Members of all ages of Community in Christ Lutheran Church (CIC), Cornelius, joined together to collect, sort, and pack over 90 boxes of gently used and new clothing items and shoes, as well as several large bags of bedding and towels to support the mission of Lydia’s Loft, an ecumenical service ministry located in neighboring […]
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Every year, Christus Victor Lutheran Church, Durham, plans a short outdoor worship service followed by going out beyond our walls to serve at least until lunchtime. This year was the first year the weather changed our plans. It was so humid and the rain forecast so iffy, we postponed our picnic at McDougald Terrace, a […]
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On September 10, during the God’s work. Our hands weekend, more than 100 volunteers from Christ the King Lutheran Church, Cary, descended on the “Rise Against Hunger” (RAH) warehouse in Raleigh to pack 15,000+ meals for distribution to starving people around the world. The congregation has been participating in RAH events since 2016 and has […]
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Advent Lutheran Church, Charlotte, holds as one of our core values, the value of service. God’s work. Our hands. (GWOH) focuses our church family on this value every fall. This year’s event was particularly essential for our congregation because it also provided important ways to re-gather our church community following the pandemic. Our big project involved […]
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The Association Serving Alto Cayma (ASAC), as the executive armof Advent’s Peru Mission, takes great pleasure in reporting the following volunteer activities which took place during the 10-12 Sep 21 weekend of GWOH: On Friday, we had an activity with one of the service projects of our Salir Adelante (“Getting Ahead”) student group, entitled Cuidando […]
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God’s Work Our Hands at Advent Lutheran in Charlotte reached from local neighborhoods to the UNC-Charlotte Greenway to area first responders to the mountains of Peru. This year we were especially sensitive to COVID-19 concerns–the service events offered were either outside or ones we could do in our own “bubbles”. One unique part of Advent’s […]
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Jesus instructed his disciples to cast a wide net in order to do the work of God on Earth. At Morning Star Lutheran Church (MSLC) in Matthews, NC, we used God’s Work, Our Hands as an opportunity to cast a wide net with a variety of ways in which members could work together to embody […]
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In August, Hurricane Fred brought torrential rain and flooding to western NC and a few weeks later, Hurricane Ida made landfall in southern Louisiana, plunging New Orleans into darkness and causing catastrophic damage. Ascension, Shelby partnered with our full communion partner, the United Methodist Church, to fill flood buckets that are being distributed in areas […]
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It was a great God’s Work, Our Hands Sunday! Partnering with Thrivent, St. Luke’s, Charlotte, created “Welcome Home” kits for Roof Above, Inc. to aid transitioning persons experiencing homelessness into secure housing. What a blessed day to enact God’s work using our hands, indeed!
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Friedens, Gibsonville, enjoyed joining the many Lutheran congregations across this church in celebrating God’s Work, Our Hands Sunday. After a reminder about why we gather to serve and a sub sandwich lunch, 17 participants put together 150 personal care kits that will be given for distribution in homeless shelters and food pantries in Greensboro and […]
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