Save the Date:  Next Summit Music and Arts Concert May 19th at 4:00 pm.
“Matinee in the Mountains” Rachel Segal, violin; Phillip Stevens, viola; Charles Lee, cello; and Tamara Goldstein, piano.

 Day Services always needs more volunteers.
Please sign up in the narthex, we are offering a much needed service to many in our community.

  
Please remember the food bank and bring a donation each Sunday.
Diapers and rice, beans and canned fruit and corn are especially needed.

Benefit Dinner Friday, May 10th    Summit Middle School Destination Imagination
The Summit Middle School Destination Imagination team has qualified to go the Global Finals for Destination Imagination, the world’s largest creativity competition for students held in Knoxville Tennessee at the end of May. They are the first team from Summit to make this trip! The team invites you to join them for an Elks Lodge fund- raising dinner on Friday May 10, 2013. Please come for an “Imagine Italian” dinner from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. (Italian salad, traditional spaghetti and the trimmings).  Tickets on sale in advance for $10.00 from any team member, or can be reserved by calling the Elks Lodge at 970-468-2561.  Donations are tax deductible.  team including Cassidy and Delani Bargell, Sarah Burke, Anna Mathis, Sydney Vargo, and Mairi McAtamney appreciate your support!

 Second Offering for May is FIRC.
Strong families mean a strong community. FIRC fosters this by working with families who struggle to provide for their basic needs, especially those related to food and housing. FIRC seeks to facilitate a level of stability which will mitigate the risk factors associated with insecurity in these areas. Poverty exists in Summit County. The percent of Summit County children living in poverty has steadily risen from 4.3% in 2004 to 13.8%.The percentage of local households at low or very low income levels has risen from 18% in 2005 to 28% in 2012. FIRC  provides concrete support in times of crisis—help with food through the food bank, emergency rent assistance, foreclosure prevention counseling, parenting classes, and health coverage enrollment assistance, to name a few.