You are invited to join us at
River Hills
for Worship, Education,
Fellowship and Service
Visitors Cordially Welcome!
July 5, 2009
Worship Services
9:00 & 11:05 a.m.
5th Sunday after Pentacost
Sermon by Pastor Emma Melin
Adult Education
10:10 a.m.
Church Office Hours:
Monday-Thursday
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Fridays
9:00 a.m. - 1:00
Phone: 952-890-2515
FAX: 952-890-4536
E-Mail:
riverhills@riverhillsumc.org
OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES NOW
Please help UMCOR prepare for Hurricane Gustav. Your gift to UMCOR Advance #3019695 , Hurricanes 2008, will help us provide immediate on-the-ground support to volunteers, annual conferences and interfaith response efforts.
August 28, 2008—Nearly 60,000 people displaced by the conflict in Georgia have received assistance through the United Methodist Committee on Relief’s efforts. Medical supplies, health kits, layette kits, gas ovens, food and bedding have been distributed through UMCOR’s office.
The majority of UMCOR’s work has been with refugees in and around the capital city of Tbilisi. Some UMCOR’s staff members are in the isolated town of Kutaisi, located west of Gori—a major Georgian city that has seen much of the fighting.
Kutaisi was isolated when Russian forces shut down the major east-west highway, essentially cutting Georgia in half. The latest reports from UMCOR’s office in Tbilisi indicate that some travel to Kutaisi is now possible. UMCOR anticipates providing assistance to the estimated 12,000 internally displaced people there.
A shipment of relief supplies from UMCOR Sager Brown is en route to Georgia and is scheduled to arrive soon. The $253,000 shipment will provide additional health, school, bedding, sewing, and layette kits. Two more shipments, worth more than $500,000, are also being planned.
About UMCOR in Georgia
UMCOR began humanitarian operations in Georgia in 1993 to address the basic health needs of women and children. The work of this office has grown since its inception to add agriculture and reconstruction to its work throughout the country.
You can support UMCOR's work in Georgia, including its response to the conflict by giving to Georgia Emergency, UMCOR Advance #250305.
Sierra Leone: Debrugsal School & Orphanage
Mrs. Rugie Marah founded Debrugsal back in the late 1990's to provide for children in the aftermath of her country's 11 year long
civil war. River Hills Church is now a primary source of this school's support. Funds are channeled through the Sierra Leone Annual Conference office in Freetown, in care of Bishop Joseph Humper.
The project to build Debrugsal's first real classroom building has begun: Praise the Lord! Photos of the progress will soon be available here.
Your donations are greatly appreciated. Make checks payable to "River Hills UMC" and write "Debrugsal" in the memo space.
Gifts that serve others honor Jesus and show our concern for the whole family of God. Remember God's greatest gift by giving in Christ's name to help members of our extended family around the world.
Use this list as a guide for your gift giving. Mark birthdays, anniversaries and other occasions with a life-giving gift through UMCOR. One hundred percent of all gifts will go to the program listed. Your gift could help buy:
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Honor Someone with Your Gift
If you would like to make a gift in honor of someone, please call UMCOR at 1-800-554-8583 and our staff can arrange for a card to be sent to the honoree notifying him or her of the gift.
WORLDWIDE: CRITICAL NEED FOR MEDICINE BOXES
Since the war ended, the Liberia Annual Conference has found it difficult to offer needed resources–especially medication to provide basic health care to the 1 million people living throughout the country. Medications purchased locally are expensive. It was therefore a blessing for them to receive 10 medicine boxes donated by UMCOR.
UMCOR wants to continue hearing testimonies like this one, but we need your help. UMCOR has depleted its stock of Medicine Boxes. Help us replenish supplies immediately to deliver life saving medicines to places like Liberia that need it the most.
The Medicine Box helps the day-to-day treatment of common ailments that plague babies and their mothers, children, and adults. The Box contains 18 essential medicines and medical supplies that are enough to respond to illnesses and injuries in a population of 1,000 people for a period of three months. The cost of the Medicine Box is $425. Learn how your church or community group can be involved in this life saving program by visiting UMCOR's Medicine Box web page.
Help us restore our stock of Medicine Boxes. Send your gift to UMCOR Advance #982630, Medicine Box.
THE UNITED METHODIST RESPONSE TO MALARIA
United Methodists are joining forces with others to make malaria's grip on the lives of children and adults a part of history. The Make Malaria History campaign represents the spectrum of efforts United Methodists are supporting to eradicate this preventable and curable disease that kills at least one million people every year.
These efforts include the United Methodist Community-Based program that provides education, medication, and mosquito nets to prevent and treat malaria; Nothing But Nets, a United Methodist-endorsed campaign that channels funds through the United Nations Foundation for mosquito nets and instruction in their use in Africa; as well as the Inter Religious Campaign against Malaria in Mozambique.
Why is Combating Malaria Important?
Nothing But Nets
Nothing But Nets is a United Methodist-endorsed project that supplies mosquito nets and training on how to use them. This project is operated through the United Nations Foundation which uses its network established through the Measles Project to distribute nets and training. For $10, a net and training on how to use it will be donated through the United Nations' network.
Initiated in March 2006 by a Sports Illustrated magazine writer, working with the National Basketball Association and UN Foundation, Nothing But Nets began its work in Nigeria and is expanding into other countries.
Give an Offering
For local church and Annual Conference credit, put your gift in the offering plate on Sunday.
When you give to an Advance, 100% of your gift goes to that project. Learn why...Online at: http://www.methodistrelief.org/ 
By phone: 1-800-554-8583
By check: at River Hills Church, or by mail to:
UMCOR GIFT
%River Hills UMC
11100 River Hills Drive
Burnsville MN 55337
OTHER WAYS TO PROVIDE HURRICANE