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 […]
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 […]
Welcome Home, New Americans! Community in Christ Lutheran Church (CIC), Cornelius, members of all ages joined together to collect, sort, and pack 25 complete Welcome Kits, additional extra supplies, as well as color cards—all for Lutheran Services Carolinas’ (LSC) New Americans program on God’s Work. Our Hands. Sunday. Thanks to some great planning and preparation […]
Mt. Hebron, Hildebran, parishioners took seriously the idea of 10 outreaches for the 10th anniversary of God’s Work. Our Hands. With almost the whole congregation involved, we baked cookies and made cards to deliver to our local fire station, made baskets for the teachers’ lounge at three elementary schools, repaired the senior citizen horseshoe pit, […]
The congregation of Holy Trinity, Hickory, participated in “God’s Work. Our Hands.” by serving the community through a variety of opportunities the week of September 10. Projects included: The Corner Table, Newton, where they feed the needs of the hungry in the area. Volunteers assisted in prepping, serving, and cleaning to accommodate meals for those […]
On September 24, Trinity Lutheran Church in Sanford participated in God’s Work. Our Hands. (GWOH), a few weeks after the designated date because of various scheduling details. The event was a Fresh Change Packing Party, to provide a change of clothes in small backpacks for Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) for immigrants being released […]
Augsburg, Winston-Salem, had over 100 volunteers of all ages participate in the annual God’s Work. Our Hands. event. Thanks to the leadership of Augsburg’s Social Ministry Team, the greater Augsburg community was able to pack over 16,200 meals for their partner Rise Against Hunger—Augsburg’s highest total to date! Augsburg has been a partner with Rise […]
Members of St. Mark’s, Lumberton, visited residents and staff at GlenFlora nursing home in Lumberton to worship, visit, and serve ice cream sundaes to the approximately fifty residents of GlenFlora. GlenFlora has been managed by Lutheran Services Carolinas for about five years. There were smiles all around. Serving up sundaes and cookies and voices blending […]
This year marks the 10th anniversary of “God’s Work. Our Hands.” (GWOH) Sunday! On Sunday, September 10, 2023 congregations of the ELCA will join together for our annual day of service. “God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday began in 2013 in connection with the ELCA’s 25th anniversary. It continues to be an opportunity to celebrate who […]
The people of Sardis Evangelical Lutheran Church, Hickory celebrated their Homecoming Sunday with worship, fellowship, and service on God’s work. Our hands. Sunday. The Social Ministry Committee led the congregation in assembling lunch bags for people experiencing homelessness. With all of the food and goodies in the bags, members also wrote notes of encouragement to put […]