Woven Together: God’s Call to Ministry
Jul 20, 2026 | Stories of Ministry
ELCA Presiding Bishop Yehiel Curry reminded us that we are held together in Christ, sustained by the Spirit, and led by God—even when we can't see the way.
Small congregations serve in big ways, especially when they work together! Five congregations in the Triad area gathered the buckets and supplies listed by Lutheran Disaster Response to fill 13 cleaning buckets to be distributed in the wake of a disaster, like Hurricane Helene.
- St. Paul’s Lutheran, Burlington
- Lutheran Church of Our Father, Greensboro
- LEAF – Elon University’s Campus Ministry
- Low’s Lutheran, Liberty
- Coble’s Lutheran, Julian
When assembling the buckets, we discovered that some congregations had donated more than 10 of each of their items from the list, so we used a Thrivent Action Grant to purchase a few more supplies to supplement the extras we had. This brought our plan of 10 buckets to a final total of 13!
Some folks also assembled 14 of the comfort kids also requested by LDR, which are filled with art supplies and comforting toys for children who have just survived a disaster.
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Pastor Jennifer Shimota
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