Outreach – Halfway Creek Lutheran Church

January 1, 2018January 1, 2018

Holmen’s Hope BackPack Program Needs

Below are items needed to fill backpacks for the children. Donations can be brought to Coulee Life Church during the week. If the office is locked they can be left by the office door. Or you may bring them into the church office during office hours.

FRUIT CUPS
APPLESAUCE CUPS
PUDDING CUPS
GRANOLA BARS
POP TARTS
CRACKERS/CHEESE
CRACKERS/PEANUT BUTTER
MICROWAVABLE MAC & CHEESE
MICROWAVABLE RAVIOLI
MICROWAVABLE BEEF STEW
MICROWAVABLE SOUPS (NO CAN OPENER REQUIRED CANS PLEASE)
INSTANT OATMEAL PACKETS
HOT COCOA PACKETS
MICROWAVE POPCORN
MICROWAVABLE CUP OF NOODLES
FRUIT SNACKS
BREAKFAST BARS
CHICKEN/TUNA SALAD WITH CRACKERS
PERSONAL HYGIENE ITEMS

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October 25, 2017

Trunk or Treat – October 29

Come join us for the 5th annual on October 29th from 11:30-2:00 at church.

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September 15, 2017September 15, 2017

Holmen’s Hope Meal, Tuesday, September 26

Halfway Creek Lutheran is responsible for preparing and serving the meal on Tuesday, September 26 at Holmen American Legion. We are in need of volunteers to help plan and prepare the meal. We are planning to prepare the food on Sunday, September 24th during the Sunday School hour and after the late service.
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Holmen’s Hope Food Donations

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August 12, 2017August 12, 2017

Worship in the Park

On Sunday, September 10, we will be joining Journey and Holmen Lutheran Churches for Worship and Service in the park at Holmen Band Shell.

8:30AM Set-up with coffee and donuts begins at the Band shell in the Holmen Legion Park.

9:30AM Worship follows with guest preacher Bishop Jim Arends

10:30 Our Service Project will be on-site at the Band shell

11:15. Food and Games. Please bring your favorite chair or blanket to sit on!

Our Service Project this year will be assembling personal needs kits and baby kits for Lutheran World Relief. We will do this as a giant assembly line right at the park. Our goal is to assemble 100 of each kind of kit. But we need your help!

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August 12, 2017

Personal Needs Kit item collection

During the month of August, Halfway Creek will be collecting 100 nail clippers, toothbrushes, and combs for the personal needs kits. Collection boxes will be downstairs for these items. We would also welcome any other small personal items. Journey Lutheran is collecting the baby kit items.

Lutheran World Relief asks that all items be new and without any religious, military, nationality, flags, or camouflage markings on them. We will spend a little while putting together personal health and baby kits. This lets us create a great assembly line, with great results.

Halfway will secure a grant for LWR Personal Needs Kits and collect nail clippers, toothbrushes, and combs. Journey will find a grant for Baby Kits and supply the items, and Holmen will secure the food grant for and organize lunch, and the tents, Halfway has secured a grant for other personal kit items.

It’s time to reeeeeaaaach out. Project Promise Personal Care Kits are shared with people who have lost everything from a natural disaster or life-threatening violence.

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June 1, 2017June 1, 2017

An Opportunity for Young Adults – ages 17-25

Our soon to be companion synod, the Evangelical Church of the Czech Brethren (ECCB), has invited us to send participants to their 11th International Camp, July 15-23, 2017. It will be held at a beautiful retreat center in Herlikovice, Czech Republic under the theme, “Putting on the Whole Armour of God.” Participants can look forward to cultural sharing, learning others’ languages, sports and Bible study. English is the primary language for this camp. If you are interested go to the following website: icamp.evangnet.cz

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February 25, 2017February 25, 2017

PATH TO REFORMATION: Journey to Germany this coming June

Path To Reformation - Germany Tour Flyer Cover

Many of you have heard of PATH TO REFORMATION, the pilgrimage journey to Germany this coming June. Our La Crosse Synod ELCA has designed this custom journey for you to the places of Martin Luther’s birth and death, the churches he preached in, the places of his calling and teaching and writing. You’ll learn more about his spiritual awakening, and perhaps experience one of your own. Maybe you’re thinking, ‘I’ve already been to Germany.’ Or maybe you’re thinking you could go on your own next year, or the year after. But on this journey, you’ll get into places that aren’t always open to the general public and cookie cutter tours and see special exhibits and exhibitions that will only be available and happening this year. It’s almost ironic. This invitation reminds me of a recent Gospel lesson, where Jesus invites Simon Peter and Andrew, and James and John to follow him on a special journey. They did, and they were forever changed. Bishop Arends invites you to take this very special opportunity to travel with a theologian and a community of like believers to places important to your beliefs and faith and also come back inspired and changed in some way. Registration closes March 1, so don’t wait too long to drop whatever you’re doing and go. Full color brochures with all the necessary information are available on synod web page .

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February 6, 2017February 6, 2017

SOUPER BOWL OF CARING—HOLMEN’S HOPE SOUP COLLECTION

Holmen’s Hope is undertaking another task and hoping our congregation can help. As we know many children in our community are on free and reduced lunches in our local schools. We believe some of these children may go hungry on the weekends when meals are unavailable.

Holmen’s Hope has started a Friday back pack program where they fill backpacks with non-perishable or microwaveable meals/snacks the children can take home. The children return the backpacks on Monday and Holmen’s Hope refills them weekly.

The school principals and guidance counselors have been the ones selecting the students/families they feel have the most need.

We will be collecting microwavable soups through Sunday, February 12th to present to Holmen’s Hope as part of the Souper Bowl of Caring Program.

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December 30, 2016December 30, 2016

MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN: COMMUNITY ORGANIZING 101

Don’t miss out on this impactful training in faith based community organizing. Go home equipped with specific leadership skills to address the justice and peace concerns of your community. $30/person includes registration, 2 meals, and coffee.

January 15 (3-8 pm) and January 16 (9 am to 5 pm) at English Lutheran, LaCrosse

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November 2, 2016December 16, 2016

Salvation Army Bell Ringers

Halfway Creek Lutheran Church will be bell ringing for the Salvation Army the week of November 28th! All shifts are two hours at Festival Foods in Holmen. There is a minimum of two people required for each shift. Families are encouraged to sign up together.

Week of November 28th

Monday thru Friday, 11 am to 7 pm
Saturday 9 am to 7 pm

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