This year was a very productive year for the Outreach Mission Team (committee)!!! We started our year with the community meals, which reached out to approximately 8 to 15 community members each month. Our own church family seemed to enjoy these monthly meals, many remarking that these meals were nice because they did not have to eat alone that day! We had, on the average, 50 to 80 people each month

The first Sunday of every month is now Name Tag Sunday. The Outreach team felt that this helps people feel more welcome.

Gig on the Green was another event hosted by Outreach. This year a Children’s Carnival was added and several artists came to display and sell their work. Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate, and it rained really, really hard! In spite of the weather, approximately 200 people came to enjoy the evening and hear the bands perform.

In December, the Outreach team prepared food to take to the Main Street United Methodist Church downtown for “All God’s Children” ministry. This program not only feeds people in need but also feeds their souls! Our team fed between 80 and 100 men, women, and children on a cold winter’s night. The people were very thankful and really grateful for the food.

Last, but not least, we were able to take in 19 new members this year! This is up from 9 new members in 2006. It is our fervent prayer that God would continue to show us how “to glorify God in Christ by building disciples and meeting people’s needs.”