The First United Methodist Church in Murphy North Carolina is proud to be the host site for One Harvest in Cherokee County and surrounding areas. One Harvest has no income guidelines and only requires the food to be prepaid upon ordering. You can order online at oneharvest.com or place your in person orders at the church office located downtown Murphy. ORDER DEADLINE  is noon Friday February 17th, 2012 and distribution will be from 10:30 am – 12:30 pm February 25th, 2012.  If you have any questions please contact Roger Williams at the church office at             828-837-2718       or             828-837-5921       (please leave a message).

FREE AARP TAX SERVICE AVAILABLE The AARP/IRS will
be doing federal and state income taxes again this year in the
Education Building. Taxes will be completed and electronically filed
free of charge. There are no age limitations or restrictions for having
your taxes done. To make an appointment, please call
(828)835-0220.

Big Brothers Big Sisters is in IMMEDIATE need of volunteers! We've had a big influx of requests by children at both Hiwassee Dam Elementary School and at Murphy Elementary School to be part of our program, just in the last week. The numbers at both school exceed our expectations for the year, which is just super, but it means we are in need of some folks who are willing to volunteer 1 hour per week to mentor an elementary school child. We provide training, do background checks and also offer ongoing support to encourage and help our volunteers. Currently, we need approximately 3 mentors at HDES (2 men and 1 woman). For mentoring at MES, we need both men and women mentors, perhaps 4 of each gender. Won't you consider volunteering for "time well spent" being a mentor to a girl in our area? If so, please contact Barbara Gabriel, Program Coordinator at 828-557-7995 or cherokee@bbbswnc.org OR Tom Spencer at tomattwinmtn@yahoo.com.

The office at Ranger UMC has alerted us to a cleaning service for any woman currently undergoing chemotherapy.  This service provides FREE housecleaning once a month for up to 4 months while she is in treatment.  We are listing the particulars on our "Seek & Find" tab under the Ministries category.

We have had several recent additions to our "Seek & Find" tab, so be sure to check it from time to time.  Again, if you have something you want to list there contact Pam at the church office!