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Hunger Walk
March 10, 2013
12:00 p.m.* Registration begins
Turner Field
Atlanta, GA
Walk with LSG!
LSG Tent at St. Patrick's Day Parade
March 16, 2013
Calhoun Square
Savannah, GA
Sign up here
When Strangers Become Neighbors
April 6, 2013
Christ the King Lutheran Church
Norcross, GA
Register here
(Pay $15 registration fee separately)
*Remember to change your clocks for Daylight Savings Time!
Adoption
Disaster Response
FACES
Foster Care
Refugee Services
For information on volunteer opportunities, please contact Bob Gibeling at bgibeling@lsga.org or 678.686.9626
For information on volunteer opportunities within our refugee services program, please contact Melanie Johnson at mjohnson@lsga.org or 678.686.9619
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Lutheran Services of Georgia100 Edgewood Ave. Suite 1800 Atlanta, GA 30303 ldorough@lsga.org |
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This Sunday, over 40 Lutheran congregations will join thousands of other participants at Turner Field for the 2013 Hunger Walk/Run. How do these congregations prepare for the event? What food ministries do they support? Check out the following stories of five congregations from both the LCMS and the ELCA to find out. |
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"Hospitality House" of Peace
On Tuesday mornings, Emma Burrus is often cooking soup and baking cornbread. After finishing in the kitchen, she drives from her home in Conyers to an apartment complex a block away from Peace Lutheran Church in Decatur. She brings the vats of soup and the fresh cornbread to a room in the apartment complex that Peace Lutheran Church manages. On the tables, she lays out bowls, spoons, plates, as well as the soup, cornbread, and some drinks and chips. It is 4:00 p.m. Then she waits, along with any other volunteers who have come to help her.
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Walking it Out at Timothy
If you had been sitting in the pews at Timothy Lutheran Church on Sunday, March 2, you might have been surprised at one moment in the service. Near the beginning of the service, music suddenly filled the room, and it did not come from an organ. Someone had turned on the hip-hop song "Walk it Out," and a group of youth was walking down the aisle toward the chancel, carrying food. Why were a bunch of young people bringing food to the front of the church with a hip-hop song blaring behind them?
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Oak Road's $1,000 Challenge
If you were a pastor, what would you do if your congregation raised $1,000 for the Hunger Walk? Make a special announcement? Praise the person who spearheaded the effort? Feel grateful for a committed congregation? At Oak Road, the pastor may well do all of these things, but he will also have to do something else: dye his hair blue. If the team from Oak Road raises at least $1,000, the new pastor will be sporting quite a different look at the Hunger Walk from the rest of us. Be sure to come to the event to see whether the team achieved their goal!
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The St. John's Runners
"And on March 10, St. John's will participate in the..." As someone was making this announcement during a recent Sunday service at St. John's Lutheran Church, nine people suddenly came running down the main aisle toward the chancel. Carrying brochures and flyers about the Hunger Walk, these folks ran around the chancel as the person making the announcement finished telling the congregation that they should sign up to walk or run with St. John's at the Hunger Walk/Run. Continue reading |
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Penny Wars
Hunger Walk at Lutheran Church of the Messiah
At Lutheran Church of the Messiah, there are two jars. One jar is good news for Pastor Nathan and five courageous council members; the other is bad news for them. If one of the jars contains more pennies than the other on the day before the Hunger Walk, then Pastor Nathan and the five council members, including one woman, will dye their hair and beards purple for the event. Because everyone wants to see Pastor Nathan and the five council members walking around on March 10 with purple hair, won't the one jar easily have more pennies than the other?
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Lorraine's Reflections on the Hunger Walk
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Hunger Walk/Run Stories: Lorraine Dorough, Lutheran Services of Georgia |
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Lutherans Cheer on the Glads
Over 100 fans joined Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and LSG on Saturday, February 9 for Lutheran Night at the Gladiators. Many sported their Gladiators jerseys and a few donned their LSG shirts as they watched the Glads hold on for a victory against the Evansville Ice Men. In a heated third period, while they were already leading 3-2, the Gladiators slashed through the defense to score three goals in quick succession, increasing their lead to 6-2. Although the game appeared to be over, the resolve of the Ice Men did not melt. In the last six minutes of the game, Evansville scored three goals to pull within one of the Glads, but the home side kept its cool to finish out the game on top.
