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Annual Report and Annual Statements are available in the Narthex
Concordia Rental Space Available
We have an available upstairs room (formerly youth director's office) available for rent. We offer the narthex, basement and outdoor property for
individual or community events. If you know someone or a group is looking for ongoing or
event space for a club, recital, meeting etc., please contact the church office or Pastor Jeff
for more information. Our grounds are also available for rental opportunities.
Concordia Mission Partnership
Concordia families will begin building a new relationship in the coming year. This opportunity is
an outcome from the synod trip participated in at the southern border last winter. While on this journey, the group visited Manos Amigas De
Anapra Mission, located on the Mexican side of the border. Manos Amigas is a registered non-
profit. The mission provides a free library, school scholarships, after school programming, child
care, three weeks of vacation Bible school, medical assistance for families, resources for elderly,
and a bean/rice project. Each of the programs delivers hands-on support to impoverished
families. During a recent phone conversation with a delightful woman named Estela, a major
driving force at the mission for over 20 years, a list of the mission's needs was shared. These
needs are many and meeting them is vital to the program. This is where Concordia has the
opportunity to make a connection. Throughout the coming school year, Sunday School, family
activities and parts of congregational life will focus on recognizing our own diverse cultural
backgrounds, as well as, exploring Mexican culture, with the goal to better know and understand
our neighbors, all while celebrating our kinship as members of God's family! Concordia's younger
members will be given the chance to become an ongoing "Pal" to a group of students at the
mission. It is similar to becoming pen pals. Estela shared three specific areas of need: school
supplies, Spanish or bilingual books for grades K-6, and medical supplies.
Currently, there is a donation box for school supplies in the narthex. Supplies requested are: folders, wide ruled paper and spiral notebooks, pencils, pens, erasers, pencil sharpeners, scissors, glue/glue sticks, markers, colored pencils, and pencil bags. Please NO crayons-they melt. The school drive will end September 20.
Information and collection of medical supplies will begin after the first of the year. Book donations will be welcomed August through May 3, in the narthex. It is the hope that members from Concordia will be able to drive to the border, deliver the donations, see the mission, and connect with the people. Ideas for the timing and how this trip might look are being explored. It would most likely be a minimum 10-day commitment. Watch for more information later this year.
Cookbook for Sale
We do have some extra cookbooks for sale! Thank you for all the support for this project!
Stations of the Cross
View Slide Show (mp4 format) Please contact the church
office 728-4229 (unless a specific contact is listed), if you can help
with any of the following ministries.
Serving Coffee for a Good Cause -
Equal
Exchange Coffee
Dale Burton
(www.burtonforge.com) installed Stations of the
Cross in 2013. Dale was commissioned by Concordia to design and construct these Stations, which
are in keeping with our architecture and especially our crucifix. The cost
of these new Stations has been covered by memorials and honoraria.
Can You Help?
Please help us support the ministry in sponsoring fair wages for small
farmers around the world. You can find out more about this effort
or purchase coffee at
http://www.equalexchange.coop/interfaith-program.