Dear Wonderful Church Family,
I hope this note finds you and your loved ones in good health and spirits. Within these lines, you'll discover several important updates and opportunities for engagement. Learn how to support families in need at Meredith Hill Elementary, our partner school. Additionally, there's news about Riverton Park United Methodist Church's involvement with over 300 asylum-seeking migrants.
If you haven't yet had a chance to complete our annual Community Engagement Survey, please consider dedicating 5-10 minutes to it. Your feedback is invaluable, helping us better understand and serve our faith community.
Don’t forget that our next Abundant Grace community event is coming up November 18th. More info below.
This weekend marks the conclusion of our sacramental series, with Caleb Encinas Cortes offering his insights on the Sacrament of Baptism. I invite you to join us.
Community Engagement Survey
We would greatly appreciate it if you would take the time to fill our yearly Community Engagement Survey. This is a chance for us to listen and learn from you. In the survey, we will ask about sermons and topics that you would like to learn more about, how you get information from our church and more. Click here to fill out our quick survey.
Below is a note that was embedded in a digitize newsletter from the Greater Northwest United Methodist Conference regarding our sibling church Riverton Park UMC.
FOX 13: Urgent need for resources as more than 300 migrants seek asylum at Tukwila church
It’s been nearly one month since City of Tukwila proclaimed a state of emergency to address the surge in people. However, help from state and federal government has been slow.
Still, Riverton Park United Methodist Church is doing all it can to offer some help for over 300 asylum seekers seeking aid at the church.
Watch more of this update on the FOX 13 website.
Donate to support RPUMC’s hospitality of asylum-seeking migrants
Are you looking for a way to partner with our sibling school Meredith Hill Elementary to support children and their families from our community?
Adopt a Family for Christmas!
Would you like support Here’s how you can make their holidays a little brighter:
Go to link https://my.cheddarup.com/c/mhc
Make online donation (see chart below).
Complete by Sunday, December 10th.
The Meredith Hill Cares organization reviews applications from families and grants gift cards to as many as possible. Throughout last year they assisted 15 families.
Thank you for reaching out in love to members of our community!
What your donation can do:
$30 sponsors groceries for one person
$60 sponsors groceries for two people
$120 sponsors groceries for a family of four
$25 sponsors a need or gift for one child
$50 sponsors a need or gift for two children
emergency support of $150 for each family member up to $750 as needed throughout the year