Initiative for God and for good helping women of the South Bay!

Wow….the people of Concordia Church and School opened their hearts to help women escaping violence with a more than $1,000 donation to the Chula Vista Battered Women’s Center.  The women will receive new bedding, gently used bedding, new towels, new dishes, pots and pans, toys for the children, blankets, new pillows and much more.  What a wonderful to way to show them that they are not alone and that in darkness there is hope and love.  Please pray that they will reflect on and perhaps seek out the love and healing God offers.  Don’t forget about them.  God is a God of miracles and He can impact their lives and the lives of their children for good and lasting good!

Thank you to the Women of Concordia for organizing this.

Concordia Serving

Concordia is collecting items to be donated to the Chula Vista Battered Women’s Shelter.  The Concordia families have been so generous.  The shelter has asked for gently used sheets, pots and pans and new pillows.  You can drop them off at the Concordia lobby still this week until Friday.

Thank you for caring and for serving.  To think that women will be comforted by these gifts of love is a special thing.  Thank you Concordia community!

This is just a little of what has come in!

Come and enjoy!

Come to enjoy our Living Nativity program on Sunday,  December 4th at 11am.  There will be activities until 1:30pm.

Just come!

If you want to help out anywhere, contact Melissa Salomon at mgsalomon@gmail.com!

Volunteers needed to put on community Living Nativity program!

Featuring the nearly 200 children from Concordia preschool and church we will hold a Living Nativity program on Sunday, December 4th at 11am.  The festivities will go on until 1:30pm and will feature free llama rides, free petting zoo and free photo booth.

We need MANY volunteers.  Contact Melissa Salomon at mgsalomon@gmail.com

 

LSS Walk to End Poverty

The Concordia Home Team was out helping Chula Vista families that need a hand up!

We participated in the LSS Walk to End Poverty.  It was held at the Otay Ranch Town Center and the walkers on this morning raised amost $4,500 that will go to community care.

Thank you Concordia team…..you accomplished something for God and for good today!

–Melissa, community life coordinator

Do good…two ways!

1.  Join us at the Otay Ranch Town Center to serve local families in need.  We have supported LSS’s Project Hand in Chula Vista for years.

Join our Concordia team of walkers HERE or deposit your $25 in the offering on Sunday morning marked “LSS Walk to End Poverty”  We want to gather 20 walkers for the walk to be held on Saturday, October 15, 2011 starting at 7:30am.

 

2.

We have an opportunity to partner with Lutheran Border Concerns as we gather supplies for the needy before the cold weather and rains hit.  They are gathering:

- Cup of Noodles.

- Over the counter Cold and Flu Medicine

- Lice Shampoo

- Rice and beans

- Quilts and blankets for winter.

To contribute to this need see Susan Haase or place items in the blue bucket under the “LORD, you have been our dwelling place” sign.

Check out the photo board of notes from soldiers receiving Care Packages!

Have you seen the photo board in the hallway?  New notes have been received just in the last few days!

Thank you for thinking of soldiers with a thoughtful note and gift!

Do you want to contribute to the lives of Chula Vista families in need?

Contribute to PROJECT HAND non perishable food items.  There is a purple bin in the worship center on Sunday morning where you can deposit your items and help families who need a little hand up.  Thank you!

Care Packages reach the deployed!

On July 3rd as part of our Support the Troops event and parade, we put together care packages for deployed soldiers.  It was a little touch of home, some goodies and a note to let them know that we appreciate their sacrifice and pray for them.  We received an email today about one of the soldiers who received a packet.  Thank you Concordia!

Pastor Schmidt,
Just letting you know that I and my shipmate LCDR Galan received one of
your Church’s packages today and wanted to thank you for the time your
church took to send this to US service members serving here in
Afghanistan. The shampoo, soap and candy are all well received. We don’t
get a lot of these items here in a war zone so it will all go to good
use. And just because I am in a war zone doesn’t mean my sweet tooth has
subsided, so I for will be eating most of the hard candy you provided.
Thanks for the care, it’s always nice to know our fellow Americans are
thinking and supporting us here in Afghanistan.
Thanks again.

Very respectfully,

LT Joe Vermette, U.S. Navy

Helping families in need through PROJECT Hand

There are families that have need in tough economic times.  What impact could we have as a church if each family purchased one item each time you visited the grocery store for a family in need?  Would that bless a family and give them hope?

What would that add to your grocery bill……a can of soup, a package of oatmeal, a box of cereal…..?

If you want to help in this way, bring your donation to church.  In the worship center under the counter there is a large plastic bin labeled “Project HAND.”  A volunteer will deliver our gifts of love to Project Hand so that they can bless families in Chula Vista and beyond!

Thank you!

 

Serving military families in Chula Vista and around the world!

It was such fun!

The weather was lovely.  The kids were cute. The people were active putting together the packets for deployed soldiers. The veteran was educating a new generation. The children got to recite the pledge of allegience, sing the national anthem and watch the colors flying.  The watermelon was cool.  The seeds flew high….!  It was an all around great day.

I want to thank our community partners.  Dr. Blanca Fresno of Pediatrics in Paradise who supported the Watermelon booth…..our good friend and neighbor across the street who is so committed to the community we serve!