Dorry Pierce has made hats to be sold to support the ministry of the Food Bank or Lutheran World Relief. Look for Dorry's hats in the social area of the church and buy one for $5.00 and you will keep more than one person warm in body and soul more ways than one! Thank you Dorry for giving these hats to help!
The Baskets for Lutheran World Relief overflowed! The things have been sorted out for school and care kits and there is room for more. We are very close to having enough of everything for 9 school kits but not so many care kits. Please keep bringing items through September 23rd. THERE IS ROOM IN THE BASKETS AGAIN! Here are the lists again of the items needed:
NOTEBOOKS OF COLLEGE RULE PAPER WITH EXACTLY 70 PAGES
12 INCH RULERS
NEW #2 PENCILS WITH ERASERS
NEW BALLPOINT PENS
2 and 1/2 inch ERASERS
BLUNT SCISSORS
CRAYONS (BOXES OF 16 OR 24)
Supplies for Personal Care Kits
LIGHT OR MEDIUM WEIGHT BATH TOWELS (dark colors)
BATH SIZE SOAP BARS (4 to 5 oz in original packing)
STURDY COMBS
METAL NAIL CLIPPERS WITH FILE ATTACHED
The Lutheran World Relief Quilting gathering on Wednesday the 29th got us going again for sure! There were seven of us there, a good holy number, and much was gained in our time together. We will be quilting again weekly and will meet this Wednesday, September 5. We have one quilt almost completed and another ready to assemble, with two finished tops ready also. Thank you to those who have been working at home as well as at church to provide quilt tops. What gorgeous work we are seeing!
While the quilters were at church we had visitors sent to us by the school. We were able to provide some school supplies for three little girls who will be arriving this week and who need to be outfitted for school. More supplies will be brought on Sunday. The Food Bank is providing some clothing and we have the sizes of the children for clothes and shoes if anyone else would like to donate. They are coming from the south by bus and have no warm clothing and will arrive with just two sets of clothes apiece. We are excited to meet them and happy to be able to help.
We also were able this past week to help some other members of our community who called us in need of help and the Food Bank was offered their generous assistance as always. What a great asset we have in our Food Bank.
We begin to have to bid "Godspeed" to our summer residents as Labor Day week end brings their summer stay near to the end. God has blessed us through the presence of each person who has worshiped with us at the lake. So many gifts of the Spirit flow richly in our time together. May those of you who are preparing to leave know that our prayers go with you and that we are so grateful that you have been here! God bless!
Last of all the garden is shining with reddening tomatoes, surely the dahlias will bloom soon, and I saw ripe raspberries on the bushes (why weren't they eaten?????) Our first harvest continues!!
As the liturgy puts it "it is truly meet, right and salutary that we should at all times and in all places give thanks." What a perfect time and place this is to do just that!
