Church Family Moment for Sunday, November 15, 2026
November 10, 2026SMPC Celebrates Our Impact with the American Red Cross Blood Drive
Thank you to our donors and volunteers during Saturday morning’s American Red Cross Blood Drive! According to Ministry Leader Bill Ramsey, we ended the morning with 32 units collected (28 Whole Blood Donations and 2 Power Red Donations). With Saturday’s 32 units, SMPC’s total collected at the Bryant Farms Rd location now stands at 3,935 units as we enter our 30th year partnering with the Red Cross.
"It is always a pleasure coming here,” said Red Cross Blood Drive Leader Deloris. “It is one of my favorite drives! Great staff. Great volunteers. I hope we will get more Power Red donations in the future."
The morning was full of stories about how blood drives make a difference in so many lives. One donor shared that one of her best friends was the recent recipient of donated blood, and because of her friend’s experience, she promised herself she’d be a regular blood donor; a pastor from a nearby church donated blood and expressed gratitude that our drives are on Saturdays because many in our area are on Sundays; and our last donor of the day was a walk-in who was visiting from out of town! Additionally, Manny Villa shared his moving experience as a donated blood recipient, and Bill Ramsey shared more about SMPC's blood drive ministry in Sunday’s Moment for Mission. Watch it here.
We celebrated our impact with special cookies on Sunday! It was a beautiful and meaningful weekend of service.
Thank you to Bill for his love and leadership, and to our many volunteers, including the Hospitality Committee for the cookies! Our next blood drive is Saturday, January 2. Sign up to donate here or volunteer here.
Photo Credits: Terry Gaines, Donna Podgorny and Kathy Graham
More Snapshots from our Nourish Up Food Drive Loading Day!
Here are a few more photos from our fun morning last week loading the Nourish Up truck last week with the 1,725 lbs of food we collected! Thank you to ALL who joined in to help us. It was truly a beautiful morning of service for all ages!
Photo credit: Rev. Lindsey Odom
Connected, Confirmed & Commissioned!
Our 17 confirmands grew in faith and friendship over the weekend during their 2026 Confirmation Retreat! With Rev. Lindsey Odom leading, the group enjoyed a Bible study at church, decorated Confirmation stoles and had a blast at Sports Connection - and that was all on Friday night! The next day, they served at Crisis Assistance and ate delicious food at Optimist Hall, living out the “commissioned” part of their retreat together! What a beautiful and energetic weekend!
Thank you to our staff and amazing volunteers for making it all happen! And thank you to our confirmands for bringing their positivity and light!
Photo credit: Rev. Lindsey Odom
PJs + Pancakes + November BYG = The BEST Sunday Night!
Our SMPC middle and high schoolers came to the November BYG (Big Youth Group) in cozy PJs and enjoyed delicious pancakes and bacon! They played games and grew in faith together. Our BAM! (Bible and Music) children also enjoyed pancakes!
We are so grateful for our amazing youth, adult leaders and parent volunteers who cooked the pancakes and bacon and made this special evening possible.
Photo Credit: Rev. Lindsey Odom
