FUMC Gulf Coast Work Team 2006

ACTION LIST

“We’re all going!”

Our kick-off “Red Beans & Rice Mondays” dinner event on February 27, was such a success, we’re doing another: “Red Beans & Rice Mondays II,” on March 20.

If you came to the first fundraising dinner, please spread the word. If you weren’t able to make it, here’s a second chance. That’s Action Idea Number One: Support the “Red Beans & Rice Monday’s” fundraisers.

And then we’ve listed five other immediate ways you can support our partnership with the Bethany United Methodist Church in New Orleans as we work together to bring more than money to Gulf Coast recovery:

1. Support the “Red Beans & Rice Monday’s” fundraisers. Visit our FUMC website, www.santamonicaumc.org, click on “Gulf Coast Work Team” and use the flyer for the “Red Beans & Rice Mondays II” event (Monday, March 20), to print copies for your workplace, and for emailing to your friends and associates.

2. Make a financial donation to help our Gulf Coast Work Teams in their efforts to rebuild our partner church, Bethany UMC, in New Orleans. [Checks payable to SMFUMC, and notated for GCWT.]

3. Donate Frequent Flyer Miles to our adult FUMC Gulf Coast Work Team, leaving for New Orleans on April 9. [On the FUMC website we’ve also posted a “Wish List” of other items you could donate or arrange to have contributed.]

4. Start making Red Beans & Rice Mondays a regular part of your week at home. [We’ll show you how to turn a Zatarain’s Red Beans & Rice box into a perfect bank for collecting weekly contributions from your family.]

5. Volunteer to be part of the GCWT Support Crew at Home, helping with logistics, fundraising, publicity and more.

6. Visit the GCWT table at coffee hours each Sunday for “Action List” updates and new ways to strengthen our partnership with Bethany United Methodist Church in New Orleans.

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Wish List

This is a general Wish List for the FUMC Gulf Coast Work Team as they prepare for the trips to New Orleans...

1. A digital still camera with docking/printing station, would allow us to take and give photos nearly "on the spot."

2. A wireless laptop computer so our team can send daily blogs and pictures of our progress in bringing Bethany UMC back to life.

3. Powerpoint presentation software, so we can create visual presentations on our return, both for our congregation and others in Los Angeles who we hope will follow our lead in becoming a Partner Church.

4. Buy a Folding Chair for Bethany UMC. Until the sanctuary reconstruction gets under way -- Pastor Edwards just signed the rebuilding contract -- the congregation will worship on folding chairs. We've already delivered 100, at a cost of $16.25 each. We're looking for FUMC members who will cover the cost and "endow their own chair at a Southern institution of higher worship."

Please contact Rev. Larry Young if you have any questions. Check back here again soon and we should have more "Wish List" items and details on how you can make a purchase from a major store here in Los Angeles (Home Depot, Staples, Sears, etc.) and have your "gift" purchase picked up directly by a Bethany UMC member in New Orleans, eliminating shipping costs and guaranteeing fast delivery.