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Volunteers Needed

Hey Community family and friends.

Please take a minute to read the message below from my friend and ministry partner Linda Prillaman.  As the letter shares there are volunteers needed to serve students around our community due to the Covid-19 situation and our schools.  Please read on.  If you are interested, contact Linda and attend the meeting she mentions.

Thank you!

Pastor Michael Harrison
-- James 1:5

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The Boys and Girls Club has partnered with First United Methodist of Martinsville and McCabe Memorial to provide Supervised Learning and FUN for students whose parents are working or just need help.


We would LOVE to have volunteers (who feel safe working with one or two children in a social distancing v environment), to help the students from 9-11am or 12:30-2pm, with their assignments. You do not have to be a teacher, the amazing teachers from the schools are doing that work (and they are amazing!). But, what you would be doing is working with 1 or 2 students (especially K and 1st graders) to read their assignments and coach them in completing them.

We have scheduled a SPECIAL TIME to talk through the volunteer process and training! Come and hear about this unique opportunity to pour into the next generation during these crazy times!!

We will meet Monday night, August 31st, at McCabe Memorial (107 Clearview Dr, Martinsville) at 6pm in the Fellowship Hall (back of the building) with Joanie Petty, Director of the Boys and Girls Club. WE will social distance AND everyone MUST wear a mask! Share the word! Let's BE THE CHURCH and come alongside our teachers and kids to make this unique time in Martinsville Henry County a time when our kids feel the love of Jesus as the Church Body invest in them!

Please help us get the word out about the meeting/training and if you know a family that needs help with their kids call the BGC at 276-656-1171.

If you have questions call Linda Prillaman at 713-007-5375.

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