Thank you to Thrivent and the Mission Endowment Fund (MEF) for additional funds to support sponsoring a MCUM family for the holidays with both "essentials" and items from their "wish list" too. We are sponsoring a mother, 3 year old boy and twins due in the coming months. The photo above shows the packages all ready to be delivered and one of the little Spiderman bike for the 3 year old. Thank you also to congregation members who stopped to help wrap the gifts in the narthex.
Thank you also to the MEF for funds to help support our new relationship with Living Waters, a small ELCA church in Cherokee, North Carolina. We are looking for opportunities to share our mission and ministry with each other and learn more about Native Americans. Pastor Jack Russell of Living Waters has shared some initial stories of how their congregation integrates some Native American customs into the ELCA liturgical service. Look for more information here and in upcoming newsletters.
