“I’m always surprised” “The mountains are calling and I must go.” Perhaps you’ve seen a shirt, mug, or other item printed with this quote from naturalist and preservationist John Muir. It’s actually a shortened version of a sentence in a letter written to Muir’s sister in 1873: “The mountains are calling & I must go […]
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First Lutheran Church, Greensboro, participated in the Greensboro Pride Festival on Sunday September 15. Twenty-one members of the congregation hosted a booth to hand out bottles of water and express our commitment to full inclusion for all LGBT adults. Over 400 bottles of water were distributed and numerous great conversations were had about God and
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The Lutheran Builders of Western NC certainly got a lot of work done a few weeks ago in Fayetteville. It’s hard to believe but some folks have been out of their homes for two years or more. So, we Builders worked on five or six houses, including doing roofing, framing, mudding, sanding, painting, putting in
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Advent, Charlotte, hosts Potato Drop On Saturday, September 7, Advent Lutheran Church in Charlotte hosted a Potato Drop event for “God’s work. Our hands.” Through the Society of St. Andrew, the delivery of 40,000 pounds of potatoes from a North Carolina farm was set up. In the month preceding the event, various food pantries and
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Mt. Olive, Hickory, busy with many projects Mt. Olive, Hickory, was quite busy with several different activities over the “God’s work. Our hands.” weekend.
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Salem, Lincolnton, hosts “Cool Event” Salem, Lincolnton, located in a rural section of Lincoln County, and its sister congregation of Salem United Church of Christ, are unique in that they remain a “union” church; each holding worship weekly. The Lutheran congregation worship attendance now averages fewer than 25 each week, while the UCC congregation is
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Congregations join forces for ecumenical pack-a-thon Four congregations joined forces for an ecumenical “God’s work. Our hands” pack-a-thon: Friedens Lutheran Church, Gibsonville; Low’s Lutheran Church, Liberty; Gibsonville United Methodist Church, Gibsonville; and Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church, Greensboro. The four churches raised enough money and volunteers to buy, pack, and send 20,160 meals to the
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Epiphany, Winston-Salem, cooks, builds, and sews Epiphany, Winston-Salem, had a very busy “God’s work. Our hands.” weekend. On Saturday, they cooked and served meals at Ronald McDonald House, and also helped on a new construction build with Habitat for Humanity.
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Trinity, Vale, makes Good Samaritan Bags Thanks to all those who contributed to our “God’s work. Our hands,” project making Good Samaritan Bags for Hesed House. Story shared by Pastor Tommy Lineberger.
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Beth Eden, Newton, reaches out with four projects Beth Eden, Newton, participated in “God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday with four projects. We packed over 100 health kits for Lutheran World Relief. We had a group of volunteers that packed food bags for our cooperative ministry (Eastern Catawba County Cooperative Christian Ministries) at one of their
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