May's food pantry theme focuses on your family's favorite food items. While you are shopping, just pick up a few extras of your family's favorite foods for the pantry. Monetary gifts are used to buy food items for the pantry, just mark your donation "Food Pantry". Thanks!

Hoyleton Ministries is wanting to start a sewing class and are in need of gently used sewing machines with supplies. If you are willing to donate or would like additional information, please contact Tina Steibel at 618-493-7575, ext. 1351 or tsteibel@hoyleton.org .

Free the Girls is a ministry helping save girls from human trafficking. Donations of gently used and new bras are given to the ministry for these girls to sell at market and allowing them to become self-supporting. More information is in the April edition of the Messenger. A collection bin is in the breezeway of the administrative entryway. Thank you for helping these girls have a better life.