Thank you and Thanksgiving

Paige, Johnny, Tom and the entire staff and Men of Hoskins Park would like you thank you for your continued support and especially your thoughtful Prayers.

The Thanksgiving Baskets that we asked for help were delivered to 30 families in the Hoskins Neighborhood this past Saturday, November 6, 2010.

What a great support of the outreach efforts of the Men of Hoskins Park Ministries to the surrounding community!

Imagine homeless men coming to YOUR door and giving YOU a Thanksgiving Basket, what a difference just the presence of this Ministry is having in the Hoskins Community!

So with that momentum that the Men have, we must now turn our attention to Christmas, as Thanksgiving events are already filled with church and life group support.

We are so grateful to our Lord for this continued support.

I will be sending Paige’s exact plans and dates on a later email, but here is the basic plan:

Decorate the Men’s houses on Saturday, December 4, 2010 from 9AM to 1PM.

The Christmas Party for the Men will be Tuesday, December 7, 2010 from 6PM to 9PM.

As in the past, we would like to give each of the Men a gift card along with some basic personal items.

Once again this year, life groups from Philadelphia are taking a 5 day vacation to come to Hoskins
Park to serve for the Christmas Party event and have donated $500 for the gift cards.

We also have 2 individual families planning for the Christmas Party, but we still need everyone’s
support to provide fellowship for the 53 Men that depend upon us for help.

The deadline for having all donations into Paige for the gift cards and Christmas Party volunteers is Friday, December 3, 2010.

Please contact Paige Vestal at paigev@truevine.net to volunteer and donate.

Once again, thank you all for your Prayers for the Men of Hoskins Park Ministries and the staff that cares for them every day.

God Bless.

Thanksgiving Baskets

All:

This year for Thanksgiving, the men at Hoskins Park Ministries are putting together Thanksgiving Baskets to give to their neighbors in the Hoskins Community.

After years of you guys giving to the men, they would like to start their own outreach program to the community surrounding them.

What a gift you have given Hoskins Park, the example of unconditional love and giving, and having these men start to consider the needs of others in their community.

The items that we are putting in the Thanksgiving Baskets are as follows:

1 box of Mashed Potatoes
2 boxes of stove top stuffing
4 boxes of Mac n cheese
1 or 2 cans of pumpkin pie filling
2 cans of green beans or a large can
2 cans of corn or a large can
1 large can of chicken broth
1 large can of yams
The cost is about $30 for each Basket.

Life Group and Hoskins Park Volunteers Meetup

Tom Wheeler, Johnny Allen and Paige Vestal would like you, your life group and groups from all the churches that have shown interest in Hoskins Park Ministries to a meeting to update you on the calendar of upcoming events for 2010.

The meeting will be at Forest Hill Church on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 6:30PM, room to be announced.

Although the meeting will be at Forest Hill, groups from other churches are very much welcome, as helping the needy has no borders.

I would especially hope that people who have been on our update email list but have not supported Hoskins Park in the past would attend this meeting.

Tom, Johnny and Paige will update you on the Hoskins Park Open House, Life Group Appreciation Day and the Christmas Party for 2010, as well as other needs of the Ministry.

If you have not heard Tom speak before, you are in for a treat!

Please reply to me at BillDinkel@aol.com with your intention to attend.

I will email you with the room location as soon as I have the room reserved.

Thank you so much for your interest and support of the Hoskins Park Ministries.

Bill Dinkel

Service Opportunities at Hoskins Park

Tom, Johnny and Paige would like to thank all of you for your fellowship and support of Hoskins Park Ministries during 2009.

2010 is starting quickly with opportunities of service to help change lives.

Paige would like a life group or two to volunteer to host a Super Bowl party at Hoskins Park. Cable and a TV are available and there are over 50 guys that would love to eat some wings and pizza, watch the game and maybe share their stories of salvation.

Also, there is talk of another new house that will be available for occupation. Since we still have not completely furnished the last new house, the need for pots, pans, vacuums, furniture, etc. is very great.

The pantry is almost bare again! Individual servings of can veggies, meat and soup as well as toiletries are in great demand. As you know, when a new man arrives at the Ministry he has nothing. The Ministry provides a small starter package of basic toiletries, soap and food to last him until he can qualify for food stamps and government assistance.

Please contact Paige Vestal at 704-400-9755, or paigev@truevine.net if you can help with any of these items.

Also, there are a few openings to provide and serve dinner at Hoskins Park. Please be prepared to serve over 50 men for each dinner. The dinner opportunities are posted for registration at the Forest Hill web site at ServeNet:

http://www.foresthill.org/southpark/hoskins-park.cfm

Thank you all for your service, and God Bless.

Post from HPM Volunteer

We’d like to thank Talbot Davis for serving at HPM.  His blog is:  The Heart of The Matter…  Please visit his site and say Thank you!

Christmas Plans Update

Paige has an exciting event planned for this year, so please contact Paige at paigev@truevine.net, or call her at 704-400-9755 with your interest in helping with this year’s events.

You may also go to the Hoskins Park web site at http://hoskinspark.org/ to see all the volunteer opportunity details for the Christmas party and there is also a link to Paige’s email.

We are in need of volunteers to help decorate some of the mens’ houses, provide desserts for the Christmas party as well as provide items for gift boxes and gift cards for the 45 men that are served at Hoskins Park.

Please mark your calendars with these dates of upcoming events at Hoskins Parks Ministries:

12/05/09, Saturday,9:30AM-1:30PM
Decorating each house at HPM with festive Christmas ornaments

12/08/09, Tuesday, 6-9PM
Christmas Village at Hoskins Park

Celebrating the birth of Christ on the Beach by the Pond

There is also an opening for the 3rd Monday of each month to pick up dinner for the men at Nobles at South Park and deliver and serve to the Ministry.

Please contact Paige with your interest in these two events also.

God Bless you all for the hard work you have provided the men of Hoskins Park, and thank you for your continued support.

Bill Dinkel
704-488-2488