Sunday Service Project: Burrito Making, 11/16
We will make breakfast burritos for our GMC guests on Sunday, Nov 16, after each worship service. Many hands make light work - plan to join us in the cooking and assembly line to stock our freezer for our neighbors in need.
Pre-Thanksgiving Community Dinner
Mark your calendars now to join us for our annual Pre-Thanksgiving Community Dinner, on Wednesday, November 26 at 6pm. We share a meal with anyone in need or seeking community and fellowship: a full Thanksgiving spread with all the fixings! So, consider signing up to volunteer if you'll be in town, or donate a food item. Signup to volunteer HERE or donate HERE or paper copies in the church entryway. Questions? Contact Sophie Guiny, sophie.guiny@gmail.com
Georgetown Ministry Center Donations
With weather getting colder, the Georgetown Ministry Center is seeking donations of winter coats, handwarmers, and grocery gift cards to help ease our guests through the winter season.
In the coming weeks, the federal government shutdown is confronting homeless neighbors with the possible loss of benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). One of every five D.C. residents relies on SNAP for access to food. This includes the guests who visit the ministry center’s drop-in centers each day and a majority of the people GMC has helped transition into housing.
While GMC provides daily lunches, morning pastries, coffee and snacks, our homeless neighbors’ nutritional needs cannot be met without SNAP benefits.
Please consider ordering snacks and shelf-stable foods from our Amazon Wish List to supplement GMC’s meal program. You can also buy gift cards for food purchases at grocery stores like Safeway and Trader Joe’s. Or you can buy VISA gift cards that GMC staff can give to our guests. This helps our guests maintain the dignity of choosing their own meals.
GMC is preparing for our annual winter clothing distribution. Our guests urgently need new, high-quality winter coats (sizes M – XXXL) and socks to help them safely navigate hypothermia season. Each winter the ministry center goes through hundreds of boxes of handwarmers. We need to begin stocking up now. Wishlist HERE
Every coat, pair of socks and every box of handwarmers directly helps a neighbor stay safe in the cold.
Gift cards, handwarmers and winter coats can be delivered to the ministry center at 1041 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20007. Please email teddy@gmcgt.org to arrange a drop-off.
Little Lutherans, Sunday School, & Confirmation
Little Lutherans is for littles to pre-readers and parents, Sunday school is for grade school readers, and confirmation is for youth ready to learn the foundations of our faith together toward the milestone of affirming their baptisms. These learning groups will meet 9:00-9:45am the second and fourth Sundays of each month, plus special activities, through the school year. Parents, please pick up a calendar today, and see the survey sent to you by email. Questions, want to help lead or participate, please speak with Pastor Brett.
Serve in worship
Many different volunteer roles help make worship happen every week! We welcome you to learn more and sign up to serve. Click here to view the instructions/information for each volunteer role. Try a new way to serve - new folks are always welcome. Click here to view the current volunteer schedule. The schedule for September to Novenmber is now completed.
The GMC "Pop-Up"
Monday through Thursdays, 8am-noon, here at church
Our church is the site of the Georgetown Ministry Center "pop-up" location, serving as a second site for their drop-in center for folks experiencing homelesness in our community. Four mornings a week, the doors are open for all, with a GMC staff member overseeing the program. The pop-up offers shelter and a place of respite and safe rest for many, as well as coffee/snacks, laundry, connection to services, and more. GMC staff offer occasional programs in the space, as well as case management and support toward health and housing for all.
As a congregation we are proud to be a founding member organization of GMC, and have supported many programs and acute needs in the past, including winter shelter, meals, and more. Currently we regularly make breakfast burritos to stock our freezer for the pop-up guests, and participate in other seasonal support events. View more about GMC, its programs, current, needs, and ways to volunteer at their website here: https://georgetownministrycenter.org/.
Georgetown Ministry Center Volunteers Needed
Our neighborhood nonprofit homeless service provider, Georgetown Ministry Center (GMC), needs volunteers! GMC runs the "pop-up" location here in our church Monday through Thursday mornings, and the main center is located at Grace Episcopal Church, 1041 Wisconsin Ave. This time of year GMC particularly needs volunteers as college students are leaving town and the season changes - volunteers are needed at the main center at Grace Church Mondays through Saturdays. You can sign up for a three-hour shift as a volunteer easily here. Volunteers most often staff the window pickup at the main center, handing out coffee, supplies, and occasionally helping serve food or run laundry. Questions, speak with John Henry, GMC board rep for our church.
Come make a joyful noise with Choir!
The GLC choir is looking to add members this fall. If you can carry a tune and enjoy the fellowship that music-making offers, please join us Sundays at 9 am. We rehearse anthems for several weeks ahead, so even those who travel frequently can get comfortable with the music. Questions? Speak to music director Pat Henry.
Garden Volunteers Needed!
All Volunteers welcome
GLC's gardens are a bright spot in our neighborhood, much appreciated by neighbors. But the expansive grounds take a lot of tending. Please consider joining our volunteer gardeners, who tackle weeding, trimming, raking, etc. on their own schedules. Tools are provided. To be added to our email group, please send an email to office@georgetownlutheran.com. And thank you!
Thrivent Members: Raise your Hands!