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The Little Essentials Pantry
Free Lunch Saturdays - Cooks Needed!
The Little Essentials Pantry
The St. Luke's Little Essentials Pantry was added to our outreach ministry during the pandemic of COVID in 2020. We were invited by First United Methodist Church to be a part of a chain of church communities in Wenatchee and East Wenatchee to help address the growing need of food insecurity in our area. Recognizing that ofentimes we some
The St. Luke's Little Essentials Pantry was added to our outreach ministry during the pandemic of COVID in 2020. We were invited by First United Methodist Church to be a part of a chain of church communities in Wenatchee and East Wenatchee to help address the growing need of food insecurity in our area. Recognizing that ofentimes we some go without certain cleaning and hygiene items in order to purchase food, our pantry also includes other "essentials".
We take many types of donations including funds. If you wish to donate monetarily, you may give online or send a check to: St. Luke's P.O. Box 1642, Wenatchee, WA 98807 and write "Little Essentials Pantry" on the "for" line at the bottom of your check.
Feed Homeless Teens
Free Lunch Saturdays - Cooks Needed!
The Little Essentials Pantry
LADIES OF THE GUILD
St. Luke’s Guild has been involved with a program called “Packing Friendship” which provides weekend bags of food at Lee Elementary in East Wenatchee for kids who qualified. Another area church is now assisting at this school, so the Guild’s focus has changed to helping to fill a much needed food pantry for homeless h
LADIES OF THE GUILD
St. Luke’s Guild has been involved with a program called “Packing Friendship” which provides weekend bags of food at Lee Elementary in East Wenatchee for kids who qualified. Another area church is now assisting at this school, so the Guild’s focus has changed to helping to fill a much needed food pantry for homeless high school students attending Wenatchee High School. Right now there are 20 students. Needed food items include
small cans of chili con carne, ravioli, and Spaghetti O's
fruit cups
cheese and cracker packets
dry hot chocolate mix
multi-grain bars
All the food items that were donated throughout the summer have been given to this pantry and were greatly appreciated. Keep up the good work and “THANK YOU” to all…
Free Lunch Saturdays - Cooks Needed!
Free Lunch Saturdays - Cooks Needed!
Free Lunch Saturdays - Cooks Needed!
Calling all cooks! Do you enjoy cooking? Would you be willing to share your talents on 1 Saturday every other month at the St. Luke's Free Lunch Saturday?
We need more cooks to help share this wonderful ministry. You do need to have a food handlers license, which is a quick on-line test and we can even pay for your license.
You aren't in th
Calling all cooks! Do you enjoy cooking? Would you be willing to share your talents on 1 Saturday every other month at the St. Luke's Free Lunch Saturday?
We need more cooks to help share this wonderful ministry. You do need to have a food handlers license, which is a quick on-line test and we can even pay for your license.
You aren't in this alone, you will have plenty of help and you will enjoy the day with your friends and neighbors.
Please consider lending your talents - see Wendy or Maggie for details - you can shadow us in the kitchen any Saturday to see what the day entails! Call Wendy for more information (509) 888-0863.
PLEASE NOTE: As of January 17, 2015, the Free Lunch will be served only from 11:30 until 12:30 every Saturday. The hall will remain open until 1:00 but keeping the meal warm and edible for an hour and a half is difficult so the serving time will be reduced to one hour only.
Let Justice Roll Down
LifePax - What, When, Where, How?
Free Lunch Saturdays - Cooks Needed!
But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
-Amos 5:24
In chapter 5 of the Book of the Prophet Amos in Hebrew Scripture God speaks to God's desire that humankind treat one another justly. Above all of our worship practices, God desires justice. We seek to not only be the hands of healing of Jesus t
But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
-Amos 5:24
In chapter 5 of the Book of the Prophet Amos in Hebrew Scripture God speaks to God's desire that humankind treat one another justly. Above all of our worship practices, God desires justice. We seek to not only be the hands of healing of Jesus through outreach, but also the voice of Jesus through advocacy and social justice.
