Lutheran World Relief
Fair Trade Coffee Sales
The reason our W/ELCA sells Fair Trade Coffee is because Lutheran World Relief works with small scale farmers around the world to improve the quality, yield and value of crops so that they earn more income to support their families and communities. A portion of your purchases from the LWR Coffee Project benefit the LWR Small Farmer Fund helping them to continue their work.
So if you need coffee, tea or chocolate you may purchase it from our W/ELCA Cupboard at the bottom of the stairs in Luther Hall.
Just know that your purchase will be helping small farmers all over the world.
Quilting:
Imagine the comfort that comes from a hug at the time when you need it most. That’s the feeling we can share with an LWR Quilt. Through a simple combination of fabric and thread, we can reach out to people in their time of greatest need with a strong message of hope — you are not alone.
First and foremost, recipients use their LWR Quilts to shield against the cold and rain, and for warm bedding. But their versatility also makes Quilts useful as simple tents, floor coverings, or a wrap to hold a baby on a mother’s back.
Our Quilters meet at the church every Thursday during the months of January through April and September through November. Quilting begins at 1:00 pm. No experience is needed. If you aren’t able to attend, please consider a financial donation to help defray costs.
Project Promise – Building Kits of Care.
As needs increase around the world, requests are also on the rise. Our quilts and kits are urgently needed. Working together we can strengthen fellowship within our own congregation, serve as faith witness to our community and bring us closer to people in need, often in their darkest hour. The work of our hearts and hands is an immeasurable blessing to families around the world.
School Kits:
Personal Care Kits:
Baby Care Kits:
2 light cotton T shirts 2 long/short sleeved gowns/sleepers
2 receiving blankets, 52”sq 4 cloth diapers
1 sweater or sweatshirt w/hood 1 hand towel- dark
2 diaper pins 2 bath size bar of gentle soap, in its original wrapping
2 pairs of socks
Wrap items in one of the receiving blankets and secure with
diaper pins. Good “gently used” items can be substituted for new ones. Up to size 24 months sweaters may be made from leftover yarn. They may also be made from heavy double knits. They should button or tie down in the front. Infant sweatshirts may be substituted for the sweaters. Flannel can be used for receiving blankets (45” square). Diapers (22 1/2” wide x 36” long). Make diapers 2 layers of flannel. See patterns above.
Fabric Kits:
2 spools of matching or neutral-colored general purpose thread, 250-300 yards each
2 pieces of cotton or cotton-blend fabric (no knits or 100% polyester). Each piece should match one of the sizes below:
Soap:
LWR accepts new bars of any brand soap, in their original wrapping. All bar sizes are accepted; however, bath-size bars are highly preferred.
Donations are needed to help defray shipping costs.
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GLOBAL HEALTH MINISTRIES
By partnering with Global Health Ministries we help to enhance and sustain the health and well-being of the communities served.
Hospice Kit:
Hospice Kits provide comfort and needed supplies to someone who is suffering from HIV/AIDs, cancer and other terminal diseases.
Each kit contains:
New or gently used items:
Newborn Kit:
Newborn Kits help mothers in developing countries celebrate the birth of their child and provide needed items to welcome their baby into the world. Healthcare workers who distribute these kits also use them to encourage women to seek prenatal care, offering them as gifts if a mother visits a clinic before delivery or chooses to deliver her baby at a healthcare facility.
Each kit contains:
(New or clean gently used items)
Fair Trade Coffee Sales
The reason our W/ELCA sells Fair Trade Coffee is because Lutheran World Relief works with small scale farmers around the world to improve the quality, yield and value of crops so that they earn more income to support their families and communities. A portion of your purchases from the LWR Coffee Project benefit the LWR Small Farmer Fund helping them to continue their work.
So if you need coffee, tea or chocolate you may purchase it from our W/ELCA Cupboard at the bottom of the stairs in Luther Hall.
Just know that your purchase will be helping small farmers all over the world.
Quilting:
Imagine the comfort that comes from a hug at the time when you need it most. That’s the feeling we can share with an LWR Quilt. Through a simple combination of fabric and thread, we can reach out to people in their time of greatest need with a strong message of hope — you are not alone.
First and foremost, recipients use their LWR Quilts to shield against the cold and rain, and for warm bedding. But their versatility also makes Quilts useful as simple tents, floor coverings, or a wrap to hold a baby on a mother’s back.
