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Mid-Hudson Love In the Name of Christ Update
January 2018

Our Love INC Board of Directors prays and works to discern and implement God’s will for Love INC.  THANK YOU to our retiring board members Paul Curran, Steve Jones, and Lee Pagones.  Welcome to our newly-elected board members Duane Brown (Faith Assembly), Randy Johnson (St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church), and Charles Webb (Valley Bible Fellowship Church). You are a blessing to us!
SWEETS FOR YOUR SWEETHEART!

PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR

10th Annual Cookie Walk
Saturday, February 10, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Poughkeepsie United Methodist Church
(2381 New Hackensack Road, Poughkeepsie).

We need lots of cookies for this event.  Do you like to bake?  Perhaps you have a family recipe or a special home-baked gourmet cookie favorite.  Cookies should be dropped off at Poughkeepsie United Methodist Church on Friday, February 9, between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.  (There will be a sign-in sheet at the drop-off, asking for the name of the person who made the cookies, their church, and the type and number of cookies donated.)

Whether or not you are able to bake cookies, join us on Saturday and walk through rows of tables choosing from hundreds of pounds of delicious, specialty, home-baked cookies.

Suggested donation is $8.00/pound. Just in time for Valentine’s Day!  If you have any questions, please contact director@mhlinc.org.

 
PREPARING TO BE  A COMMUNITY LINK VOLUNTEER
TRAINING SESSIONS
  • Session 1:  Tuesday, January 16, 6:30 – 9 pm – We will discuss generational poverty, goal-setting and expectations. (sorry, but this session happened before this email got out… please stay tuned for more session to come)
  • Session #2:  Tuesday, January 23, 6:30 – 9 pm – We will cover active listening, boundaries and support.
Both sessions will be held at New Beginnings, 35 DeGarmo Rd, Poughkeepsie. Please RSVP to Jewel Ratzlaff, Volunteer Coordinator, at 845/896-4126 or email info@mhlinc.org.
FOUR-WEEK BUILDING HOPE CLASS

Beginning Saturday, January 20, 10:00am.  Please contact Volunteer Coordinator Jewel Ratzlaff (845-896-4126 or info@mhlinc.org) if you would be willing to help drive clients to and/or from these classes.

RELATIONAL MINISTRY

We are still praying for one or two more people to step forward for our Relational Ministry Leadership Team. Click HERE for more information.  Don’t wait!  We would like to make arrangements for our team members to attend National Training Workshops!

“Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.”
~ 1 John 4:20-21