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  "Micah 6, January 12th, Monday

  "What does the Lord require of you but to do

    justice, to love kindness and to walk humbly   

    with your God."  ( Micah 6:8 )

      As Christians we are called to have an impact on

   society. Our presence in the midst of the affairs of

   human life is to make a difference. One of the duties

   of Christians is to be salt and light in the midst of

   an increasingly apathetic and gray society. We are

   here, not just to believe something but also to stand

   for something.

   To that end, in the Fall of 2004, a new program was   

   started here at First Presbyterian by the Health

   Ministry Committee. It was called a Micah 6 dinner.

   This is a "free community meal" that is held the

   Monday after the second Saturday of each month.

   The meal is for anyone in our community or service

   area. If the attendees can donate thru a "free will

   offering", it is wonderful. If this doesn't come about

   then we are definitely doing God's work. All are

   welcome to come, eat, stay and visit with each other.

   Serving is from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The menu for this meal

   will be mock chow mein, veggies, salad, beverage

   and desert.

   One of the reasons for the meal is to promote visiting.

   There are so many in our community who are alone.

   To be able to come together in a warm or cool place,

   depending on the weather, gives all participants the

   opportunity to laugh and visit with others. Laughter is

   a great help to one's well being.

   Reservations can be made thru

   the church office at 375-3432 but they are not

   necessary.  

FOOD FOR ALL

The next FOOD FOR ALL will be on

January 10th. .

It has become obvious to those who work the

distribution, that our numbers will only increase,

so we are grateful to Schmidt's bakery for their

willingness to work with us and sell us baked

goods at much reduced prices...to Super Fair Foods,

Pamida and Paul's Food Pride for their willingness

to work with us when they have "bargains'. This is

the only way that we have been able to maintain

this much needed program. If you see a bargain

somewhere like items 10 for $10.00 or

2 for $1.00, please let me know, because I

will try to take advantage of those bargains.

We continue to serve at least 155 families each month. Thanks to Patty Anderson and her working

thru Downs Foods in getting both the Food For All

program and the Watonwan County Foodshelf

access to canned chicken for distribution to our

families. Both the Rotary Club and the American

Legion Auxiliary gave donations at the end of the

year to the Food For All. Thank you to all who make.this program possible....unfortunately, it

seems to be a program that will be needed in the

foreseeable future.  

Surplus Food Distribution

We will be holding another Surplus Food

Distribution on January 29th. If you can help

unload the truck, please be at the church by

12:30 that afternoon. We also need people

to count items, set up the distribution lines

and to help register people. We also need

people to help with crowd control -- especially

since it will probably be too cold to have people

standing outside.