Joy of Discovery partners with St. Augustine For our 2018 God’s work. Our hands. Sunday, Joy of Discovery, Raleigh, partnered with a group of students from St. Augustine’s University, a Historically Black College near us in Raleigh.

First, Greensboro, tackles hunger and more More than 80 members and friends at First, Greensboro, served in the congregation and community Sept. 22-23 as part of “God’s work. Our hands.” weekend.

Advent, Charlotte, celebrates and serves God’s work, Our hands” at Advent, Charlotte, was a celebration of diversity and unity, and of God’s love for all. We opened our day with a unified early worship service, and then worked on nearly 20 different projects at both our church location and off-site.

Cross and Crown, Matthews, works inside and out Cross and Crown, Matthews, went to work in the community on Saturday, Sept 8, our “God’s work, Our hands” day. Two teams also did projects within our own building. Inside a team of Middle School students cleaned out and reorganized our library, and many hands tidied our […]

Sharon, Statesville, are busy planting We have a Sharon community youth group out here in West Iredell called Lookout Community Youth. The kids are supported by three churches, Sharon ELCA, Bethel UMC and Marvin UMC. We had “God’s work. Our hands.” mission projects this year on two Sundays. September 9 we planted flowers at each […]

Morning Star, Matthews, has hands to serve Calloused hands, smooth hands, wrinkled hands, tiny toddler hands all came together at Morning Star, Matthews, for “God’s work. Our hands.” weekend.

Our Father, Greensboro, cares for first responders At Our Father, Greensboro, one of our primary gifts is hospitality so we focused “God’s work. Our hands.” Day on appreciating all the First Responders in our local community and Guilford County.

St. James, Fayetteville, paints and more St. James, Fayetteville, celebrated “God’s work. Our hands.” as we painted three storage sheds for local homeless ministry, Operation InAsMuch; did shopping for ALMS House (local assistance ministry–we offered matching $$); offered “quarter assistance” for folks at local laundromat; went singing at local retirement center and shut-ins; AND one […]

“God’s Work. Our Hands.” across the synod Congregations all across the NC Synod recently participated in the ELCA effort “God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday. This designated day gives us an opportunity to celebrate who we are as a church—one church, freed in Christ to serve and love our neighbor. Read these stories to see the […]

St. Luke’s, Tyro, writes notes of gratitude St. Luke’s, Tyro, worked on several “God’s Work, Our Hands Sunday” projects, including writing notes of encouragement.