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Habitat for Humanity Women Build Project

There is a Habitat for Humanity Women Build Project taking place in the Twin Oaks subdivision, which is near the intersection of Hwy 51 and Hwy 12/18.  I have registered to gather a group of 8 women to work at this site on August 23 - 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.  No skills are necessary, just a desire to help a family obtain safe and affordable housing! 

Please contact me by email or cell phone ASAP if you are interested in being a part of this wonderful opportunity.  I’ll register everyone online and send info to you about a week ahead of time.

Bonnie Lee

 

 

ELCA Domestic Disaster Response is at the forefront when disaster strikes, mobilizing care in those early, crucial hours.  We make a commitment to be there for the long haul, providing emotional and spiritual care, helping with clean-up, providing hardship grants, and participating in rebuilding efforts.  Your gift designated to this year’s floods and tornadoes in the Midwest will be used in full – 100% - to walk with disaster survivors on the road to recovery.  The wounds these floods and tornadoes have inflicted are deep.  THANK YOU for your generous gifts and prayers for healing.

 

Church World Service and its partners are responding to the disasters in Myanmar and China by providing water, blankets, and other much needed items.  To make a donation or to find out more, please visit our website: www.churchworldservice.org

 

 

      I have got 45 school bags ready and 20 more to finish.  I am getting the out early so you can take advantage of the sales.  My prayer is that every one of them will get filled.  There is a greater need than ever.  Contrary to thought, some are distributed in the United States. 

      Also, the Health Kits are needed.  What would you do without a bar of soap, a toothbrush, and a towel to wipe you dry?  Many people do not have these luxuries.

      We are very thankful to Wendy Baker for all of the batting she gave us for the quilts.  It really helped.  By the looks of things we will not get our 300+ quilts made this year.  We are short of help and material.  Can you HELP us out?

      Don’t forget the Food Pantry – the need is great!

                              God Bless!

                              Alice Bakke 

Lutheran World Relief SCHOOL BAGS are available in the narthex.

 

Sun Prairie Emergency FOOD PANTRY

located in The Sunshine Place

18 Rickel Road - S.P.  825-3875

(PO BOX #611 for mailing)

      Sun Prairie Emergency Food Pantry hours:

Mon/Wed/Fri 10:00 a.m. – 2 p.m.;

Monday & Thursday 5 – 7 p.m.;

Friday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.;

Saturday 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.;

Tuesday and Sunday – CLOSED. 

         You can drop off items at the pantry during business hours.  Cash donations are welcome, as they are used to buy needed supplies, and also to pay the rent and other bills associated with the upkeep of a building.  Thank you for helping your neighbors.  (Bristol’s Food Pantry workday is every other Monday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.  (see calendar).  You can help whatever time you have available!)

 

LABELS, CAPS, & BOX TOPS

for Westside School

 LABELS – Campbell’s labels

CAPS – either purple with a cow or "Nickels for Schools" with a cow

BOX TOPS for Education – from cereals, flour, some prepared foods, toilet-paper, etc. These are worth $.10 each.

 

Many products have them but people don't realize it.  LOOK FOR THEM and deposit them in the box that’s located on the table in the narthex (bottom shelf).  Ann Schwanke will take them to Westside School.

Ann is also taking the Sentry receipts to Sentry for a 1% reimbursement in the “Funds for Friends” program.  Every so often we receive a check from Sentry.  Then Bristol Lutheran Church gives the money to the SUN PRAIRIE EMERGENCY FOOD PANTRY.  You may ask, “What’s my part?”  Ask for a ‘sticker’ upon checkout at Sentry, which the cashier will place on your receipt.  Then bring the receipts to church and place them in the box provided in the narthex.   

Likewise, the “We Care” program at Pick’n Save gives back 1% which BLC gives to the pantry.  In this program you do a one-time registry at the service desk using your Pick’n Save card (our charity code number is 074000) and the percentage is automatically earmarked for BLC.  When we receive a check from them, we give all of the money to the pantry.

QUILTERS

The Quilters are continuing their labor of love creating quilts  at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesdays.  All are welcome to help with this annual project to provide warmth and love for those in need around the world.

ELCA responds to war in Iraq

Please give generously to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Iraq.  100% of gifts designated to the ELCA’s response to humanitarian needs in Iraq will be used for that purpose.  You can give through your offering at BLC, designating it to ELCA International Disaster Response-Iraq.

AMERICAN RED CROSS

    The American Red Cross East Blood Donor Center is located at 2109 Zeier Road, Madison and is open Tues., Wed., & Thurs., 1-6:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; and Saturday, 7:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.  Call 227-1357 or visit www.givelife.org to make an appointment.

Call 608-227-1357 to make an appointment.

   If you’d like to become one of Bristol Lutheran’s One-A-Week donors, just let them know at the donation site that you’d like it credited to Bristol under your name.

J

$ $ $ for Home Mission Fund

      Interested in supporting your local area missions?  You can do so by contributing through your BLC envelope and writing “Home Mission Fund” in the ‘OTHER’ section.  The money gives support to individuals for rent, rent deposit, utility bills, and other temporary financial situations.  The fund is handled by Hasan Mohr, the coordinator for Home Mission Fund (formerly MAPS), located in the First United Methodist Church in Sun Prairie.

