Building, Serving, and Connecting: Highlights from God’s Work, Our Hands Weekend
Bob Wills was so inspired by the impact of the God’s Work, Our Hands team at YELLS, of which he was a major part, that he went to the Wednesday Morning Men’s Group and suggested that they sponsor additional updates to the YELLS facility. This was quickly agreed. So, just a couple of weeks after the initial effort on September 7, Bob led a team to replace 12 light fixtures in addition to the original 6 done on God’s Work, Our Hands weekend. Thanks to Bob, Kirk Gadebush, Ron Kostamo, and Don Auenson for installing the additional light fixtures and the entire Wednesday Men’s Group for funding the purchase.
We want to thank all of the congregation for supporting this year’s God’s Work, Our Hands activities. We had 37 people give their time and talent on Saturday morning at YELLS, MUST, and the Promise Garden. At YELLS they installed new lighting and chair rails, repaired drywall, painted walls, and organized supplies. At MUST they put together nearly 200 food packages and in the Promise Garden they built two large raised beds, erected deer protection posts/line/scare tape & pinwheels, and spread mulch. There was also work assembling and planting a vertical herb garden and blueberry bushes that continued into Sunday.
On Sunday morning between services, we had many dozens more of the congregation in the Gathering Room. They visited six ministry tables representing LCR Blanketeers, Special Needs Cobb, Guatemala, Shepherd Staff, MUST Ministries and Knitters for Peace and joined in the work of these ministries. Comforting blankets were prepared, ornaments were made, prayers, bible verses and messages of comfort were written, hygiene kits for the homeless were assembled, information was shared and new volunteers recruited. In addition, two staff tables provided general information and crafts for children.
Special thanks to the Fellowship Team for providing refreshments to the work crews on Saturday and a special breakfast for all on Sunday.
Everyone had a great, productive and rewarding weekend celebrating the work done by these and the other LCR ministries throughout the year.
We surely felt God’s work being done by our hands.