Our Quilters meet at the church every Thursday during the months of January through April and September through November. Quilting begins at 1:00 pm. No experience is needed. If you aren’t able to attend, please consider a financial donation to help defray costs.
Project Promise – Building Kits of Care.
As needs increase around the world, requests are also on the rise. Our quilts and kits are urgently needed. Working together we can strengthen fellowship within our own congregation, serve as faith witness to our community and bring us closer to people in need, often in their darkest hour. The work of our hearts and hands is an immeasurable blessing to families around the world.
School Kits:
- 4 - 70-sheet notebooks (280-300 sheets total); wide- or college-ruled; no loose leaf paper
- 1- 30 centimeter ruler or a ruler with centimeters on one side and inches on the other
- 1 pencil sharpener
- 1 blunt scissors (safety scissors with embedded steel blades)
- 5 new unsharpened #2 pencils with erasers; secure together with a rubber band
- 5 black or blue ballpoint pens (no gel ink); secure with rubber band.
- 1 box of 16 or 24 crayons
- 1 eraser approximately 2 1/2” long
- 1 sturdy drawstring backpack. 14” x 17” with shoulder straps (heavy cotton, canvas, denim or twill)
Personal Care Kits:
- 1 light-weight bath-size towel (20”x40” to 52”x 27”); dark color
- 2 – 3 bath size bars of soap equaling 8 to 9 oz, any brand, in original wrapping; no mini or hotel size bars
- 1 adult-size toothbrush in its original packaging*
- 1 sturdy comb (no picks or fine toothed combs); remove packaging
- 1 metal nail clippers (attached file optional); remove packaging
Baby Care Kits:
2 light cotton T shirts 2 long/short sleeved gowns/sleepers
2 receiving blankets, 52”sq 4 cloth diapers
1 sweater or sweatshirt w/hood 1 hand towel- dark
2 diaper pins 2 bath size bar of gentle soap, in its original wrapping
2 pairs of socks
Wrap items in one of the receiving blankets and secure with
diaper pins. Good “gently used” items can be substituted for new ones. Up to size 24 months sweaters may be made from leftover yarn. They may also be made from heavy double knits. They should button or tie down in the front. Infant sweatshirts may be substituted for the sweaters. Flannel can be used for receiving blankets (45” square). Diapers (22 1/2” wide x 36” long). Make diapers 2 layers of flannel. See patterns above.
Fabric Kits:
2 spools of matching or neutral-colored general purpose thread, 250-300 yards each
2 pieces of cotton or cotton-blend fabric (no knits or 100% polyester). Each piece should match one of the sizes below:
- 2 ¼ yards of 58”- 62” wide fabric, or
- 3 yards of 42” – 45” wide fabric, or
- 4 yards of 34” – 37” wide fabric
Soap:
LWR accepts new bars of any brand soap, in their original wrapping. All bar sizes are accepted; however, bath-size bars are highly preferred.
Donations are needed to help defray shipping costs.
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GLOBAL HEALTH MINISTRIES
By partnering with Global Health Ministries we help to enhance and sustain the health and well-being of the communities served.
Hospice Kit:
Hospice Kits provide comfort and needed supplies to someone who is suffering from HIV/AIDs, cancer and other terminal diseases.
Each kit contains:
New or gently used items:
- 1 regular size bath towel (not longer than 48”)
- 1 wash cloth (may be gently used)
- 1 bath size bar of soap (wrapped, unscented, antibiotic, without deodorant)
- 1 toothbrush (in original, individual packaging)
- 1 “pick” comb
- 1 nail clipper
- 6 band-aids (rubber banded together)
- 1 jar or tube petroleum jelly
- 1 pair heavy duty household gloves (kitchen type, size medium)
Newborn Kit:
Newborn Kits help mothers in developing countries celebrate the birth of their child and provide needed items to welcome their baby into the world. Healthcare workers who distribute these kits also use them to encourage women to seek prenatal care, offering them as gifts if a mother visits a clinic before delivery or chooses to deliver her baby at a healthcare facility.
Each kit contains:
(New or clean gently used items)
- 1 regular-size bath towel (not longer than 48”)
- 1 wash cloth
- 1 bath-size bar white Ivory soap
- 1 newborn cotton t-shirt (size 0-3 mos or newborn)
- 1 newborn stocking hat (small size; 14” circumference)
- 1 receiving blanket (approx 30”x 30”)
- 2 cloth diapers
- 2 diaper pins
