Deadline: Sunday, July 10 Backpacks for LFSRM Foster Care and Refugee Children Thank you for supporting the mission of Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains to provide our children in foster care and our refugee kids with new backpacks and school supplies to start a successful school year. Here is the list of items for Augustana’s…
As part of Undie Sunday in February, make or supply items to make Personal Care Kits for Lutheran World Relief.
Get behind Undie Sunday! Coming soon to an altar near you—diapers and pads and undies—OH MY! And new this year, Personal Care Kits for refugees too! Augustana’s CAN Ministry will host its third annual Undie Sunday, February 6–27, accompanying people of all ages with their unseen needs in a visible way. We are asking for…
Responding with hope after the fire It is undoubtedly a very long road ahead for all who were impacted by the recent Boulder County fire. There will come a time when volunteers are needed as well as supplies. We invite those with particular gifts and skills to volunteer using the form below. And we invite…
Donate cans of chili for our Eighth Annual Chili Challenge! Our Eighth Annual Chili Challenge begins Sunday, October 31 and concludes at the Thanksgiving Eve Community Worship service on November 24. Again, this year the Early Learning Center children and staff will be collecting cans of chili to feed families in need, and they are…
School supplies for foster/refugee children Sarah Circle and CAN Ministry are sponsoring a collection of school supplies for Lutheran Family Services foster and refugee children. Bring your supplies to the marked boxes in Augustana’s narthex through Sunday, July 18. Here are the requested items for K–12 grades. Download a printable list here. NEW backpacks No.…
Caring For God’s Image: Smiles, Skin and Beauty Within So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them. Genesis 1:27 In March we will collect personal care items for our neighbors, and will deliver them to George Washington High School’s food bank and to Ruby’s Market (a partner…
Children, Youth and Family to collect canned breakfast food In lieu of our traditional Palm Sunday Brunch this year, Augustana’s youth are inviting you to donate canned breakfast foods for Augustana’s Sanctuary Soup Shelf. Pop top cans are preferred. Suggestions of canned food include fruit, fish, vegetables, and pastas. Bring your canned food donations to…
2020 Chili Challenge: Pandemic-style Like all things ‘pandemic,’ our very popular Chili Challenge will have some changes this year. We hope you will find them just as much fun and worthwhile. The main beneficiaries of the Challenge will be families served by Metro Caring, George Washington High School’s food pantry, and Augustana’s Soup Shelf. The…
Cleanliness may not actually be next to godliness, but it certainly helps a person feel more human. When families find their homes destroyed, or must flee for their safety, soap and a towel rarely make the cut for what they can carry. Arriving in a refugee camp or other place of safety, they are scared,…