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Serving God and the Community
We are active in the following agencies in the Denver Metro area. If you interested in helping, contact the Church in Society Committee, Ruth Peterson, Chair.
Community
Ministry of SW Denver,
located at 1755 S. Zuni, is supported by 25 area churches, both financially
and with donations of food and clothing. Place your uncut Sunday
newspaper coupons in the collection box above the coat rack and
non-perishable food and personal care item donations in the
grocery cart near the Fellowship Hall.
Annual
Community Ministry 5K Run-Walk
Thank
you to everyone who donated or walked for their 2012 Walk. CTK
donated $260. CM totally collected over $7000. The 2013 Walk is
scheduled for Saturday, September 14, 2013.
Children's
Socks and Underwear Drive
During
August and September,
we collected new girl's and boy's underwear and socks for
Community Ministry. It was a great success! Faithful members
donated 562 items. This will help 70 children receive four pairs of
socks and four pieces of underwear.
School
Supply Drive for Community Ministry
During July 2013, we will again
collect school supplies to help children through Community
Ministry. Thank you for your support!
During 2012 Advent, the Church in Society committee also sold ELCA alternative gifts from God's Global Barnyard. A total donation of $1,121. was collected. This enabled us to purchase 2 pigs, 6 goats, 18 chicks, 8 ducks, 3 water jugs, water purification tablets, 1 school fees for a girl, 4 textbooks for a child, 1 microloan, 1 vaccinations for a child, and 6 mosquito nets! Thank you to everyone for your donation.
Our
2013 Lenten "Buck a Chick" campaign raised $52 to purchase 52
chicks through the ELCA Good Gifts program for impoverished families.
Current
Events:
The offering taken at our 2013 Women's Spring Tea will benefit Warren
Village. We collected $271.
Our
2013 Lenten Offering was collected to benefit MOSAIC-Denver.
Mosaic provides a life of possibilities for people with
intellectual disabilities in the
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Community Ministry Food Item for May is peanut butter and/or jelly. They are also in extreme need of canned vegetables and empty egg cartons (12 egg size).
The ELCA Malaria Campaign enabled our church to join with African companion churches in the global effort to prevent, treat and contain malaria by 2015. The ELCA Malaria Campaign has a $15 million goal. Our total collection for this project was $759!
Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission
in Arizona is a school that needs vans and
computers. By saving
Campbell's soup labels
and Education Box tops, these can be
purchased. The collection box is above
the coat rack.
CTK Quilters make quilts and lap robes for Lutheran World Relief, Ebenezer Care Center in Brush, CO, the Linus Project, Florence Crittenton Homes, and Community Ministry. They also make baptismal quilts for each child and baby quilts. They meet on the third Friday of each month from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm in the former office on South Osceola. Bring a snack lunch and stay as long as you like.
The Heifer Project helps Third World countries help themselves with donations of animals, fish and seeds.
Urban Servant Corps brings volunteers into a communal setting for one year of urban volunteer experience at some of Denver's inner city agencies.
ELCA World Hunger and Disaster Relief finds generous support through the gifts of individuals like yourself, with the highest percentage of gifts actually getting to those in need.
Numerous local service agencies benefit from CTK gifts in-kind and offerings.
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