Volunteering to serve at the MUST shelter

Many of you may not know that Mt. Bethel is among the many groups committed to providing volunteers to stay overnight at the MUST shelter, The Elizabeth Inn. This can be one of our most personally rewarding volunteer tasks as we interact with and learn about people who are temporarily homeless. Unfortunately, it is often difficult to find members who will spend the night. Because or our large membership, MBUMC is committed to the 5th, 12th, and 20th of every month. We need to provide at least two people each night. It works great to have a man and a woman or a family unit.

My husband, daughter and I have all stayed there and can say that it is safe and painless, and an eye opening experience when we realized that many of these homeless are families with children!  Some people have a difficult time making it to work the next day after doing laundry for the guests most of the night, but we have many times a year when one or two of the nights are on the weekend!

As of today, most of 2008 has no MBUMC members signed up after June 20th! If you volunteer for this 10 or 12 hour service to some of Cobb County’s poorest, it promises to be more of a blessing to you than to them! to volunteer please email sueleit@mindspring.com or sherry.reed@mtbethel.org.