
Thank you to all who donated supplies for our teachers. With all the respiratory illnesses going around, our teachers need hand sanitizer, Chlorox wipes and tissues. And you came through to help them. Thank you Karen and Amy for dividing the gifts and delivering them to the schools.

Each year the Silk Hope Charge Men’s Group roast Boston Butts. Some are cooked for families to purchase and most are given to needy families. This year the men cooked around 90 Boston Butts and around 65 of those were going to families in our community that needed some help. We appreciate the men leading…
One of our international mission projects is to send Christmas Boxes to Project Agape in Armenia. Members of the church were so generous to purchase items for girls, ages 13-17, this year and we know that some young woman in Armenia will be blessed. Several people gathered early this morning to organize the contents and…
The NC GMC Annual Conference, held in Winston Salem in June, invited attendees to bring gently used Bibles to be shared to those in need. The Conference shared a photo of a Bible used by 7 churches in Uganda. Our church has a donation of Bibles, New Testaments and money (to purchase non English Bibles).…
We have a lot of church family that are also Silk Hope Ruritan members. Once a year, we cater the dinner for one of their meetings. It is nice to have an inside person (or persons) to help plan the menu so that we can do something different and give the Ruritans a variety. This…
Again this year, NC State took the title for most giving from our church. There were generous donors and the donations are going to help our NC family in western NC as they continue to rebuild after Helene. The final amount was $1614.61. Since it seems NC State has a large following in our church,…
Put your money where your mouth is…Time to determine who is going to win the ACC tournament. This year we will be voting with money. And all donations will be used for supplies for those affected by Hurricane Helene in Western NC. Rules: Voting starts Sunday, February 23 and ends Friday, March 7. Vote often…
The work continues in WNC. People still are suffering. We have a group at Sapling Ridge who are working to get fuel, blankets and other much needed supplies to help keep people safe. If you would like to make a donation, please send a check to Sapling Ridge GMC, 5014 Silk Hope Gum Springs Rd,…
We had a lot of hands from both Sapling Ridge and Mt Vernon available to pack 200 food bags for Love Chatham to give out in their distribution on Friday. The bags had a great mix of meal items, like canned goods and pasta, and some fun things like marshmallows and potato chips. There was…
Our church had 15 Angels from the Salvation Army this year. Some took their gifts to the Armory and others needed some transport assistance. It was a rainy Monday on the day we had to take the gifts. Lex knew he couldn’t get everything in the truck with the covered truck bed. He took the…
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