Bike-a-Thon Pledge Sheet

It’s time for the United Campus Ministry
2017 Bike-A-Thon!

Sunday, April 23

Name___________________________________________  Miles _________________

 

Dear Potential Sponsor,

I am participating in the United Campus Ministry Bike-A-Thon. All proceeds will help fund the activities and outreach efforts for the students at UCM at the U of A. You can sponsor me for an amount per mile and can name a maximum amount that you are willing to contribute. After the bike-a-thon, I will return to tell you how many miles I biked and collect your contribution. Make checks payable to United Campus Ministry. All contributions are tax-deductible.

I plan to bike at least _________________ miles for United Campus Ministry.

Thank you!

Name of Sponsor

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Please bring this form on bike-a-thon day, Sunday, April 23.
To reach our goal, we hope that each participant finds 20 sponsors.Participants:

Double Your Contribution

The following is a list of employers who we have been told will match employees’ contributions. Please ask everyone who sponsors if their company is a matching gift contributor.

 

 

IBM	Wells Fargo	Procter and Gamble
Morgan Stanley	Walmart (at the executive level)	Burlington Northern
Verizon	ArcBest	Clorox
Exxon Mobile

Details

1. Start collecting pledges now. Reminder: Pledge sheets need to be brought on bike-a-thon day, Sunday, April 23.
2. Pledges may be made by anyone. Please ask everyone who pledges if their company has a matching gift fund policy. Companies who do match pledge gifts are listed on the back of the pledge sheet.
3. Each sponsor making a pledge should give their full name for our records, pledge per mile, and maximum pledge. You may collect the pledge in advance or collect them after.
4. On bike-a-thon day, we will bike 20 miles on the Razorback Greenway. We will be shuttled up to the starting point and bike to UCM.  If you would like to bike less, we will shuttle to a closer location where you can help set-up the rest stop and then join the group for the remainder of the ride.
5. Upon completion of the bike-a-thon, we will copy your pledge sheet and return it to you. Please return pledge sheets with the money to United Campus Ministry by Monday, May 1.  

For questions call Kristi Button 479-409-4804

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UCM Ministry Connections- March 2017

United Campus Ministry Connections March 2017 UCM Student Worship Leadership Students from UCM led worship at First United Presbyterian, Fayetteville, on February 12. Luke Sexton offered the keynote message. Pictured above from left: Hunt, Mishann, Cate, Katie, Susan Rose, Julianna and Luke. If you would like to have student leaders and/or our Director of Community Engagement visit your congregation, Sunday school class, or small group to share more about what UCM is doing on the U of A campus, email Kristi Button at ucmkristi@gmail.com. Lilly Intern Spotlight: Teila and United Campus Ministry Teila has been wanting to get more involved at UCM and has a desire to live her life with a focus on giving to others.  This Spring semester has been a great opportunity for both Teila and UCM.  She has great ideas and her generous spirit has been evident in the work she has done.  Her main focus has been publishing the weekly student announcement newsletter and the creation of a Spirituality Center for Lent. We invite everyone, students and friends, to come experience the various stations for spiritual focus and devotion which Teila has set-up in the Sanctuary at UCM. The spirituality center is open each week-day until about 9pm at night. Teila will change out stations each week to provide new opportunities for those who come regularly.  Read more about Teila here UCM Students Reach Out to The Community In January and February, Dinner and Discussion explored a mission theme around serving our community and our neighbors in Northwest Arkansas and the world. This series included presentations from organizations working locally, nationally, and globally, as well as hands on opportunities to engage directly in service. It was a great month of learning about needs that often go hidden in the prosperous economy of Northwest Arkansas while dipping our toes into the waters of serving others. A Week by Week Summary: On January 26, we were joined by Dr. Ashley Goad, Associate Pastor and Director of Global Missions at First United Methodist Church in Shreveport Louisiana, and Lauren Blanco of Forgotten Song and Hello Cocoa. Ashley and Lauren shared with us the amazing ways that their organizations are working as partners with local organizations all over the world to provide and support sustainable development and shared opportunities for our students to join them in their work this summer. On February 2, Lindsey Strong, Public Relations Director and Volunteer Coordinator for the Salvation Army of Northwest Arkansas joined us to talk about homelessness, food insecurity and addiction recovery. Lindsey opened our eyes to the enormous needs around us (25% of children in Northwest Arkansas are experiencing food insecurity) and answered a lot of questions surrounding complex social problems. Lindsey invited us to engage in serving the homeless of our greater community and offered some suggestions, as well as volunteer opportunities with Salvation Army throughout the year. Lindsey’s presentation powerfully impacted a number of our students who then emailed asking for tangible ways for UCM to help. We harnessed that momentum on February 9 by building blessing bags for students to carry in their cars to hand out to homeless individuals asking for help, packing rice and beans for the Springdale High School food pantry to send home with students in spring break food baskets, and donating items for Snack Packs to be distributed to food insecure children in Fayetteville through the Yvonne Richardson Center. Also on February 9, we watched a presentation about Laundry Love, a ministry serving low income members of our community by providing them the dignity of clean clothes. Then on February 16, we wrapped up our mission month by taking Dinner and Discussion on the road to serve with Laundry Love at the Park Street Laundry in Springdale. Through this opportunity we were able to serve a number of people, including several families with small children. As we played with the children and helped facilitate the clothes washing and drying process, we witnessed first hand some of the challenges faced by income insecure people in Northwest Arkansas. I think for most of us the needs we heard about and observed were greater than we ever imagined, yet, so were the organizations and individuals employing creative solutions to meet those needs. We learned that we may not be able to solve all of the complex social problems that exist in our world, but we can show up, serve faithfully and in the process improve life for one person at a time and that is what God asks us to do. Top Left and Middle: Visit to Laundry Love Top Right: Making Rice and Bean Packets Bottom:Laundry Love Visit Supporting Blake, Susan, Dave and Kenneth Many people are asking for ways to support Susan’s family.  Her younger son, Blake, was injured in a fall on February 18.  Prayers are most appreciated right now.  His recovery is miraculous in many ways, yet the road of recovery stretches long ahead. Kenneth, their older son, continues his studies at the U of A, while Susan and Dave are with Blake in Oklahoma City. Susan and Dave are sharing updates on this blog. Follow the blog, so that you see new posts. https://blakesrecoverysite.wordpress.com/ Address for sending notes: Blake Buck / Susan Rose P.O. Box 1728 Lowell, AR 72745 Come Ride With Us Do you love to bike? or Would you like to sponsor a student who does? Either way, join us for our bike-a-thon for UCM on April 23rd. We will ride 20 miles that afternoon along the trail. We are looking for both fellow riders and sponsors who will sponsor students at $2/mile. Contact Kristi to sign up to sponsor and/or ride. Support UCM We are very thankful for the monthly support of our sustaining givers.  Subscribe to e-newsletter

