The following items are needed at Webb School:  Clorox Wipes, Fine Line White Board Markers, and Scientific Calculators, pink bar erasers, boxes of Ticonderoga pencils, boxes of pencils, fine line dry erase markers, Double 9 dominoes.  Please place these items in the box at the Children & Youth Tablese.

There is a need for eight new Study Buddies and a Librarian Helper at Webb Elementary School.  See Pastor Andy.  Persons are needed to help between February and April on Thursdays at 2:30 p.m. to assist a child.
 

Grace Church recently decided to enroll in the Stephen Series.  The Stephen Series is a system for training laypeople to do caring ministry.  Those training for Stephen Ministry will learn skills and develop their talents for bringing Christ's healing love to people who are grieving, depressed, or experiencing other tragedy or stresses in life.  We eagerly look forward to the blessings the Stephen Series will bring our church.

Kic-It – Kids in Crisis Intervention Team
A new ministry has emerged in Franklin and Johnson County to assist and work with at-risk and homeless youth:  Kic-It is a new initiative that brings together social agencies, churches, civic groups, individuals to leverage resources to make a difference.  

The Fellowship Circle of United Methodist Women, along with the Missions Team, invites persons to donate the following items to Kic-It:
 

Bring these items to the Missions Corner in Price Hall.  Other avenues of helping Kic-It are also available:  volunteering and giving.   To learn more about Kic-It go to www.kic-it.org.

Interchurch Food Pantry Project
Bring cans of tuna to the “Tuna Table” in the Lobby between January 20th and February 14th for our “Food Drive for the Interchurch Food Pantry.”  This is part of our Johnson County Cluster of UMC’s Mission Focus in 2012.  To celebrate the Food Collection by the Johnson County United Methodist Churches, a "Concert of Prayer" will take place on Sunday, February 25th, at 5:00 p.m. at Smith Valley UMC in Center Grove.  All are welcome to attend.

Non-Expired Medications
Grace Church is still collecting non-expired medications for the St. Thomas Clinic near Whiteland. Please bring medications to the church office.

The Lord's Cupboard Ministry - Persons who would like to donate clothing items and/or furniture items to the Lord's Cupboard may do so any time during the year.  The Lord's Cupboard is located on North Johnson Avenue in Franklin.  (items donated are also tax deductable.)

Funeral Dinners Ministry - Kitchen help is needed for funeral dinners.  If you are not a member of a UMW Circle, and would be interested in helping with funeral dinners either by donating food, helping serve food, or cleaning up, please contact either Sandy Trueblood or Nina Miller.

Kitchen Ministry
Occasional kitchen help is needed for Wonderful Wednesdays. If you would be interested in helping with food preparation or clean up, please call either Nina Miller or Georgia Stiff

Greeters Ministry  
 If you like to meet people and could serve a few Saturdays or Sundays a year as Door Greeters, we would like to hear from you.  Please contact Jane Bingham, 736-7065, for more details or to volunteer.

The rummage sale is March 10th.  People come looking for bargains and find their Easter outfit, children's clothing, costumes for skits, items to re-craft into a treasure, kitchen gadgets, books and tapes, perhaps a piece of furniture or a picture frame.  We have sold everything from kitchen sinks to fur stoles.  Use these winter days to sort through closets, cupboards, cabinets, shelves and bins.  If you no longer use it, why keep it?  We will sell your cast-offs at rummage sale prices, and the profit will go toward paying down the mortgage on our beautiful building.  Do not bring sale items to the church until the week before the sale. There is no place to store them.  Thank you for your cooperation again this year.