Lutheran World Relief

SOAP - LWR is asking that soap donations include only new bars of any brand of soap, in its original wrapping. In the past, LWR has accepted new & used bars of soap, homemade soap, and soap slivers. Partner agencies overseas have more and more begun asking for only the new bars to facilitate easier and more uniform distribution.

LWR is deeply grateful for the commitment of people who over the years have carefully collected, dried, and made soap for people all over the world. Even though the soap standards have changed, we still need much help in reaching our overseas neighbors. We appreciate your continued efforts of the LWR parish projects.

QUILTS - A Lutheran World Relief quilt is special!  It brings warmth on a cold night, shelter from the sun on a hot day.  It becomes a bed, a room divider, a backpack to carry belongings, and at times even a home.

Quilts distributed by LWR to refugees and other people in need were first made by recycling old but good clothes, blankets, and other items. Most LWR quilts are still made this way, although fabric samples, remnants, or other new pieces of fabric are also used.  Each quilt is one of a kind, with a beauty all its own, made as a gift of hope by caring people.

How to make a quilt - Quilts are easy to make. Place a piece of fabric measuring 64" x 84" on top, place a filler measuring 60" x 80" on top, then place another piece of fabric, also measuring 60" x 80" on top of the filler. Tie the three layers together, using crochet or similar cord (18 to 24 ties depending on the type of fabric or the quilt’s design). Bring the edges of the 64" x 84" piece over the top, pin and machine-stitch the edge, using a zigzag stitch if possible.

Finished quilts should measure appox. 60" x 80" and weigh about four to five pounds. Heavy fabric, such as a quilted bedspread, needs only a back added (no filler). Good used sheets may also serve as a back.

"I had nothing to cover my body with, and now I am covered with love as well," said one man who had walked several miles to thank a partner in India for giving him a LWR quilt.

LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF

          Health Kits, Layettes, School Kits,

& Clothing Drive

Health Kits

Clean hands, good grooming, bright & shiny smiles...you can share them when you share Health Kits with friends around the world. 

Each kit includes:

·        One hand towel, dark color recommended

·        One washcloth, dark color recommended

·        One bath-size bar (4-5 oz.) of soap, any brand, in its original wrapping

·        One adult-size toothbrush in its original packaging (NO TOOTHPASTE)

·        One comb, wide tooth preferred, remove packaging

·        One metal nail file or nail clippers with file attached, remove packaging (do not substitute cardboard emery boards for the file)

·       Six Band-Aids® (or similar brand), preferably 1/2" to 3/4"; secure together with a rubber band

 

Do not add other items or leave out any of the items listed. All items should be new and in good condition. Wrap smaller items in the washcloth; wrap washcloth and remaining items in the towel and tie securely with ribbons or yarn. Do not enclose the kit or any of its contents in plastic bags.

Layettes

·         2 shirts or Onesies® (or similar item)

·         2 gowns or sleepers

·         2 receiving blankets

·         4 cloth diapers

·         1 sweater

·         2 washcloths

·         1 bath-size bar, gentle soap in its original wrapping

·         2 diaper pins

Gently used, clean items can be substituted for new ones.  Wrap items in one of the receiving blankets and secure with diaper pins.  Do not enclose the kit or any of its contents in plastic bags.     

 

School Kits

·        Padded or spiral notebooks of ruled paper approximately 8" X 10-1/2" totaling 150-200 sheets (if using 70-count notebooks, please include three); do not include loose-leaf paper

·        One blunt scissors (safety scissors with embedded steel blades work well)

·        One 30-centimeter ruler, or a ruler with centimeters on one side and inches on the other

·        One pencil sharpener

·        Six new, unsharpened #2 pencils with erasers; secure together with a rubber band

·        One eraser approximately 2-1/2" long

·        12 sheets of construction paper in assorted colors (if necessary, fold in half to fit into the bag)

·        One box of 16 or 24 crayons

·       One sturdy cloth bag approximately 12" X 14" with cloth handles or drawstring closure

Do not add other items or leave out any of the items listed. All items should be new and in good condition. Remove any excess packaging and pack items in the bag, fold the handles over, and secure with two large rubber bands or tie with yarn. Do not enclose the kit or any of its contents in plastic bags.

Clothing

·         light & medium weight clothing for men, children, & infants (NOT FOR WOMEN)

·         sweaters of all kinds for men, women, & children, & infants

      DO NOT SEND:

·         women’s clothing except for sweaters & sweatshirts

·         heavy winter clothing (gloves, hats, coats, etc.)

·         items with any religious symbols or with your parish’s name

·         items decorated with the U.S. flag, patriotic or military symbols, or references to the armed forces, including camouflage

·         items with explicit messages, pictures, or symbols on them

·         undergarments, socks

·         belts, handbags, or shoes of any kind

·         household goods, sheets, toys

·         pill bottles, stamps, books, pamphlets, rolled bandages

 LWR Coffee Project - The LWR Coffee Project, of which Bristol is a participant, is a way to help neighbors in need. The project invites us to use coffee that is fairly traded. Fairly traded coffee shares more of the bounty of the crop with those who grow it. Improved incomes and trustworthy partners enable small farmers to build a better future for their families and communities.

You can purchase your coffee in fellowship hall by the kitchen.

"Justice never tasted so good!"