Wesley Foundation at UIUC

In this week's email... Sign Up To Help WIth The Food Pantry No Midweek Worship This Week. Pantry Training Instead Mission Trip Car and Driver Needed Peer Ministers Office Hours Weekly Services Upcoming Events Join our Mailing List! Join our Facebook Group SIGN UP TODAY TO HELP WITH FOOD PANTRY ON WED We are doing everything we can to help Wesley students become involved with our Wesley Food Pantry. PLEASE sign up NOW to help this Wednesday. We are counting on a large contingent of our students to sign up for the 4:30pm - 7:30pm time slot THIS Wednesday. You don't need to work all three hours. In fact, you can come for any one hour (or more) period during that window. Either way still sign up during that time slot. http://wesleypantry.org/volunteering/

No Midweek Worship this Week - Instead Training for Food Pantry Volunteers During our usual 8:30pm Wed Time Slot we will be doing a 45 minute training for persons who want to help with the food Pantry. Training should last 45 minutes. Each month our Wesley Foundation serves over 1000 persons in need a week's worth of groceries. This is a huge undertaking as we convert our foundation into a food pantry (grocery store) each third Thursday of the month. We need to unload a semi's worth of food, set up tables open boxes and direct traffic. At the end of the evening we need to tear it all down and clean up. You do not need to speak English to help as much of it is "manual labor." This is a great way to see another side of America. Food Pantry volunteers are needed for many jobs throughout the month, but especially the days and hours leading up to, and through, distribution on the evening of the 3rd Thursday of the month. Training for persons who have not yet be trained will be Wed at 7:00pm and on March 17th also at 8:30pm. Training lasts a little over an hour and is required for all persons volunteering for all Thursday shifts (except clean up). You do not need to be trained to help at other set up or cleanup times. Some of the times you can volunteer include (you do not need to work the full time slot): Wed. Mar 17th 12:30-2:00 pm Truck Unloading, 18 persons each hour Wed. Mar 17th 6:30 - 8:30 pm Food Setup Wed. Mar 17th 7:00 pm Training for volunteering on Thursdays Wed. Mar 17th 8:30 pm Training for volunteering on Thursdays Thurs. Mar 18th 2:00 - 4:30 pm Final Set-Up (Training Required) Thurs. Mar 18th 3:00 - 5:30 pm Registration and Number Handout (Training Required) Thurs. Mar 18th 4:30 - 7:30 pm Food Distribution (Training Required) Thurs. Mar 18th 8:30 - 10:00 pm Cleanup 18 persons each hour PLEASE sign up ahead of time online so we know who will be helping or going through training. http://wesleypantry.org/volunteering/ Car and Driver Needed for Spring Break Mission Trip If you have a car and haven't nailed down your spring break plans, we could use you. We have a group of 14 students going to Lake Charles Louisiana to help do small home repairs. This area of Louisiana struggles with chronic poverty and then was hit very hard by hurricane Rita. We will leave early on March 20th and return late on March 27th. The cost of the trip is only $250 but expect to work while we are down there. We will also have one tour day in New Orleans. If you are interested please email Pastor Rob As Soon As Possible (ASAP). Peer Minister Office Hours The Wesley Peer Ministers will do their best to hold these office hours every week in the Etc. Coffeehouse or in the PM Office: Renee Schroeder - Mon 1-3 Brooke McClure - Mon 2:30-3:30; Wed 10-11am Hannah Nelson - Tue and Thur 2-3 Jarod Spohrer - Wed and Fri 9:30-10:30 John Powers, Peer Minister Intern, by appointment Weekly Services Sundays 9:30 am -- Traditional Worship Service 11:15 am -- Contemporary Worship Service Wednesdays 8:30 pm -- Midweek, student led service, in Watseka Lounge Upcoming Events March 20-28 - Spring Break! : ) April 4 - Easter 9-10 - Interfaith Service Days May 7 - Finals Start 14 - Last day of Finals 27-30 - Student Forum August 6-14 - Bike Trip