Our Community

**The Giving Garden Ministry**, which grows and donates fresh vegetables through the Chesapeake Master Gardeners’ “Plant A Row” program, is looking for volunteers to help plant, care for, and harvest vegetables. Last year, the garden donated approximately 800 lbs. of produce to the House of Blessings Food Pantry through the program. If you are interested, please contact Mike Boron at mboron@cox.net.

We are also looking for about 10 new or used tomato cages about 36″ tall.

GBPC is Collecting Eyeglasses & Pill Bottles

Please bring eyeglasses and clean, empty pill bottles in for collection in the Narthex. The eyeglasses are for the Lion’s Club Recycle for Sight program. The bottles are for Mathew 25 Ministries. For more information, contact Sandy Sayre at 757.285.5601 or sandysayre0303@gmail.com.

Prayer Shawls and Blankets to Comfort Cancer Patients

These prayer shawls and blankets were donated by the GBPC Prayer Shawl Ministry to comfort patients at the Cancer Infusion Center of Portsmouth Naval Hospital.

Interested in making the shawls and blankets? Join the GBPC’s Prayer Shawl Ministry on the second Wednesday of the month.

Contact Barbara Stephens for more information. barbarahs@cox.net

The Outreach Ministry Team needs YOU!

GBPC’s Outreach Ministry Team is calling for volunteers to assist with brainstorming ideas and implementing plans for evangelism and outreach to the community to share the love of Christ.

We coordinate or assist with events such as GBPC’s Christmas parade presence, Trunk or Treat, VBS, and the upcoming Fall Kickoff, among many others.

We also provide giveaways at Christmas Eve (remember the hot chocolate?) and for Holy Week and Easter.

Contact Cindy Bitterman at 757-739-1909 or at cmbitterman@gmail.com for more information or to join!

Volunteer Puppy Raisers Needed!

We love our Demo! If you could see yourself training a service dog, like Demo, Mutts with a Mission is looking for you!

For more information contact Mutts with a Mission:757.465.1033; www.muttswithamission.org;

puppyraisers@muttswithamission.org

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Presbyterian Women (PW) Thank Offering Envelopes

The PW Thank Offering envelopes have been placed in the pews and will be collected in the offering plates through mid-December. This year’s offerings benefit 10 organizations, eight domestic, two international. It will support projects such as low-income home repair and housing, disability programs, cancer patient support, as well as projects in Haiti and Lebanon.

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