“Then the King will say to those on his right,
‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father;
take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat,
I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink,
I was a stranger and you invited me in,
I needed clothes and you clothed me,
I was sick and you looked after me,
I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

Then the righteous will answer him,
‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you,
or thirsty and give you something to drink?
When did we see you a stranger and invite you in,
or needing clothes and clothe you?
When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

The King will reply,
‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did
for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’
Matthew 25:34-40

About the Outreach Volunteer Recognition Program

Annually we publicly recognize and commend outstanding efforts made by one or more members of Princeton United Methodist Church in support of the Outreach ministries of the church. For 2009 we honored Mary Lib S,a volunteer with Contact,  and Amy B, who was the leader of our Isles Project during its first year of existence.

NOMINATIONS:

Any member of the congregation may submit a nomination. Nominations should be submitted to the Chair of the Outreach Committee either in the Outreach mail box outside the office or by email to the Church Office. Please submit your nomination in  January 2012. In your nomination please consider the criteria below and note how the nominee’s actions have fulfilled some or all of them.

CRITERIA FOR RECOGNITION:

• Nominee’s actions taken in to support and in the spirit of the Wesleyan ideal to “Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can.”
• Nominee’s efforts must be unpaid (however out of pocket expenses may have been reimbursed)
• Level of effort put into the activity(s) will be considered – for example, hours spent, travel undertaken, volunteers coordinated, etc.
• Positive impact of the activity(s) is important – for example, number people helped, qualitative measures of help provided, length of impact of help provided, etc.
• Positive impacts may be physical or spiritual or both.
• Creativity in developing solutions to problems will be considered.
• Nominee may be any member or affiliate member of PUMC with the following exceptions: PUMC staff are not eligible, The Chair of Outreach is not eligible and the Lay Leaders are not eligible.

Please address questions, ideas or suggestions to the Outreach Committee: outreach@princetonumc.org.