Fighting Hunger with Backpacks
Marybeth Lytle, St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, Urbandale, Iowa
-chair of Social Ministry Committee and member  | |
Members of St. Stephen's, Urbandale fill backpacks to help chronically hungry school-age children.
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One evening each month at St. Stephen Lutheran in Urbandale, you'll find an assembly line of members filling sacks of food that will be placed each Friday in backpacks of children that attend nearby Karen Acres Elementary School. The recipients of these sacks are children that are chronically hungry; they don't always know where their next meal is coming from, and the concern is greater on weekends when they don't have access to the federal free and reduced-price meal program. Approximately 50 children at Karen Acres are enrolled in this program. Click here to read more and see how your congregation can help. |
There's Not Enough Time!
...and other reasons for spiritual depletion
Bishop's Day of Renewal for Rostered Leaders
 | | Presenter: Jill Farmer |
Does this sound familiar?
"I fell like a pinball bouncing from one thing to the next,
with no ability to guide my own direction."
"Self care sounds great. But what's everyone going to think
if I just take a 'time out' for myself?"
Come be renewed.
Same event on two dates at two locations:
Thursday, November 29, 2012
The Hotel at Kirkwood, Cedar Rapids, IA
Friday, November 30, 2012
Raccoon River Park Nature Lodge, Des Moines, IA
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Mark Your Calendars for 2013 and 2014
Fall Theological Conference
 | Dr. Mark Allan Powell was one of the 2012 keynote speakers.
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Mark your calendars for the next two fall theological conferences:
2013 Tri-Synodical Fall Theological Conference
September 22-24, 2013
Sheraton Hotel, West Des Moines and
Faith Lutheran Church, Clive
Click here for more information.
and
2014 Southeastern Iowa Synod Fall Theological Conference
September 28-30, 2014
On or near the east side of the Southeastern Iowa Synod
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Geography of Charitable Giving
Grace Duddy, Assistant Director of Center for Stewardship at Luther Seminary
Recently, the Chronicle of Philanthropy released a study that breaks down charitable giving by zip code. They found that wealthy people tend to give a larger percentage of their discretionary income to charity when they live in an area with people of lower incomes. They give because they see the need face-to-face.
You may not be able to change the economic make-up of your congregation's zip code overnight, but you can certainly give your congregation members greater opportunity to see the needs of your community face-to-face. Click here to read entire article.
How does your congregation's zip code match up? Check the data by zip code. Use this tool to find data about charitable giving in your state, community, and neighborhood.
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