Christmas Service OpportunitiesMetropolitan Ministries Holiday Tent Our own Contemporary Music Team will be performing on stage at the Tent on Saturday, Dec. 22 from 2:00 until 4:00 PM. Salvation Army Toy Shop Tuesday, Dec 18 6:00-8:00 PM. Salvation Army Stockings as well as Sign-up sheets for the group service times will be available at the steps to the church. Our Downtown Early Learning Center will provide an Angel Tree with opportunities to purchase gifts for disadvantaged children. |
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Community Organizations |
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| Charity or Organization | First Pres Member(s) Involved | Mission |
| Achieve Tampa Bay | David Brooks (Executive Director/staff) | |
| ALS (www.alsa.org) | Tal Bray (Board Chairman) | Eradicate ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease)/Provide services for patients |
| Bakas Equestrian Center | Jordan Watson | Horses for handicap theraputic riding |
| Bay Crest Park Civic Association | Juli Milas (Board President) | |
| Gene Milas (Board Member, Newsletter) | Neighborhood association | |
| Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) | Nancy Hobby (Discussion leader) | Interdenominational Bible Study |
| Peggy Davis (Discussion leader) | ||
| BookPALS | LeRoy Mitchell, Jr. | Encourage love of reading by reading to classes K-5 weekly |
| Center for Family Health | Kim Davis (Board VP & Volunteer Nurse Practioner) | Free Medical Clinic |
| Drew Davis (Renovating clinic's building) | ||
| Church Women United | June Coe (Clothes Closet volunteer) | |
| Community Bible Studay | Cammie Monroe (Coordinator) | In-depth Bible Study for all (Adult, |
| Leslie Marshburn (Childrens Director) | children, homestudy, teens) | |
| Susan Smith (Core Leader) | ||
| Community Foundation of Tampa Bay | D.J. Johnson (Professional Advisory Committee) | |
| Conn Memorial Foundation | Sheff Crowder (Board President) | |
| Crisis Center of Hillsborough County | Jenny Molloy (Nurse) | |
| Daughters of the American Revolution | Dottie Womble | |
| June Coe (Vol at Veteran's Hospital/Chorus/Yearbook editor) | ||
| Davis Islands Garden Club | Dottie Womble (Board member) | |
| Downtown Early Education Center | Sheff Crowder (former Board Chairman) | Preschool/aftercare here at 1st Pres |
| Gene Milas (Board Chairman) | ||
| Emerge Tampa | Erin Richey (Segment Co-Chair) | |
| Everyday Blessings | Mary Jo Pennino (Board member & volunteer) | Licensed Foster Care & Adoption Agency |
| Faith Café | Sherry Sample (server/driver for 8th graders, monthly) | |
| Family Justice Center of Hillsborough Co. | Laurie Johnson (Board member) | |
| Florida Adlerian Society | Geri Carter (Board member) | Educate parents, couples, family; annual conference; socials |
| Florida Orchestra | Natalie Cheesman (Board of Advisors) | |
| David Banker (Board of Directors) | ||
| Florida Orchestra VIVO | Juli Milas (member) | Support of Florida Orchestra |
| Gene Milas (member) | ||
| Friends of Plant Park | Juli Milas (member) | |
| Gasparilla Festival of the Arts | Juli Milas (Board member for 38! Years) | |
| Girl Scouts | Karen Berry (Troop Leader) | |
| Good Community Alliance, Inc. | Juli Milas (Board member) | |
| Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce | Doug Martin (several Small Business committees) | |
| Guardian Ad Litem | Erin Richey (Event planning committee) | |
| Hillsborough Education Foundation | D.J. Johnson (Board member) | |
| Hillsborough Kids, Inc. | Mindy Murphy (Board Secretary) | |
| H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center | Gene Milas (volunteer) | |
| Elizabeth Krystyn Fueyo (Corporate Partners Committee) | ||
| Hospice | June Coe (Vol. at Life Treasures store) | Help with end of life issues |
| Judeo Christian Clinic | Dottie Womble (Clinic volunteer) | Provide healthcare services |
| Gayle Sierens Martin (Board member) | ||
| Devan Walicek (Nurse practioner volunteer) | ||
| Junior Achievement | Doug Martin (Board member and teacher) | |
| Junior League of Tampa | Elizabeth Krystyn Fueyo (Sustaining member) | |
