Women of the ELCA accepting donations of quilts, blankets,
and comforters to be given to needy this winter
Also new and gently used sheets are needed for making quilts for Lutheran World Relief
Donation box located in courtyard hallway
Another Opportunity
March is the designated month for St. Paul to help stock the shelves of the Orion Area Food Pantry
Container for donations are in the courtyard hallway
Items especially needed include canned fruit, cereal, crackers, brownie mixes, muffin mixes, ravioli, ketchup, mayonnaise, Jello, Spaghettio's, rice/pasta packets, instant pudding, tuna helper, hamburger helper
Another Opportunity
Donations needed for Orion Area "Backpack Blessings" Program which provides a small bag of supplemental food for 30 needy children to take home each weekend
In addition to basic items ordered from IGA or River Bend Food Pantry, they like to include extra items such as pudding cups, fruit snacks, trail mix, goldfish crackers, and other individually packaged items
donations of these "extras" may be left in the designated container in the courtyard hallway
Another Opportunity
Donations needed for the Orion Schools breakfast project. Items appreciated include cheese crackers, peanut butter crackers, pop tarts, granola bars, rice krispy treats, fruit breakfast bars, individual cereal boxes, individual fruit cups. Monetary donations are also needed for purchasing milk. There is a basket in the courtyard hallway for your donations.
One Example
WELCA mission efforts Fall 2017 included 27 quilts, 10 personal care kits,
20 school kits, 12 fabric kits, 5 pounds bar soap.
Also 30 Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes for Samaritan's Purse International Relief.
Another Example
WELCA presented $600 to the church on 10/8/2017
for the ELCA Disaster Relief efforts
in response to the victims of the recent Hurricanes
Another Example
$10,423.36 was contributed in 2017 for various disaster relief efforts,
208% of what was budgeted
Another EXAMPLE
Commitment Weekend Pledges for 2018 totaled
$230,400 almost $10,000 over 2017
Another example
Total Benevolence(Missions) expenditures by the church for 2017 totaled $43,073.36 which was almost 15%
of the total General Fund expenditures!
