4.00 Bag - Friday, 3/1; Saturday 3/2, Tuesday, 3/5

$3.00 Bag - Wednesday,3/6, Friday,3/8, Saturday,3/9

$2.00 Bag Monday, 3/11,  Tuesday,  3/12            

Free Day - Wednesday, 3/13 (close at noon )        

The changeover to spring merchandise will take place Wednesday, 3/13 though Friday, 3/15.

The shop will reopen on Saturday, March 3/16 with all new colors of Spring! 

 

News

 

 

We would like to share our 2012 Year End Distributions of the Valparaiso First United Methodist Women's Shop

 

 

 

$   375          Alice's House

$   375          Caring Place

$   150          FUMC office supplies

$   275          Prayer Shawl Ministry

$   275          Good Samaritan Sewers

$     27          Note Writers

$   500          Rays of Hope

$   425          Royal Family Kids Camp

$   375          VNA Christmas for the Elderly

$   400          Hilltop ( Walt's Place)

$   450          Porter Co. Jail Chaplain's Fund

$   300          Day Spring

$ 2000          Men/Women's Shelters

$ 3000          Food Pantry

$   800          Shop Fund

$   400          Emerging Ministries / maybe parlor

$   350          Bashor Home Chaplain's Fund

$   500          Lucille Rains special

$   500          Clara Biswas - mission project

$  1000         Harford Cirls School  Serra Leon

$   500          Ardelle Graner  mission project

$   500          Africa University Student Emergency Fund

$ 1000          Operation Classroom

 

$14477         Total out of budget distribution 

 

 

Thank you for you support of The Shop with your donations, purchases, and volunteer hours.

                                                                         

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                 









The Next UMW book Discussion will be March 7at 6:00 p.m. in the church parlor.  We will be discussing Plain Wisdom By Cindy Woodsmall and Miriam Flaud.  The book has been selected to be a part of the 2013 United Methodist Women’s Reading program. 

 

 

Plain Wisdom: An Invitation into an Amish Home and the Hearts of Two Women    By Cindy Woodsmall, and Miriam Flaud

Two friends from different worlds—one Old Order Amish, one Englischer—share the truths that bring them together.

Best-selling novelist Cindy Woodsmall might seem to have little in common with Miriam Flaud, a woman immersed in the culture of Old Order Amish. But with nine children and almost 60 years of marriage between them, Cindy and Miriam both have found the secrets to facing life with strength and grace. Whether enduring financial setbacks, celebrating new babies and times of prosperity, grieving the crushing losses in the deaths of family and friends, or facing disappointments with their respective communities—through it all they find guidance for each day by looking to God. 

 

Susan Syrcle