Volunteer slots filled for this year's Together for Lincoln, but you
can still help
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[September
14, 2013]
The sixth annual Together
for Lincoln community service day will be on Sunday, Sept. 22. Volunteers
from area churches will be completing 13 whole-house window replacements,
constructing four wheelchair ramps and working on approximately 25 other
projects around the community. More financial investment into the community
will be made during this project year than ever before. |
Currently, all the volunteer slots for
this event have been filled. Together for Lincoln will not have a
day of sign-up in Latham Park.
People who are not signed up to
help are encouraged to pray for an opportunity to come before them
and then to go meet that need. Here are some ideas to help people
get started:
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Help someone in your neighborhood
or church who needs some yard cleanup.
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Visit a homebound person or
nursing home resident of your choosing.
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Clean up a roadside of your
choosing.
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Contact one of the local schools
or teachers and see if there is something you can do to help.
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Ask your pastor if there is
someone in need of a visit or someone who needs a helping hand.
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Contribute to the Together for
Lincoln Food Drive. Visit Kroger, IGA and Wal-Mart to give food
or cash donations.
Jim Wessbecher, food drive
coordinator, said last year's food drive collected several hundred
pounds of food and $2,100 in donations. All food and donations will
be divided evenly among the Lincoln/Logan Food Pantry, the Holy
Family Food Pantry and the Community Action Food Pantry.
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The community is invited to a worship
service on the evening of Together for Lincoln. Lincoln Christian
University will host the service at 7 p.m. in the Hargrove Chapel.
Dr. L.C. Sutton, who spoke at the inaugural Together for Lincoln,
will return. He is professor of preaching and Christian ministries
at Lincoln Christian University and currently the preaching minister
at Eminence Christian Church.
During the celebration service, a
love offering will be taken for the Oasis Senior Center. All of the
offering will go to the ongoing efforts to recover the center after
the destructive fire earlier this year.
Together for Lincoln encourages
everyone in the community to take this kind of service day and turn
it into a way of life. |