8002 U. S. Highway 301 South, Riverview, FL 33578 813-677-5995
Community Resources Outside of the Church:
Partners within the Alafia Ministerial Association:
Gateway Church, Pastor Don Faling, 677-2519.
Gibsonton United Methodist Church, Pastor Wayne Kato, 677-3377
Daystar Faith Center, Sue Sutko, Executive Director, 672-6061
Resurrection Catholic Church, Pastor Monsignor Antonio P. Diez, 677-2175, www.resurrectioncatholicriverview.com.
First Baptist Church Riverview, Pastor Randall Hosea, 677-6377 www.fbcriverview.org
Truckstop Ministries, Reverend Ken Collins, Chaplain, www.truckstopministries.org
The “I Am Hope Cafe” Opens in Gibsonton
RUMC has joined with a number of other local congregations and organizations to support the opening of the third “I Am Hope Café” in the greater Brandon area. This facility will be opening soon on the grounds of Daystar Faith Center in Gibsonton. It will join similar cafes in Seffner (at the First Baptist Church of Mango) and Brandon (at Brandon Church of the Nazarene on Kingsway).
As the number of homeless continues to grow in our area, the mission of the café will be to provide residents with hot meals as well as with a connection with services provided through the Daystar center. Daystar can provide access to clothing, hygiene products, household items, tents, backpacks, access to food stamps, and post boxes so that homeless people can establish mailing addresses. The café will provide a support supplement for homeless persons currently being served on an emergency basis by programs such as RUMC’s own RESTORE program.
As the “I Am Hope Café" begins operations, the facility will be looking for volunteers. RUMC has committed to provide soup kitchen volunteers once a month starting in the spring of 2010.
Daystar Faith Center is located at 7017 Gibsonton Drive in Gibsonton. For more information about this program or to get involved visit their website www.iamhopecafe.org or call 643-0323.
The Cornerstone Family Ministries
30th WonderWalk
Support the Work of Cornerstone Family Ministries--for 117 years, feeding the hungry and nurturing the young.
Be a Walker
-->Pick up a sponsorship sheet from Vi Legge, our RUMC Coordinator, and start collecting pledges.
-->Register at Hyde Park UMC on March 20th, 8:00-8:30 AM. The Opening Welcome will start at 8:30 AM in the courtyard, followed by the start of the walk.
-->Our goal is for all walkers to raise $100 each.
-->All walkers with a minimum pledge of $35 will receive a T-shirt, breakfast, and lunch.
Be a Pledger
-->Make a pledge in support of Cornerstone Family Ministries to one of your walkers.
-->100% of your tax-deductible pledge will go to support the ministry of Cornerstone.
-->Encourage your office or business to support the RUMC Walkers.
-->Direct donations can also be made to the WonderWalk by sending a check to Cornerstone Family Ministries, Attn: Wonder Walk 2010, P. O. Box 5746, Tampa, FL 33675-5746.
-->You can also donate online at www.tampawonderwalk.com.
For more information, please call Cornerstone Family Ministries at (813) 248-6259, ext. 225.
Community News and Notes
Relay for Life at Riverview High School…
Members of the Greater Riverview Chamber of Commerce are walking for a Cure. If you would like to become a part of our team or make a financial donation, please visit our website, www.relayforlife.org/riverviewfl.
Our team captain is Donna Fore and the Team Name is “Masqueraders”. Relay for Life is set for March 27-28th at Riverview High School Call Donna at 528-0902 to see how you can help.
Haiti Relief Concert at St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church …
Barlow Girl, Stellar Kart and Vota will be appearing at St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church on Thursday, March 18th at 7:00 PM. This concert will benefit Haitian relief. Concert organizers are looking to raise no less than $10,000 to help rebuild Haiti through UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief). A limited number of $10 Tickets are still available by contacting Rick Phillips at rumcyouthrocks@gmail.com
