Grace Benevolence and Outreach Teams give aid and extended support internationally, to several Dayton area community service and ministry organizations and to the Grace membership itself.
Benevolence Team Meets on Thursday, December 12 at 3:00pm in the fellowship hall to assemble Christmas Cooke Kits for the MUM’s Food Pantry and making Christmas Cards. The congregational support for the Hope Rising Adopt a Family Project and the MUMS Christmas Tree in a Bag project was met with great success. The lives touched in the community are immeasurable and such a blessing.
At the October 10th Benevolence Team meeting birthday kits and Halloween buckets with candy and snacks were created. The birthday kits were delivered to the MUM’s food pantry and the candy and snacks were delivered to local organizations in the Dayton Community.
The Grace Outreach Team continues to collect pull tabs from pop/soda cans for the Ronald McDonald House and cancelled postage stamps for a veteran’s organization to use for rehabilitation purposes. Please save the postage stamps from your incoming Christmas cards and other mail throughout the year. Boxes are provided near the south parking lot entrance for collection of these items.
The supply drive for Hope Rising was a gift of welcome again this year. Due to an immediate need for baby food several drop offs of food and diapers were made early and again in the middle of October. The remaining goods, consisting of diapers, wipes, blankets, crib sheets, hangers, a child’s book, and a bag of slightly used clothes were delivered later.
Help a Child Learn to Read
Volunteer with Reading Allies: Reading Allies is a voluntee based literacy program that works in partnership with the schools and community to bring elementary students to grade level in reading. Reading Allies is piloting the program in West Carrollton, beginning October 15, in partnership with the Miami Valley Leadership Foundation.
Make a difference and volunteer! Volunteers work one-on-one with a student each week for just 30 minutes. Program dates are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30-10:00 and 10:15- 10:45. The program runs for 10 weeks, and volunteers can choose to do one or multiple sessions per week. No prior education experience is needed. Anyone can sign up by visiting readingallies.org and selecting West Carrollton as their region.
Volunteer with Reading Allies: Reading Allies is a voluntee based literacy program that works in partnership with the schools and community to bring elementary students to grade level in reading. Reading Allies is piloting the program in West Carrollton, beginning October 15, in partnership with the Miami Valley Leadership Foundation.
Make a difference and volunteer! Volunteers work one-on-one with a student each week for just 30 minutes. Program dates are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30-10:00 and 10:15- 10:45. The program runs for 10 weeks, and volunteers can choose to do one or multiple sessions per week. No prior education experience is needed. Anyone can sign up by visiting readingallies.org and selecting West Carrollton as their region.
The Grace fellowship joined with the Moraine City Church of God, Living Water Lutheran and the Family Church to sponsor a second Sleep In Heavenly Peace bed-build together for the kids in our communities. The date for the event was today, Saturday, September 14, 9:00 am -12:00 pm. Nearly 80 volunteers built the components for 50 beds for the kids in our area in less than 3 hours .
Hope Rising is on tap for a collection of items in October for the little ones they serve. The current needs are baby food, size 6 diapers, Jesus Storybook Bibles, baby wash, shampoo, and lotion, and gently used boys winter outfits size 4T-5T. Crib sheets are always needed and with cold weather coming, sweaters, hats, and mittens will also be appreciated. A collection box available in the South Entry through October.
Huge Bed Delivery Day
October 19th, 2024
October 19th, 2024
Bed delivery teams pick up beds, parts, Mattresses, and bedding and deliver to children in need. A list of families scheduled for deliveries and a table showing which volunteers are in what team is shown.
All volunteers meet at the Wood Shop at SVDP 1133 S Edwin C Moses Blvd Dayton at 8:45 AM 9/21/24. Everyone will be done by 12:30 PM. (Volunteers with pick-up trucks or trailers are asked to report at 8:00 AM.)
You will know what team you are on before you arrive. The following link will allow you to sign up for the Big Delivery Day on October 19th.
NALC Hurricane Helene Disaster Response Effort
In response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, Grace’s council is sending $2500 to the
NALC Disaster Response Team. According to the NALC web site, the NALC Disaster Response
Team is now responding in all 5 states affected by Helene. If you would like to donate to NALC
Disaster Response, make your check payable to the NALC with Disaster Response on the
memo line at https://secure.myvanco.com/L-ZHRP/campaign/C-148X8. The mailing
address is North American Lutheran Church, 2113 Harwood Road, Suite 309, PMB409,
Bedford, Texas 76021-4703.
In response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, Grace’s council is sending $2500 to the
NALC Disaster Response Team. According to the NALC web site, the NALC Disaster Response
Team is now responding in all 5 states affected by Helene. If you would like to donate to NALC
Disaster Response, make your check payable to the NALC with Disaster Response on the
memo line at https://secure.myvanco.com/L-ZHRP/campaign/C-148X8. The mailing
address is North American Lutheran Church, 2113 Harwood Road, Suite 309, PMB409,
Bedford, Texas 76021-4703.