The fans sitting in the Lutheran section came from all over Atlanta, including some from Oak Road Lutheran Church, Living Grace Lutheran Church, and Trinity Lutheran Church. Because a couple of generous staff members of Lutheran Services of Georgia decided to pay for their tickets, volunteers from Lutheran Volunteer Corps also showed up at the game. Here is a photograph of the volunteer crew:
LSG thanks Thrivent and the more than 100 fans that came out to the game to support LSG's Refugee Services. With the money from this event, we'll be able to better welcome the refugee families we resettle from around the world! |
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When Strangers Become Neighbors: Immigration and the Church Today
I was a stranger and you welcomed me. Matthew 25:35
You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Mark 12:31
Saturday, April 6, 2013
9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Registration begins at 9:00 a.m.)
Registration Fee: $15 (lunch included)
Christ the King Lutheran Church
5575 Peachtree Parkway
Norcross, GA 30092
As people from around the world make the United States their home, the political, economic, and spiritual issues related to immigration continue to divide us. Even the language we use--alien, stranger, foreigner--creates division. Jesus calls people of faith to show hospitality to the strangers in our midst. But what happens when these strangers become our neighbors, those we are called to love as we love ourselves?
To learn more about the event and to register, click here. (Although the site says "free," there is a $15 registration fee; see below for payment details.)
To pay the $15 registration fee by credit or debit card, please click here, fill out the form, and put "WSBN Conf Apr 6" in the comments section.
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To pay by check, please remit and mail check with designation "WSBN Conf Apr 6" to Lutheran Services of Georgia, 100 Edgewood Ave. NE, Suite 1800, Atlanta, GA 30303
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Expressions for Hope
LSG's Art Show and Auction in Savannah
Around 45 staff, community members, and art connoisseurs gathered at LSG's office in Savannah last Thursday for Expressions for Hope, the first-annual art show and auction. Guests enjoyed the catered food that was funded by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and browsed the artwork, bidding on their favorite pieces.
Before the auction began, Melinda Borysevicz, a local artist recently featured in The South Magazine, judged the artwork and selected winners in a couple of categories. Elaine George-Asaro won "Best in Show" for her piece entitled Abstract Flowers, an acrylic painting that Gary Johnstone from LSG bidded high enough to win.
Among the professional artists, Katie Joyner won the first-place prize for her photograph, Ghost Boat. Crystal Dummit placed second with her oil painting Sunflower Study, and Clair Buckner took home the third-place prize for Vase. Ms. Borysevicz also judged the amateur artists, and in this category three participants from Coastal Center for Developmental Services earned the top awards. Congratulations to all the winners!
LSG thanks the following individuals, artists, and organizations for their donations and contributions to our event:
Jane Amoroso
John Anderson
Eliot Joanna Angell
Martin Berry
Tillie Billheimer
Jan Blackshire
Melinda Borysevicz
Clair Buckner
Danielle Castro
Laurie Chestnut
Barbara Davis
Demond Davis
Rebecca DeMarco
Lorraine Dorough
Crystal Dummit
Cristina Emberton
Elaine George-Asaro
Deidre Harrison
Katie Hiers
The Home Depot
Katie Joyner
Carol Lasell
Ginger Malone
Dave McHargue
Reverend Larry Miller
Dave Peterson
Gail Quinn
Edith Schmidt
Valerie Stecker
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Savannah Chapter
Susan Trimble
A special thank you to the LSG staff in Savannah as well for their hard work in preparing the event. From decorating the interior of the rooms to hosting the guests, they contributed a lot of time and energy to the art show! We're grateful to have such a great crew in Savannah.
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