The UTO
LifePax - What, When, Where, How?
LifePax - What, When, Where, How?
The United Thank Offering (UTO) has been an important ministry of the Episcopal Church USA since 1889. A UTO grant of 1500 dollars helped build our own St. Stephen’s Church in the 1960s. In 2006, a $66,000 grant built a new safe docking system at Camp Cross. These are just samples of the many UTO grants our diocese has received over the
The United Thank Offering (UTO) has been an important ministry of the Episcopal Church USA since 1889. A UTO grant of 1500 dollars helped build our own St. Stephen’s Church in the 1960s. In 2006, a $66,000 grant built a new safe docking system at Camp Cross. These are just samples of the many UTO grants our diocese has received over the years.
The Mission of the United Thank Offering
The mission of the UTO is to expand the circle of thankful people. To achieve this mission, we encourage daily prayers, offerings, and awareness of the abundance of God’s blessings. Also, the UTO has a new a vision beginning in 2009. “We will focus particularly on projects that implement significant change toward alleviating profound human suffering that the Millennium Development Goals address. Our work will directly impact the lives of women and children, and will continue our historic mission to address compelling human need and we will significantly impact the lives of women and children because of Christ’s love.”
UTO is unique. It is not fund-raiser and does not compete with building funds, landscape fund drives, or other fund raising projects. UTO and ERD (Episcopal Relief and Development) are complementary and important ministries of the Church. They are not in competition. United Thank Offering is all about prayer. Everyone is encouraged to take a UTO “Blue Box” or several boxes home. Put one on your kitchen counter, the bedside table, in the car, or in the laundry room. Each day, when you say thank you to God, say a little prayer of thanks and put an offering, large or small, in the box. The amount doesn’t matter. It is a way to focus on our blessings in a tangible way. This is a wonderful way to teach children the habit of prayerful gratitude. Some families have a ritual of sharing their blessings of the day each evening and making an offering.
Money from our Blue Boxes is collected at “Ingathering Sundays” and forwarded to the National UTO, where, after research and prayer, the grants for the year are awarded—sometimes totaling nearly $3 Million! Each diocese may submit one grant chosen by the bishop. The grant applications are available from the bishop’s office in October.
We have an active UTO program. There is literature in the racks in the narthex telling some of the highlights of its history. If you have questions or want more detailed information, please contact the church office.
LifePax - What, When, Where, How?
LifePax - What, When, Where, How?
LifePax - What, When, Where, How?
A "LifePax" describes a small sandwich plastic baggie stuffed with some "survival" ingredients (food, drink, snack, advice). It is intended that each parishioner carry two or three of these LifePax in their cars to be used in several ways. First, use it to provide some nourishment, support, hope, and love to the unfortunate folks stan
A "LifePax" describes a small sandwich plastic baggie stuffed with some "survival" ingredients (food, drink, snack, advice). It is intended that each parishioner carry two or three of these LifePax in their cars to be used in several ways. First, use it to provide some nourishment, support, hope, and love to the unfortunate folks standing by the side of the road with little cardboard signs asking for help. The bag contains a pop-top can of ravioli, a plastic spoon, a granola bar, a small drink, a peanut butter cracker package, a small first-aid kit, a hand-wipe, a page with directions to every single charitable, community, and governmental facility and office in the county-wide area, along with a cover sheet telling the recipient who we are at St. Luke's, where to find us, our services, the fact that we love them and are concerned about them -- along with a special invitation to come to St. Luke's every Saturday between 11:30 and 12:30 for a free lunch. A very important second use comes rarely, but during bad winter weather, often the mountain passes close for hours at a time and travelers become stuck. It sure is nice to have a bit of nourishment in the vehicle, just in case.
The process starts out looking like this, just a pile of supplies gotten from our local Costco and WalMart stores. The cost of each LifePax runs just around a bit above a dollar and a half.