MUST Ministries is a faith-based organization which for thirty-seven years has been dedicated to providing services to persons and families in crisis while maintaining their dignity. MUST is a place where one's faith can be put into action and where we can minister to the poor, the brokenhearted and those who are in crisis - in a place where "your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet." (Frederick Buechner)
Are you interested in community outreach to the homeless? If so please consider joining Mt. Zion 's MUST team and see how you can make a difference. Contacts: Janet Hamm, team coordinator and Mark Bassett (meals/Elizabeth Inn.)
The MUST health clinic is a community resource dedicated to making healthcare available to those in need.
MUST is currently working to receive a $500,000 grant by March 31 2010. Here is how you can help.
This grant is contigent upon MUST raising a matching $500,000 by March 31st. Please consider making any size donation
to MUST to help the clinic receive this crucial matching grant. Any amount helps! Make donations payable to
MUST Ministries either via their website or by check. For more detailed information please see their website
www.mustministries.org.
Our greatest needs right now are for canned meats, spaghetti sauce, peanut butter, jelly, dry milk, tomato sauce/paste and large size diapers (size 4, 5, 6). We are also in need of Cereal, soup, spaghetti, canned fruit, canned pasta, canned vegetables, canned and dry beans, macaroni and cheese, baby food, rice and boxed meals. Drop them in the bins marked MUST located outside the church office.
“He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.” Proverbs 19:17
Serving our neighbors in need.
MUST Marietta always has a place where you can serve. Here are some of the examples of their needs:
Receptionist Greeter on Mondays through Fridays from 8a to 12noon and 12noon to 4p
Must Wear every 3rd Thursdays from 10a to 12p
Spanish/English Translator on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10a to 2p
Education and Employment on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10a to 2p
Playroom Monitors–Monday through Friday from 10a to 2p. The play room is for children of our clients getting services. This position will require a local and national background check.
For more information, to subscribe to their weekly newsletter or to get more updated information on needed food items and volunteers needed please visit the website for MUST Ministries at www.mustministries.org.
Each month, a group from Mt. Zion, serves a meal and does laundry at the MUST Elizabeth Inn Shelter. Here are the monthly assignments.
For further information please contact Mark Bassett.
| Date | Group |
| 1/11 | Adult Bible Study |
| 2/11 | Seekers |
| 3/11 | Wesley Workers |
| 3/11 | Pathfinders |
| 4/11 | Discovery |
| 5/11 | Logos |
| 6/11 | Scouts |
| 7/11 | Youth |
| 8/11 | Pairs & Spares |
| 9/11 | UMW |
| 9/11 | Choir |
| 10/11 | UMM |
| 11/11 | The Well |
| 12/11 | Voyagers |
All volunteer shifts are full for the Easter Meal on April 4th, but MUST still needs donations!
Perishable items can be dropped off on Saturday April 3rd at the Elizabeth Inn Shelter, non perishable can be brought to the warehouse anytime or drop them at the church marked MUST Easter Meal.
MUST plans to serve approximately 300+ meals. They are in need of the following donations to make this Meal a success:
Publix, Kroger, and Wal-Mart gift cards.
Donations of:
*20-25 Honey Hams –precooked preferred
Fresh items such as:
*Baby Carrots
*Fresh Salad Greens
*Fresh Tomatoes, celery, red onions,
*Red skin potatoes or New potatoes-- 80lbs
*Butter—10lbs
*Home-made salad dressings
*Bacon—8lbs
*Brown Sugar—5lbs
Side-dishes that can be made and ready to serve:
*Green Bean Casserole
*Corn Casserole
*Scalloped potato casserole
*Home made hot-cross buns, bread and/or biscuits
*deviled eggs
Decorations:
*festive Easter/Spring centerpieces... (candles, flowers, mini-baskets, made and put together by the children) (need 12)
*Easter napkins with a fork, knife and spoon rolled inside…tied w/ string or taped
*Easter Pictures made by the children to hang up in the kitchen
*Easter colored plastic tablecloths for 60’”ROUNDS (need 12) and for 8FT’ rectangular (need 4).
*Easter eggs…hard-boiled and colored for decorations (4 dozen)
Easter Baskets:
• Youth Easter Baskets – Baskets with personal care items (toothbrush, toothpaste, washcloth, hairbrush, and comb) small toys, books and wrapped Easter candy. .
• Family Easter Baskets – Laundry basket with an array of family size personal care items toilet paper, chocolate Easter candy and an Easter greeting card to the family signed by FIRST name only
If you would like more information about the Easter Meal at MUST Elizabeth Inn, 55 Elizabeth Church Road, Marietta GA 30060, please contact Jackie Krapf our MUST Elizabeth Inn Volunteer Coordinator at jkrapf@mustministries.org or call 678-218-4536.
If you have donations you wish to bring to the church instead of directly to MUST please contact Libby Barnett
