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Baldwin Center Holiday Store Collection

Baldwin Center Holiday Store

Help brighten the holidays for those in need! Donate new items to the Baldwin Center Holiday Store. Donations are due by Sunday, December 1st and can be placed in the collection box in the Chapel Hallway. Baldwin Center Wish List General: Wrapping paper Gift bags/boxes Gift tags/stickers Clear tape Batteries (common sizes) Decorations (new or gently used) Ornament sets Lights (new) Holiday Cards (winter holidays) Stockings Stocking stuffers: Coloring Books, Toiletries, Toothbrushes, Small toys or gadgets, etc. Clothing (New) for…
Give Scrip cards for Christmas

Give Scrip Cards for Christmas!

Holiday gift-giving is fast approaching. This year, consider giving pre-paid Scrip cards as gifts and you’ll be earning money for Central while you and your friends and family shop. With cards available from over 700 retailers you can find something for everyone. Small denomination cards make great gifts for hairdressers, teachers, clients, co-workers…you get the idea. And, if you’re making large purchases at retailers like Meijer or Target, pre-purchase cards in larger denominations for your holiday spending. Participation is simple!…
Blessings in a Backpack-Waterford

Blessings in a Backpack 2019

Blessings in a Backpack in Waterford has its origins at Central UMC. The program, co-chaired by Judge Rich Kuhn and Barb Laing, provides weekend food for elementary school students who qualify for the free and reduced-fee lunches during the week. At Riverside Elementary school, the program fed just over 100 children for the weekends during the past school year. The result of this program is that children come back to school on Monday more rested and ready to learn because…
Advent by Candlelight

Advent by Candlelight

December 4, 2019, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Advent by Candlelight is a special evening for women to become renewed and refreshed before the Christmas rush begins. This is an opportunity to relax and refocus on the season of Advent – a wonderful time of waiting and anticipation. In an elegant atmosphere, lit only by candlelight, guests are served a delightful dessert by a table hostess. The program includes uplifting Scripture readings, music and reflections focused on the Advent season. Sign…
Cookies for encouragement at Central UMC

Cookies and Encouragement 2019

Cookies for College Students and Service Members Is your son or daughter going to college or in the military? Give us their address (even if it is the same as last year’s address) and we’ll include them when we send out cookies and encouragement. Call the church office, email us at [email protected], or fill out the form below with the address by Thursday, October 9th. We also need cookies! Please sign up outside the office to let us know how…

Liberia Luncheon

Do You Eat Out After Church? Or Are You Planning on Joining the CROP Walk? Why not have lunch with your Waterford Central family and support Central’s missions to Liberia while you’re at it? Lasagna • (meat, veggie, or gluten-free) • Salad • Garlic Bread • Dessert There will be baskets on the tables for a free-will offering to support: 24 student scholarships to the C.W. Duncan UM School Reconstruction of St. Mark UM Church in Kakata Pastor salary support…