Warm Nights Sandwich Making
As you heard on Sunday, we are continuing to make 100 lunches each month for the guests in Warm Nights. We will be making sandwiches on Saturday, April 8 at 9 AM, and can use a few more sandwich makers. There are also opportunities to help in May and June. You can sign up here to help.
 https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0A4AAEA62BA46-warm1  

Gaywood Volunteers Needed to shop for food.
Gaywood Elementary School, a public school serving pre-K through 5th grade, is located about two miles from St. George’s. One of the ways we support Gaywood is through a food program which began in February 2017. This program provides support for Gaywood families who have been identified by school staff members as having critical food needs. During Covid we provided grocery gift cards only, but we would like to go back to a combination of grocery gift cards and boxes of food. However, in order to do so, we need a critical mass of parishioners who are willing to volunteer in some capacity: buying groceries, packing boxes on Sunday morning, and/or delivering boxes to Gaywood. In particular, we need volunteers who are willing to shop for one or more families periodically throughout the year; a shopping list and gift cards are provided. If this work sounds interesting or rewarding to you, we invite you to get involved in any aspect of the program that your schedule allows. This program is an important part of our outreach ministry but it only works if we have a critical mass of volunteers.  Please contact Donna Haselton after any 10:00 am service or at [email protected] to volunteer or for additional information. 

Come Make Prayer Beads as a Lenten Practice Today March 26
Sunday March 26 at 11:30 am there will be a prayer bead making workshop in the Narthex. The church will provide the beads - all we need is you to put the sets of beads together! No experience is necessary and there are folks who will help walk you through it. These sets will be available to those who would like them as a devotional practice and will also stock the church supply of prayer beads to give out. They are also a lovely devotional to use during Holy Week. If you would like to have a set of prayer beads, please let Connie+ know.  

Bowie Food Pantry collection March 12
This month the Bowie Food Pantry is in need of some different items. They are asking for: Rice in boxes or microwaveable-No Bags, Condiments such salad dressing, mustard, etc, jelly, peanut butter in 16-18oz jars. Thank you for bringing your donations to church on Sunday, March 12th.

Social Justice Biographies of the Saints March 5 and 19 after the 10:00 am Service 
On Sunday March 5 the Rev. Charles Hoffacker will lead a learning conversation about Frances Perkins, the woman behind the New Deal, and on March 19 about Maria Skobtsova, an Orthodox nun active in Paris during the German occupation. Both conversations will take place in the sanctuary from 11:45-12:30. Frances Perkins was the United States Labor Secretary from 1933 to 1945. Motivated by her strong Episcopal faith, she contributed to major New Deal programs such as Social Security, Unemployment Insurance, and the Minimum Wage. She also advocated for Jewish refugees from Nazism. May 13 is her annual feast day on the calendar of the Episcopal Church.  Intrigued?  Come Sunday to learn more!  

Sunday March 12:  Virtual Q&A with Community Crisis Services, Inc 
On Sunday March 12th at 11:30AM, following the 10AM service, we will have a special live virtual Q&A with a presenter from the Community Crisis Services, Inc, the organization that runs the Warm Nights homeless shelter program (for which St George's makes sandwiches once a month). CCSI, which began as a volunteer hotline service, not only provides services for those experiencing homelessness in Prince George’s County but many groups encountering crisis, including domestic violence victims, those experiencing mental health emergencies, teens, LGBTQ people, those suffering epidemic illnesses, and others in need. Please join us in the Sanctuary or on Zoom to give CCSI and Warm Nights your consideration, your questions, and find out how we can better support their life-saving work.