Ascension, Shelby, goes global

For “God’s Work. Our Hands.” Sunday 2017, we invited an ELCA Young Adult in Global Mission (YAGM) to visit with us and help us focus globally for this year’s churchwide day of service. Kurt Hellmann, who lives in Minneapolis, MN joined a group of congregation leaders and former voting members for dinner on Saturday night, and then we welcomed him to the pulpit Sunday morning where he shared from his heart and experiences during his service year in Cambodia. It was a true gift to connect our small congregation with the larger church and show them how they are and can continue to be part of ministries all around the world and support a new generation of faith-filled people. Kurt continued to share generously of his time during the afternoon after the potluck meal and his presentation, working with our members tying fleece blankets for Lutheran World Relief.

We collected a freewill offering during the potluck meal to financially support YAGM, and using a Thrivent action grant we purchased 22 yards of fleece which made ten blankets. The grant’s remainder will pay the shipping costs to get the blankets to the LWR warehouse in Maryland.

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