St. Paul's Christian Messenger NewsLetter for May, 2008

Attention On-Line Shoppers

http://www.igive.com

Shop on-line and earn money for St. Paul’s Church. By registering at www.igive.com and entering St. Paul’s Church as your cause and our Cause ID# 45716 you will be earning valuable dollars of support for St. Paul’s Church.

You have access to over 650 different stores when you shop at www.igive.com.

It is a win/win situation. You get to shop from home and St. Paul’s benefits with every dollar you spend.

A Click a Day

Click on www.thehungersite.com

Click where it reads: Click Here to Give and you can:

Give a valuable cup of food to the hungry.

If you were to click on each tab that runs across the top of the page you can also:

Help a woman get a free mammogram;

Help children in need attain literacy;

Help a child in need get health care;

Save 11.4 square feet of rain forest.

Aside from a minute of your time the cost to you is:

NOTHING!

Go Green

Caring for our environment is NOT an environmental issue. It is a faith issue. God never relinquished ownership of this planet earth.

“This is my Father’s world…"

we have been given the responsibility of caring for it. In the coming months the different ministry teams will be providing you with ways we can be better care takers of God’s planet.

You CAN help by offering your gifts of time and talent to devise a plan of ministry of taking care of our environment.

Green Product of the Month:

For safe and effective bathroom cleaning, Sarah Van Schagen of Grist.org makes the following recommendation:

20 Mule Team Borax
4 lbs. 12 oz. powder, $4.49

Eco-claims: Does not contain phosphates or chlorine; safe for septic tanks

Ingredients: sodium tetraborate decahydrate (a chemical compound and mineral)

Cleaning instructions: Sprinkle on damp sponge or cloth and wipe.

Smell: Almost none -- a very slight soapy scent
Elbow grease required: a little scrub'll do ya

Resulting sparkle: blinding bling

Sign me up to be on Team Borax ... aside from the messiness of it being a powder and the big, heavy box, this product was amazing! I tested it because you readers recommended it, and I have to say -- y'all know what you're talking about. Using Borax, I was able to get the shower twice as clean in half the time -- almost no effort for a sparkling clean. I'm a convert! Next up: washing those soiled t-shirts in this stuff.