All North Carolina Synod congregations are invited to order children’s ministry Advent kits now! Items will be shipped to the church with assembly instructions. All you need to do is assemble the kits and distribute them to the families! The kits will include some family activities and some individual ones. Cost is $10 per family. […]
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Rostered ministers of the North Carolina Synod will come together October 16-18 at Lutheridge for Fall Convocation: a time of inspiration, learning, and rest. The leaves are turning and almost 200 pastors and deacons will turn to this gathering for opportunities to meet with colleagues, make new connections, laugh and learn together, and be enriched
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Matching Funds for Maui: Make a contribution to help people affected in Maui by the August fires that devastated thousands of acres. For every $2 donated through Thrivent’s online giving platform or a Thrivent Charitable Impact and Investing® donor-advised fund grant to an organization listed, Thrivent will add $1 up to $250,000. Learn more; give
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Thank you, people of St. Luke’s, Charlotte! You put your faith into action through God’s Work, Our Hands. The crew from St. Luke’s began by packing over 850 food boxes at the Loaves & Fishes warehouse on Thursday, September 7, and Saturday, September 9. The work was hot and exhausting but rewarding. The first group
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Following worship on September 10, the people of Advent, Charlotte, walked into the church’s fellowship hall for the 10th anniversary of God’s Work Our Hands and found choices! Opportunities to use our hands and feet to serve God and His people were set up throughout the gym, and everyone could select one or more projects
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On God’s work. Our hands. (GWOH) Sunday, September 10, about 40 members and friends of Grace, Raleigh, stayed after worship to work with Grace’s preschool, The School of Grace. First, we enjoyed lunch prepared by Women of the ELCA members, provided through a Thrivent Action Team Grant. The School of Grace is a nurturing, loving
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Christus Victor Lutheran Church, Durham, (CVLC) was introduced to the brand new Parent Teacher Association(PTA) at Lowe’s Grove Middle School through a mutual friend. Since then, CVLC has supported the PTA in numerous ways—including stumbling across another community friend who paid their liability insurance so they could hold events. On this God’s work. Our hands.
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Christ the King, Cary, came out in force on September 16 for their God’s Work. Our Hands. event. More than 100 volunteers descended on the Rise Against Hunger warehouse to pack 15,336 meals for distribution around the world. Since 2016, Christ the King has packed more than 130,000 meals at their annual event. Rise Against
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God’s Work. Our Hands. weekend began for Morning Star, Matthews (MSLC) on Friday, September 8 as we rekindled a relationship with our neighbor, Blessed Assurance Adult Day Care Center. MSLC served a BBQ lunch, Tom Eure and Amelia Osborne played music, rounds of BINGO were called, and mandalas were colored with about 60 older adults. Early
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Pastor Denise Henry writes: I am a chaplain at Trinity Elms Assisted Living in Clemmons, NC. As God’s Work. Our Hands. Sunday was approaching, I wondered: what could we do to serve and love our neighbor? So, with the help of one of my neighbors, we cut bags and helped to weave them into a
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