Monday, September 23, 2013

St Thomas Mission Fair 2013

Youth Group is coordinating our Crop Walk involvement

Thank you to everyone who participated in the St Thomas Mission Fair!  Below are photos from the mission fair booths highlighting several of the many wonderful organizations St Thomas is involved with: MCUM, St. Vincent De Paul's, Opportunity House, Interfaith Winter Shelter, Bread for the World, Network of Biblical Storytellers, Kiva St Thomas Lenders, Crop Walk, Living Waters, New Hope Shelter, Sister Parish, ECHO, St Thomas Community Garden, and Mother Hubbard's Cupboard!

Sunday School's Offering Project to support our missionary and a local Preschool 
Beads from our friends at Living Waters

Interfaith Winter Shelter

Pamela's talking Bible!
Checking out all of the countries where St Thomas Lenders has made Kiva loans.

Beautiful bounty from the St Thomas Community Garden
ECHO and the St Thomas Community Garden table

St Thomas 4-6 graders completed a scavenger hunt with clues for each booth

Bread for the World booth

Monday, September 9, 2013

ELCA Anniversary Celebration at St. Thomas

A BIG thank you to everyone who supplied items for the personal care kits and who helped assemble them Sunday, as we marked the 25th anniversary of the ELCA together! With you help we assembled 78 kits, far exceeding our best guesses - thank you!!






We had a wonderful intergenerational experience, with people a wide variety of people supplying items for the kits. Then on September 8, every child in the Sunday School put together a kit, as well as members of the congregation, Pastor Lyle and youth group. Thank you to the Mission Endowment Fund for assistance with the shipping costs to Lutheran World Relief. The kits are sent all over the world to help people in need, such as immediately after natural disasters.