American Baptist Women's Ministries
White Cross Summary Report 2008-2009
Congratulations to all our Kenmore Baptist family and friends who helped to complete the White Cross requests we were given this year. We exceeded our goals and sent more than $500 worth of goods to support our missionaries in this country and around the world! We assembled 28 Health kits, 4 baby kits and 4 school kits for Church World Service to distribute for disaster relief during tsunamis, hurricanes, and emergency evacuations world wide. We also sent donations to Myanmar and Nicaragua, besides 88 pounds of goods to Valley Forge for distribution in the D.R. Congo and Puerto Rico. Thanks to Esther-Elizabeth Circle, who sewed and rolled “miles” of roller bandages for use in Congo hospitals. Congo missionary Katherine Niles told us in person last December how vital those bandages and supplies are on the mission field. In our troubled world, we can help spread peace and Christian love by keeping our missionaries well supplied and working. Thank you KBC for another successful year.
Kathy Jordan
White Cross Coordinator
White Cross Work Day
Saturday February 27 - 9:30-11:30am
All KBC women and friends are invited to attend our work day to finish gathering and organizing supplies to be shipped to our missionaries in the US and overseas. We also have some sewing projects to complete and bandages to be rolled for the D.R. Congo hospitals. A light breakfast will be served. Please come for the fellowship and to support our missionaries.
The following items are still needed:
mittens and scarves (can be handmade), patchwork pieces (3 1/2’ by 5 1/2”),2 pkg of colored construction paper, women’s socks, baby gowns, cloth diapers, baby sleepers and sweaters or sweatshirts, receiving blankets, hand towels, wide tooth combs, nail clippers, band-aids, toothbrushes in individual packages.
Please leave donations (labeled accordingly) in the office or downstairs in the White Cross closet in the Middler classroom. Thank you for each and every donation. They help make it possible to keep our missionaries in the field, spreading hope and the love of Jesus.
Prayer Shawl Ministry
The Prayer Shawl Ministry will be starting up October 15 (Thursday night) at 7:30pm. We plan on meeting at least twice a month for fellowship and knitting and/or crocheting. We are still planning on working on Prayer Shawl but we have another project in mind: knitted or crocheted baby caps for preemies. The ministry could always use donated yarn for both projects. If you are not able to make it on Thursday nights, you can knit and/or crochet at home, we will get you started with yarn and patterns. Hope to see there. See Donna Ryan for details.