Restarting the Kessler4Methodist Program

by Rev. Eric Folkerth

In our efforts to continue to serve our mission field and respond to the pandemic, we are restarting our “Kessler4Methodist” program.

You hopefully recall that this was our effort to support the grossly overworked healthcare workers at Methodist Hospital Dallas as they heroically respond to the Covid Pandemic.

There are three easy ways for you to be involved:

1) Contribute “Care Package” snacks for the healthcare workers.
We invite you to contribute snacks that will be delivered to the hospital staff as they work long shifts. (This project is in conjunction with the Pastoral Care office of Methodist Dallas)

2) Write Supportive Cards to healthcare workers
We will also collect short, handwritten cards of support for the workers at Methodist. We have gotten feedback that these cards were immensely encouraging to the healthcare staff, and so we encourage you to consider writing cards.

3) Make a financial contribution to the cause (info below…)

Very soon, collection boxes for these items will again be placed in the Narthex of our Sanctuary (just inside the 1215 doors) and inside the Parking Lot entrance (North side) of the building. Feel free to drop off your donations to the cause there.

If you would like to simply contribute funds to this effort, you may give a financial contribution HERE. (Please denote “Kessler4Methodist” in the comment section)

100% of financial contributions goes toward the purchase of additional snacks for the care packages in bulk. (In fact, your continuing generosity to this cause means that we will in fact be able to purchase an initial round of snacks for the Methodist Hospital staff using funds already received).

I know that NONE OF US wants to be here right now. As you recall, we just *shut down* “Kessler4Methodist” a month ago. It’s almost unfathomable to me that we are again dealing with this so soon.

But I ask you consider that no collective group of responders is bearing more of the brunt of this crisis than healthcare workers. They are overworked and over-taxed. They are already suffering from the trauma of last year’s pandemic, and now our society is asking them to step up again.

Please pray for their safety and for their mental and spiritual health as they deal with the Delta Variant wave. And please consider participating in “Kessler4Methodist.”

I know you join me in agreement that this project is a part of serving our mission field and that even in the midst of our own frustrations at the Delta Variant surge, we are grateful to be able to help in this small way.

Grace and Peace,
Eric Folkerth