Catherine Fink

Holy Trinity, Raleigh, lived out the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America‘s annual day of service—God’s Work. Our Hands—by assembling 100 school kits for Lutheran World Relief, helping provide students around the world with the tools they need to learn and thrive.

St. John’s, Concord, showed up in generous ways for their neighbors in Cabarrus County on God’s Work. Our Hands. Sunday. An energetic group gathered at the fellowship building Sunday afternoon to pack bags of food for the congregation’s “Sonshine Backpack Ministry” program. This ministry ensures that children in the community have reliable weekend meals. Many

God’s Work. Our Hands. Sunday on September 13 was a great day for the Lord’s message to “tend to those that can’t tend to themselves.” At St. James, Fayetteville, more than 80 folks came together after worship and packed over 60 Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes for Samaritan’s Purse. A few of the more adventurous folks

The congregation of Alamance, Alamance, was busy preparing for and celebrating God’s Work. Our Hands. Sunday! Throughout August, congregation members prepared Blessing Meal Bags, filling each with the ingredients for one of three menus. Members of a local Girl Scout group and people from the community served by Alamance joined in the effort. On Sunday,

On September 13, the people of St. John’s, Salisbury, came together for a meaningful day of service as the congregation participated in God’s Work. Our Hands. From young to old, members of the congregation rolled up their sleeves and found ways to serve, work together, and share God’s love with others. Throughout the day, volunteers

For God’s Work. Our Hands. Sunday, Saint Andrew, Mt. Airy, collected word puzzle books, drinks, snacks, socks, and other items for a local nursing home facility. Then, they delivered those goodies to the residents at Central Continuing Care. It was a great day seeing the joy on their faces as the children greeted them with

Four Piedmont congregations—Friedens, Gibsonville; Macedonia, Burlington; Coble’s, Julian; and First, Greensboro—joined forces for God’s Work. Our Hands. They gathered at Friedens for a meal pack-a-thon with Feed the Hunger. Together, the congregations raised over $3,800 and packed 10,080 meals, many of those going to Ukraine and Ghana. The Feed the Hunger in partner in Ghana

Lord of Life, Garner, packed 50+ “zoom bags” that were distributed to people experiencing homelessness in Garner and Smithfield. Each bag contained toiletries, water, and a T-shirt.

Christ the King, Cary, teamed up with Lord of Life, Garner, to pack meals for Rise Against Hunger. In three shifts, 122 volunteers packed 15,552 meals that are destined for the Philippines.

St. Peter’s, Salisbury, and St. James, Rockwell, established the East Rowan Community Food Bank this year. For God’s Work. Our Hands. weekend this year, they held their second annual Community Breakfast & Health Fair for their neighbors. They served breakfast to over 100 people, distributed food to 22 neighbors, received 318 lbs. of donated food,