Toy Swap Delivers the Goods

Wednesday was a great day. Members and friends of the New Church of Montgomery delivered toys and funds from our 2nd Annual Toy Swap to our friends at Bethany House Services. Bethany House helps women and children in need of emergency housing throughout the Cincinnati region. In donating toys and money from our outreach project, we hope to connect with these women and their families; bring a little gleam to a child’s eye and help our own children to share what they have with others.

Here’s Leo lending a hand with the lighter bags!

toy swap fun

decisions!

the view from the land of the stuffies

oldies and goodies

cuddly love

home made destined for a new home

mickey and friends

ready to race!

to go bags for Bethany!

Mark your Calendars for the Toy Swap!

Second Annual Toy Swap will be held on Saturday, September 10th 9AM-12PM at the Glendale New Church; 845 Congress Ave, Glendale, OH.

Admission is Free!

• Toys can be dropped off the evening of Friday, September 9th from 5-7 pm, for sorting.
• Please bring gently used or new toys to exchange.
• Bring one extra toy for donation to Bethany House Women & Children’s Shelter.
• A Bake Sale will be also be held.
• A donation jar will be available for monetary donations to the shelter.
• Teach your kids to share with others by donating one of their toys to The Swap!

This is a great opportunity to meet your neighbors, a chance to help a child get a toy they otherwise couldn’t afford, a time for kids to find a new and interesting toy, and a nice activity in the village of Glendale! We hope to see you there!

Helping kids get ready for school

The New Church of Montgomery has been given an opportunity to help school kids who can’t afford school supplies get what they need for their first day. The supply-drive is through Operation Giveback in Blue Ash.

All supplies will be collected at church on July 24th. We will then deliver them to Operation Giveback.

Here is a list of things that are needed:

“Our School Supply Wish List includes (but is not limited to) the following

NEW or UNUSED items:

• Wide point markers
• Large Backpacks
• Dry erase board markers
• Red plastic folders
• Dividers (pack of 5)
• Paper college ruled
• Freezer bags (zippler closure, gallon size, 15 count)
• Storage bags, zipper closure, sandwich size 50 count
• Paper towels
• Poly folder, 2 pocket, 3 hole (purple, blue, red, yellow, green)
• Avery, write-on dividers, 3-ring, 5-tab, 8.5×11
• Pencils
• Ink pens (black, red, blue)
• Pencil case (3 hole, 10″x6″)
• Sketchbook, 9×12, 30 sheets
• Ultra-fine point black Sharpie markers
• Scotch tape
• Note cards with lines
• Protractor
• Ruled Composition book (graph paper)
• Pencil sharpener

If there are any unused items from the list above that made their way home at the end of the last school year, we would love to add them to our inventory.  Maybe you like to start your Back to School shopping early? Please consider buying extras when you find those great deals.”

Sharing our holiday spirit

On Saturday, a small but mighty force of Swedenborgians got into the holiday spirit by becoming personal shoppers for the day. Not just your ordinary shopping, though. Through, Operation Give Back, a Blue Ash, OH-based organization, Gloria, Brenda and Pete of the New Church of Montgomery offered their afternoon to help some underserved celebrants brighten their Christmas season.