The Social Ministry Committee will begin collecting items for school kits beginning June 16th. The collection period will conclude September 15th. We had a great response last year and have asked St. Paul and Immanuel to partner with us again this year for assembly. Our time together was an awesome time of fellowship and stewardship. Our goal among the three churches this year is a lofty one—600 kits! Some of the kits will be shared again with the Regional Office of Education (ROC) in our community. Bins will be available to receive donations in the entry area outside the east sanctuary doors and the narthex. Monetary donations will be accepted if you prefer that we do the shopping for you. Please include these items for each kit:

• Four 70-sheet notebooks of wide or college-ruled paper
• One ruler with centimeters on one side and inches on the other
• One pencil sharpener
• One pair of blunt scissors
• Five unsharpened #2 pencils with erasers, secure with a rubber band
• Five black or blue ballpoint pens (no gel ink), secure with a rubber band
• One box of 16 or 24 crayons
• One 2½ inch eraser
• One sturdy drawstring back-pack style cloth bag, approximately 14”x17” with shoulder straps