Sunday Night Soup Ministry:  Sunday Night Soup Ministry: We have the following night left for our Winter

Soup Ministry to Camden; March 17. Crossbridge Church will be serving. If you

would like to help serve, please meet at the Church parking lot at 4:45 on Sunday

afternoon.  We will car pool and return around 6:30 p.m.  Families are welcome to

join us. We are always in need of new men’s gloves and hats. Donations may be

placed on the porch of the annex.If you would like to help provide food, please visit

the church website and follow the ‘Sign Up Genius’ link to see what is needed and

to sign up.  Or, contact Dan Stephens directly at 856-956-9736 or

SpiritDan@live.com .

Bethesda Church ministries and operations are solely dependent on the faithful financial investment of people like you.  If you want to join the Bethesda Team by making a donation please do so by sending a check or money order to 

Bethesda UMC

1435 Kings Highway

Swedesboro, Nj 08085

Operation Christmas Child: Please place the monthly requested donation items in

the Operation Christmas Child cubbies.

Any questions please call Jenn Mooney (856) 294-9862.

March - Toothpaste and toothbrushes

You may also make a monetary donation that will be used to pay for the shipping costs in December.  Please mark your check Operation Christmas Child in the memo line.

 We are in need of volunteers to visit patients in your community. Although visiting hospice patients isn't for everyone, for those who choose to give back in this way, it is a very rewarding experience for both volunteer and patient. Wouldn't we all want someone there for us when we needed the support. Angelic Health Hospice looking for volunteers For as little as an hour or two a month you can make a difference to a hospice patient in your community. Angelic Health Palliative & Hospice Care is asking you to share your time and compassion to those on their final journey. Your visits can mean so very much to hospice patients and their loved ones. Your volunteer service will fit your schedule and interests, and visit assignments are your choice. Volunteer activities can include: • Reading, playing music, card games, or crafts activities. • Listening to and documenting their memories for a life or memory journal. • Staying with patients to give family members a break to run errands, or take care of their own needs. • Certified Pet Visitors for pet lovers. • Keeping vigil with patients in their final hours. • Bereavement and grief support of family. • Military Veterans Visiting Veterans For your convenience volunteer training is provided online. Volunteer visitors must be 18 years of age. For more information visit our website at www.Angelic.health, email MBarham@AngelicHospice.net, or call 609-515-3041. Angelic Health Palliative & Hospice Care serve all South Jersey counties, providing clinical, social, spiritual, emotional and physical care to those with a life-altering or terminal diagnosis. Patients are cared for wherever they call home—private residence, nursing care facility, assisted living, or other facility. Margie Barham, MBA Director, Public Relations, Volunteers & Giving Angelic Health MBarham@AngelicHospice.net Cell: 609-515-3041 Office: 609-822-7979 Fax: 609-822-7980 802 Tilton Rd,. Ste 100, Northfield, NJ 08225 1050 Manuta Pike, First Floor, Wenonah, NJ 08090 www.Angelic.health “We’re by your side”

Our Mission offerings for April will go to The One Great Hour of Sharing, which is part of UMCOR – The United Methodist Committee for Relief. During Lent, the United Methodist Conference asks all Methodist churches to take a special offering on one Sunday for UMCOR. This month, all mission offering collected, not designated for a special purpose, will got to the One Great Hour of Sharing for UMCOR. These offerings provide a strong foundation on which all other UMCOR programs are built. Gifts to the One Great Hour of Sharing cover UMCOR’s administrative costs as well as training individuals who are sent to disaster areas to help. Where there are floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes and other disasters UMCOR is there to provide food, shelter and emergency needs. UMCOR will be there as long as recovery takes. Their workers are known all over the globe for their compassion, leadership, expertise and guidance in recovery efforts. UMCOR is a good steward of God’s gifts. We can be assured the offering we send will be used wisely and well.