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Prayer Quilt / Prayer Shawl Ministry
As many of you know, the prayer shawls over the
years have been such a blessing to those who have received them.
Kristina Aldred would like to begin making prayer quilts for those in need of
prayer and comfort.
It would be wonderful if the pieces for the quilt came from our family of Good
Shepherd. If you have material pieces that could be used that you would
like to donate, let us know or bring them to church. Prior to sharing, we would
like for you to hold them and pray over them, that they might be used to bring
comfort, peace, and joy to the one who receives the quilt. The quilt would
begin in prayer from the homes and hearts of the family of Good Shepherd.
Let us know if you would like to make donations, or if you might be interested
in creating prayer shawls yourself !
The
Daily Bread Ministry is a grass-roots outreach, started by an individual
at LCGS who seeks the heart of Jesus. A need was seen and now, through
collective efforts, that need is being met. You are invited to
meet at the church by 8:00 am each Tuesday to share in the community work of this
ministry.
Lunches, boxes of groceries and hygiene kits are delivered to people in
Douglasville who reside in the woods. Please join us, it is a blessing.
To keep our ministry going, we need one item or can of food per week from
each congregant. Items needed are: drinks, small canned meals with pop-tops,
fruit cups, pudding cups, crackers, pop-tarts, Little Debbie cakes, raisins, or
anything that you would like to have in a lunch.
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A. Food Pantries: |
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1. Total number of households served during the past month 5 |
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2. Total number of persons served during the past month |
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3. Total number of children served during the past month 120 |
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4. Total number of senior citizens served during the past month |
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5. Total number of pounds of food distributed in the past month 1570 |
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B-1. On Premise/Congregate Feeding Programs:* |
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1. Total number of individuals fed during the past month |
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B-2. On Premise/Congregate Feeding Programs: |
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1. Total number of breakfasts served |
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2. Total number of lunches served |
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3. Total number of dinners served |
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4. Total number of snacks served |
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5. Total number of brown-bag meals provided 360 |
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6. Total number of home delivered meals provided |
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Total: |
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C-1. Capacity |
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1. Did you turn anyone away this month? no |
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The Back Pack Food Program provides food to elementary age school children identified by the school counselor as being in need of food for the weekends.
Needed items include:
individual cereal boxes, juice boxes, nutri-grain bars, individual packs of crackers, fruit roll-ups, pull top cans
of soup, beanie weenies, tuna and ravioli type pasta.
Thank you for donating!
Stephen's Ministry
Christ Caring for People through People.
The Stephen Minister's role
is to bring God's love into the lives of people who are going through a
difficult time or experiencing a crisis.
What do Stephen Ministers do? They listen to you, care for you, support and
encourage you, and pray with and for you.
And in the midst of this confidential, one-to-one, caring relationship, God's
healing love comes pouring through.
If you or
someone you know is facing a crisis, large or small, and could benefit from the
caring presence of a Stephen Minister,
talk to one of ours:
Pastor Mike Bovingdon,
Rick Detraz, Holly Liersch, Ray Kutzner, Steve Pulver, Doris Boylen, Paulette
Bovingdon and Leila Myers.
Our Stephen Ministers are ready to care for you!
Helping Haiti
Thrivent Financial members invited to join in a $3 million Helping Haiti effort!
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans members, who want to make a financial contribution to support disaster response efforts in Haiti, can have their donations to one of four Lutheran relief agencies multiplied by the fraternal benefit society. To participate, visit www.thrivent.com/helpinghaiti and make a contribution to one of the following:
1. Lutheran World Relief
2. ELCA Disaster Response
3. LCMS World Relief/Human Care
4. WELS Committee on Relief
Thrivent Financial will add $1 to every $2 its members donate, up to a total contribution of $1 million. That means a potential of $3 million or more to support relief efforts. For questions or alternative ways to donate through this program, please call 800-236-3736. When prompted, say “directory” and enter ext. 83003.