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The Caring Outreach Team provides spiritual and holistic care for our church members and regular visitors in support of our Pastor.  All are welcome to this team!  The group sends cards to both members and extended family/friends for sickness, sympathy and to those needing to be uplifted .  They also make soup and provide meals to those who may be recovering at home from illness or coming home from the hospital and to families in times of bereavement.  Our Members visit or make phone calls to shut-ins, nursing home residents and to others who need assistance for various reasons.

Caring Outreach also supports our local schools through the Bright Futures program as well as the Weekend Back Pack food bags that are prepared monthly for Orchard View Elementary school.  Bright Futures is part of the Frederick County/Winchester School System and provides food, clothing, school supplies and support to needy students.  We collect food from our Congregation for Bright Futures during the year. These donations go to provide food for weekend food bags for over 1000 needy children weekly in our schools.  Currently we provide school supplies for Middletown Elementary School  from supplies given by the congregation.  Monthly we make up 20 Weekend Food Bags to Orchard View Elementary for children needing food when not getting school meals.  Other school donations include snack items for Middletown Elementary given 2 or 3 times per school year.

At Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter a special collection of items is taken up for food boxes to assist in feeding families in our church and community in need of food assistance. This  includes purchase of Christmas gifts and Easter Baskets for families receiving the food boxes.

Caring Outreach supports the WATTS program in several ways.  We provide a meal for their guests during the week our church houses WATTS.  Also we do a lunch and provide other food items  for the Winter warming shelter and the Summer cooling center.  We have also provided a gift basket for their Fall fundraiser.  

The Caring Outreach Team chairperson is Carole Baker. Please contact the church office to alert the group regarding sickness,  upcoming surgery, a bereavement meal or other needs that this group can be of assistance.  The church office will pass information on to the team.