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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. |