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  • Mondays at Starbucks

    Lots of stuffing and sewing goes on at Town & Country Starbucks on Monday afternoons!  

  • February 2014 Meeting Dates

    Common Thread Circle members will meet on Mondays at Town and Country Starbucks on February 3, 10, 17, and 24th from 2-4  p.m. Memorial Drive United Methodist Women meet on Tuesday, February 4, at 10 a.m. in Wesley Hall. Leora’s Knitting and Crocheting group will meet in her home on Wednesday, February 12, 1-3 p.m.…

  • Guest Speaker at Common Thread Circle Meeting

    Brenda Kepner, manager of Volunteers & Community Services at Katy Memorial Hermann Hospital, was the guest speaker at the Common Thread Circle meeting at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church on Tuesday, January 21st. She is pictured after the meeting with the co-chairmen of the circle. From left to right are Janie Schmidt, Brenda Kepner, Lenore…

  • January 2014 Meeting Dates

    Common Thread Circle will meet at Town & Country Starbucks  on Mondays, January 6, 13, 20, and 27, from 2-4 p.m. Circle members will meet at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church on Tuesday, January 21, from 9:30-noon, in Room D126.  Brenda Kepner, Manager of Volunteers and Community Service, will be sharing information on hospital volunteers.…

  • HCRJ Mitzvah Day

    Fabulous Day!  The Common Thread Circle hosted a Mitzvah Day project at the Houston Congregation for Reform Judaism on Sunday, December 8th.  HCRF is a small congregation on Bering Drive, but the overall attendance was amazing.  About 26 persons sat and stuffed pillows for T.C.T.C.  Special Thanks to Marilyn MacRill for bringing all the supplies.

  • December 2013 Meeting Dates

    The Common Thread Circle will meet at Town & Country Starbucks from 2-4 p.m. on Mondays, December 2, 9, and 16th.  Due to the holidays, we will not meet on December 23 or December 30th.  Our next meeting will be on Monday, Jan. 6th. Memorial Drive United Methodist Women will meet in Wesley Hall on…

  • November 2013 Meeting Dates

    Mondays, Nov. 4, 11, 18, and 25, Common Thread will meet at Town & Country Starbucks from 2-4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, the Knitting and Crocheting Group will meet at Leora’s home from 1 – 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, Common thread Circle will meet at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church, Room D126 from 9:30…

  • Common Thread Celebrates 50,000!

    On October 15th, Common Thread Circle celebrated with members enjoying a cake showing that 50,000 handcrafted items have been delivered to Houston Area hospitals since 2008! 

  • A Visitor from M.D. Anderson

    Maggi Suttles, Assistant Director of Volunteers at M.D. Anderson visited the Common Thread Circle meeting at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church on Tuesday, October 15th. She spoke about M.D. Anderson’s volunteer program and told the members of Common Thread how much our delivery of heart shaped pillows means to their cancer patients. While Maggi spoke, members worked on…

  • Blessing of the Pink Scarves

    Methodist Hospital in the Med Center had their annual “Blessing of the Pink Scarves” ceremony on Friday, October 18th.  Peggy, Janie, Leora, and Joan attended the service this year.

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