is instructing this winter, 2013, for adult beginners. The class is Wednesdays, 6:00 - 7:30 pm, at Walt's Place, 554 South Locust Street in the Computer Lab.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Adult Beginning Computer Class at Walt's Place
is instructing this winter, 2013, for adult beginners. The class is Wednesdays, 6:00 - 7:30 pm, at Walt's Place, 554 South Locust Street in the Computer Lab.
Desserts at Soups Event - Thanks UMW & Others
FUMC Women's Circle Groups (UMW) and other members- men and women volunteered to make desserts for the Hilltop Soups Fundraiser in February, 2013. Look how beautiful and plentiful they were! View at your own risk...will definitely make your mouth water :)
Look at those beautiful pies!!!!!!!!!
So many choices!!!!!!!
Thank you One and All!!!!!!!!!
Look at those beautiful pies!!!!!!!!!
Brownies and cakes and cookies and pies and cupcakes and ....OH MY!!!!!!
So many choices!!!!!!!
Insights from some of those who serve
Carol Stoner - our fearless leader - before eating breakfast a different child lights the Christ candle each week, tells us why we light the candle, and says grace.
Bob & Carol have served since the inception of Breakfast Club.
I never viewed ministry in Hilltop (Breakfast Club) as "volunteering." Volunteering to me is 'doing something you don't have to do.' When my husband and I began walking the Hilltop neighborhood with our (then) two beagles over a decade ago, I would silently pray as we started out "take my eyes and see with them; take my ears and hear with them; and take my heart and set it on fire." How were we to be authentic in this neighborhood? How would we offer ourselves to this neighborhood and to God in ways that would be a blessing to the neighborhood and to God?
Evening after evening, we walked through the neighborhood. One spring evening, a little girl being raised by her grandma came out of their apartment, recognizing us from previous walks. As we were talking to her diminutive grandmother (Vonnie, short for Yvonne, and was Yvonne ever short--all of about 4' 9"), Jasper whispered something to Vonnie and sprinted back into their apartment. She emerged, interrupting adult banter, by holding up a package of candles, saying over and over, "pick one, pick one!!" The candles had been purchased earlier that day to adorn Jasper's birthday cake, and she wanted me to choose one from the several. I relented and picked out a yellow candle and held onto it as we finished up our small talk. Before going on our way, I tried to give the yellow birthday candle back to Jasper. She would have nothing of it. Something to the effect of "You keep the light," she said. Well, it's a moment you really can't explain, but in a moment of poignant clarity, I knew that I couldn't 'keep the light."
That summer we began a story hour in the park with anywhere from 8-18 kids present (including Jasper) each of 8 weeks. We 'drummed up' participants with a raucous parade through the neighborhood complete with loud circus music, clown/Reverend Laura Kirkpatrick, balloons, and ice cream sandwiches. We passed out story hour information sheets and permission slips. I tagged each participant's door the day before each story hour with a "Cow Story Hour" reminder. We picked up several kiddos each time (including Jasper), taking them both to and from story hour. We developed relationships with kids and their families and were decidedly and unabashedly about 'sharing the light'….including reading a book each week from the series of "Cow" books by Todd Smith (each with a 'Christian' theme). From there, Breakfast Club was born and many other neighborhood initiatives developed.
One of Bob's and my favorite movies is a spoof set in the Cold War era called "A Blast from the Past." Long story short, a young man (Brenden Frazier) spends the first 30 or so years of his life raised by two conservative parents in an underground backyard bomb shelter. Never having seen the light of day, he finally emerges from the bomb shelter into a world totally unlike the one his parents fashioned for him in their sheltered existence. Brenden's father (played by Christopher Walken) during their stint underground had tried to explain the game of baseball to his son, but his son just couldn't grasp the game. "But why do players run from first base to second base?" he asked his dad. Never having had the ability to play himself or see the game played, Frazier just couldn't fathom the game as his father described it. Finally out of the bomb shelter, Frazier happens upon a kids' baseball game. He was mesmerized and had the definitive "ah-ha!" moment. Until he actually experienced and saw a baseball game, he couldn't fathom the game of baseball, but SEEING the game being played, Walken blurts out exuberantly, "I GET it!! He runs to second base from first base because he must!!"
Bob and I have had the very good fortune to meet many children, families, and neighbors along our journey into lives (both in Hilltop and Africa) we hadn't experienced or particularly understood before. It's never been about volunteering. It's been about seeking God, developing relationships, loving our neighbors.
The "ah-ha" moment has happened for us over and over, here and abroad; and because in the experience of loving our neighbors we have glimpsed the living God at work in others and our lives, we have fashioned our lives differently….because we simply MUST! ~Carol & Bob Stoner
Barb Punter telling a story of God's love duringValentine's Week.
Cleo and Larry are serving at Breakfast Club. Cleo helps with breakfast preparation and getting to know the kids better. Larry has driven the bus, helped set up, and interacted with the kids. They also help by driving kids to camp in the summer.
We have been involved with Breakfast Club for 10 years and have found the experiece to be very satisfying. To see the kids grow in the Word thru prayer and Bible stories and the impact it has on their lives is very rewarding. In addition, the group tries to instill concern for others, better manners and develop friendships. ~Cleo Smith~
I began working with Breakfast Club in 2011 and have been blessed by the generosity and spirit of adults sharing their lives with elementary children. The gospel and the lessons of Jesus are shared in story, crafts, and food with enthusiasm.
It is bonding and teaching time for the kids as they begin their week each Monday.
It is a delight to have children share and pray together and form some relationships that can support them in the years and challenges that lie ahead. ~Shelly Gold~
Breakfast Club.
Place, 554 South Locust Street, on Wednesday evenings this winter.
Winfred Bowen volunteers in the nursery at Hilltop Neighborhood House, 460 South College Avenue.
I have volunteered at Hilltop for over five years. I started in the infant room when my grandson, JJ, was a baby. I followed him to the one year room and to the three year room. I just recently came back and i am in the baby room again. I am so lucky! I get to hol and sing to the babies. The children are our future and if I canmake a difference in their life by showing concern and love I will be blessed. I love Hilltop Neighborhood House. They are doing a wonderful job in nurturing our young ones. May the Lord always shine down on this place. I am so blessed to be a part of it. ~Winfred Bowen~
and interacts with the kids. Marlene also volunteers at Breakfast Club!
Reiner Center on South College Avenue. He interacts with the kids and
helps all around.
Paying forward and receiving a ten fold return. A rewarding experience to be a volunteer and to see the Breakfast Clubbers experience the Love of Jesus. ~Mike Strayer~
There are many more members helping in the Hilltop area at this time! More pictures and comments to come in the future. Picture your picture below sharing your special gifts and being the hands and feet, voice and ears of God!!! Talk it over with God.
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