by Vickie Dalton
Everyone,
I am enclosing several different information for you here...please accept my apologies for the length. If there is anything that you feel would be helpful to add, please let me know and I will add it to the packets.
I know it is short notice, but there is a clean up effort that is being put together for tomorrow, Saturday, Sept 20th for the Arcola/Fresno area. There are 4 streets in particular that have been devastated and the residents don't have the ability to help themselves.
If you can come or know anyone that will, please see the following. I apologize for the late notice, but I just heard about this a little while ago. This is from Brandy Leonhardt, who is Ron Castillo's assistant from Fort Bend Corp.
Hello Everyone – I have received the list of streets that debris needs to be removed from the Fresno/Arcola area. There are 4 streets that need to be done. I have 10 volunteers committed by RiverPointe Church to work on Saturday. We will need many more volunteers in order to complete all 4 streets. I will be meeting Mark Evans in the Fresno/Arcola area this afternoon to assess the area. If any of your volunteer groups has a representative that can meet with us this afternoon that would be great. We will be meeting at City Hall off of HWY 6 before 521 at 2:30pm. We will be traveling over to the areas that have been listed. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me via email or via cell phone (281) 352-5433. I look forward to working with each and every one of you to help the residence of Fort Bend County. Have a great day!
Brandy Leonhardt
Fiscal & Program Director
Fort Bend CORPS
Also, Second Mile is going to be open from 10-2 Saturday the 20th as well. If you would like to volunteer there be sure to call in advance. Apparently there are a lot of drop in volunteers showing up with large groups and it is putting some strain on their system. They are thrilled to have the volunteers, but as we all know it is most helpful when we can plan in advance. This is the email I received from Sarah at Second Mile..... Second Mile Mission Center will be open to serve families tomorrow, Saturday, September 20th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The address here is 504 FM 1092, Suite I, Stafford, TX 77477. If you know families in need, please let them know we will have food and water available.
We are set to go with volunteer teams who will help us run the Mission for this special Saturday outreach. Unfortunately, we will not be equipped to handle walk-in volunteers tomorrow. But if you have members who would like to volunteer at Second Mile next week, please be sure they call Carol Wells at 281-261-9199, ext. 289 to schedule their shift. We are so appreciative of the hundreds of good-hearted people who have flowed into the Mission this week to volunteer. Like you, Second Mile is in this recovery process for the long-haul, and the need for volunteers will not go away soon. Please thank those from your congregations who have helped us serve thousands of people in need in just 5 days, and remind them that their help will be needed in the weeks to come.
Here’s an update on the current needs at the Mission – pantry: dry beans, peanut butter, jelly, baby formula, canned fruits, macaroni and cheese, snacks
Household: pots and pans, dishes
Thanks so much for your service and support.
In Him,
Sarah White
Development Director
Second Mile Mission Center
504 FM 1092, Suite I
Stafford, TX 77477
281-261-9199, ext. 289
Finally, here is a request from Stafford Schools asking us to help them supply the influx of new students from the evacuees with school uniforms...if you can supply any, please call me and I will come by your church and pick them up.
Stafford schools are also looking for uniforms and clothes for those students. If you have access to funds to purchase them, or if you have members that might want to donate clothes to this cause, please let us know.
They are looking for uniforms-
Pre-k- 6th uniforms are:
solid color (red-white or navy) collared polo shirts
White collared button front shirts or blouses (NO logos or insignias except the SMSD Spartan logo allowed)
pants or shorts:
Cotton type material or official school uniform fabric (Navy or khaki color) No denim, jean, stretch material, cargo pants or wind suits allowed. For pants that have belt loops, belts must be worn.
Skirts or jumpers
Navy or khaki in color, cotton or official school uniform fabric
Shoes:
No open toed, thongs, flip-flops, or backless allowed.
