St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

Registration Deadline: 9/8/17

Where: Back Creek Golf Course, Middletown, DE

When: Monday, September 18th, 2017

Time: 12:00 Noon check-in, range open 1:00 pm, shotgun start

Cost: 99$/golfer

This Sunday our series on the messages of the risen Christ to the seven churches of Asia Minor continues with a focus on the church at Philadelphia and the open door for the gospel there!  Come and worship the Lord with us at 10 am!

“Code Purple” is a program supported by the Newark Empowerment Center.  In the winter, when temperatures drop to dangerous levels, seven churches in the area open up, in rotation, for overnight housing of homeless people.  Volunteers are critical and are needed to support those events.  There are a lot of opportunities with varying amounts of time required.  Please consider helping our neighboring churches in this life saving program. Contact Tom Parkins (302) 731 8193 mrfizzix@aol.com

Think of "cold people" when you read or hear the term "code purple". The Code Purple ministry offers cold people, the homeless in our area, supper and an overnight, 6 pm- 6 am, in a safe, warm sanctuary when local weather forecasts predict 20° F or colder overnight. Eight Newark churches participate in Code Purple. As soon as NEC declares a "Code Purple" night, the host churches activates its volunteer staff.

The Volunteer Teams:

• Prepare supper and ready the dining area
• Set up the sleeping area for the overnight guests
• Greet guests and explain the rules; monitor behaviours
• admit late arrivals until 9 pm, when doors are locked
• stay from midnight to 6 am, in case a guest needs help; this team also prepares breakfast and sees guests out
• clean up

Volunteers are always needed to provide hospitality to people in need at the Newark Empowerment Center. Stop by the Newark United Methodist Church (back door entrance) Monday through Friday from 1 to 4 p.m. to see how the center functions and/or just contact the volunteer coordinator, Sheila Anderson, sbatree@hotmail.com to let her know when you may be available to assist. Tom Parkins, Calvary Baptist, mrfizzix@aol.com, 302-731-8193, is the coordinator role for the Newark Empowerment Center and Code Purple Sanctuary.

For its Sunday night activity on Feb. 19, our youth group members made some blankets for the Empowerment Center and the needy it serves.