More pictures from OFJ Trunk or Treat! Thank you so much everyone for such a great night!
On October 24, our confirmation youth went on a community service trip to St. Paul, MN. At Second Stork, we packed baby layettes for metro area and northwest Wisconsin hospitals for new moms in crisis need.
Then we packed meals at Feed My Starving Children. Our crew packed enough meals for 75 children in Haiti to have one meal a day for one year. Thank you to these great kids and adult helpers who shared of their time and talents in a big way. We are blessed to be a blessing!
Our Food Truck Party theme verse was “Give us this day our daily bread.” We heard the stories of Manna in the Wilderness, Elijah and the Poor Widow, and Jesus Feeds the 5,000; stories of trusting God to provide. We learned that even in the midst of scarcity there is abundance when we share.
The children took our congregation’s yellow Food Donation Bags home and their families filled them with a combined total of 142 pounds of food for local hunger needs! We walked to Loaves and Fishes, our local food pantry, with all our food donations on our last day. Gena Bugno introduced the children to the Pantry and taught us about local hunger issues and the need for food donations throughout the year.
Thank you, everyone - teachers and children alike - for this VBS opportunity! God is good….all the time!
LOAVES AND FISHES FOOD PANTRY
In Confirmation we are learning about both global and local hunger issues. On November 1, we paid a visit to Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry in Luck. Gina Bungo, one of the volunteers at the Pantry, showed us around the space and told us how people who are food insecure have access to the food. We brought gifts with us on our visit: Our confirmation families donated $90 in cash and 109 pounds of food! Another family promised 50-60 pounds of winter squash from their garden for the pantry. We have been blessed to be a blessing – all of these donations are greatly appreciated!
• Members of The High School Youth Group are planning to attend the National Youth Gathering in New Orleans this July!
• In preparation for the gathering they spent the day together doing provided lessons, games, and activities. Learning to be Brave like Jesus, Acceptance of new people & things, and to be Disciples.
• Here are just a few pictures showing some of the fun they had together.
