Hello DRUM and First Sunday friends.
After waving palms and singing Hosannas, we are now walking through Holy week, knowing that Easter Sunday morning will be extravagantly joyful in our churches and that celebrations will likely continue with Easter dinners with family and friends. Instead of First Sunday Worship on Easter evening, please consider another kind of service with us. Not a service we attend, but a service we provide. Let's support the Ruth Ellis Center financially in April!
Jerry Peterson, Executive Director of Ruth Ellis Center, was the presenter at First Sunday on March 1. Jerry shared part of a documentary about Ruth Ellis, whose legacy is an unwavering commitment to provide safe space for LGBTQ youth. We were also inspired and challenged by a thorough description of the services provided by the Ruth Ellis Center, which served nearly 500 homeless and runaway LGBTQ youth last year. The Center provides over 5,000 services annually, including safety net and basic needs services through the Second Stories Drop In Center in Highland Park, residential foster care, and specialized counseling and case management services to help runaway and homeless LGBTQ youth create pathways to safety and independence. Learn more at www.ruthelliscenter.org.
Please help with our Easter "service" and make a donation today! $25 provides emergency case management services for a month for one youth in crisis. $50 provides basic resources including emergency food, first aid/hygiene and safer sex kits for 150 youth. $100 covers the cost of 720 drop-in and residential meals. $150 supports one full day of operations in the Second Stories Drop In Center. A gift of any amount will be most appreciated!
Contributions can be made through First Sunday (co-hosted by DRUM and Nardin Park UMC Church & Society Team) by mailing a check, payable to Nardin Park UMC with Ruth Ellis Center on the memo line, to Nardin Park, 29887 W. Eleven Mile Road, Farmington Hills MI 48336. Learn about making a contribution directly to the Center at www.ruthelliscenter.org.
We hope you'll join us in our Easter "service" to local LGBTQ youth at Ruth Ellis Center! Then we hope you'll join us when First Sunday resumes on Sunday, May 3 at 7:00 at Nardin Park UMC!
We wish each of you a meaningful Holy Week and a fabulous Easter celebration!
Karen Roth and the First Sunday Leadership Team
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