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August 13, 2024Welcome to the last in our Faces of Faith series this summer! Enjoy getting to know SMPC member Carol Morgan!
Name: Carol Morgan
Family: Ron, my husband of 56 years, our 2 grown children, son, Eric, who lives in Hawaii and our daughter, Lisa, who lives in South Carolina. We also have two grandsons: Cam, a lieutenant in Space Force, and Eli, a high school senior in Indian Land, SC.
Years at SMPC: We joined in November 2009.
What brought you to SMPC? We passed the church each day we went to Morrison Y and decided one day to begin attending the services.
How have you found connection here? We loved the welcoming spirit of everyone as if we had been members from the beginning, part of the family. We joined the JOY (Just Older Youth) group and later found other ways to volunteer/support — Hospitality/Coffee, VBS, Center of Hope meals, Chrismons, Alternative Giving, etc. SMPC offers many opportunities for me to give back or pay it forward.
You lead our Shelter Ministry. Tell us a little more about it, why it’s important to you and how we can get involved.
A neighbor and fellow church member started the Marsha Jackson Shelter Ministry, filling prescription (Rx) bottles with shampoo, body wash and laundry soap for the Men’s Shelter and Urban Ministries. I was part of that with her husband, Richard. After she passed, he tried to keep it going with another woman’s help. When they could no longer support it, I felt it was necessary to keep it going. Over time it became just “Shelter Ministry” and eventually the Men’s Shelter and Urban Ministries merged to become Roof Above. Also the focus changed to just body wash product being supplied. Also, as part of Shelter Ministry we collect hotel amenities, which are distributed to Center of Hope and Roof Above.
You can get involved with Shelter Ministry in several ways:
1. Volunteer at our monthly work sessions (on the second Thursday of every month at 9:00 a.m. in Mecklenburg Hall) to pour body wash into Rx vials and label them for packing.
2. Donate body wash (Dollar Tree has the best deal, 24-32 oz for $1.25)
3. Provide Rx vials (label removed please) or provide shoe boxes or Amazon small boxes for packing.
Roof Above provides showers for 33 people each day so the need is for about 1,000 Rx vials each month.