7-8th grade:
Shirts should be collared polo style shirts-
7th- Light or athletic gray
8th light blue
Pants, slacks and shorts must be twill and either navy or khaki in color. No denim, jean material or rivets style are allowed. No cargo pants, pants with large pockets, hip huggers, pant and shorts without waistbands or wind suit pants.
Skirts and jumpers:
Navy or khaki colored skirts or jumpers in twill.
Same as above.
HIght school:
Appropriate for school and school related activities. No pictures, emblems or writings that advertise or depict unacceptable products or topics
If you need to contact me please feel free...
Vickie Dalton
Stafford Rise
4211 Creek Hollow
Missouri City, TX 77459
832-439-9545
Friday, September 19, 2008
Help in the South West area...
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Sugar Land / Staffort Compassion Project on Aug 16th 2008...
by Vickie Dalton
Sugar Land / Stafford
August 16th is the scheduled date for our Compassion Project and the day is fast approaching! I am really excited this year as we enter into this beautification project and it is my prayer that you will join us! We will be partnering with the business community and each other again this year to bless Stafford Primary School! LOWE'S from Sugar Land has given the school a fantastic grant that will allow them to build a Reading/Community Garden! This will enable teachers to teach Science and Math with a truly "hands on" approach as well as fill the very practical need for food as the kids grow and eat their own vegetables.
Lowe's has been gracious to allow us to join them. Almost all of the materials that will be needed for this years Compassion Project will be purchased with GRANT funds awarded to the school!
If you were involved with us last year, I don't have to remind you of just how powerful the effects were from this outreach in building relationships with the Stafford School district alone. I believe this outreach and the NDOP/GDOP events have also been instrumental in deepening relationships among the churches in our community. One of the first things we saw is that while this undertaking is too much for most of us alone, when we join hands together there is synergy and the burden is light!
In addition to sending teams of volunteers, I am asking each of you to consider giving a monetary donation to this project so that we can purchase necessary supplies for the workers and also purchase teaching supply gift cards for the teachers as we did last year. While we spent $2,400 last year for teacher gift cards, I think the VALUE of them has FAR surpassed the COST!
Below is a list of projects that we have been asked to undertake this August 16; some are directly connected to the Lowe's project, some are not:
Relocate established wax ligustrum bushes to bare spots around the school.
Paint the pavillion on the playground
Paint several different pieces of playground equipment
Assemble 3-4 picnic tables
Refresh the landscape that we installed last year
Construct the New Reading/Community Garden (Lowe's will precut the lumber, have all supplies on hand and oversee the construction)
We need your church or group to join us! If each church brings 10 volunteers, we will have a great group and will be able to accomplish everything on this list!
I am attaching a Sign up sheet for you to use at your church and list of supplies needed along with instructions for you to hand out to volunteers. I also have a Power Point presentation available if you would like to have a copy. It has been updated with current information on it. (Due to the file size (over 11 mb) I am not attaching it here.
Please call me with any questions or if you would like to help in any way. My cell is 832-439-9545 or you can reply to this email. It would also be extremely helpful in our planning to know your anticipated level of participation for this years event.
Thanks to each of you and many blessings!
Download:
Instructions / Sign in sheet / 1 Page Power Point
Vickie Dalton
Stafford Rise
4211 Creek Hollow
Missouri City, TX 77459
832-439-9545
The spiritual, social, and economic transformation of our community!!!
Saturday, May 31, 2008
"The Furnace"-- Stafford Churches Come Together to Pray-- June 17th
Tuesday Night, June 17th, at Faith Lutheran—Pastor Ken Sinclair—the churches of Stafford and Sugar Land will be gathering for united persevering prayer for our city.
Our May meeting met at The Grace Center (Stafford) and we had 7 churches represented, and more importantly, fervent and united prayer going up to God for our area. I am asking the Lord to help us gather at least 12 of our community’s churches every month in prayer.
