Category: mission

Special delivery to Benevilla!

Posted on by Wende Gonzales

On Wednesday, March 13, 2024, ladies from Sun City Christian Church visited Benevilla to deliver handmade quilts, knitted bears, crocheted/knitted baby blankets, and fidget mats to Benevilla for their programs working with adults and families with young children.

The church schedules a service day every fourth Monday from 9am to 12 noon to work on all these projects and all are welcome to join.

Call 623-972-6179 for more information.

Pictured left to right is Cliff Yoder, Benevilla Donor Relations Manager; Timmie Wilber; Sylvia D’Avanzo; and Marcia Blake.

Blessing of the Sleeping Mats

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Blessing of the Sleeping Mats – September 10, 2023

On September 10, Rev. Brett Winters blessed over 200 crocheted sleep mats for the homeless made from recycled plastic bags. Each mat is added to a backpack which is supplied with water, personal hygiene supplies, and snacks.

Caring Angels, a volunteer organization founded and directed by Jody Swank, collects the donated plastic bags and cuts them into strips to be made into plarn (plastic yarn) to be crocheted. It’s a community effort with friends, family, and neighbors contributing to the project.

The Disciples Women’s Ministry (DWM) of the Sun City Christian Church meets every fourth Monday at 9am to cut bags, make plarn and crochet mats. All are welcome to join this group and can call 602-972-6179 for more information.

Caring Angels is requesting plastic bags. Additional help and donations are always appreciated. Director Jody Swank can be reached at yarning8@cox.net.

(Pictured: Carol Finch, Marcia Hollingsworth, Charlene Hunt, Kendra Kaye Moore, Tish Alicki, Rev. Brett Winters, Jody Swank, Yvonne Finnegan, Mary Harper, and Jane Seidl)

DWM making a difference to students in need!

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The Disciples Women’s Ministry service group of Sun City Christian Church delivered over 400 affirmation cards for student backpacks and over 300 pairs of socks on Monday, July 31, 2023 to the Assistance League of Phoenix. This organization operates Delivering Dreams buses which visit schools in underprivileged areas of the county to outfit students with brand new clothes and school supplies. The children are invited into the buses to select shoes, outfits, underclothes and more.

300 pairs of socks for the Delivering Dreams bus

On the fourth Monday of each month at 9 am, the Disciples Women’s Ministry (DWM) works on service projects including affirmation cards for school students, sleep mats for the homeless, quilts, and more. Everyone is invited to join this group. No experience is necessary!

400 affirmation cards to go into student backpacks

Sun City Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is located at 9745 W. Palmeras Drive, Sun City. To learn more, call 623 972-6179 and visit the website at docsuncityaz.org and our Facebook Page Sun City Christian Church.

Pictured from left to right are Kendra Moore, Michelle Peralta – Assistance League Volunteer Program Director, Ginger Lanier, and Timmie Wilbur.

Filling the Grandma Boxes at Valley View Food Bank

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The quilters of Sun City Christian Church delivered five quilts and four crocheted baby blankets to Valley View Community Food Bank to fill their Grandma Boxes.

Pictured from left to right are, Mary Harper, Marcia Blake, and Jesse Ramirez Jr. of the food bank.

On the fourth Monday of each month at 9 am, the Disciples Women’s Ministries (DWM) works on service projects including affirmation cards for school students, sleep mats for the homeless, quilts, and more. Everyone is invited and welcome to join this group!

Socks Drive

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The current school year may be coming to a close, but the need of socks for school children continues and so does our Socks Drive for school children ages 5 to 15.

The Assistance League of Phoenix provides new clothes for children on their “Delivering Dreams Bus” throughout the school year.

Please help us fill the baskets under the clothesline in Cobbs Hall on our campus at 9745 W. Palmeras Drive, Sun City, AZ 85373.

Learn more about our church at docsuncityaz.org.

Blessing of the Quilts

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Sun City Christian Church celebrated the beginning of Lent with a blessing of quilts on Sunday, February 26. The Lenten season will be honored through the senses with the first being the sense of touch. The Disciples Women’s ministry makes quilts for many organizations plus members of the congregation brought in quilts that they have had in their families as along ago as 1911. Each quilt tells a story and stories were shared during the service.

Pictured from left to right are quilters Julie Carriker, Mary Lou Lavine, Mary Harper, and The Reverend Brett Winters.

DWM: Helping to deliver dreams to students

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Disciples Women’s Ministry (DWM) of Sun City Christian Church created over 150 affirmation cards for the Assistance League of Phoenix. The League, located at 9224 N. Fifth St., organizes school kits for students and places a card in each kit for encouragement. They have several buses with the logo “Delivering Dreams Bus” which travels to schools with the kits and also with new clothes and shoes to outfit children in need.

DWM meets at the church every fourth Monday at 9 am to work on projects for the community.