2nd Servants Unite Meeting - by popular request

I originally scheduled the 12/27 meeting at Spring Road CofC based on assumed availability of more people between the holidays. That seems to have been an erroneous assumption as several who wish to be included can't make it, so we will have a 2nd meeting where we will cover the same agenda items and make a few basic decisions about the structure of the organization:
Thursday, January 5
6:30-8:00 pm
Westerville Christian Church
Room NW 4&5
471 East College in Westerville
Literally around the corner from Spring Road.

Agenda:

• Introduction of attendees with short bio (10 min)
• Report on God's accomplishments through this group and our current resources (5 min)
• Report on Tammany Oaks' status and needs (5 min)
• What is Servants Unite going to be? (60 min discussion)
• Mission
• Membership
• Organizational Structure
• Relationship to Tammany Oaks and other US groups
• Faith affiliation
• Decisions required for incorporation of non profit (10 min)

Please read through my thoughts as a starting point for discussion.

If you know of anyone interested who does not have email, please pass this on to them and let me know of anyone who should be added to the list.

John McGuire
614-523-3996 home
614-404-8610 cel

Mathew 9:37He said to his disciples, "The harvest is so great, but the workers are so few. 38So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send out more workers for his fields."

12/26 Trip and Update

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!

This morning we loaded more than 500 toys and gifts on a truck to go to Mandeville, LA to be distributed to families, tent cities, and trailers over the next couple of days. The trailer will arrive in Mandeville sometime tomorrow and the dedicated staff there will begin sorting and preparing your awesome gifts for delivery. Thank you so much for responding in this way. God has blessed us so much with the opportunity to continue to work in this ministry and each of you has answered the call in so many ways. We really appreciate your giving and loving hearts. Combined with the toys collected by Master Provisions around 3000 toys will be handed out all from the Ohio and Indiana areas. Praise God for His great works of compassion!!!!!!!!

On December 26 we have a team of 14 workers headed down to Mandeville. I have attached our workers list so that any of you who need to can review it and let me know if I have made any errors.

These workers will leave the Spring Road Building at 74 S Spring Road Westerville Ohio on Monday December 26th at 8:00 AM. They will travel to the University Church of Christ in Tuscaloosa Al. arriving around 8:00 PM that night. The congregation there has been so hospitable to us all. We thank God for their willing hearts and supplying our teams with food and a much needed place to rest. On Sunday morning the team will attend the 8:30 worship with the church and then head out to Mandeville arriving sometime in the afternoon. Your time of work will begin immediately. The staff at Mandeville will check you in and begin to identify assignments for all of you.

On Saturday morning you will begin loading up sometime after breakfast and devo and be off to Hendersonville Church of Christ in Nashville TN where you will be hosted for the night. Sunday morning you will have breakfast, worship and be on your way home back in Westerville in the late afternoon timeframe.

THINGS WE STILL NEED FOR THE UPCOMING TRIP:

• We need two trucks – preferably 250’s or bigger. We need to tow a supply box trailer and a trailer with a bobcat on it.
• I need to know if any of you going has a CDL and would be available to drive the small Northland bus

Things for you to bring: Work clothes, sleeping bags, air mattress if you want to be sure to have one, some money for food to and from LA, and a great attitude for serving the Lord.

Please be in prayer for our friends at the Tammany Oaks Church of Christ. These volunteers have been working non-stop since the hurricane in August and need our support and prayers. Make sure you let them know how much we appreciate their efforts and that we love them.

God bless you all and again, thank you for responding to His call.

Because He first loved us,

Brad

Please call me with any questions 614-288-5825