Outreach Team – November 2024
Outreach is excited to announce we have a new member, Gail Nicewander! Welcome Gail, we’re glad to have you on the Outreach Team. Our members include Chris Kollen as lead, Carol Buuck, Phyllis Teager, Patty Clymer, Janette Carollo, and Gail Nicewander.
We are planning new and exciting projects this coming year. If you’d like more information about becoming a member of Outreach, contact Chris Kollen at lizzykollen@comcast.net or at 520-419-7475.
Continuing Events
Marana Food Bank
The Marana Food Bank would like to request that we collect canned veggies (corn, peas, carrots), gravy, stuffing, evaporated milk, condensed milk, pumpkin puree, jelly, and canned cooked ham. Hygiene items are also always needed as well.
Let’s give Thanks to God for everything by helping our neighbors have a blessed Thanksgiving. Let’s help them to feel God’s love by sharing what we have with those who currently have less.
Donated items can be placed in the wooden cabinet located in the hallway outside the Fellowship Hall. Please remember that the food bank cannot accept any food items that have been opened/used or expired. Also, please, no glass containers.
If you would like to donate and keep your gift for the needy of Marana, you can send a check to:
MFB-CRC
c/o Sahuarita Food Bank
PO Box 968
Sahuarita, AZ 85629
Please make checks payable to Marana Food Bank – Community Resource Center or MFB-CRC.
You can also donate online at mfb-crc.org.
Your monetary gift goes a long way.
Upcoming Events
Thanksgiving Boxes – Roadrunner Elementary
We are currently collecting food from October 13th to November 8th. On Sunday, November 15th, we’ll have a fun day organizing the food and decorating the boxes. We’ll organize the food collected after 1st service, then pack the boxes after 2nd service. The boxes will be delivered to Roadrunner the week of November 11th. We handed out handouts of what to collect on Nov. 18th, there will be additional handouts in the Narthex. Please let us know of any additional families that need help.
Adopt a Child – Roadrunner Elementary
We are having Adopt a Child again this year, partnering with Roadrunner Elementary School. We are waiting to hear from Roadrunner the names of the students and their families and their needs and wants for Christmas. The gifts will need to be returned to the church by Sunday, December 1st.
Lutheran World Relief – Baby Care Packs
We plan on holding a drive in the new year for baby care packs to send to Lutheran World Relief. In 2023, they provided baby care packs to Angola, the Dominican Republic, Mali, Tanzania, and Turkey. More information to come in 2025.
Feed My Starving Children
Feed My Starving Children will be coming up at the beginning of February, dates have not been set yet. The sign-up sheet will be available by December 31st. Stay tuned for information about this wonderful event.
Monthly Mobile Food Bank Distribution
Volunteers are needed for the Mobile Food Bank Distribution monthly events at Roadrunner Elementary School. They take place in the school parking lot and run from 8:00am-9:00am. It would be great to have 2-4 volunteers from Lord of Grace on November 19th and December 17th. We usually meet at church about 7:00 am and carpool out to the school. There is set up and assisting the neighbors with loading up the food. If you are interested in joining us for this important outreach please call or text Phyllis Teager 520-906-1837 or Chris Kollen 520-419-7475.
Roadrunner Butlers Pantry
We continue to support Butler’s Pantry at Roadrunner School. Our personal hygiene drive in the fall was very successful–thanks to all of you! We continue to have volunteers who work a couple days a month sorting donations and filling the food shelves with generous donations from many groups around the Roadrunner community. We also staff the Pantry one Saturday a month, when it is open to the Roadrunner neighbors. We are always looking for additional volunteers to help with this ongoing ministry. If this ministry is something that you would be interested in getting involved in, please contact an Outreach Team member.