Cunningham United
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Save the Dates: Mark your calendars for the following
dates: · May 6: Guest Preacher: The Rev. Amanda Hesbach · May 13: Confirmation Sunday · June 2: Yard Sale - Proceeds to
benefit the Year of the · June 9: Lawn Chair Worship at 7:00
pm. · June 11 – 15:
The Year of the The
idea started with the kids. For years,
the children of Cunningham have supported Heifer International with funds
raised at Christmastime (those boxes that they use to collect our spare
coins). Once
a year, their teachers would ask “what animals should we “purchase” with the
money that we have raised?” Last year, the children responded by asking “Why
don’t we buy the whole ark?” Heifer
International uses such gifts to provide a sustainable source of food for the
poor. A gift of $5,000 enables them to
“purchase” an ark full of animals and give them to the areas that need them
the most. An ark will purchase 2
camels, 2 pigs, 2 cows, 2 trios of rabbits, 2 donkeys, 2 beehives, 2 sheep, 2
llamas/alpacas, 2 flocks of geese, 2 goats, 2 oxen, 2 flocks of chicks, 2
trios of ducks, 2 trios of guinea pigs, and 2 water buffalo. Our Long Range Planning
Committee was looking for a project that could be adopted church-wide—one
that would challenge, ignite and inspire us.
Someone remembered the children’s idea. The Committee liked it and recommended it
to the Church Council. Our Council has
designated 2012 as the “Year of the Heifer’s website tells us that
it all started with a Midwestern farmer named Dan West.
West was distributing milk, one cup at a time, to hungry children during the
Spanish Civil War when it occurred to him that “These children don't need a cup, they need a cow.” West returned home to form Heifers for Relief, dedicated
to ending hunger permanently by providing families with livestock and
training so that they "could be spared the indignity of depending on
others to feed their children."
In 1944, the first shipment of 17 heifers left Heifer International has
adopted, as one of its guiding philosophies, the principle of “Passing on the Gift.” Recipients of animals from Heifer are
expected to become donors themselves and to pass along offspring from the
animals they receive to other families in need. A
gift to Heifer International is a gift that keeps on giving. What a wonderful way to carry
out the second great commandment, to “love your neighbor as yourself.” (Matthew
22:39). Join us this year as we
work to make 2012 not only a year that we will remember, but one that will
make a difference to the “least of these.”
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The church is located
at: You can get directions here
Worship is an integral
part of Church Mailing address: Map
GPS
Location: Covenant Missionaries Francis Coffey Mary’s Cradle, Bluefield, West Virginia Rebecca Parsons United
Methodist Community Outreach,
Rev. Tom Frost, Pastor |
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The Rev. Tom Frost,
Pastor Email Nursery and Children’s |
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Weekly activities at Cunningham This Sunday 9:30 am Church Service 9:30 am Children’s
Sunday School 10:30 am Fellowship
Hour 10:45 am Adult Sunday
School 11:00 am The Search
Adult Sunday School Bible Studies Every Tuesday 2:00 pm Every Thursday at 7:00
pm with Child care provided if
requested. United Methodist Women 9:30 am on the 2nd
Tuesday of each month Any other Tuesday at
10:00 am, we gather to quilt, knit, craft and do anything else that needs to
be done. United Methodist Men 7:00 pm on the 1st
Tuesday of the month is the United Singles’ Group 7:00 pm on the 3rd
Friday of each month, we meet and play games and enjoy fellowship. Throughout
the month we go to shows, movies and other outings. Ages 55 and up. Choir Choir rehearses at 7:30
pm on Wednesdays. Youth Group Sundays at 6:00 pm. Various special events
are planned throughout the year. Hand Chime Choir Sundays at 5:00 pm.
Intergenerational group. |
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