Under the leadership of Pastor Sean Park and Lay Servant, Shirley Carvatt, Cokesbury United Methodist Church in Tewksbury Township Hunterdon County, New Jersey has been collecting blankets since early this year for Spirit Lake Ministries in Sheyenne, North Dakota.

Photo from left to right: Lay Servant, Shirley Carvatt, Maxwell Mazuca, Jimin Park, Joseph Park, and Pastor Sean Park.  Submitted photo

On June 15, 2014 all of the collected blankets were assembled at morning service and blessed by Pastor Park.  After the Service, church members and friends assisted in packaging the items and loading into Mrs. Carvatt’s van for personal delivery to Spirit Lake Ministries.  Please join our Church family in wishing Shirley Carvatt and her traveling companions a safe trip and return.

Spirit Lake Ministries partners with six reservations in the Dakotas and Minnesota, providing clothing, food pantry, youth programming, and other wonderful ministerial outreach to at risk native populations. Cokesbury UMC also Partners with Spirit Lake Ministries in their annual Shoebox Christmas Gift Program.