Lilly Intern Spotlight: Teila and United Campus Ministry

from Ministry Connections e-newsletter:

Teila has been wanting to get more involved at UCM and has a desire to live her life with a focus on giving to others.  This Spring semester has been a great opportunity for both Teila and UCM.  She has great ideas and her generous spirit has been evident in the work she has done.  Her main focus has been publishing the weekly student announcement newsletter and the creation of a Spirituality Center for Lent. We invite everyone, students and friends, to come experience the various stations for spiritual focus and devotion which Teila has set-up in the Sanctuary at UCM.

The spirituality center is open each week-day until about 9pm at night.

Teila will change out stations each week to provide new opportunities for those who come regularly.

Welcoming the Opportunity:

• Teila was excited to become an intern for a couple of reasons. “I really wanted to be more involved with UCM and I knew that this was a great way to do that. I love being able to give back and put my ideas and energy into an organization that has helped me so much. I also was excited to try a new experience. I wanted to try something that was a little out of my comfort zone and see where it lead me. It has definitely opened my eyes to possibilities that I never would of thought about previously.”
• As Teila reached out to be an intern, we were excited to have her get more involved and see her lend her generous spirit to UCM.  Adding a student perspective to the weekly announcements is really exciting for two reasons.  A student is a great person to write for other students.  She knows what they need to hear and how best to communicate it.  Also, having a new person work on these weekly, gives more time for engaging the community and exploring new fundraising opportunities.  The spirituality center will enrich Lent for many and it is so exciting to see that come to life in the Sanctuary.

Highlights:

• Teila has really enjoyed learning more about herself. She notes: “I have discovered a lot about myself already in these first few months. I love being able to be creative with what I do. It’s nice that I can kind of change it up and add my touch to the announcements and the Spirituality Center.”
• Seeing Teila use her gifts has been a gift to us.  She is very self motivated and her giving spirit adds so much to the ministry.  Seeing her take ownership of the ministry and lead us into new outreach opportunities has been wonderful.  We learn from her as she tries new things with the software we use for the weekly announcements.  Watching her choose the different stations for the spirituality center and plan how she will implement them has been a true highlight. Seeing Teila shine and give back to the ministry has been special to all of us.

Looking Forward:

• Teila is most looking forward to being able to make an impact on someone else. She says:  “I try to live my life in the aspect of helping others. I care a lot about people and want them to be the best that they can be. If I could help someone find peace, comfort, or understanding through the Spirituality Center or anything else I might do, that would be amazing.”
• What we are most looking forward to is seeing how Teila’s gifts continue to grow and how the new things she is learning about herself will impact her time in the internship and beyond.  Teila’s support of other students throughout her time in college will be a huge impact on the ministry.

 

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