Help The Poor and Feed the Hungry

Presbytery of Tampa Bay News Help Fill the Container-So Far We are 25% Full! Our International Partnership Committee is planning a container shipment to Honduras later this spring. As in previous years, they seek the help of all in the Presbytery to fill the container - everything from band-aids to gardening equipment. The deadline has been extended until June 25! 2012 CONTAINER TO HONDURAS The International Mission Partnership Committee plans to send a container to the Presbytery of Honduras in Summer, 2012. Donations are needed and can be delivered to Plantain Products Company 5821 E. Causeway Blvd., Tampa, FL 813-626-9486 (Between Hwy 41 and Hwy 301 in the Clair-Mel area of East Tampa) Deliveries can be made between 8:00 am – 4:00 pm – Monday-Friday For additional information Please contact Margaret Shaw at 813-655-2795 or mpshaw46@aol.com or Plantain Products Company All donations must be in sealed cardboard boxes or plastic containers, sealed with packing tape and contents labeled on the top and two sides of the container. These donations must be delivered no later than June 25, 2012 ` The following are some of the items needed: HEALTH SUPPLIES (New – NOT outdated) CLOTHING (new or like new) Band aids (all sizes) All ages – No adult XL sizes Hair Brushes & Combs Shoes (good condition) Adults & Children Toothbrushes & Toothpaste Socks & Underwear for Girls & Boys – NEW Bars of Soap Flip-Flops – Men, Women & Children Men’s disposable razors Dandruff Shampoo (to treat skin problems) INFANT SUPPLIES Q-Tips, Cotton Balls & Gauze Clothes – new or gently used Multi-Vitamins for adults & children Blankets (crib & receiving – gently used) Tylenol – both children and adult doses Baby carrying slings New Reading Glasses – all strengths Baby Wipes Wheelchairs, Walkers (Clean & in Good Repair) Cribs (Good repair – NO lead paint) Strollers (Good repair – NO lead paint) HOUSEHOLD ITEMS Sheets & Pillowcases – all sizes new or almost SEWING SUPPLIES Towels & Washcloths Sewing Machines (good repair) Dishes, silverware, plastic glasses, pots & pans Needles, pins (straight & safety) Good Condition Used Furniture Spools of thread Digital TV’s Zippers, button (shirt & dress) Fabrics – washable for adult & children SCHOOL SUPPLIES Notebooks & paper, spiral notebooks CONSTRUCTION ITEMS (Good Condition) Crayons, School Glue Work Tools – hammers, screwdrivers, etc. Children’s Scissors – round tip Wheel Barrows Chalk & Chalk Erasers Chain Saws Pencils, Erasers & Pencil Sharpeners Ladders Colored Pencils Rulers (that include metric) Construction Paper Plastic storage boxes for school supplies PASTOR NEEDS Bicycles Dress Suits, shirts, ties & dress socks A note from Pastor Jeff: If you would are led to donate, please leave these items in the bathtub next to the Administration/Finance office (Candy’s). My last drop-off will be June 23, 2012. If anyone would like to help with this project, please contact me at pastor@bayshorepc.org, or 813-966-8242. Thank you for your generous support of food items given for Beth-El Farmworker Ministry. Rev Ramiro Ros and the Beth-El team appreciate the effort. If you would like to continue donating food, I will be making a run to Beth-El in early July. They need rice and dried beans. And let’s not forget our other outreach ministry, Metropolitan Ministries. Place food items in the barrel in the foyer and clothing donations and larger items in the bathtub next to the Pastor’s office. The following items are most needed to feed hungry families each day(please place food only in the barrel): Peanut Butter Canned Meat Large Boxed Cereal Canned Fruit Canned or Dry Beans Dessert Mix Rice Macaroni ‘N’ Cheese

SUMMER READING LIST

WHAT IS ON YOUR SUMMER READING LIST? Bayshore Presbyterian Church has recently started a book club. Yes, you heard it here first. The book for the month of July is Love Wins by Rob Bell. I invite you to go to www.bayshorepc.org to comment on the book, or leave your comments here. Simply click the book club link and type away! Good reading. Next month, Simply Christian, N.T. Wright.

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Love Wins by Rob Bell

Rob Bell's "Love Wins" is a book, as the subtitle suggests, about "Heaven and Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived". Bell's quick read is a nugget of thought surrounding the current discussion of Christian salvation. His work reads like the "Cliff Notes" for N.T Wright's book, "Surprised By Hope" as he addresses the theology of salvation and justice. Bell's position has earned him both praise and criticism. His discussion of Jesus' parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus is indicative of his fresh reading of scripture. This is good book with which to generate discussions on salvation, heaven and hell, and the role of the contemporary follower of Jesus Christ. Bell suggests the practice of Christianity is directed by one's thinking on this theology. Bell writes as if he were speaking, highly stylistic and choppy, lively, colloquial, and often leaves the linear thinker/reader confused. It is best to read this book as a sermon transcript, or better yet, go hear Rev Bell preach at his mega-church, Mars Hill in Michigan.

Avatar

Saw the movie Avatar last night. It was well done, good entertainment in 3D and well worth the 8 bucks. Technology concepts portrayed in movie way cool! Theology is based on paganism. God does not live in trees but in our hearts and in our relationships through the Holy Spirit. Remember, God created the world and all ...that lives within the world from nothing. God is Spirit and God is Love, the Creator, not the created. That is what makes the incarnation so exciting. Through Jesus Christ, God has entered creation.

Chris's Christmas Trip

Chris is now in Jackson, Tn. 800 miles today. Take'r easy Chris

Chris

Chris is on his way to Florida. He is now in Arkansas.