God's Work. Our Hands.

On Sunday, September 11th the congregation of Zion Lutheran Church participated in the church wide day of service by packing school kits that will be distributed by Lutheran World Relief.  It was quite clear that we are a congregation of self-starters.  The instructions on how to pack the bags hadn’t even been completed when people started the process.  Our goal was to pack 302 school kits (Zion is 302 years old).  After purchasing three additional notebooks and five pairs of scissors we had 302 completed kits.  And because of our super industrious members, we packed those kits in under 45 minutes.  We packed over 1,200 notebooks, 1,500 pens, 1,500 pencils, 300 rulers, erasers, crayons, scissors and pencil sharpeners.  What a perfect example of many hands make light work. 

Thanks to all who contributed supplies and cash towards funding this project.  Donations of $1,152 plus a $250 gift card from Thrivent Financial were very much appreciated.  The fact that Staples and Walmart were selling notebooks for 17 cents and  crayons for 50 cents was also very appreciated.  Zion’s Endowment Fund will cover the remaining cost of $390.

Looking ahead to next year and thinking of our goal, there is the possibility of assembling 303 school kits or 500 (in 2017 we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation).  That would be 2,000 notebooks …hmmm.