GLIMPSES OF GLENDALE: Weekly Newsletter

Thursday, January 28, 2021

Weekly Newsletter

Glimpses of Glendale

Glendale Lutheran Church Newsletter

January 28, 2021

This Weekend we are hosting Youth-in-Action as they give away food. One hundred families have been vetted by Kirkcare and given an invitation. They will drive into our parking lot and we will hand them a box full of groceries. It’s the feeding of the 500 or so.

We could use your help Friday and Saturday. We meet in the gym on Friday at 7pm to assemble the boxes and ready them for the next day. This is a great servant event for kids because they certainly can help. On Saturday, arrive at 9am as we prepare for the 10am arrival of our guests. We’ll need people to direct traffic and move boxes. Then cleanup is at 11am.

If you’ve been isolated and frustrated by Covid season, this is a great way to feel of use. Glendale Lutheran has the gift of Hospitality. Wear your Glendale Lutheran shirts under your jacket. Let’s help our neighbors just the way Jesus calls us to do. See you there.

Please wear a mask during worship services.

Daily Bible Reading

Birthday Bags and Meal Kits 2021

This is the 6th year for our Birthday Bags and Meal Kits program with Operation Food Search (OFS). The program will officially start on January 31 with a table, sign and birthday boxes in the front entrance to church. Please place any contributions on or near the table. The final day is February 28 for turning in your contributions. Needless to say, there are many more families this year with few resources to celebrate.

Stacks of flyers are available by our mail boxes explaining what is needed. There are a few changes on the meal kits. OFS prefers the Chili Night and Cajun Beans and Rice be used. They are also asking that we put the meal in a plastic grocery bag and then tie it up twice. There are labels on the table with the meal kit choices printed on them; please label your tied grocery bag with one of them. Friendly reminder that no glass items be put in the bags.

For the birthday bags, we have a large supply of birthday candles and other party goods in the parish house basement down by the gym. Please feel free to come down and take what is needed for your birthday bag!

If you would like to participate in the program but cannot purchase the complete birthday bag and/or meal kit, or if you are unable to get out to do the buying, you can choose to buy part of what is needed or contribute money and someone else will do the shopping. The money can be given to Marcia Hempel, by mail, church mail box or in person.

Thank you for your help. It is a great cause and will be appreciated by families throughout the year.

Youth in Action/Kirkcare Food Giveaway

Youth In Action has teamed up with Kirkcare to give away boxes of food to 100 families in need. The food distribution will take place on January 30th from 10:00 to 11:30 AM in the parking lot of Glendale Lutheran Church. The giveaway is by invitation only through Kirkcare. It is not open to the public. The boxes will be assembled in the gym of Glendale Lutheran Church on Friday, January 29th from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. Volunteers are needed to assemble boxes of food on Friday. Greeters are also needed to welcome the families as they pick up on Saturday.

Youth In Action and various schools are collecting items for the boxes. If you would like to donate food items, we are in need of cans of beef stew and jars of peanut butter. There is a collection box in the hall outside the church office. Items are needed by January 27th. For more information contact Keith Rawlings at 314-398-0576 or keith4yia@hotmail.com.