• 227 families were served through the Food Bank program in June. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped in any way. Double bagged plastic bags are needed and can be dropped off at the church office. 
• $285.00 was collected for the MidSouth Annual Conference Mission Offering from the June Communion offering.

• $520.00 was collected for Celebrate Recovery during the June Noisy Offering. 

• The communion offering for July will support the Todd County Backpack program which provides weekend meals to Todd County students.
• Start saving your loose change for the July 14 Noisy Offering which will support the VBS Clean Water Mission Project. 

• A 6-month financial statement for your YTD contributions will be mailed at the beginning of July. If anyone has questions, please contact the church office.
• If anyone would like a hard copy of the approved Church Council minutes and the May  Financial report, please contact the church office.

• 210 families were served through the Food Bank program in April. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped in any way.  

• $140.00 was collected for the Methodist Mountain Mission from the April Communion offering.

• $485.00 was collected for Hearts and Hammers during the April Noisy Offering. 

• The Methodist Men hosted a churchwide breakfast fundraiser on April 21. $3,061.40 was collected for Camp Crossway. 

• The communion offering for May will support Camp Crossway. 

• Start saving your loose change for the May 12 Noisy Offering which will also support Camp Crossway.
• Please notify the church office if you have a child who is promoting from pre-k, 5^th grade, or 8^th grade or graduating from high school or college/university. 

• The last day of school for the Todd County School System is May 17.  
• For anyone attending a college, university, vocational or technical school for the 2024/2025 calendar year, you can apply for the Petrie Memorial Methodist Church Endowment Scholarship. Scholarships will be awarded to applicants who meet the requirements and submit a completed application prior to JUNE 1^st. Please contact the church office for an application. Applications must be completed on an annual basis.

• 220 families were served through the Food Bank program in February. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped in any way.  

• $260.00 was collected for the Laity and Ministers Alliance (LAMA) from the February Communion offering.

• $401.00 was collected for the Moving Forward in Faith Loan during the February Noisy Offering. 

• The communion offering for March will support the Back2Back Foundation.  Back to Back Inc is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established by Brice Long and his wife to meet the needs of families in Christian, Todd, and Trigg counties primarily during the holiday season.  

• Daylight Saving time will begin at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 10. Remember to move your clocks ahead one hour. 

• Start saving your loose change for the March 10 Noisy Offering which will support Todd County Central High School’s Project Graduation.

• March is Petrie’s designated month to donate to the Interfaith Center. Currently, they need a variety of cereals and canned foods (vegetables – no corn or green beans, spaghetti, and chili.) There is a box in the Fellowship Hall labeled “Interfaith Center” that you can drop your donations in, or you may take them directly to the Interfaith Center.

• The Methodist Mountain Mission truck will be here on March 12.  Please have all 

donations brought to the Mountain Mission Closet (next to the youth hall) by Monday, March 11. If you would prefer to make a monetary donation, please go to https://www.methodistmountainmission.org/ to make an online donation, or checks can be mailed to Methodist Mountain Mission, PO Box 888, Jackson, KY 41339.

• 259 families were served through the Food Bank program in December. Thank you to 

all the volunteers who helped in any way.  

• $608.00 was collected for Birthday for Jesus (a Gideon Ministry) from the December 

2023 Noisy Offering. 

• Thank you to everyone who adopted Christmas angels from the Todd County School system. Petrie adopted 30 angels this year. What a blessing to the children in our county! 

• The church offices will be closed on January 1 and 2 in observance of the New Year 

holiday.

• Pastor Willard will be on vacation from January 3 – 9. Communion will be served on January 14 with the communion offering supporting Thailand Now Methodist Mission.

• Start saving your loose change for the January 7 Noisy Offering which will support The 

GMC General Conference. 

• **If you did not have an opportunity to complete a 2024 Stewardship Covenant, please

contact the church office. It’s not too late to pledge or indicate where you would like to

serve.**  (Many areas are still in need of volunteers.)

• If you applied for the Endowment Scholarship last summer, please provide proof of 

registration for your 2024 spring semester classes and your most recent transcript.  

Scholarship funds for the spring semester will be issued in January.

• A grief support group was formed in December 2021 by Yvonne Rundall. Beginning January 8, the group meets on Mondays from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. at POPs. All are welcome to come. For more information, contact Yvonne at 270-604-1541.
• Petrie Memorial is part of the Kroger Community Rewards Program. If you would like to link your Kroger Plus card to Petrie Memorial, please visit http://www.kroger.com. Once logged in to your account, search for Petrie Memorial Methodist Church or with the following account number, SF465. If you don’t have a Kroger Plus card, all you need to do is create an account that requires basic information, a valid email address, and a rewards card that can be picked up at your nearest Kroger store customer service counter.