The Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry of Messiah Lutheran Church in Valdosta is open! We work to provide food assistance to individuals and families in the local area. The food is purchased through the regional food bank or donated by members of the congregation. Members of Messiah donate their time to shop, organize and store …
ThriveFGCU, our Lutheran Campus Ministry at Florida Gulf Coast University, with the help of a Miracle Grow grant hosted two days of Tie-Dyeing T-shirts at FGCU, a unique way to reach college students. One hundred shirts were ordered and many students who have not yet been part of the ThriveFGCU campus ministry joined in. They …
Shepherd of the Coast Lutheran School is a seed sower with the help of the Miracle Grow Grant! This year’s LCMS theme is “Sent to Serve”. This January, during Lutheran Schools Week, the students participated in several outreach projects to connect people to Jesus. The students, ages 4-14, made sandwiches to feed the less fortunate …
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Lake Oconee Lutheran Church is offering a new service to their community. The Little Free Pantry is stocked with a variety of food and is available to anyone at any time. There are no applications and no pre-requirements. Just stop by and take what you need. The pantry is checked and refilled twice per week. …
Our Savior Orlando and Rebecca’s Garden of Hope participated in a “LET’S GET HEALTHY” LIFESTYLE PROGRAM The goal of the program was to improve outcomes for youth ages 4-18, in the areas of: 1-Nutrition and Food Choices, 2-Physical Fitness, 3-Social and Emotional Mental Health, 4-Personal Well-being & Goal Setting. Youth were invited locally and nationally …
In November of 2020, St. Peter initiated plans to enter a float in the town of Dahlonega’s annual Christmas Parade. (In 2019 there were no Christian floats.) We thought this might be a way to reach out to people with the good news of Jesus’ birth. Our members planned and built the float entitled “Follow …
Miramar Learning Center, in Miramar Florida is the first recipient of a Kingdom Seeds Grant. Sonrisa Howey, who began the Learning Center shares the story! A little history on how the Miramar Learning Center came to be… At the end of the 2019-2020 school year, I began to feel out of place in the school I …
Amazing Grace provided a pizza party to students at the nearby Wildwood Elementary School. These students are part of Wildwood’s Accelerated Reading Program. The students were treated to pizza party – who doesn’t love pizza?! And the top 10 highest scoring students in each grade were given an award book containing a message of encouragement …
In the month of September, Grace Lutheran Church and School in Jacksonville, FL applied and received a “Miracle Grow” investment for the purpose of placing “My First Bibles” in the hands of its pre-schoolers. Pastor Jeffrey Skopak and Pastor Michael Popp are a regular and active presence in the life of the school. After reviewing …
St. John in Ocala, Florida launched their first Trunk or Treat with the support of the $300 investment from Kingdom Seeds. 20 fully decorated trunks, face painting, crafts and games were all part of the event. What wasn’t expected was people starting to line up at 6:30 for the 7 pm open! Estimated attendance to …