| Mindy Murphy (Active member) | ||
| Las Damas de Arte | Juli Milas (member) | |
| Lifepath Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc. | Debbie Brooks (patient/family counselor) | |
| Management Assistance Program (MAP) | Sheff Crowder (Board treasurer) | |
| Meals on Wheels | Carlyn Bullock (route driver) | Deliver meals to shut-ins |
| Jean Wurdeman (Board treasurer; route driver) | ||
| Samantha Clark (distribute medications) | ||
| Sherry Sample (substitute driver) | ||
| Mease Countryside Volunteers (at Morton Plant Hospital) | Pam Rodriguez (ER Department Triage volunteer) | Support all departments at Morton Plant Hosp (Contact: Pat Hartraub at 727-725-6350 |
| Mental Health Care Foundation Inc. | Laurie Johnson (Board treasurer) | |
| D.J. Johnson (Planned Giving Committee) | ||
| Metropolitan Ministries | Carlyn Bullock (Christmas volunteer) | Serves poor & homeless men, women & children |
| Juli Milas (Breakfast volunteer) | ||
| Mitchell Elementary | Karen Berry (Tutor/Volunteer) | |
| Ophelia Tampa Bay | Barbara Kennedy Gibson (Girls Circle/Owning Up leader) | Inspire a safe culture in which all girls grow & thrive |
| Plant High School | Ann Marie & Wayne Critcher | |
| Riverfront Park Stakeholders Committee | Juli Milas (member) | |
| Salvation Army | June Coe (work at camp for children/made quilts/dress Christmas dolls) | |
| STARTEC | Doug Martin (Board member) | a Business accelerator |
| Take Stock in Children | Peggy Kanter (Mentor) | Encourage learning/give college tuition |
| Tampa Bay Business Committee for the Arts | Juli Milas (Gala Steering Committee) | |
| Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center | Dottie Womble (Head Usher; Tour Guide) | |
| Eleanor Nesbit (Usher) | ||
| Juli Milas (Gala Ball committee; Opera League Board) | ||
| Tampa Museum of Art | Gene Milas (FOTA volunteer) | |
| Juli Milas (FOTA volunteer, Pavilion Committee) | ||
| Natalie Cheesman (Pavilion decorating committee) | ||
| Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo | Elizabeth Krystyn Fueyo (Board member) | |
| Tampa Streetcar Society | Juli Milas (Board VP) | |
| Tampa Woman's Club | June Coe | Service to community |
| The Learning Center (@St. John Presbyt.) | Mindy Murphy (Board member) | Affordable quality education for families |
| The Spring | Natalie Cheesman (Board of Trustees/Renovating the dormitories) | Protect families/help them recover from domestic violence |
| Voices for Children | Ann Marie & Wayne Critcher | |
| Woman's Club | Dottie Womble | |
| YMCA | Mo Rinaldo ("Do Something Good") | |
| Young Life | Ann Marie & Wayne Critcher | |
| Erin Richey (Volunteer Leader) | ||
| World Vision | Kerry Berry (Sponsor) | Helping Children |
Church Activities |
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| Greeters | Mike Kanter (Chair) | Welcome all to early service |
| June Arnhym | ||
| Jamie Atkinson | ||
| Sheff Crowder | ||
| Donna Gowen | ||
| David May | ||
| Kevin & Leslie Marshburn | ||
| Jim Mathews | ||
| Cammie & Cary Monroe | ||
| Scott Morrison | ||
| Mark Ordeman | ||
| Martin Polo | ||
| John Sample | ||
| Cary Showalter | ||
| Susan and Baxter Smith | ||
| Marion Street Ministry | Betsy Croney | Serve bagels, etc. and a kind word to street folks |
| Kim Davis | ||
| Mike & Peggy Kanter | ||
| Gene & Juli Milas | ||
| Ashley Moran | ||
| Mark Ordeman | ||
| Alex & Pam Rodriguez | ||
| One World Gift Shop | Charlotte Utt and Susan Smith (Managers) | Objectives: Sell third-world craft objects/use profits to support local and worldwide missions |
| Matt Abel | ||
| June Arnham | ||
| Elizabeth Baldwin | ||
| Carlyn Bullock | ||
| Bobbie Chaffee | ||
| Neva Dell | ||
| Bob Dunn | ||
| JoAnne Harvey | ||
| Barb Luthe | ||
| Bill Luthe | ||
| Leslie Marshburn | ||
| Carol Martin | ||
| Eleanor Nesbit | ||
| Millie Snyder | ||
| Dottie Womble | ||
| Refreshments Team | Jill Coulter | Set up/maintain Sunday refreshments |
| Betsy Croney | ||
| Michelle Fountain | ||
| Peggy Kanter (Co-chair) | ||
| Sue Kuchinski | ||
| Marysue Mathews | ||
| Eleanor Nesbit | ||
| Sherry Sample (Co-chair) | ||
| Eva Sanchez | ||
| Trina Winter | ||

