This year’s Synod Assembly service project is an ingathering for two area non-profit organizations, Neighbors Helping Neighbors in Mt. Horeb, and Heights Unlimited in Black Earth. Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mt. Horeb, our host congregation for this year’s assembly, has partnered with both organizations, and highly recommends the work they do for their local communities.
This year we are collecting laundry detergent, toilet paper, dish soap, shampoo/ body wash, and diapers. Items may be brought to Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mt. Horeb on the day of the assembly. Neighbors Helping Neighbors and Heights Unlimited will handle transporting the donated items after the assembly.
For many years our service project has focused on need around the globe through the ingathering of health, baby, and hospice kits for Global Health Ministries (GHM). GHM is an outstanding organization and it is our prayer that congregations in our synod will continue their support on an individual basis. In addition, we are deeply grateful to everyone who has helped in the past to organize and transport the kits to the distribution center in Minneapolis.
The assembly planning team believes choosing a local focus for this year has many benefits. It enables our local congregations to strengthen their partnerships with others who are seeking to do God’s work in their community. It is also a way for us as a synod to be a blessing to different communities from year to year. Helping a local partner also means we are able to minimize transportation costs. This means more of our donations will go directly to those who are most in need.
We are looking forward to providing Neighbors Helping Neighbors and Heights Unlimited with an abundance of needed items. Monetary donations are also welcome. To donate to Neighbors Helping Neighbors click here. To donate to Heights Unlimited click here. Donations made by cash or check will be collected on the day of the assembly.