I am convicted and convinced that we are to mobilize the Body of Christ for our area, fan into flame the Church’s passionate Throne Room intercessory prayer, until the spiritual and moral temperature of our city is changed and we see transformation that can be quantified. That’s why we call it “The Furnace”—it is the mechanism by which the whole house is heated. We don’t understand furnaces in the South the same way it is understood up North, but it is a simple concept to grasp. A few praying people can change the temperature of the city.
Would you invite your church, and especially your intercessors, to join us at 7 p.m., June 17th, at Faith Lutheran Church, 800 Brook Street, Sugar Land. If you would let me know of your plans to attend it would help us to prepare the leadership duties for that night’s prayer.
Yours for the City,
Pastor Kerry Wood
City Catalyst (CSA 35)
Calvary Church @ The Fountains
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Sugar Land/Stafford Initial Prayer Targets – June through July 2008
What is it that we are praying for?
We are asking God for nothing less that the spiritual and social transformation and revitalization of the Sugar Land/Stafford (SL/S) area – each person, congregation, neighborhood and community. We are asking to see God’s influence established and expanding in and through every facet of the SL/S community. We are asking for a unified Church that together employs spiritual and human resources to change our community through Jesus Christ for good.
1. Celebrations and Giving Thanks
“Give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name; make known among the nations what He has done. Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonderful acts.” Psalm 105:1-2
• God is drawing congregations and Christians together in the SL/S area for His united purposes in fresh new way by His Spirit. Praise Him! Thank You that over the past few months You have brought together a tithe of the congregations in this CSA as a loving, praying, serving family and army to impact our community with God and for His purposes!
• God is uniting His children in a fresh new way to pray for and care for the SL/S area. Praise Him!
• God is building relationships with the educational sector of SL/S area – especially with the school district to bless and strengthen our lives and the community. Praise Him!
2. For the Reversal of and Healing in areas of Brokenness in the SL/S Community
“And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and the Lamb will be in the city, and His servants will serve Him.” Revelation 22:2-3
• Move Holy Spirit to stop the rate of criminal activity in our community. Reverse the plague of crime in ways that will cause Your light and redemption to grow brighter and brighter every day! Cause those captured by the snares of addiction to find their true purpose in life in You – in Jesus’ Name. Amen!
3. For the Unity of and Collaborative Actions by the Body of Christ.
“May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that You sent Me and have loved them even as You have loved Me.” John 17:23
• Pour Your Spirit upon the Body of Christ in the SL/S area. We pray for renewal and revitalization of every member of Your Church. Make us one!
• Bless and anoint leadership to serve both in the local church as well as those leading Kingdom of God initiatives in the marketplace. Make us one!
• A united, informed, and engaged praying people are critical to transformation in this community and in the public schools. We pray that You would help us identify and enlist 50 believers in SL/S who will commit to regular intercessions for the spiritual and social transformation and revitalization of this area. May this number grow to 100 by September 1, 2008 – in Jesus’ Name. Amen!
4. For the Prospering of Greater Houston and for Church-Civic Partnerships:
“You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.” Matthew 5:14-15
• That leaders from local businesses would come together in the SL/S CSA and community initiatives to provide leadership and resources to help meet the immediate needs and transform our community by God’s grace and power.
5. For the Whole and Healthy Children efforts in the SL/S public schools:
“Then little children were brought to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them to pray for them. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them. Jesus said: ‘Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for the Kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.’” Matthew 19:13-14
• Pray that God would call a minimum of 100 Christians in 2008-2009 to commit to mentoring a child needing one-to-one mentoring at Stafford Primary and Stafford Middle school. Pray that these relationships will be sovereignly arranged impacting children, families and schools.
• Pray for $10,000 to be raised by May 2009 to assist these schools help with needs above and beyond the regular school budget.
• Pray for schools all across the SL/S community. May God pour His love and presence upon all administrators, teachers, board members and students. Pray that God would give favor to those leading bible clubs and prayer meetings on campus.
