Connecting Outward: Helping Others in Our Community

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2020 Community Outreach Schedule

January: The Gift of Warmth: coat drive
February: The Gift of God's Love: booth at Chocolate Festival
​The Gift of Food: Souper Bowl Sunday food collection
March:   
April:   
May:   
June: A Gift to Children: Vacation Bible School 
July:  
Aug:   
Sept:   
Oct: The Gift of Food: Trick or Treat for Manna Pantry 
Nov:   
Dec: Christmas caroling

For more information, please contact our Vice President of Evangelism, Byrona Maule. 

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Other Opportunities to Help

Vacation Bible School:
​Planning Meeting, Feb 9

If you are interested in helping with VBS, please join us for our first planning meeting on Feb 9, right after the late service ends. We will be picking a theme, dates and times. 

Handyman Ministry Opportunity

Do you enjoy doing small handyman jobs? We are looking for someone who is willing to help folks who are unable to do home maintenance. If you feel called to lead this, or if you want to help, please contact Lori B. ​

Help RLC Visitors Feel Welcome

Would you like to help make people feel welcome when they come into the church? If so, please sign up to be a door greeter for your favorite service. The sheet is on the bulletin board in the fellowship hall. ​

Feeding the Hungry Who Stop By

We stock a variety of on-the-go food items to give to people who stop by RLC, hoping to get some food to get by.  If you would like to help out those who are in need of food in our community, please consider donating a few items. We can always use the following items:

• Fresh fruit and vegetables
• Snacks
• Large paper bags
• Canned chicken and tuna
• Ravioli and pasta in a can (both family and individual servings) with pop tops, if possible.
• Chicken and beef soup
• Powdered milk
• Peanut butter
• Canned pop-top fruit (single-size servings)
• Cereal
• Bottled water and individual juice boxes

Thank you!

JANUARY

Gift of Warmth Coat Drive

We are collecting new or lightly-used coats, jackets and sweaters. These coats will be distributed to those in need in conjunction with the community ministry at the Manna Pantry. Please make sure the items you donate are clean. Thank you for helping.

FEBRUARY

Gift of God's Love
​RLC Booth at the Yukon Chocolate Festival, Feb 1

RLC is sponsoring a booth at the festival and we will be distributing chocolate covered pretzels. We will need volunteers to help make the pretzels, to make little notes to go with the pretzels, to decorate the booth, to help set up , to work the booth from 1-3pm and to take down the booth afterward. 

Gift of Food
Souper Bowl Sunday, Feb 1, 2

Souper Bowl Sunday is coming up. We will be collecting non-perishable food items for the Manna Pantry. Vote for your favorite team in the Super Bowl by donating food and/or cash to the team of your choice. Thank you! 

We will also be collecting money for the ELCA World Hunger program. ​