Gethsemane’s Social Action has a two-fold emphasis: service and advocacy.

Food is regularly collected for the Food Pantry at Joint Neighborhood Ministry. At Christmas, families serviced by Joint Neighborhood Ministry are adopted for gifts and food. Volunteers help at the Food Pantry distribution.

Contact: Fred Lenhart

Gethsemane is a Bread for the World Covenant congregation committed to advocating for wise government policies to eradicate hunger in the United States and in the world. Gethsemane participates in Bread for the World’s annual offering of letters.

Contact: Dan Flaxbart or click the link www.bread.org.

We are also a ONE congregation in support of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.

Contact: Linda Ford
or click the link www.one.org or www.elca.org/advocacy/one.