Committee Reports

MISSION COMMITTEE LUCILLE KUZEMCHAK
During the month of December many items were donated for Pathway Shelter to help residents as they leave the shelter and move into their own apartments. Many items are needed to start over and we have many boxes packed to deliver to the warehouse. Thanks to all who donated these needed items!

During January we will be collecting bedding and bath supplies. Needed items include: towels,
washcloths, shower curtains and hooks, pillows, comforters (all sizes, including toddler), sheets (all sizes, including crib and toddler size), blankets (all sizes), alarm clocks, and night lights.

Thanks again for all of your help.


STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE
When we finally depart this world we leave everything behind. Everything. Our properties, our vehicles, our furnishings, our bank accounts, the clothes in our closets - it's all left behind. When the moment of our departure comes, all that matters is what we've built up in spiritual riches.


HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE STACEY ROBERTSON
Happy New Year! For many of our students that means a new semester of learning. We update our address files each semester, so please let us know if your address has changed. We also welcome new students to keep in touch. Our students range from traditional college age to more mature students advancing their education or trying something new. Schools range from four year colleges to technical schools to military training to graduate programs.

We will officially recognize graduates in June, but would like to congratulate Ashley O’Hara who graduated from IUP in December. She has a new job and will be staying in the Indiana area. Any other December graduates please call or email the church office.

SPRC CONNIE SUTTON
We continue the work of the committee, monitoring and supporting our staff with prayers and information to keep the lines of communication open. We STILL have not filled the Nursery Worker position and will be working with Dr. Freddie Bowers to try to fill it with an IUP student with an appropriate major. We ask for your prayers and guidance.

We will be looking at a couple of Position Descriptions this month, revising one and creating a new one. There is currently no description for Praise Team Director. The committee will soon begin the process of Pastor Evaluation. All pastors in the WPA Conference must be evaluated every spring. Two forms were developed in Fall 2008 by the Conference. One is called the
“Long Form” and the other “Short Form”. Pastor Greg was evaluated using the Long Form last spring so we are charged to complete the Short Form this spring.


TRINITY UNITED METHODIST WOMEN
JANUARY – DECEMBER 2009
Pledge $ 2,207.00
Red Bird Mission 255.00
Ruth Smith Home 1,317.00
McCurdy School 230.00
Call to Prayer 315.00
Thank Offering 1,352.12
A & MD Fund 25.00
Western PA Scholarships 25.00
School of Mission 25.00
Gifts to Mission 10.00
Gifts in Memory 30.00
Special Recognition Pins 40.00
Health Kits purchases 328.74
Flood Buckets 220.00
Senegal Women’s Skill Center 105.00
Blanket Fund 25.00
Western PA Prison Outreach Mission 180.00
Salvation Army 415.00
Alice Paul House 535.00
Camp Allegheny 268.00
Treasures for Children (Youth project) 100.00
Christian Witness, Inc. 180.00
Pathway Homeless Shelter 180.00
Arbutus Manor Auxiliary 25.00
Elizabeth Black Circle 300.00
Unit expenses (books, subscriptions, postage, etc.) 389.46
TOTAL: $ 9,082.32
Bal. December 31, 2008 $ 1.26
Received in 2009 + 9,081.12
Total funds available 9,082.38
Paid out in 2009 - 9,082.32
Bal. December 31, 2009 $ .06

Thanks to all of you who contributed to the World Thank Offering and for Health Kit supplies. 2010 brings us a new decade, with new opportunities to share the love of Christ. All women of Trinity UMC are invited to join us at our meetings on the first Tuesdays of the month at 1:00 PM.