PUMC Set to Collect Cans of Soup on Super Bowl Sunday (2/5/17)

Posted by on Jan 24, 2017 in EventAnnouncement, Mission: AroundTowns, Pitman Food Pantry | 0 comments

Even if you don’t live in Atlanta or Foxboro, Sunday February 5 is going to be a big (“Super”) day.  Even if you’re not a football fan, a lot of good things (er- “super” things) are happening on this day.  Here’s the count down:

1:   We’ll hold two worship services (9:30 and 11:00… the “normal schedule”). 

2:   We’ll observe our annual “Dress Down Sunday”  Wear your favorite sports jersey.

3:   There won’t be an offering!  Instead, it will be the “Coin Toss!”

4:   After each service, the UMW will distribute the soup that has been ordered.

 

And if that’s not enough, here’s #5…

5:   We’re collecting soup for the Pitman Food Pantry!

 

The Challenge:  1,000 Cans!

Pitman Food Pantry Collection Cart (in Fellowship Hall)

Not only will we be picking up quarts of homemade soup for ourselves, but on this “Super” (or… “Souper”) Sunday, we’ll share some warmth with our neighbors who depend on the Pitman Food Pantry.

Pastor Jim laid down the challenge:  Let’s collect 1000 cans of soup for the pantry on Feb. 5!  This wasn’t an April Fools joke (that’s a couple of months off).  If everybody brings in a few cans of soup, we can stock the pantry shelves.

So when you come to church on Sunday Feb. 5, bring the following:

  1. A heart pre-prayerd to worship.
  2. An attire prepared to cheer on “your team.”
  3. A sense of humor for Pastor Jim’s dry bulletin humor.
  4. An appitite for the UMW soup.
  5. AND- at least one can of soup for the Pantry (and maybe a box?)

The altar will serve as the Endzone to collect the soup.  During the service you’ll have a chance to lay your soup on the altar.  After the 11:00 service, the cans will be boxed and taken to the Pitman Food Pantry.

One thousand cans of soup take up a lot of space, so we need some boxes!  If you can donate any small boxes (something like 1’x’1’x 1′ or thereabouts), please bring them on Sunday.  A large box can hold a lot of soup cans… but it doesn’t take too many cans before you have to arms like an offensive lineman to be able to lift it!

We’ll also need help transporting the soup to the pantry (down the street from PUMC on Broadway at the First Baptist Church).  If you’re available, please stick around to help. 

 

Don’t pass it up!  Know the Score!  When you come to church, be prepared to visit the Endzone and score a touchdown with some soup cans.  It will be a Super day of worship, community, and sharing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Go Eagles!  (oops… maybe next year…)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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