Nurse Stephanie’s needs list for West Mastin Lake Elementary School

Our class has been helping out the nurse at West Mastin Lake Elementary School, Stephanie, by providing some of the supplies she needs for her nurse’s station.  She doesn’t have the budget she needs to keep her station stocked with necessities, so as needs arise, she lets us know.  By providing for her, we help the kids and through this ministry, we have been able to give a witness of the love of Christ that transcends the barriers that society puts between us.

Here is her current needs list.

• 2 large boxes of band-aids
• 6 or more boxes of kleenex
• 2 rolls (boxes) of rolled gauze
• 1 bottle of regular Bactine (large bottle if possible)
• Disinfectant wipes
• regular flashlight
• Breakfast bars
• Graham crackers
• Saltine crackers
• 2 large plastic bins, large enough to put clothing in
• Underwear and socks for girls and boys, size 6

The collection deadline is Sunday August 17th.  Please bring the items to Sunday School or give them to Steve or Kenya.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

Thanks for your participation in this ministry!

Steve and Kenya

Serving the City as One

This is an invitation from Zach Best to help out West Mastin Lake Elementary School on April 19th.  This is a great opportunity to get your hands dirty for a good cause and share your witness.  I’ll be there with my gloves and yard tools.  The actual time to meet is 7:30 in the commons area on Saturday morning.  I hope to see you there too.

Steve J.

Howdy all -

I want to remind you that we have our Serving The City work day on Saturday April 19th. Our project will be landscaping/landscape clean-up at West Mastin Lake Elementary School (about 1/4 mile east of Jordan Lane/Hwy 53 on Mastin Lake Road). I met with the principal today and scoped out the job and there’s quite a bit more to do than I initially envisioned from just driving by. I will be putting together a task list over the next week that we can work from. Recommend we meet up at Mt. Zion in the Green Gym at 7:00 so we can get started by 8:00. Here’s a rough list of what we’ll be doing so you’ll have an idea of equipment needed (general yard tools):

- mowing, edging, weed eating, blowing off walks
- trimming hedges/trees
- digging out grass and replacing with beds/mulch
- weeding/sprucing up existing beds
- planting (few trees to lots of flowers)

The school has two interior court yards that that are fairly neglected. One has a few picnic tables, the other doesn’t. If anyone has a source for commercial grade picnic tables and we could afford a couple of them, that would be great. Would have to be assemble on-site. The only access to these court yards are individual 3-0 doors.

Thanks,
Zach Best

Class Mission Project

Our class has agreed to adopt the nurse at West Mastin Lake Elementary School as our mission project for this year. The nurse does not receive funding from the city school system to buy supplies to support the clinic at her school. The school is also located in a poor district, so fundraising by the PTA is limited. That is where our class comes in to help provide some of the things that she needs. Just recently, the missions committee at MZ purchased the items that she was in desperate need of and our class has agreed to resupply those items as needed. We are also looking at purchasing an oximeter to use with the asthma kids. This will enable the nurse to tell if a child is getting enough oxygen in their system while in distress due to asthma. A few additional things she needs are 2 wash cloths, 2 towels, 2 throw blankets and a nosebudd ice pack for stopping nosebleeds. If you can supply any of these items, please contact me.

As a Christmas gift to the nurse, we are collecting items just for her to place in a gift basket. These items can be coffees, teas, lotions, body wash, special candy… anything that would make her feel special. Turn your donations in to me by Sunday, December 16th, so we can deliver the basket before the holiday break.

Our church’s gifts to the nurse have already had an impact on her making her, as a believer, aware that God has her serving in her school for a reason. By giving to the nurse, God will use us and her to make an impact for Christ in our community through the children at West Mastin Lake Elementary School.

Kenya Jernigan