God's work. Our hands. Day of Service - Sunday, September 13th - Part One: School Kits

This fall CtK will join other ELCA congregations for the third annual "God's work. Our hands." Day of Service. There will be several opportunities to serve right here in Bozeman, as well as an opportunity to make a difference around the world.

Assembling School Kits for Lutheran World Relief is one way to have global impact, by making it possible for children who might otherwise not be able to pursue their education to attend school. In order to assemble School Kits, we need folks (you!?) to purchase and donate the supplies for them.

Each School Kit contains:

Four 70-sheet notebooks of wide– or college– ruled paper; no loose-leaf paper
One 30-centimeter ruler, or a ruler with centimeters on one side and inches on the other
One pencil sharpener
One pair of blunt scissors (safety scissors with embedded steel blades work well)
Five unsharpened #2 pencils with erasers
Five black or blue ballpoint pens (no gel ink)
One box of 16 or 24 crayons
One 2 ½” eraser

It is NOT necessary for you to purchase items for one complete kit. Purchase whichever supplies you like, and when everything is gathered we'll put together as many kits as we can. All items should be new and in good condition.

 

For more information about Lutheran World Relief and where school kits go, check out:

lwr.org/schoolkits

 

 

Bozeman Community Café summer 2015 update from Laura Stonecipher

June saw 2,686 diners being served over 4434 plates of yummy food.  In July we served over 4,580 meals to 2,763 hungry folks.  If you are into statistics this equates to a 27% increase in people served compared to June 2014.  July 2015 saw a 14% increase in diners enjoying a meal at the Cafe. All this translates to more people receiving nutritious dinners and being graciously served by you the volunteers. 

Fixed costs to run the Cafe are $70,800 per year.  These include water/sewer, insurance, utilities, mortgage payments, maintenance etc. The Cafe does receive the bulk of food served from the food bank but there are some food items that need to be purchased as well. When you add in salaries for the staff you can see why every little donation adds up and helps reduce the deficit.   Unfortunately the Cafe finished our fiscal year in the red again this year. We're working hard to change this trend and so appreciate each and every contribution received.

If you haven't checked out the Cafe's website please do so. (www.cafebozeman.org) It is packed with great information and includes lots of new volunteer opportunities during the day if you are available.

FYI: The Nova Cafe is featuring a special scramble in July, August and September with 10% of the proceeds going to the Community Cafe!  I haven't been able to try it yet but it must be yummy since they sold over 350 in July!  Check it out. 

Exploring Faith and Life Together - Friday Morning Small Group has a new book

The Friday Morning Small Group will begin reading/discussing a new book at their next meeting on August 28th: Wearing God: Clothing, Laughter, Fire and Other Overlooked Ways of Meeting God, by Lauren Winner. The group meets every other Friday morning at 7:00am at Clark's Fork, for conversation about the current book and life and faith. Participants usually head out about 8:30am or so. Now is a great time to join the group!
If you have questions, please talk to Pastor Lindean.