March 9

Volunteers needed: Interfaith Hospitality Network
Burlingame UMC will provide dinner and overnight hosts for the Interfaith Hospitality Network on March 9. Sign up in the Social Hall, or contact Deanna Penn (deannpenn@yahoo.com) if you'd like to be added to the email list of volunteers for this and future IHN events.

March 14

One Great Hour of Sharing
As you arrive for worship on the weekend of March 14 look for your "Great Hour of Sharing" envelope and place your offering of any amount inside. Or, mail a check to BUMC with the memo "OGHS." Gifts to One Great Hour of Sharing lay the foundation of all of UMCOR's work by covering the costs of doing business. This means all gifts designated to specific programs can go 100% to those programs because UMCOR's basic expenses are covered. OGHS gifts helped open an UMCOR office in Haiti. UMCOR continues to respond to needs in Haiti for increasingly permanent homes, schools, clinics and churches, along with jobs and other concerns.

March 21

Maple Street Shelter Dinner
Please sign up to bring an item to church which will be delivered to the Maple Street family shelter in Redwood City on March 21. Signup sheet can be found in the social hall.

April 1

United Methodist Women
April 1 Program: We travel to New Vision for a Maundy Thursday event. 12:00noon lunch and 1:00pm program. Contact Shirley with lunch reservations, 650-343-4433.

April 4

1st Sunday of each month
We offer Communion and Healing Prayer on the first Sunday of each month. We also ask that you bring to worship any canned goods and place them in the basket near the altar. We like to do our part in helping to stock the cupboards at the CALL Primrose Center.

June 5

Rummage Sale in the BUMC parking lot
Spring cleaning? Don't throw it away! Your junk may be someone else's treasures! Bring your donations any Sunday or contact Deanna to make arrangements for another day. Items we cannot take: large furniture, exercise equipment, T.V.'s, computer items, appliances, stained or heavily worn clothing, broken toys, puzzles/games with missing pieces. For more information or if you want to help please contact Deanna Penn at deannpenn@yahoo.com or call 650.345.2650.

Friday
Evenings

Evenings at the River Dinners
Many members and friends continue to join us for dinner and worship on Friday nights but the majority of guests are either in transitional housing or homeless. We warmly welcome them and have gotten to know those who come each week. Most stay for worship and are fed spiritually as well as physically.
        We ask for your help. Currently, only 3 people volunteer each month to cook dinner. We'd like to have at least 4 people share this task each month. You do the shopping and the cooking. We'll reimburse you for the cost of the meal. Use of the kitchen is all yours. Dinner is served at 6:30pm each Friday and worship begins at 7:15pm. We usually cook for approximately 70 people.
        A calendar is currently posted on the refrigerator in the kitchen so that you can check available dates. For obvious reasons we no longer charge $5.00 for food. If you would like to help underwrite this cost, your contribution will be gratefully received. Checks to BUMC with "Friday Dinner Fund" in the memo will be designated for this hospitality ministry. You can also make donations online here, just be sure to click the Donate button next to "Friday Dinner Fund". Thank you for your generosity!

Sundays

"Godly Play" Class
"Godly Play" is a Sunday School class for children ages 4–10. The class meets in Room 219 from 9:30–10:30am on Sundays. We welcome members and non-members alike. (Coffee and a room for parents is available during the class, or parents may return to pick up kids at 10:30am.) Come join us, children, and bring your friends for a unique experience of learning that is deeply creative and spiritual, and which will serve you for life.
        How you can help: If you would like to help teach Godly Play, please let us know. Substituting occasionally would be a great help, and a neat way to get a taste of this enriching program. We also accept monetary donations for lesson supplies. Thank you to all who have donated!

Interested in joining a workteam in Haiti?
If so, go to www.umrespond.org/haiti in order to register as a volunteer to Haiti. This is the national UMCOR database that UMCOR and UMVIM will be using once we get the green light from the Haiti Methodist Church and the Haiti government to send in teams. Look for link in the lower right side of the page.

Room #108 needs a facelift!
Men and women needed to help spruce up room #108. The Board of Trustees are forming a beautification team. If you'd like to help please contact Lynne Lahr, Board President, at 650.255.1515 or ennylderf@aol.com

Judy Laws Circle of Care
The Judy Laws Circle of Care project was created in honor of Judy Laws and all departed loved ones who were once a part of the Burlingame UMC community. Its mission is to care for church members who are unable to take care of daily tasks. That might include grocery shopping, transportation to a doctor's appointment, helping with laundry, etc.
        1. If you are in need of help please call (650) 579-7758 and we will do whatever is humanly possible.
        2. If this is your calling and you are able to help, we are in need of volunteers.
Please contact Ruth Ann Poulos by phone or after the 9:30am worship service on Sunday.

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