Mineral UMC In The News

These articles concerning activities, programs, members, and personnel of Mineral United Methodist Church/Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church appeared in our local newspapers.

Roy Lee payne and Ye Olde Towne Flower Shoppe Participate in FTD Good Neighbor Day to help Louisa Food Bank

Read the new article on PRAYER SQUARES for our troops by clicking here.

Read the artlcle on Quilts for the Homeless by clicking here.

Prayer Squares for the Troops. Click Here

Project: You Are Special!

Nobel Laureate and activist, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., had a dream.
Psychologist, author, and teacher, Dr. H. Stephen Glenn, had a dream,
too. On January 13, 2007, those dreams came together in a powerful way.
First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, Georgia hosted its annual Urban
Ministries Conference to commemorate King's vision and offer concrete
ministry to some of the homeless folks who are their nearest neighbors.

This year the conference included a new and challenging program called
Developing Capable People. Based on Glenn's internationally known work,
and led by Dr. Sue Boardman of ChangeWorksAtlanta, the workshop for
homeless parents was designed to help parents build positive ways of
relating with their children, even in the midst of the stressful
circumstances in which they live.

At the same time, the children, led by volunteers from the church and
community, were engaged in experiences of Glenn's three crucial
perceptions for effective living: I am capable; I am significant; I
have influence in my life. Boardman, challenged by the prospect of
building those perceptions in some of our nation's most at-risk kids,
envisioned Project: You Are Special! to help.

Volunteers in Georgia, Florida, and Virginia worked over several months
to make a simple quilt for each child. Participants prayed for the kids
as they cut and sewed. Then, the quilts were tied, each knot another
prayer, in worship services. Susan Rigdon coordinated the volunteers in
Virginia and came to deliver quilts to Atlanta and do music with the
kids on the 13th.

In all, 111 quilts, most with the children's names on them, left the
church clutched by smiling children. Their moms smiled, too. And many
dreams came just a bit closer that day.

"DOC" Elma visits Mineral UMC

Click here to read about "Mr. Safety" Ken Forrest of Louisa County Public Schools. Copyright 2007, The Lake Anna Observer, reprinted with permission. (If the image appears grainy, try magnifying it.)

Click here to read about the CHILI COOKOFF! Copyright 2007, The Lake Anna Observer, reprinted with permission. (If the image appears grainy, try magnifying it.)

Mt. Pleasant Renovates Ceiling.

Click here for Welcoming Congregation "Reprinted with permission from the January 2006 Advocate"

Mineral UMC's own Shannon Bradford selected as Louisa Junior Women's Club Member of the Year