'We now know what Santa must feel like,' LSC Disaster Services Team Director Paul Dunn said.

For 2021, there were over 21,000 pounds of kits and quilts taken to Lutheran World Relief!

The orange cloth is a tangible thing that opens opportunities for discussion about intangible grief.

One answer to prayer came when community partners asked us to host Greensboro’s first Freedom Fridge, a free public refrigerator and pantry stocked and maintained by the community.

Fifty-five volunteers from St. John’s, Salisbury participated in the "God’s Work. Our Hands." project at Isenberg Elementary on Oct. 10.

The blessings of this service across the synod are far-reaching!

It's a blessing to share a chance to be creative through art with communities that have such loving and compassionate hearts.

It was strengthening to hear others share similar issues in their leadership. I did not feel so alone in trying to navigate such challenging times.

There’s no doubt that campers are having the same quality experience as they would any other summer.

I have to give credit to North Carolina Lutherans for sparking my thinking about collaboration more than 15 years ago.

The sanctuary of St. Andrew, New Bern, suffered major damage from the multi-day pounding of Hurricane Florence in September 2018. Now they celebrate new space.

For us, it’s really important for us to be church together in this.

Sunday, April 25, was a red-letter day for the Conrad family—and for the NC Synod!

...we get referrals for patients who say they don’t believe in God at all, but they want to talk to a chaplain.

We’ve been working on our fresh food initiative for several years, and that’s what we received a Domestic Hunger Grant for.

Hear about challenges, partnership, and hope with Deacon Randy Youngquist-Thurow and Deacon Mitzie Schafer.

There are so many people who are food insecure. It’s just crazy.

I told the kids that the Parktown Food Hub is the South Durham branch of Santa’s workshop.

The most challenging part about being a parent during the pandemic is trying to making sure our kids are ok when the whole world is clearly not.

Cross and Crown, Matthews, are supporters of C.O.S.Kids, a non-profit Christian ministry supporting low-income, single-parent families.

Synod staff recognized that particularly in this season of COVID-19, nurturing leaders includes helping them to grieve.

Salem, Lincolnton, came together to do 'God’s Work' with 'Our Hands' by creating a little library.

What we’ve been lifting up in this time of COVID is that we are still called, that has not changed.

How do 100,000 masks get into the hands of NC Synod congregations?

This is about transforming the world through building new social relationships.

The churches in the synod's Silver Valley Conference are working collaboratively, sharing the ministry of “The Vine,” and becoming stronger together.

It is true that we cannot go to the building and worship corporately...(b)ut we can certainly worship as the church together, apart.

People are often overwhelmed with thanks, tears in their eyes, and joy in their hearts as we bring an abundance of food to them.

…we are the church together…the church is not a building…the church is the people!

For me, being in the youth band and leading worship helped me feel closer to God than I’ve ever felt. It makes me feel like God is in the room.

If there was ever a time for the Gospel in action, this is it.

Pastors Mary and Tim Canniff-Kuhn concluded their final summer as program directors at Lutheridge in 2019.