JUMC Military Ministry Update

OUR ADOPTED UNIT IS COMING HOME! Charlie Company’s deployment has been shortened and they will start coming home June 1. Everyone is scheduled to be back in Texas by July 1.

They received our Easter packages and I’ve attached the e-mail I received from Sgt Zachary Coyle (see below.) Everyone loved the goodies.

In May we sent 15 more phones for “Cell Phones For Soldiers” which brings our total to 135 give or take 1 or 2. Great job, and continue to spread the word to your friends, neighbors and co-workers. Let’s see if we can hit 200 by the New Year.

As always, please continue to keep our service men, women and their families in your prayers.

May the Grace, Peace and Love of our Lord and savior, Jesus Christ be with you,
Joe Cavalluzzi

What has our Military Ministry done since being organized in Aug 2008?

Adopted five units:

Co. C, 2-4 AVN, GSAB (Tx)

Co. D, 1-252 CAB (Sanford, NC)

Co. A, 2-5 Cavalry Regiment, ADA (Tx)

Co. C, 26 BSB, 3Inf Div (Ga)

Co. C 2-4 FSMT (Tx)

Total soldiers: 372 (343 men & 29 women)

Total packages sent: 130++ boxes.

Total weight: over 1200++ lbs.

Items sent:

100 New Testament Pocket Bibles

253 pocket crosses

60 JUMC Christmas Ornaments

227lbs of school supplies (paid for shipping)

117 lbs. of playground equipment

Can-only-guess # lbs of cookies, treats and personnel items sent

Individual cards sent to each soldier in the unit

Cards made by our Pioneer Club members and Sue Porr’s Sunday school class

Individual church members wrote to deployed soldiers

Co-sponsored a yard sale for Co. D 1-252 CAB to raise money for family members to send items to their deployed soldiers.

Collected 135 cell phones to date for “Cell Phones for Soldiers Program”

Named the Sanford District’s 2010 Lay Ministry of the Year