Good Shepherd, Mt. Holly, installs smoke detectors and gets creative On “God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday, the members of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Mt. Holly, worked on three different service projects that impacted our local town. The first was working with the Red Cross through their Sound The Alarm program which installs smoke detectors to […]
St. Andrew, Mount Airy, walks and sings St. Andrew, Mount Airy, is a small, but active, congregation. We do a great deal of outreach in the community every month. On Tuesday evenings, we serve a meal at our downtown mission location. We always wear our “God’s work. Our hands.” t-shirts to let our Neighbors in […]
Ascension, Shelby, creates “agape” gifts For the last two years, Ascension, Shelby has extended “God’s work. Our hands.” across an entire weekend. On Saturday, September 7, volunteers worked inside and outside the church property. The sanctuary got a deep cleaning, new mulch was laid, and the second floor, newly re-carpeted, was readied for meeting and […]
Holy Cross, Mocksville, shreds and ties In 2016, Holy Cross, Mocksville, set the date for the document shredding truck from COR365 to come to Holy Cross this September. (Yes, it took three years to be on their schedule.) We were fortunate because they are no longer doing this as a community service since recycled paper […]
Morning Star, Matthews, swings hammers and unwraps bologna For Morning Star, Matthews, “God’s work. Our hands.” was a weekend-long celebration for us as we reached across the generations and beyond our walls to connect with our community.
Grace, Washington, buys bears and goats Grace Lutheran Church, Washington, is a small but mighty congregation. In years past for “God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday, we have gone to our local food bank, Eagles Wings, and painted. This year so that more of our elderly congregation members could participate, we did something different. This year […]
Holy Cross, Mocksville, pulls weeds Many congregations feel as if they are a family. Holy Cross, Mocksville, is no exception to that. When it came time to decide how to plan our “God’s work. Our hands.” Day, the Evangelism/Social Ministry Committee, came up with an idea appropriate to our congregational family.
St. Luke’s, Conover, serves 9 ways St. Luke’s, Conover, completed nine different projects in 2018! Leading up to our “God’s Work. Our Hands.” Sunday, we signed up for areas of interest and ability and then on September 9 we sent teams out after our worship and the celebration of Holy Communion.
First, Lexington, delivers 3,600 cookies! “God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.” Martin Luther perfectly describes the attitude at First, Lexington, on Sunday, September 9, 2018. In the early morning hours, families gathered to deliver 3,600 homemade cookies to every fireman, policeman, and all emergency personnel in Davidson County.
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.