St. Andrew’s, Hickory, has fun working hard For St. Andrew’s, Hickory, “God’s work. Our hands.” Day of Service on September 8 was a day of hard work and lots of fun and fellowship. St. Andrew’s members and guests took a lot of pride in the help that we could give to people and agencies in […]

Prince of Peace, Greensboro, plants seeds together “God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday was celebrated at Prince of Peace, Greensboro, by first recognizing and praying for all students and educators. We also kicked off Sunday School. Following worship, we shared a potluck meal together. After our fellowship meal, we worked on pruning/mulching trees on the campus […]

St. John’s, Cherryville, shares slippers and stories Stirred by God the Spirit, the folks of St. John’s, Cherryville, headed out in joyful service for “God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday! We have been in partnership with Heritage Oaks Assisted Living Nursing Center in Gastonia in the past, bringing clothes and other materials, and had noticed a […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]