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Help Others, Help Ourselves Contribute to the Church While You Shop Enroll in eScrip, by registering your grocery cards (like Safeway), debit, and credit cards. Participating merchants will make contributions of typically 1-5% to your chosen group, based on your purchases, just by using your registered cards. It's that easy! You can see program details, register your cards, and select the church as a beneficiary here. Nob Hill Foods has a similar but separate program; see it here. Shop Our Online Bookstore Shop at MHUMC's Cokesbury Bookstore! Receive a 20% discount on many books, Bibles, software, and music offered at Cokesbury.com, plus the church receives a 5% rebate on qualified purchases! Buy Thoughtfully with Fair Trade Support small-scale farmers around the world by buying fairly-traded coffee, tea, chocolate, and other items. In Morgan Hill, Integrity Express sells fair-trade items, including those distributed by Equal Exchange. Or purchase from Equal Exchange through the UMCOR Coffee Project. Dinner at the Armory During the winter months, we provide dinner to the folks at the Gilroy Armory. The Youth are responsible for dinner the 3rd Sunday of each month, and the whole church provides dinner on the 1st and 5th Sundays. For more information or to volunteer to help, call Denise Melroy or Janet Braslin. See typical menus and recipes. The Armory is a cold-weather shelter operated by Emergency Housing Consortium. Remember - all volunteer servers must provide a copy of their current negative tuberculosis test report. Audio Books Tape-record your reading of a children's book, to help a child learn to read. Literacy is a key element in avoiding homelessness. Contact Carol Frazer for more info.

Small Group Ministries Prayer Team Prayer requests are sent via email; each participant is asked to dedicate at least 30 minutes each week in prayer. Contact Megan Richardson for more info. Youth See the Youth web page for meeting times, scheduled events, and contact info. Men's Group Meets approx. monthly for dinner. Contact Steve Roth for more information. Catherine Stone Circle Meets the first and third Thursday morning of the month at 9:00am in the Fellowship Hall. We make quilts that are given to La Isla Pacifica*, sold as gifts, and sold at the Taste of Morgan Hill street fair. We are also making toiletry kits for the children at La Isla Pacifica*. For more information, contact Jeanne Urton. Women's Group (UMW) The women's circle meets the second Thursday of every month, from 6pm to 7:3pm, at the church. All women are welcome for friendship, snacks, event planning, and fellowship. For more information contact Kathryn Mendoza. Bible Study Meets Monday mornings at 10am at in the Fellowship Hall. A side project of the group has been to knit or crochet warm scarves for women at La Isla Pacifica*. Contact Megan Richardson for more info. Choir Meets every Wednesday evening at 7:30pm in the Sanctuary. We sing music ranging from a'capella spirituals to "Godspell" pieces to contemporary Christian songs. Perfect pitch is not required, just a willingness to have fun while singing. For more information, contact our director, Pastor Jeff Kunkel. *La Isla Pacifica is a shelter for battered women, part of Community Solutions network of services. Also see "What Is...", for answers to Frequently Asked Questions about projects and groups we're associated with.