Community Caregivers Project

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During Lent, the Servant Shepherds, with help from the congregation, will be making care boxes to thank those in our community who serve others by caring for them. The care boxes will consist of a variety of prepackaged snacks and thank you cards.

We need your help in several ways. One way is making thank you cards for our community helpers. We will have card kits available for members/families to take home. There are 10 cards in each kit, and everything you need is included.

The second opportunity is to provide individual, pre packaged snacks such as chips, granola bars or cookies. Please no homemade food items. We will put these snack items with the homemade cards in decorated boxes and deliver to various community locations.

The card kits will be available to pick up at Church on the table near the door beginning on Ash Wednesday, February 17.

We are asking all finished cards and snacks to be returned Church no later than March 24. We will then assemble these care boxes to be delivered the following week.

Thank you so much for your service to show our appreciation to those who care for others in our community.

LSS Network of Hope

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The Servant Shepherds are supporting two vital Lutheran Social Services agencies this Christmas season. In lieu of in-person service, we are collecting personal care items for LSS Choices and LSS Faith Mission from Dec 6 - Jan 3.

LSS Choices for Victims of Domestic Violence has been the sole resource for victims seeking shelter in Franklin County for more than four decades. Domestic violence is a terrible and increasingly pervasive problem that tears apart families and communities. Victims and their children who are living with an abuser need a safe place to go to break the cycle of violence and begin the healing process.

Faith Mission is one of the largest homeless shelters in Columbus, Ohio. Each year, Faith Mission provides more than 90,000 nights of shelter to men, women and veterans and serves three meals a day to anyone who is experiencing homelessness. No matter their situation, when a person arrives at Faith Mission, they are treated fairly, with dignity and without judgment.

You can help by bringing any of the following new, full-sized items to the table in the Gathering Space between Dec. 6 and Jan. 3:

  • shampoo

  • conditioner

  • body wash

  • lotion

  • toothpaste

  • toothbrush

  • deodorant

Kits containing these personal care items will be assembled and distributed to the two agencies where the need is greatest. Donations of disposable razors, shaving cream, combs, brushes and ethnic hair products are also welcome.

To learn more about these agencies and others within the LSS Network of Hope, visit https://lssnetworkofhope.org.