Our Senior Adult Ministry
"Now that I am old and my hair is gray, do not abandon me, O God! Be with me while I proclaim your power and might to all generations to come." Pslams 71:18
Our Senior Adult ministry is called "PEP" which stands for People Enjoying People.
PEP meets monthly for a carry in meal followed by a special guest. It may be anything from a school band, a local business, a ministry leader, or just about anything that is interesting and fun.
PEP also takes day trips regularly. They may go to an area attraction, a Branson show, tour a business, visit a museum, go sightseeing, and more.
It is always fun and they usually find a very good restaurant along the way.
Pie supper at Pastor Rich's house Day trip
But it is more than just fellowship and fun.
PEP takes on a special missions or service project monthly. They may raise funds or provide other support for an area cause or ministry. They also stock the "Little Red Hen" food pantry. This provides food for church members in need. Here are some of this years scheduled projects for 2010:
March 2010
Saturday, March 13
PEP will serve their annual Spaghetti dinner, from 4:00 PM until 6:30 PM. They will be serving salad, spaghetti, bread sticks, drinks and dessert. Come and enjoy !
Tickets are now available in the breezeway or in your Sunday School class at a cost of $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for children 10 and under.
Wednesday, March 17
This will be PEP"s "Incredible St. Patrick's Day" ! We will meet at the church at 9:30 AM to see the video "Children of Eden", after which we will go to Incredible Pizza for lunch, then back to the church to watch a movie.
PEP's Mission project for March will be to bring wrapped candy and plastic eggs to be stuffed for the children's Easter Egg Hunt, Saturday, March 27th. Bring the candy and eggs on March 17th or 18th.
Thursday, March 18
Starting at 9:00 AM we will help stuff Easter Eggs for the Easter Egg hunt, then at 11:30 we will break from the Egg stuffing and stuff our selves with the carry in dinner! The St. Patrick's Day theme will carry over into our PEP meeting and our carry in dinner will emphaize the "green theme". After lunch we will enjoy a program by the "Basket Lady", Joan Covington, from First Baptist Church, Battlefield. These baskets are made by Pastor David from Ghana, West Africa.
April 2010
PEP's Mission project for April will be to Collect towels for the Baptist Home in Ozark. This is a retirement home.
May: Collect items for the local Women's Shelter.
June:
July: Provide shoe vouchers for our Back to School Backpack Giveaway". Each voucher entitles a child to a new pair of shoes.
August: Collect Items for "Newborns in Need." These items are essential for those infants who are born in less than ideal circumstances.
September: Promote the 1000 club. This is an iniative aimed at recruiting 1000 people to pledge $1 per month for the "Grand Oaks Mission". This ministry provides clothing, food and other necessities to those in need.
October-December: "Angel Tree". This involves providing Christmas gifts for children of inmates in correctional institutions. The children should not have to suffer for a parent's crime and this is a great blessing to kids. The "Angel Tree "culminates with a Christmas party where the kids and their caregivers come and have dinner and receive their gifts.
Call the church for meeting times or more information. Anyone 55 and up is invited to come!
