Money from United Methodist Conference Children's Offering Goes to Help at Walt's Place

Thanks to Bonnie Albert for writing the grant request from United Methodist Conference Children's Offering.  Walt's Place - the afterschool portion of Hilltop Neighborhood House - received money to purchase a small deep freezer for their afterschool food program and for two basketball poles with removable rims to be cemented in at Walt's Place for outside play.

Our freezer





            Thank you Bonnie!!!!

Pictures of the basketball rims...to come with better weather :)

 

A Day in the Life of Breakfast Club

 

 

Breakfast Club  begins by 7:00 am as Adult Leaders meet at Union Community Church to set up tables, chairs, materials needed; the meal is prepared and set out; place settings are set on the tables.

 

7:20 am - Bus drivers, Bob P. & Sue, and Bob S. leave to pick up the youth from their homes.

7:30 am - Youth arrive at UCC for a wonderful breakfast.

~8:00 am - Activity begins.  Today people colored or worked word searches while The Third Miracle Group dressed and prepared to present their play.  (March 17, 2014)

 

 

 

JoEllen

Norma & Shelly

Mike, Barb, & Carol

Bob

 

Bob P., Sue, Kim & Cleo were there too!  Just somehow managed to avoid the camera.

A Third Miracle - The Fishes and Loaves

Jesus fed thousands of people with a boy's lunch of just a few fish and loaves of bread.

Matthew 14, Mark 5, Luke 9, and John 6

 

Jesus is teaching. 

Then the disciples want Jesus to send them away to get food.

The young boy shares his lunch...

Jesus blesses the meal...

EVERYONE EATS!! and many bushels of each are left over.

GOD IS GOOD - ALL THE TIME!

ALL THE TIME - GOD IS GOOD!!!

 

Each child received a book of miracles Jesus did.

 

A Second Miracle - Calming the Storm

Calming the Storm - Mark 4; Matthew 8

 

Jesus and his disciples went out on the calm water in a boat to rest.

Jesus fell fast asleep.

The boat rocked the people back and forth and up and down in the storm.

It got worse and worse and the disciples were so afraid!!!

They awakened Jesus and he calmed the sea!

Jesus' friends were in awe.  "What kind of man is this who even the winds and waves obey."

He is truly the son of God!

One of Jesus' Miracles - Healing Woman and Raising Jairus' Dead Daughter

 

A woman touched Jesus' robe and was healed of a plague...

Jairus' begs Jesus to save his daughter....

Mark 5

 

Members of Breakfast have been learning about three miracles in three groups and sharing what they have learned through plays with the other groups.

 

Group One shares their play

with a very attentive audience.

Our group meets in the basement of Union Community Church.

Grandparents Day at Hilltop Neighborhood House - February 21, 2014

Thank you FUMC!

for the use of your chairs
so we could invite our Grandparents to our class to celebrate Grandparents
Day :)

 

 

 

 

We had an awesome time!!

 

 



Grandparents visiting before the performance began



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you FUMC - Hilltop Soups Event Huge SUCCESS

What an event!                                                                

What an outpouring of support from FUMC!

What a Success!  WHAT DELISCIOUS DESSERTS!

Thirty-two church families provided 50 desserts - cookies, all sorts of brownies, cupcakes, cakes, breads, pies, monetary donation, and even gluten free rice krispies and pecan shortbread cookies.  (Imagine four long tables full of the above...lemon cake with frosting, banana nut bread, chocolate cake, Bundt cake, peanut crunch cake, pineapple upside down cakes; apple, cherry, and pumpkin pies; brownies with nuts, with chocolate icing, with sprinkles, Layers of love brownies, chocolate brownies with caramel frosting, Ghirardelli brownies;  cookies of all shapes and sizes - chocolate chips, m&m, rice krispies, spice cookies, with nuts, without, gluten free pecan shortbread; Jam bars, lemon bars; cupcakes-pineapple upside down cupcakes, Maple glazed apple cupcakes, chocolate cupcakes.)  Makes your head swim and stomach growl, doesn't it? Imagine the decisions people had to make!

Many of our families came to eat, hear good music, and visit with friends. Some helped by working at the event.

Seven hundred people attended the event at Christ Lutheran Church. (150 more than last year).
Proceeds provide scholarships for needy families going to school $/or working so that they have affordable quality childcare.

Thank you and bless you for all your support for this Hilltop Neighborhood Fundraiser. 
 
Thank you for caring, sharing and coming!       (see pictures below)

Setting out all the items...

 See the lady waaaaay down at the end of the tables in the white hat and red apron?   That's how long the dessert area was from staging to presenting.

                             Don't I have a great job?

UMMMMMMMM...what to pick? 

That sure WAS good.....................................................

 

 

                          Thanks again!!!!!

Adult Beginners Computer Class at Walt's Place

Thank you Mike Yohe!!!

 

 

                      



 

Pictured above are Mike Yohe, instructor of the Adult Beginners Computer Class

offered at Walt's Place, and two of his students, Mr. & Mrs. Saul Medina. The class started

February 4th, 2014, and will run for eight Tuesday evenings.  The class is offered

free to those interested in learning how to use a computer.  Mike volunteered

to teach the class this year. 

Thanks again Mr. Yohe!

Breakfast Club in Action

 

 

 

Breakfast Club in Action

 

 

 

Norma Wallace, Shelly Gold, Cleo Smith - Breakfast Makers EXTRAORDINAIRE

 

Mike Strayer, Sue Clemens, Bob Punter - worker bees & bus drivers

 

Jo Ellen Tunacik and some Breakfast Club Participants

 

Breakfast Club - Monday mornings - 7-8:30 am at Union Community Church

 

 

Kim Haddad,  Carol, Barb, and JoEllen interacting with youth while they eat.

 

 

After breakfast we gather for a story lead by Barb Punter.

Bob Stoner, Carol Stoner, and our children listen attentively.

 

Barb Punter shares a story.

And then it's off to Central Elementary School ;)

 

Adult participants not pictured are Margie Miller and Mark Riley.