Southeast Churches Bank Together for Mission Work in Appalachia

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**

SOUTHEAST CHURCHES BAND TOGETHER FOR MISSION WORK IN APPALACHIA

Each year, the SE Missouri District Mission Team, which includes Methodist Churches and Sargent�s Chapel (ELCA), sends a work team to the Henderson Settlement in Southeast Kentucky, on the Kentucky/Tennessee border. Over the years, this team has worked on homes building porches, adding rooms, painting, and assisting with basic home repairs. In the recent years, this team has worked on the Frakes, Kentucky, Henderson Settlement campus with many projects: finishing a deck around the addition to the dorm, rebuilding steps to the activity building, working on the barn, taping & painting the drywall in new cabins, retaping and painting an office in the administration building as well as building a new two level porch on the administration building, put new siding on a dormitory that had been damaged by hail are among those projects completed on the campus. Sewing, sorting clothes, working in the thrift shop, working in the greenhouse, cutting coupons, etc. are all part of the tasks that are completed during a work week at Henderson. The area being served in Kentucky is in the bottom 10% of the country in terms of poverty. The SE District Mission Team request your prayers, your support, and participation. Additional volunteers are welcomed! It is a week of fun, fellowship, prayer, and service. If you are interested in going with this group on a mission trip, please contact Anita or Jeff Hahs at 573-275-0749 or 573-275-0750. The team is going the last week of April 2018.

The Mission Team also would appreciate your support for the trip. Three fundraisers for materials for the projects to be completed in April are planned: On Tuesday, January 16, Stooges in Jackson will donate 15% of their sales (from people who mention they are there to support the Mission Team) to the Southeast District Mission Team for their work at Henderson Settlement in Frakes, Kentucky. On Tuesday, February 13, El Sol�s on Broadway in Cape Girardeau will donate 10% of their sales (from people who mention they are there to support the Mission Team) to the SE District Mission Team. And on Tuesday, March 13, 2018, Gordonville Grill will donate 10% of their sales from opening at 11 am until closing to the SE District Mission Team. Please join the Mission Team for a meal at any of these establishments or for a snack and pick me up and learn more about the trip. Sign up for it if you so wish! The Food is great and the people are friendly. Any funds raised are used to pay for the materials used on the projects completed at Henderson. The Mission Team pays for their own travel and room and board at the Settlement. The SE District Mission Team appreciates your support!