McKinley Peace Community Garden

From McKinley Peace Community Garden-2010

The raised beds are in and the plantings are done! This summers marks the first season for the McKinley Peace Community Garden. The garden is a project of Lafayette Park UMC and the McKinley Classical Jr Academy.

The garden is located in at McKinley Classical Jr Academy. If you have a few minutes drop by and check on the progress. If you have an extra 30 minutes, check with Fred Domke an offer to help out. There are always opportunities to share your skills either with the earth or the students.

Stewardship Banner!

"I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of he least of these brothers of mine, you did for me." - Matthew 25:40 (NIV)

On January 17 the Stewardship Committee will introduce to the congregation a new concept in keeping track of our commitment to the many ministries that we support locally, nationally and throughout the world. The WCDANS have made a wonderful banner that will be displayed in the Sanctuary. This will serve as a visual reminder to the congregation of how faithful and committed we are to our many ministries.

The banner has a tree without foliage. Every time 2% of the funds for covering our portion of the cost to support these ministries is achieved, a leaf will be added. It will also serve as a testament to anyone who enters our Sanctuary that we are "...a church without walls, creating a visible sign of Christ's presence in our urban community and beyond."

Our prayer is that this tree will be full of leaves before Advent 2010.

Earth Day Tree Planting - April 19

On Sunday morning April 19, LPUMC will be planting a tree between the 8 and 10 AM worship services. Bring you gloves and join us at 9:30 Sunday morning to plant a tree!

Capital Campaign Launched

The trustees would like to announce that we are beginning a capital campaign to raise ten thousand dollars for tuck-pointing of the church exterior.

Many of you might have noticed the peeling and crumbling plaster around the church. We have discovered that the church needs tuck-pointing. We were able to get one section done last year and that section of the interior has stayed dry. Once this project is complete we can start to think about beautification of the interior spaces.

Our goal is to raise ten thousand dollars in order to complete the project and protect the integrity of the building. I am always amazed at what great things we can accomplish together and I look forward to getting the repairs done soon. Please donate what you can and mark it for "tuck pointing". One donation or several over time it does not matter as every one will get us closer to our goal.

Over the last several years we have made some wonderful improvements to the building. We have repaired two major stained glass windows,replaced the roof, replaced the sanctuary carpet, renovated the downstairs men's restroom, painted fellowship hall, covered the parking lot entrance stairs, upgraded the air compressor units for the air conditioning, painted the exterior gym windows, added an office space for the preschool and associate pastor, and most recently renovated the pastor and secretary's office space. These are only the large projects. There were many many smaller projects completed and I promise exciting things to come in the future.

This has all been made possible by the generosity of each one of you and we are privileged to be entrusted by you to care for this beautiful and historic building. Thank you all for taking such good care of our church.

Daron Smith & Trustees Committee