Did you know that $30 to ELCA Good Gifts can provide a piglet to a family in need? When this little piggy grows up she will give birth to as many as 16…
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Wow! Grateful! Overwhelming! Awestruck! Heartwarming! Appreciative! Life Changing! These are just a few of the many words to describe this past weekend’s Gifts of Hope Market. The generosity of this year’s market shoppers…
Have you been wanting to get Fair Trade coffee, chocolate or tea? You are in luck! Even though we won’t be selling on Sundays, you can pick up products by calling Cyndi during…
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day from your home by using the solitary time to reassess your current habits and develop new ones that are better for the planet. Visit www.earthday.org/11-actions-for-the-planet-during-a-pandemic to…
Millions of people in South Sudan have been impacted by the ravages of civil war and famine. You may have heard about the situation from First Lutheran members at the Gifts of Hope…
Showing support for disaster impacted communities is a longstanding standard and tradition in our national and Lutheran history. As lawmakers discuss an appropriate response, now is the time to tell your representatives to…
You won’t want to miss a stop at the Mission Marketplace at the December 7 and 8 Gifts of Hope! Mission Marketplace, a partnership between Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Wahoo and Thrivent, will…
A year of nursing school in Tanzania, including room, board, uniforms, tuition and books, costs $1700. The average wage of a medium skilled worker in Tanzania would be the equivalent of $130 in…
Wednesday’s Disciples… Sole Hope is an organization that makes and distributes shoes to persons of all ages in Uganda to prevent infection by a parasite called jiggers. A jigger starts…
At the end of Sunday´s Adult Forum on Pastor Justin and Kari´s border immersion experience, they briefly mentioned some ways you can respond to the humanitarian crisis at the border: 1. Pray. Pray…
