{"id":22982,"date":"2020-01-01T19:04:37","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T00:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=22982"},"modified":"2020-01-26T19:48:26","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T00:48:26","slug":"preschool-to-provide-coats-to-the-needy-1-31-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=22982","title":{"rendered":"Preschool to Provide Coats to the Needy (1\/31\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Our Father&#8217;s House, is more than a pre-school.\u00a0 Part of it&#8217;s curriculum is to demonstrate Christian love.\u00a0 In church-speak, we call that &#8220;Missions Projects,&#8221; but whether it collections for the Heiffer International, Pitman Food Pantry, or UNICEF, our preschool is always involved in helping others.\u00a0 Each month they sponsor a &#8220;Mission&#8217;s Project.&#8221;\u00a0 This month, they&#8217;re collecting coats for needy families.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard for most of us to imagine having to survive the cold winter without a warm coat.\u00a0 And yet, many people lack such a basic necessity.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-22984\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/OFHcoat19-_IMG_3735-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/OFHcoat19-_IMG_3735-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/OFHcoat19-_IMG_3735.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0 At the same time, many of us have closets filled with clothing (such as coats) that we never wear anymore.\u00a0 It&#8217;s too bad that they can&#8217;t be put to a better use&#8230; or can they?<\/p>\n<p>During the month of January, Our Father&#8217;s House will collect &#8220;gently used&#8221; coats.\u00a0 They&#8217;ve placed a large orange box in the Narthex, and the collected coats will be donated to the People for People Foundation.\u00a0 The coats will be donated to needy people throughout Gloucester County.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff99; color: #000000;\">Donations will be accepted at PUMC until Sunday January 26.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='et-box et-info'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Note: During the week the bin is located on the first floor of the Educational wing (near the Our Father&#8217;s House rooms. On Sunday, it is moved to the Narthex <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you don&#8217;t see it in the Narthex, look by the OFH rooms.<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #008000;\">+\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 +\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 +\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 +\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 +\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 +\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 +<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To learn more about the Our Father&#8217;s House Preschool, click this button:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href='https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?page_id=117' class='big-button bigpurple'>Our Father&#8217;s House<\/a> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re collecting &#8220;gently used coats&#8221; for men, women and children.  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