There are so many ways we can support Mennonite Central Committee (MCC). You already volunteer! Thank You! By serving at Care & Share you provide a warm welcome as well as a helping hand. These helping hands generate funds to send as a donation to MCC.
Another way to support MCC is through supporting their “kits” ministries. These kits provide practical needs at a time of crisis. On Wednesday, October 9, we invite you to dinner and the opportunity to learn more about MCC’s Prison Kits. We will hear from Pastor Juan Marrero from Crossroads Community Center located in the Fairhill Neighborhood in North Philadelphia. He will share the impact a Prison Kit has on an incarcerated person. We will then assemble prison kits to be distributed in the Philadelphia prison system. Won’t you join us? We are also inviting our staff and other extended members of the Care & Share community. Come join us in the Welcome Center. We believe that your presence will also be an inspiration to our staff.
From MCC: Prison care kits are making a difference in Philadelphia prisons. “This blessing has strengthened my thirst to see the ending of what God has for me,” says Jack*, an incarcerated individual who received a prison care kit from MCC.
Gifts of prison care kits help MCC share God’s love and compassion for all in the name of Christ by reminding current and formerly incarcerated people that their needs are not forgotten.
Each kit costs $15. We plan to pack 100. We would love to pack more, but would need additional financial contributions.
How can you participate?
- Contribute to the cost of additional kits. Donations needed by September 23.
- Attend the event on October 9, at 5PM. We ask that you RSVP, so we can prepare accordingly.
To contribute and/or RSVP contact Madison Niness in the Admin Office above the Book Shoppe. mniness@caresharethrift.org or call 215.723.0315 x101.
Matthew 25: 37 – 40 Then the righteous will answer him, “Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?”
The King will reply, “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”